Hurrah54

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I'm watching it slightly delayed and I'm slowly dying at everyone fake laughing at the shite puns Lord Sugar is churning out every two seconds
 
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GoSlap

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Am I on a different planet? I thought Jordan was a useless candidate the entire time. I'm honestly baffled by all the praise.
 
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ElectricDreams

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I've just about had it with The Apprentice. I haven't watched the latest episode yet but to be honest I haven't watched any of this series live.

The candidates are the worst yet. The tasks are repetitive and I've seen them done way better in previous series. I know the point is that they're supposed to be able to turn their hands to lots of different skills in business but I think when all the candidates are basically the same ie young, no life experience, own their own sweet shop/novelty pyjama business and have never had a proper job or worked in the corporate world, they don't have a good mix of skills to make a success of the task. Half the time, they have never had to lead and manage a team in their normal jobs so is it any wonder they fail so miserably when made profect manager?

We see them fail miserably, time and again, partly due to their own ineptitude but also partly to do with fact that these tasks aren't possible to do successfully in the time frame or with the resources available. The subteam is usually working against the main team, designing something completely at odds with what the main team is trying to market because they can't communicate with each other.

The problem with the show isn't just rubbish candidates, it's the unachievable tasks set by the production team. I'd rather see fewer episodes but longer tasks where they're given a week to properly plan and organise it. A better mix of candidates with a good range of ages and experience. I don't mind that it's for an investment but at the moment I have to suspend disbelief that Lord Sugar actually believes in and wants to invest in these muppets.
 
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I’m disappointed with it being an all female interviews/final. (I’m female myself so plz don’t come for me 🤣). But how hilarious would it have been to see Nick, Akeem & Akshay get ripped apart by Claude.
 
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Multi-21

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I don’t understand why she said it’s Baroness Brady to you when every week in the boardroom they call her Karren. It’s ok if they’ve never met her before but she just came across as pompous
 
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House of Tea

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I thought the two prison actors were fab - Simba and the Adams Family woman. I am glad they got a pass by Sugar.

That rat catcher is snide. Glad he went. Avi thinks women are beneath him. Talking over Rochelle all the time.
 
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Iamthebosun

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I couldn't be doing with Johnny because there was something that tripped my spidey senses, I think it was the way he spoke all soft and nicey nicey and positive but as soon as someone pushed back at him or he didn't get what he wanted he'd be giving death stares. Could just be editing though. That said I feel like Frederick should have gone, but maybe that's just my aversion to professional motivational speaking and that eye contact exercise would have made me, autistic, want to be sick and/or cry
Eye contact is the worst, I'd rather do a team building exercise where I had to stare at my colleagues penis than their eyes.
 
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House of Tea

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In the week of International Women’s Day could I just say what a fucking let down most of the women are. Megan is the only normal one.

That team that had Marnie in it, when they appeared in front of the buyers, my inner cringe was so hard. They were dressed for clubbing not for a professional environment. It shouldn’t matter what you wear but it does. Marnie, normally sensibly attired, turned up with her chest hanging out in a nightie.

Dani is just bloody overbearing. And the lips. 🪠

Simba was bloody robbed and gracious in defeat to a bunch of incompetent dumbasses.
 
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Sw4

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Why do they keep repeating the same task nearly every week? Create a product, brand and advertise it blah blah blah. I get why the series during Covid had more of these tasks but I don't get why they're sticking with it. Older series had 1, maybe 2 of these tasks?

What's happened to tasks like

- a trade show selling task
- shopping channel task
- high ticket item selling eg. property, cars
- setting up some sort of event eg. art exhibition

Can't quite remember more but nearly every week used to need a completely different set of skills.

One of my favourite tasks ever is on the series with Tre and Simon where they have to sell art at a gallery event and Tre just bullshits the story behind the artwork the entire way through, it's hilarious!
 
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hol20x

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Fair play to Joe for admitting he's the one who told Simba to announce the 3 drinks limit though, most people wouldn't let on.
 
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girlinbrum

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One of the male doctors set up "the university of masculinity" where he shared Andrew Tate's words and wrote misogynistic articles. And anti-semitism. The BBC knew this!! They said they had a word with him and sent him on a training course hmmm. Yet they let him appear on Dragons Den n now the Apprentice.
 
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