The Apprentice

[RSJK]

Love to watch the Apprentice but do any of you get annoyed to see them come into the board room to face Alan Sugar and the men come through the door before some of the women and take the chairs why the girls are left standing . Bad manners i think

[RSJK]

[Digeroo]

Your would have thought that Alan Sugar could afford enough chairs. ;D

I just get frustrated that they seem to make the same mistakes as the people the year before.  Where have they been didn't they watch last year.

[Anne Robertson]

Absolutely, I comment on it every week to the family. I find it very discourteous, I wonder if any of the women would complain if they had the door held open for them though as they probably see themselves as equal, however as a female I love having the door held open for me to go through first.

[Mr Smith]

I have always enjoyed watching the Apprentice especially Sir Alan, coming from nowt to what he his today, but like all these programmes it seems to be set up, one of the builders from this weeks programme is also a bloody actor who was in a programme called 'Castaway' (whatever that was about), :)

[Bugloss2009]

Sir Alan, coming from nowt to what he his today,

to what he is today..........a completely charmless nurk  :)

[Mr Smith]

Sir Alan, coming from nowt to what he his today,

to what he is today..........a completely charmless nurk  :)

If it means being a 'Complete charmless 'Nurk', and having the life style what Sir Alan has these days through hard graf, thent I'm his buddy (I wish),

[Bugloss2009]

he just got lucky. Most of his businesses ended up worth less than they should have been He struck a limitless pot of gold when he started supplying PCs to schools and Universities, or a limitless pot of our money, should I say.

[RSJK]

Would like to see him take 15 people who have not had higher education and give them a chance to prove themselves

[bikegirllisa]

Would like to see him take 15 people who have not had higher education and give them a chance to prove themselves

Agreed - it would certainly be better for his business anyway. 

[Duke Ellington]

I also agree with RSJK

[non-stick]

he just got lucky. Most of his businesses ended up worth less than they should have been He struck a limitless pot of gold when he started supplying PCs to schools and Universities, or a limitless pot of our money, should I say.

I'm with you - cant stand the smug arrogant twonk.

[Mr Smith]

I think you will find that the majority of successful people in business have benn lucky,  the right place at the right time, I was lucky when I won 1.5 million on the lottery, :)

[Spudbash]

A certain amount of business success comes from recognising an opportunity and making the most of it, and some failures come from not having the mental flexibility to spot good luck when it's on the horizon.

Sometimes in The Apprentice, it's people's egos that prevent them recognising where the opportunities are. They are often just too busy looking over their shoulder for approaching knives!  ;D

I'm totally hooked on the programme - it's practically a ritual for my OH and me! ;D

[GeeGee]

Mr Smith!

You are now top of my list and my very bestest new friend!  ;D  ;D  ;D

I personally can't understand the candidates. They are supposed to be well educated individuals and most are supposed to already be managers or part of a successful organisation.  ???

To me, a lot of the time they don't seem to have a brain cell between them. Either that or their egos (as spudbash says) are so big they don't have the capacity left to use their brains in a sensible and logical way.

[Bugloss2009]

How Can You Say The Sky's The Limit When There Are Footsteps On The Moon?

[GeeGee]

Good one!  ;D

And so very true, should tell those egotistical apprentices, it might bring them down to earth with a bump!  :)

[Bugloss2009]

I think that's what one of them came out with earlier on in the series. I'm saving it for when I apply for a job as a road sweeper. It'll knock them out  ;D

[cacran]

I think Lord Sugar is great, he makes me laugh!

I always watch but  think that the prospective apprentices are getting weaker, not so interesting. What do you think?

[macmac]

I watch this because the OH likes it .
I find it rather sad that people think the way to succeed is to "shoulder climb" that is try to get above your rivals by stamping on them.
Like politicians who spend their time telling us how bad the other parties policies are rather than standing on the merits of their own policies.
and how do they live in the same house with someone they've "stabbed in the back" ? ???

[GeeGee]

Bugloss!  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

Are you applying for the road sweeper job in order to get all those fallen leaves free for your compost heap?  :)