Sir Alan Sugar, the man behind Amstrad, is looking for a new Apprentice. Last year Lee McQueen won despite lying on his CV (heavily criticised by other business leaders) and performing his incredible reverse pterodactyl.
This year we have 8 bossy females and 7 cocky males. One of the men already quit. He 'bottled' it according to Sugar.
Last night the teams were divided into boys and girls. The boys took the rather dodgy name of Empire which signified their Britishness, whereas the girls came up with Ignite.
The task was to run a car valleting service. There wasn't much in the actual takings or the eventual profit which caused one of Businesses worst cliches to rear its ugly head...again:
"Turnover is vanity; profit is sanity". It is very true but every Tom, Dick and Harry now use it. Duncan Bannantyne is particularly prone to it in Dragons Den!
Things came to a head in the girls team and in the Boardroom when losing Project Manager Mona took Debra and Anita back into the firing line. A series of digs at each other and lack of accountability riled Sir Alan. Eventually it was 35 year old Business Strategist and hot shot lawyer Anita who was fired.
She claimed Sir Alan doesn't like lawyers (a couple of years ago feisty Scots attorney Karen Bremmner was a brilliant candidate and yet was harshly fired early on) but Sugar insisted that she had not displayed any business acumen.
Anita had really set herself up for a fall though by claiming she was exceptional and outstanding and other hyperbolic terms.
If you talk the talk you have to walk the walk!
I do hope you watch it as it is educational and highly entertaining. Though it does not come close to the superior and original USA version starring my hero... Donald Trump!
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