What I love about the apprentice is that Alan Sugar isn't looking for the world's greatest businessman/woman - to be frank, none of the contenders are remotely close to this title.
I think he is looking for people who have the basic qualities of a good businessman/woman to a high standard. Yet the contestants seem to be so caught up in winning the petty power-squabbles within the groups and are so desperate not to be seen in a position of lower hierarchy to each other, that none of these basic qualities seem to exist!
The armani suits, the haircuts, the accents and the generally attitudes of being at a higher level in society than 'others' stinks of toffery and I am sure means FA to Sir Alan.
Who did that snobby barrister think he was when he sat there spieling off "Sir Alan, I like the arts, high culture, fine wines etc... not football and lager". What an excellent thing to say to a chairman of a football club. If barristers are indeed in charge of arguing cases in a court of law - I fail to see who would ever employ him! FIRED= spot on.
The chap last night deserved to go - I didn't see any leadership qualities after specifically placed into this position to test their experience & he couldn't accept responsibility to his actions. He came unstuck & rightly so. FIRED = spot on.
Fairest comment of last night's show : Sir Alan : "Simon, I don't believe you deserve to be in here tonight".
There were indeed questions to whether simon can in fact do more than effectively undertake tasks etc- does he have leadership qualities et al. Yet the phrase "too many cooks spoil the broth" would have applied in this situation, and once the initial decisions of the task had been made- they needed more do-ers and a single decision maker to deal with any eventualities/problems.
Cutting the pizzas in half certainly was not dealing with it
