The Apprentice Series 7

I see.

So only in certain tasks is there internet access.

It seems strange that the candidates are handicapped in this way...just for the hell of it. Bizarre.
 
It's probably because you could be really tech-savvy and know your way around t'interwebs, but thick, and useless at business. We see it often enough ;)

However, it does seem strange, because if you can't 'get on' with technology, you're going to struggle big time in the real world anyway.

Just read today that not one of the previous winners is still working with Sugar with a number of them leaving due to 'disputes' or similar. Speaks volumes!
 
kitten_caboodle said:
However, it does seem strange, because if you can't 'get on' with technology, you're going to struggle big time in the real world anyway.
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This is exactly what I am thinking. This show is about doing business in 2011, not pre-internet. The internet is part of the business world now. If you are banning the internet, then why not ban the telephone communication? The internet is as much a part of business, today, as the telephone.

A good businessman will the ability communicate with and use the internet.

It's almost like having a singing competition, but the contestants must sing with a gob stopper in their mouth.
 
sunama said:
It's almost like having a singing competition, but the contestants must sing with a gob stopper in their mouth.
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hahaha, Cher Lloyd would do ok :p

Yeah I agree. It's silly, but I suppose there'd be a lot less opportunity for 'hilarious' mistakes and boardroom slapdowns, a la Columbus yesterday if they could check t'internet. And how would Brady and Sugar look superior then?
 
tuckenator said:
Yet again what a pathetic bunch of applicants. If i wanted anyone to win, it would be Jim or the more attractive female, Helen is it?

I do really like Jim, bar last night he has been the most successful candidate the past 4 or 5 weeks.

Tom is a wannabe inventor with half a brain. Helen is a glorified P.A with half decent management skills and Susie is just absolutely dire, lifeless and seems quite stupid (Though don't most of them?!).
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As for Tom.. "He achieved a 1st Class Honours degree with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering with Innovation and Design".

Been judging the book by the cover :p
 
kitten_caboodle said:
... but I suppose there'd be a lot less opportunity for 'hilarious' mistakes and boardroom slapdowns, a la Columbus yesterday if they could check t'internet. And how would Brady and Sugar look superior then?
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That's a good point.

In the American show, all contestants are given laptops with full internet access. No holds barred.

It does seem odd to deny them the use of what is a basic business tool in 2011 (ie. the internet).
 
The tasks would be too easy with the internet.

I personally, believe they don't need it.. Not sure we'd have the comedy gold in the buying tasks with it. Case in point the cloche.
 
sunama said:
Yellow pages vs internet: yellow pages lists many numbers, all in a row. This allows a person to make call after call, very quickly. Doing an internet search will be slower and might be the reason why they prefer to use a phone directory, rather than the internet when making multiple phone calls.
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yell.com
lists all the same numbers but you press the number to dial it. Makes the internet faster. No trying to find the page with the right jobs, there are links to similar things in the listings online.

Don't let that stop you though...
sunama said:
How can anyone say that Helen is attractive? She looks like a skeleton with some skin stretched over her skull.
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Far better looking than any of the other female contestants.
 
Judgeneo said:
Nah, I think melody was better looking to be honest.
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Agreed.

Judgeneo said:
Internet would give the program more credibility, and would probably lead to its own comedy moments itself
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On the task when they were pitching to LaRedoute, they had internet access. The comedy moment came when the inventor asked Leon to research LaRedoute, but he "forgot". As a result the inventor went into the pitch suggesting that they buy 10 units of his product. I believe that they were thinking more along the lines of multiples of 1000 units. And to cap it all off, it transpired that Leon used to actually work for LaRedoute. You couldn't make that stuff up, if you tried.

Sometimes, even internet access can not save them. ;)
 
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Morba said:
yell.com
lists all the same numbers but you press the number to dial it. Makes the internet faster. No trying to find the page with the right jobs, there are links to similar things in the listings online.
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I hear what you are saying, but each to their own. If I have list of 20 numbers to get through, I would much rather have a phone book in front of me. I'd get through the calls quicker.

In any case, it would appear that in some tasks, the contestants are "handicapped" and are denied internet access.
 
sunama said:
On the task when they were pitching to LaRedoute, they had internet access. The comedy moment came when the inventor asked Leon to research LaRedoute, but he "forgot".
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Wasn't it melody that answered the call and didnt even tell Leon to do the research?
Leon actually had worked for LaRedoute in a previous job and knew the scale of the company, just was never informed that it was needed.
 
Morba said:
Leon actually had worked for LaRedoute in a previous job and knew the scale of the company, just was never informed that it was needed.
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I believe Tom told Leon to do the research (over the phone)...it might've been Melody...can't remember. The fact that Leon actually had worked for LaRedoute was another clanger which came out, only in the after-show on BBC2. Had that been mentioned in the board room, I think it would've been an instant firing for Leon.
 
EVH said:
As for Tom.. "He achieved a 1st Class Honours degree with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering with Innovation and Design".

Been judging the book by the cover :p
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I believe if you cannot apply any of it in the real world then it may as well be useless, i worked with Mechanical Engineers in the Aerospace Industry for 3 years and a lot of them were socially inept, and wouldn't stand a chance anywhere outside of engineering. Smarts in one area do not always mean smarts in another.

P.S - Judging a book by it's cover would mean a pre-defined judgement from day one after seeing his resume, and presuming that an engineer couldn't make it in business. I've gathered my arguement from watch watching his dull ass the past 10 weeks (nothing special at all).
 
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