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brother · Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 8920 Location: London/Cyprus

This is a weekly series where Sir Alan Sugar has 14 people doing a task every week in a view that one of them will get a job as his apprentice with a 6 figure sum and the rest.

I am well addicted to this program, anyone else into it.

Check it out

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/

bapoo · Joined: 24 Mar 2006 Posts: 75 Location: Londinon

I love it, Alan Sugar is such a c*nt to the people.
Don't you find you want certain ones to go out?
Had a feeling the curly haired woman would go out this week as she has been in the last 3 on 4 occasions.
I don't like the flash git with a posh accent from Bangladesh, there is a guy who should put the mirror down every now and again, boy is he full of himself.

brother · Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 8920 Location: London/Cyprus

bapoo wrote: I love it, Alan Sugar is such a c*nt to the people.
Don't you find you want certain ones to go out?
Had a feeling the curly haired woman would go out this week as she has been in the last 3 on 4 occasions.
I don't like the flash git with a posh accent from Bangladesh, there is a guy who should put the mirror down every now and again, boy is he full of himself.

That is 'sayid' who is possible full of more bullsh*t than anything else and i hope Sir Alan kicks his arse out sooner than later.

The curly haired women who got fired this week was 'joe' and i found her to be very erratic and lost all composure when put under pressure, so glad she went but the begging bit at the end was just way out of line and summoned up what a weak person she was.

Khan · Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 1092 Location: London

Yeah i watch it every week. They are all nearly hopeless this year, really all of them. My tip is for Ruth to win, the tough girl with a chin like a man.

city · Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 3370 Location: Larnaca area

We had a similar series here in Germany. I am absolutely not into such kind of things.
In my book TV entertainment is something else....

Xenos 2Fan · Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:11 pm Post subject:

This show originated in the US with real estate tycoon Donald Trump. He too is an ***hole to the candidates. I prefer the national geographic channel.

Crash Test Dummy · Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Posts: 4911 Location: London(ish)

Bro if you have ever watched Harry Hill's TV Burps then you would see the weekly clips of the apprentice. very very funny. That joe makes some very wierd faces :retard: :retard:

I must admit I do watch it :roll:

cannedmoose · Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:57 pm Post subject:

Jo is a friend of a friend and is as much of a nutter in real life as she is on tv... unfortunately she's also put back the reputation of my profession by about 20 years... no wonder Rover went under with HR Managers like her...

Khan · Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 1092 Location: London

That was exactly my thoughts when i heard she trained Rover directors.

pg · Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 1485 Location: Cyprus

I would like to see a bi-communal Big Brother from Cyprus..., or perhaps a Survivor...

Dhavlos · Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 4697 Location: Birmingham

yeh, love the show..its quite addictive viewing!

Sayed is a twat...hes so up himself it really pisses me off....liek when he spent 2 hrs with that indian couple, and tried to talk about banglaadesh to them :roll: ...THEY WANTED A CAR FOR GODS SAKE!!!

(A cyprus big bro sounds good!! - see what it does for bicommunal efforts...bout how would voting be wieghted etc ;) :lol: )

cannedmoose · Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:20 am Post subject:

Dhavlos wrote: Sayed is a twat...hes so up himself it really pisses me off....liek when he spent 2 hrs with that indian couple, and tried to talk about banglaadesh to them :roll: ...THEY WANTED A CAR FOR GODS SAKE!!!

I want him out next... one because he's a jumped-up malaka, and two because what he was doing on the last programme was trying to play the 'race card' to secure the sale. This doesn't belong in business and the fact that he also tried to exploit them by lying and saying the car would be worth more in two years time (I think it was an Astra, so that's patently untrue) was a disgrace. I hope next week we hear the words... SYED, you're a w**ker, and YOU'RE FIRED!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/candidates/syed.shtml :jerk:

thebrix · Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:37 am Post subject:

cannedmoose wrote: Dhavlos wrote: Sayed is a twat...hes so up himself it really pisses me off....liek when he spent 2 hrs with that indian couple, and tried to talk about banglaadesh to them :roll: ...THEY WANTED A CAR FOR GODS SAKE!!!

I want him out next... one because he's a jumped-up malaka, and two because what he was doing on the last programme was trying to play the 'race card' to secure the sale. This doesn't belong in business and the fact that he also tried to exploit them by lying and saying the car would be worth more in two years time (I think it was an Astra, so that's patently untrue) was a disgrace. I hope next week we hear the words... SYED, you're a w**ker, and YOU'RE FIRED!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/candidates/syed.shtml :jerk:

I think "any resemblance to business is purely coincidental"!

Either that or the IT industry is unusual; if what is seen on The Apprentice is normal - and not tricked up for the cameras - Heaven help us all :(

city · Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 3370 Location: Larnaca area

Alastair, I'm pretty sure the IT industry IS different in many cases. I can't really explain it, but imo in general its much more open minded when it comes to things like prejudices, dress codes, nationality, peoples physical appearance, sexuality (homo/hetero) etc......

thebrix · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:55 pm Post subject:

city wrote: Alastair, I'm pretty sure the IT industry IS different in many cases. I can't really explain it, but imo in general its much more open minded when it comes to things like prejudices, dress codes, nationality, peoples physical appearance, sexuality (homo/hetero) etc......

I was thinking about this today and, based on experience with clients all over the place, I think you're right. It is!

(The project I am working on is about 1/3 ethnic minorities; my no.2 - and what a no.2 - is a British Asian [of Pakistani descent] and, I must say, I have learned more about Islam, and life in general, from him than from 10,000 "commentators" and other scribblers!)