Ever wondered why The Apprentice contestants are basking in sunny London one minute, then the poor mire who's packed off in a taxi is cwtched up to the nines in a scarf and coat?
Don't deny it, we've all been baffled by the fact that they're wearing sunglasses and have their sleeves rolled up, wiping beads of sweat off their forehead and then a couple of hours later, when they get fired for their shoddy project management, they emerge from Lord Sugar's offices in big winter coats and scarves.
Surely the temperature can't have changed that much, right?
It's something which hasn't escaped eagle-eyed viewers' notice - and they've started questioning it on social media.
Well, it turns out there's a very good reason they're all working big coats and scarves - and it will change the way you view The Apprentice forever.
The shot where you see them disappointed, dejected, walking out of Lord Sugar's offices towards the taxi isn't really representative of how gutted they actually are.
That scene is filmed before any of the challenges even take place.
All contestants do the 'walk of shame' on the first day of filming - and only one lucky person will never have theirs used when they eventually become the winner.
Coats and scarves are used to cover up their clothing as they'll inevitably be wearing a different outfit on the day they do leave the show.
So they just cover up again when they are actually booted off and get in the taxi and it looks seamless.
thought the task a bit odd as a team didn't win or lose based on how much the hotel could sell the room for on a nightly basis and therefore how much more income it could earn over the other team but on how much of their budget was left. If the boys had bought a bed for say £500 and a couple of tins of paint they would have won at a canter.
thought the task a bit odd as a team didn't win or lose based on how much the hotel could sell the room for on a nightly basis and therefore how much more income it could earn over the other team but on how much of their budget was left. If the boys had bought a bed for say £500 and a couple of tins of paint they would have won at a canter.
Yup, the task was very badly thought out. Could have been so much better.
thought the task a bit odd as a team didn't win or lose based on how much the hotel could sell the room for on a nightly basis and therefore how much more income it could earn over the other team but on how much of their budget was left. If the boys had bought a bed for say £500 and a couple of tins of paint they would have won at a canter.
Maybe it would have been better to give both teams the same budget, and let the hotel/LS choose the winner?
thought the task a bit odd as a team didn't win or lose based on how much the hotel could sell the room for on a nightly basis and therefore how much more income it could earn over the other team but on how much of their budget was left. If the boys had bought a bed for say £500 and a couple of tins of paint they would have won at a canter.
Maybe it would have been better to give both teams the same budget, and let the hotel/LS choose the winner?
That's exactly what they did? They both had £13k to spend on jazzing up the room.
The boys went luxury, the girls went golf themed & affordable luxury.
Both rooms looked shite.
The HOTEL had already paid the £13,000 each room not Alan Sugar. The teams could have kept the room as it was and just chucked in furniture for say £500 and they would have made a huge profit...
I think the boys saw it as an "up to 13k budget then see what could we charge for staying in this room", (They still fudged it) opposed to the girls who clearly saw it as "we have 13k, how much of that can we not spend to maximise our profit and finish with an acceptable room."
The Hotel didn't care about who made most profit, they cared which room was better and more chargeable per night visitor...
I would say the girls offered a better theme, but I would argue the boys was still more luxury and comfort.
It seems the Hotel was split though and Alan Sugar therefore was given the deciding vote, which he undoubtedly would have based his decision on profit alone.
thought the task a bit odd as a team didn't win or lose based on how much the hotel could sell the room for on a nightly basis and therefore how much more income it could earn over the other team but on how much of their budget was left. If the boys had bought a bed for say £500 and a couple of tins of paint they would have won at a canter.
Maybe it would have been better to give both teams the same budget, and let the hotel/LS choose the winner?
That's exactly what they did? They both had £13k to spend on jazzing up the room.
The boys went luxury, the girls went golf themed & affordable luxury.
Both rooms looked shite.
The HOTEL had already paid the £13,000 each room not Alan Sugar. The teams could have kept the room as it was and just chucked in furniture for say £500 and they would have made a huge profit...
I think the boys saw it as an "up to 13k budget then see what could we charge for staying in this room", (They still fudged it) opposed to the girls who clearly saw it as "we have 13k, how much of that can we not spend to maximise our profit and finish with an acceptable room."
The Hotel didn't care about who made most profit, they cared which room was better and more chargeable per night visitor...
I would say the girls offered a better theme, but I would argue the boys was still more luxury and comfort.
It seems the Hotel was split though and Alan Sugar therefore was given the deciding vote, which he undoubtedly would have based his decision on profit alone.
To me the task got a bit confused between quality and the profit margin made by the teams
To rephrase what I was suggesting, I think both teams should have been given a budget, and expected to spend approximately that, I assume that's what would happen in real life. That way the task would be about quality and design AND the ability to negotiate with the store, to get the best stuff for the money
If I gave a designer £13k, and it was obvious that he had only spent £5k, and was pocketing a massive margin, I would be most pissed off!
The whole task seemed nonsense, from wall paper that seemed printed on a crazy huge scale , who would do that ? , to beds/ carpet not being part of hotel furniture, and a mood board, which is nothing but a way of gathering ideas, marked on artistic merit. Not to mention that pictures, probably the biggest part of building a theme was not even in the task. The programme was the loser this week. but cant see the producers using the bridge cafe.
I liked one of them saying "I've spent a lot of time in hotels - particularly the rooms." - specifying it, as if we would assume she just roams the corridors and sleeps in the foyer.
I liked one of them saying "I've spent a lot of time in hotels - particularly the rooms." - specifying it, as if we would assume she just roams the corridors and sleeps in the foyer.
Thought she sounded like a brass when she said that
Of the 3, I would have got rid of Elliot, though as soon as they chose the over 60s as a target market, I knew that they would screw it up! Every time a team tries to target older people, they always get it completely wrong, being patronising and assuming that over 60s are incapable fuddy duddies
Sugar and his advisers will already have done a certain amount of "due diligence" on the candidates and he knows who he does not want to be his "partner" which is why, sometimes, it appears that he has chosen the "wrong" person to go.
It's just a question of getting those candidates in the boardroom which is when the "subjective" decisions ("the experts thought team x's advert was better) kick in. In fact, the way things are going in this series, if he doesn't start to mix the teams up, rather than a token girl, there won't be any boys left.
On the evidence to date, I believe that Bushra will end up in the final and might even win it.
PWR. I've not watched this programme for ages and certainly not this series. After the football finished I turned the channel over to the BBC to catch the news and the last 10 mins of the Apprentice was on. Did I hear right, that guy that got fired is a Barrister ? It sounded like one of the two is. If that last 10 minutes is a fair reflection of what they are like then Imagine having one of them represent you in Court.
PWR. I've not watched this programme for ages and certainly not this series. After the football finished I turned the channel over to the BBC to catch the news and the last 10 mins of the Apprentice was on. Did I hear right, that guy that got fired is a Barrister ? It sounded like one of the two is. If that last 10 minutes is a fair reflection of what they are like then Imagine having one of them represent you in Court.
I deal with a lot of solicitors in my role. Always, almost without fail, tell me I'm wrong never ever has one overturned a bill. Bit of paper don't mean shit other then they are good at exams and billing clients.
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Ever wondered why The Apprentice contestants are basking in sunny London one minute, then the poor mire who's packed off in a taxi is cwtched up to the nines in a scarf and coat?
Don't deny it, we've all been baffled by the fact that they're wearing sunglasses and have their sleeves rolled up, wiping beads of sweat off their forehead and then a couple of hours later, when they get fired for their shoddy project management, they emerge from Lord Sugar's offices in big winter coats and scarves.
Surely the temperature can't have changed that much, right?
It's something which hasn't escaped eagle-eyed viewers' notice - and they've started questioning it on social media.
Well, it turns out there's a very good reason they're all working big coats and scarves - and it will change the way you view The Apprentice forever.
The shot where you see them disappointed, dejected, walking out of Lord Sugar's offices towards the taxi isn't really representative of how gutted they actually are.
That scene is filmed before any of the challenges even take place.
All contestants do the 'walk of shame' on the first day of filming - and only one lucky person will never have theirs used when they eventually become the winner.
Coats and scarves are used to cover up their clothing as they'll inevitably be wearing a different outfit on the day they do leave the show.
So they just cover up again when they are actually booted off and get in the taxi and it looks seamless.
The boys went luxury, the girls went golf themed & affordable luxury.
Both rooms looked shite.
The HOTEL had already paid the £13,000 each room not Alan Sugar. The teams could have kept the room as it was and just chucked in furniture for say £500 and they would have made a huge profit...
I think the boys saw it as an "up to 13k budget then see what could we charge for staying in this room", (They still fudged it) opposed to the girls who clearly saw it as "we have 13k, how much of that can we not spend to maximise our profit and finish with an acceptable room."
The Hotel didn't care about who made most profit, they cared which room was better and more chargeable per night visitor...
I would say the girls offered a better theme, but I would argue the boys was still more luxury and comfort.
It seems the Hotel was split though and Alan Sugar therefore was given the deciding vote, which he undoubtedly would have based his decision on profit alone.
To rephrase what I was suggesting, I think both teams should have been given a budget, and expected to spend approximately that, I assume that's what would happen in real life. That way the task would be about quality and design AND the ability to negotiate with the store, to get the best stuff for the money
If I gave a designer £13k, and it was obvious that he had only spent £5k, and was pocketing a massive margin, I would be most pissed off!
- specifying it, as if we would assume she just roams the corridors and sleeps in the foyer.
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Fucking morons.
More flipping morons.
She's not been on the losing team yet, once that happens the boardroom will be fun!
"Stop faffleing about it's totally underminded me!"
And she still looks like Alan Partridge dressed as an 80s business woman.
It's just a question of getting those candidates in the boardroom which is when the "subjective" decisions ("the experts thought team x's advert was better) kick in. In fact, the way things are going in this series, if he doesn't start to mix the teams up, rather than a token girl, there won't be any boys left.
On the evidence to date, I believe that Bushra will end up in the final and might even win it.