Praise for Stuart's German efforts
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He handled the basics rather well.
Joanna went for the old school speak to them as if they are deaf stupid formula.
Stuart's efforts won the task I think in helping towards sales
Joanna went for the old school speak to them as if they are deaf stupid formula.
Stuart's efforts won the task I think in helping towards sales
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Joanna was very personable, charming even, and Stuart made an attempt to speak to the Germans in their native language.
He repeated the same two sentences to everyone he met, which he seemed to have learned parrot fashion, and could also count to 20.
If that's speaking German then I'm Kaiser Bill. If they'd spoken back to him in German he wouldn't have understood a thing.
1) Managing and working a market stall.
2) Silly voiceovers
3) Basic Selling
4) Basic/Pigeon German
5) Driving fast
Have I missed anything out?
Laura was soooo bad she did make him look good though.
Liz and Joanne are my favourites.
1) And annoying people passing by
3) And saying the wrong thing and offending people
But they weren't to know that.
I'm by no means a Stuart fan but credit where credit's due. Even if he used the same phrase over and over, it acted as an ice breaker and showed a certain level of respect.
I agree and he came across far better than the babbling Laura whose pitch would have been unintelligible to a Brit never mind a German.
That made me laugh!
You make a fair point. It would have been funny if they'd answered in German though.
No, its not speaking German, but it is making an effort - which goes a long way when trying to make a connection when abroad (Take note Joanna!:D)
After last week StuBaggs came back quite strongly for me tonight - if Team Stella had lost I'd have backed Laura for the boot over "The Brand" - certainly a turn around from last time!
whereas laura stated she had given up, swore and moaned untill the end of the task.
Yet Sugar ask them were they happy with Stella. And Stuart is the only one with the balls (though misguided balls they were) to state his slight issue with their PM, whereas Laura just sat there and nodded at being satisfied with the task like a good little girl...
But credit where credit is due, I paticualrly liked stuarts positivty, and willingness to handle laura, when laura was falling apart in the cab, he managed to keep calm and reminded her to be positive.
I see criticism dealt so badly in apprentice in the past, and relationships completely fall apart and people becomes enemies.
There is a thing going on between stella and stuart, but stuart isn't entirely to blame for that, I think stella has issues with her age.
Also the stuff on camera, "everything i touch turns to sold", "I wake up at 6am and all I ever think about is how I'm going to make money every single hour" etc is all staged.
The product crew come in and pump up the candidates and set them up to just use as much exxageration and hyperbole to describe why they're the best. That's just for TV,
He often says "What ARE you doing?" (with the emphasis on ARE), making it sound as if he's accusing us of doing something wrong - but it's just the way he speaks