If you were in the final and they brought back some ex-contestants to help would you want Mellody in your team?
My own experience with Melody
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Originally Posted by Zack06:
“Damn OP, I was expecting some kind of torrid kiss and tell story...”
“Damn OP, I was expecting some kind of torrid kiss and tell story...
”
Sorry to disappoint you then
Originally Posted by eveningstar:
“If Melody is currently touting for work, can we assume she is not in business with LAS? Therefore not a winner despite the glowing reference from the Dalai Lama?”
“If Melody is currently touting for work, can we assume she is not in business with LAS? Therefore not a winner despite the glowing reference from the Dalai Lama?”
Yes, we can assume so. She is also presenting at a youth event in a few weeks time.
My own feeling is that youth work is best undertaken by public sector and third sector providers (as opposed to private sector consultancies), but that's just me.
Originally Posted by Tyjet:
“Oh, how horrible of her.”
“Oh, how horrible of her.”
TBF OP, it's an email, she hardly personally walked to your door and punched you in the face
Originally Posted by unclekevo:
“ TBF OP, it's an email, she hardly personally walked to your door and punched you in the face”
“
TBF OP, it's an email, she hardly personally walked to your door and punched you in the face”
I have to admit, writing an email to someone and you never hear back isn't exactly 'an experience'.
Originally Posted by Jepson:
“I think it's pretty safe to say that there is no way Melody is going to win.
Sugar may make some potty decisions from time to time but not that potty.”
“I think it's pretty safe to say that there is no way Melody is going to win.
Sugar may make some potty decisions from time to time but not that potty.
”
Lets hope not, I was appalled at Alan Sugar's remark that 'She will walk over and tread over anyone. She will eat them up and spit them out for breakfast, thats what I like about her'. She behaves in a totally selfish way completely disregarding other people in order to gain more for herself. Her frosty disposition and cut throat attitude is terrible and if that is the sort of person Lord Sugar thinks would make a good employee then he has gone down in my estimation.
Originally Posted by fredheid123:
“Lets hope not, I was appalled at Alan Sugar's remark that 'She will walk over and tread over anyone. She will eat them up and spit them out for breakfast, thats what I like about her'. She behaves in a totally selfish way completely disregarding other people in order to gain more for herself. Her frosty disposition and cut throat attitude is terrible and if that is the sort of person Lord Sugar thinks would make a good employee then he has gone down in my estimation.”
“Lets hope not, I was appalled at Alan Sugar's remark that 'She will walk over and tread over anyone. She will eat them up and spit them out for breakfast, thats what I like about her'. She behaves in a totally selfish way completely disregarding other people in order to gain more for herself. Her frosty disposition and cut throat attitude is terrible and if that is the sort of person Lord Sugar thinks would make a good employee then he has gone down in my estimation.
”
I couldn't agree more...
Originally Posted by fredheid123:
“ Her frosty disposition and cut throat attitude is terrible and if that is the sort of person Lord Sugar thinks would make a good employee then he has gone down in my estimation.”
“ Her frosty disposition and cut throat attitude is terrible and if that is the sort of person Lord Sugar thinks would make a good employee then he has gone down in my estimation.
”
He's not looking for an employee - if it was the apprentice of old then she would not be suitable. But if you're going to give someone a bit of money, and trust them to bring a return, it's probably more re-assuring if they are the ruthless type.
Originally Posted by silkstone:
“But if you're going to give someone a bit of money, and trust them to bring a return, it's probably more re-assuring if they are the ruthless type.”
“But if you're going to give someone a bit of money, and trust them to bring a return, it's probably more re-assuring if they are the ruthless type.”
Confidence is one thing, but arrogance is quite another. Why would anyone want a business partner who doesn't listen to feedback about their own weaknesses?
Originally Posted by silkstone:
“He's not looking for an employee - if it was the apprentice of old then she would not be suitable. But if you're going to give someone a bit of money, and trust them to bring a return, it's probably more re-assuring if they are the ruthless type.”
“He's not looking for an employee - if it was the apprentice of old then she would not be suitable. But if you're going to give someone a bit of money, and trust them to bring a return, it's probably more re-assuring if they are the ruthless type.”
Originally Posted by Cherry-choc:
“Confidence is one thing, but arrogance is quite another. Why would anyone want a business partner who doesn't listen to feedback about their own weaknesses?”
“Confidence is one thing, but arrogance is quite another. Why would anyone want a business partner who doesn't listen to feedback about their own weaknesses?”
Certainly.
I can't think of LS giving Melody much feedback, I may have forgotten though, but the only real interaction that comes to mind was quite positive.
If it's coming from the other candidates - well I don't blame her for ignoring it.
Originally Posted by fredheid123:
“Lets hope not, I was appalled at Alan Sugar's remark that 'She will walk over and tread over anyone. She will eat them up and spit them out for breakfast, thats what I like about her'. She behaves in a totally selfish way completely disregarding other people in order to gain more for herself. Her frosty disposition and cut throat attitude is terrible and if that is the sort of person Lord Sugar thinks would make a good employee then he has gone down in my estimation.”
“Lets hope not, I was appalled at Alan Sugar's remark that 'She will walk over and tread over anyone. She will eat them up and spit them out for breakfast, thats what I like about her'. She behaves in a totally selfish way completely disregarding other people in order to gain more for herself. Her frosty disposition and cut throat attitude is terrible and if that is the sort of person Lord Sugar thinks would make a good employee then he has gone down in my estimation.
”
Whether employee or top-executive entrepreneur, things have now changed. The mass media including TV and PC chat rooms zero in on small details for public scrutiny. The arrogance of Gerald ("Ratners sell crap to the public") Ratner resulted in his business burial. Karren's onscreen OTT blast at Susan caused a public backlash after the Paris episode, and media-savvy Karren was quick to try mend fences on the biscuit YF program last week.
It is no longer possible for a tycoon to utterlyly antagonise the public who are his customers. Sugar does swear and call names, but he does it in good humour with sidesplitting wit. Melody does not have such graces to redeem her crude ruthlessness.
Originally Posted by fredheid123:
“Lets hope not, I was appalled at Alan Sugar's remark that 'She will walk over and tread over anyone. She will eat them up and spit them out for breakfast, thats what I like about her'. She behaves in a totally selfish way completely disregarding other people in order to gain more for herself. Her frosty disposition and cut throat attitude is terrible and if that is the sort of person Lord Sugar thinks would make a good employee then he has gone down in my estimation.”
“Lets hope not, I was appalled at Alan Sugar's remark that 'She will walk over and tread over anyone. She will eat them up and spit them out for breakfast, thats what I like about her'. She behaves in a totally selfish way completely disregarding other people in order to gain more for herself. Her frosty disposition and cut throat attitude is terrible and if that is the sort of person Lord Sugar thinks would make a good employee then he has gone down in my estimation.
”
Just remembered this - just after LS has said the above, and Melody gets up to leave, Sugardaddy has a quick glance at the backside.
Originally Posted by silkstone:
“Just remembered this - just after LS has said the above, and Melody gets up to leave, Sugardaddy has a quick glance at the backside.”
“Just remembered this - just after LS has said the above, and Melody gets up to leave, Sugardaddy has a quick glance at the backside.”
During any part of that sequence of events did he mutter the words 'tapping' or 'that'?
Originally Posted by aussie_dave_:
“During any part of that sequence of events did he mutter the words 'tapping' or 'that'?”
“During any part of that sequence of events did he mutter the words 'tapping' or 'that'?”
By the looks of it he likes the bass as much as the melody
Originally Posted by soulmate61:
“ Karren's onscreen OTT blast at Susan caused a public backlash after the Paris episode, and media-savvy Karren was quick to try mend fences on the biscuit YF program last week.”
“ Karren's onscreen OTT blast at Susan caused a public backlash after the Paris episode, and media-savvy Karren was quick to try mend fences on the biscuit YF program last week.”
I thought The Apprentice was filmed in at least three weeks' advance?
Originally Posted by apaul:
“Yes. I would put her in charge of market research and do the exact opposite of what she says.”
“Yes. I would put her in charge of market research and do the exact opposite of what she says.”
Originally Posted by Takae:
“ I thought The Apprentice was filmed in at least three weeks' advance?”
“
I thought The Apprentice was filmed in at least three weeks' advance?”
Filmed months in advance, but I believe Your're Fired is broadcast in real time just after BBC1 screening of the canned episode earlier the same evening. Hence why Zoe looked so different from the episode. Not only that she had a BBC makeover, but that as much as 6 months have elapsed. If this is correct then Karren had a few days to discover to her surprise how much ruckus she stirred up for herself in the DS Forum. Forum posters do not pay her salary, but media-savvy Karren knows that they reflect the general population to some extent, hence her U-turn -- very effective from what i saw on YF.
Originally Posted by soulmate61:
“Filmed months in advance, but I believe Your're Fired is broadcast in real time just after BBC1 screening of the canned episode earlier the same evening. Hence why Zoe looked so different from the episode. Not only that she had a BBC makeover, but that as much as 6 months have elapsed. If this is correct then Karren had a few days to discover to her surprise how much ruckus she stirred up for herself in the DS Forum. Forum posters do not pay her salary, but media-savvy Karren knows that they reflect the general population to some extent, hence her U-turn -- very effective from what i saw on YF.”
“Filmed months in advance, but I believe Your're Fired is broadcast in real time just after BBC1 screening of the canned episode earlier the same evening. Hence why Zoe looked so different from the episode. Not only that she had a BBC makeover, but that as much as 6 months have elapsed. If this is correct then Karren had a few days to discover to her surprise how much ruckus she stirred up for herself in the DS Forum. Forum posters do not pay her salary, but media-savvy Karren knows that they reflect the general population to some extent, hence her U-turn -- very effective from what i saw on YF.”
I generally don't know what you're on about, have I missed something interesting? If so please tell!
Originally Posted by Mozitski:
“I generally don't know what you're on about, have I missed something interesting? If so please tell!”
“I generally don't know what you're on about, have I missed something interesting? If so please tell!”
The Apprentice itself is filmed months in advance of transmission but the 'after programme' (TA You're Fired) is recorded just a few days before transmission.
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