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V.early days but Gabrielle shows promise |
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V.early days but Gabrielle shows promise
IMO anyway
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Well, she did gave one of the best defences in the boardroom that I have seen (which saved her over both Katie and Bilyana).
She will work better as a teamplayer, so she should be save for the time being. |
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I like Gabrielle myself and do think she'll last a while longer, well hope so anyway but I thought she was saved by Bilyana hanging herself to save Katie. Katie was an obvious goner as they highlighted several times that she was 'hiding' and that was after Lord Sugar specifically said he didn't want any shrinking violets. Then Bilyana took it to a different level and got herself fired.
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She did nothing but assert herself, Sugar can't take it
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I think Shuggs made it clear that Gabrielle was in no danger last night - it was always going to be between the other two.
It was Biryana that got herself fired - Shuggs just thought to himself "Can I put up with this every time I have a meeting with this woman? No!" |
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She did nothing but assert herself, Sugar can't take it
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She kept talking over him long after he'd told her that he didn't want any more input from anybody. If she can't even control herself enough to stop talking, then how could she ever be a good employee?
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She kept talking over him long after he'd told her that he didn't want any more input from anybody. If she can't even control herself enough to stop talking, then how could she ever be a good employee?
He should admire it. |
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The same way Sugar has bulldozed everyone else all his career
He should admire it. |
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Its how he's succeeded in business.
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She was a terrible PM. Damn lucky to survive.
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I like her (so far). I think if I were to go in to business with someone, she'd have the the type of 'way about her' that would be good for a working atmosphere. She looked to be a supportive PM and didn't talk down to anyone to.
I think maybe because she's a gentle person she didn't exert her authority over the team like the others were expecting her to and so maybe some of them mistook her for not doing the job properly. Yes, she didn't prioritse the money aspect but I expect it was as much the lack of sales from her sub team on day 2 that helped not win the task a much as the price of her goods. |
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didn't get a lot from her really, only that she doesn't know how important sorting out your margins are!
She looks a lot like Michelle Rodriguez, that was my first thought. |
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She reminds me of Kathy Freeman the former athlete, cute smile
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Its how he's succeeded in business.
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She kept talking over him long after he'd told her that he didn't want any more input from anybody. If she can't even control herself enough to stop talking, then how could she ever be a good employee?
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I think maybe because she's a gentle person she didn't exert her authority over the team like the others were expecting her to and so maybe some of them mistook her for not doing the job properly. Yes, she didn't prioritse the money aspect but I expect it was as much the lack of sales from her sub team on day 2 that helped not win the task a much as the price of her goods.
The boy's team made £1,000andsomething, from which £300andsomething costs were deducted. Which means that, if the girls had sold everything for the maximum they could, then the boys would have beaten them by a margin of £100andsomething-£200andsomething. And bear in mind with that that the boys didn't sell out of their products, either. The failure of the task was down to the pricing. |
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She looked like she was having a nervous breakdown in the boardroom. Has anyone ever gone that over the top before?
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[...]the boys would have beaten them by a margin of £100andsomething-£200andsomething.
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I thought she was hysterical
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The failure of the task was down to the pricing.
I'm not sure who to blame in Gabrielle's team for picking the child theme. It does seem like they ought to have won, for having all the advantages going in. I can't say I see much potential in her currently. She gave a spirited defense in the boardroom, but it always annoys me when they say "Don't fire me - make me PM instead!", and saying it when you've just been PM is clutching at straws. (PS, good post, Trollface. It's always nice to see arguments based on the numbers.) |
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Specifically, realising that it's easier to get money out of tourists than parents, and exploiting that.
I'm not sure who to blame in Gabrielle's team for picking the child theme. It does seem like they ought to have won, for having all the advantages going in. I can't say I see much potential in her currently. She gave a spirited defense in the boardroom, but it always annoys me when they say "Don't fire me - make me PM instead!", and saying it when you've just been PM is clutching at straws. (PS, good post, Trollface. It's always nice to see arguments based on the numbers.) |
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The failure of the task was down to the pricing. |
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I thought she was smart to bring Katie back into the boardroom. She got the feeling that LS and Nick thought she was flying under the radar and used that to her advantage. I think if she brought another team member back in with her with Bilyana, then she'd have been in more danger of being fired.
She also put up a good defence in the boardroom. She seems like a really nice and bubbly woman so far. I like her, but time will tell if she ultimately has what it takes.... I think it's too early to say. |
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She did nothing but assert herself, Sugar can't take it
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