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What has Leah contributed?
This is not an attack on Leah, but could someone please list what Leah has done well? I want to convince myself that she would be a credible winner coz I like her, but I can't think of much of the top of my head... Thanks
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Just skimmed through episodes 1 and 2, here are her contributions:
* Arguing with Luisa * Saying 'that's not fair Rebecca', in the week 2 boardroom.
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Can't think of specifics, but in the early episodes we got a few subtle but key scenes showing us Leah selling well and keeping a cool, level head in times of stress.
I think everyone knew she was going to do well in the process almost straight-away. There was also a task where she ran the sub-team very well. |
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She certainly had a bit of a dip in weeks 5 and 6, but I think she's on the road to success.
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Acting as a warning against cosmetic surgery?
Being the token mouthy Irish one (but without the Jedi charm). |
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Just skimmed through episodes 1 and 2, here are her contributions:
* Arguing with Luisa * Saying 'that's not fair Rebecca', in the week 2 boardroom. ![]() |
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She's good at selling
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Weeks 1, 2 and 3 - made closing sales that were either the highest or quite high
Week 4 - made the sale for the buffalo meat that was shown (think that was her) And then she went downhill after that. She had a better ep in week 7, but still not great. She needs to pick up again in the next few eps I think. |
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I've been more impressed with Leah since everyone else went off her to be honest. She did very little in the first few episodes other than be a half-decent salesperson (although on the numbers less good than either Rebecca or Luisa) and people loved her because she wasn't as obviously pointless as utter wastes of show space like Uzma or Sophie or as combative or lairy as Luisa or Rebecca or Natalie.
In Dubai she was right about the team needing to go to the mall. If they'd gone there they would almost certainly would have won, thanks to Myles fart-arseing around on the other team. Last week she deliberately cut the budget to the bone, which is a large part of why they won, and made the right call not to hire an expensive motivational speaker and put her faith in Neil instead. She was a bit pants again this week, but I think the *idea* of asking for discounts was a good one, she just didn't have the communication skills to carry it off. And even this week she and Alex were her team's top sellers. I think she's one of the weaker candidates left, but at least she's doing stuff now, and some of it's working, instead of pouting around in a sulky haze and occasionally closing a mid-level sale. |
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She was okay in the first couple of weeks, but since then all she has done is moan.
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I've been more impressed with Leah since everyone else went off her to be honest. She did very little in the first few episodes other than be a half-decent salesperson (although on the numbers less good than either Rebecca or Luisa) and people loved her because she wasn't as obviously pointless as utter wastes of show space like Uzma or Sophie or as combative or lairy as Luisa or Rebecca or Natalie.
In Dubai she was right about the team needing to go to the mall. If they'd gone there they would almost certainly would have won, thanks to Myles fart-arseing around on the other team. Last week she deliberately cut the budget to the bone, which is a large part of why they won, and made the right call not to hire an expensive motivational speaker and put her faith in Neil instead. She was a bit pants again this week, but I think the *idea* of asking for discounts was a good one, she just didn't have the communication skills to carry it off. And even this week she and Alex were her team's top sellers. I think she's one of the weaker candidates left, but at least she's doing stuff now, and some of it's working, instead of pouting around in a sulky haze and occasionally closing a mid-level sale. |
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A stiff upper lip?
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She's good at selling
To me she seems wooden and not really connecting to people she's communicating with. Heavy accent, no movement in her face whatsoever, she failed to make a connection with the woman whose product she wanted to respresent in the camping episode for instance. She can be called pretty and she'll attract male attention no doubt and that could give her a headstart, but I doubt whether she's a good saleswoman, not like Ruth or Kristina. She 'almost' sold a caravan, but those were her words. A near sale is not a sale. |
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I've been more impressed with Leah since everyone else went off her to be honest. She did very little in the first few episodes other than be a half-decent salesperson (although on the numbers less good than either Rebecca or Luisa) and people loved her because she wasn't as obviously pointless as utter wastes of show space like Uzma or Sophie or as combative or lairy as Luisa or Rebecca or Natalie.
In Dubai she was right about the team needing to go to the mall. If they'd gone there they would almost certainly would have won, thanks to Myles fart-arseing around on the other team. Last week she deliberately cut the budget to the bone, which is a large part of why they won, and made the right call not to hire an expensive motivational speaker and put her faith in Neil instead. She was a bit pants again this week, but I think the *idea* of asking for discounts was a good one, she just didn't have the communication skills to carry it off. And even this week she and Alex were her team's top sellers. I think she's one of the weaker candidates left, but at least she's doing stuff now, and some of it's working, instead of pouting around in a sulky haze and occasionally closing a mid-level sale. Leah wasn't right per se in wanting to go to the mall. The way she went about that was highly unprofessional, but leaving that aside, had the products been found and bought at the souk (and they probably could have been) and the team had won that task, then the other team would have been scolded over their decision not to prefer the much cheaper souk over the expensive mall. The same goes for the motivational speaker Rebecca chose, who - at least to one of the participants - was the only thing worthwhile of the whole day. The losing team did not lose per se because of that part. Had they won, then just as likely LS would have praised the same decision he now used as a reason for losing, saying motivational speaking is a profession and how can they bladdy think they can do that themselves. Anyway, I liked Leah in the first episode, now I think she has the charisma of a deceased goldfish. |
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Leah wasn't right per se in wanting to go to the mall. The way she went about that was highly unprofessional, but leaving that aside, had the products been found and bought at the souk (and they probably could have been) and the team had won that task, then the other team would have been scolded over their decision not to prefer the much cheaper souk over the expensive mall.
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The same goes for the motivational speaker Rebecca chose, who - at least to one of the participants - was the only thing worthwhile of the whole day. The losing team did not lose per se because of that part.
Regardless of what the other team did, and whether that was the right choice for them, Leah made the right decision for her team. She obviously had within her team someone who could do the job for nothing who had more or less the same value as £600 worth of professional speaker, or at the very least not £600 worth less of value.
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My problem with the show is that the result of a money-win makes for a justification in hindsight about the proces that was followed by the winning team.
Leah wasn't right per se in wanting to go to the mall. The way she went about that was highly unprofessional, but leaving that aside, had the products been found and bought at the souk (and they probably could have been) and the team had won that task, then the other team would have been scolded over their decision not to prefer the much cheaper souk over the expensive mall. The same goes for the motivational speaker Rebecca chose, who - at least to one of the participants - was the only thing worthwhile of the whole day. The losing team did not lose per se because of that part. Had they won, then just as likely LS would have praised the same decision he now used as a reason for losing, saying motivational speaking is a profession and how can they bladdy think they can do that themselves. Anyway, I liked Leah in the first episode, now I think she has the charisma of a deceased goldfish. |
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leah's attitude when things don't go her way has been atrocious
the sarcastic comment she made to the woman whose bikes they were pitching for the other day was extremely poor and if that's representative of her attitude in those circumstances then shes gonna have real problems in future dealing with people |
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leah's attitude when things don't go her way has been atrocious
the sarcastic comment she made to the woman whose bikes they were pitching for the other day was extremely poor and if that's representative of her attitude in those circumstances then shes gonna have real problems in future dealing with people |
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leah's attitude when things don't go her way has been atrocious
the sarcastic comment she made to the woman whose bikes they were pitching for the other day was extremely poor and if that's representative of her attitude in those circumstances then shes gonna have real problems in future dealing with people I didn't see any poor attitude. I saw her raise the matter of a discount, which was a perfectly legitimate thing to raise. I think the trouble wasn't any kind of discourtesy or poor attitude, just that she didn't show enough enthusiasm to take the sting out of the discount question. |
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What sarcastic comment did she make?
I didn't see any poor attitude. I saw her raise the matter of a discount, which was a perfectly legitimate thing to raise. I think the trouble wasn't any kind of discourtesy or poor attitude, just that she didn't show enough enthusiasm to take the sting out of the discount question. The obvious suspicion is the team had agreed the tactic of Myles schmoozing the vendor and leaving the commercial questions to the women, but it backfired owing to their lousy acting skills. Myles laid it on with a trowel (so much so that Nick found it nauseating) and the women were too focussed on asking for a discount they did not listen to the vendor who'd already ruled it out when Leah asked and had done so twice when Natalie followed up. The team's genuine enthusiasm for the bikes, which might have swung things in their direction, was seen only by us and not by the vendor. To paraphrase George Burns, they need to learn how to fake sincerity. Failing that, they might perhaps try behaving like adults and ditching the kindergarten-level role play. |
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"She's sexy and she knows it".
Other than that, I can't really think of anything much. There was a bit of a spark at the start when she started off, but that's been blown away by her awful attitude. I lost interest when she accused Zee of being sexist, but when Kurt clearly was sexist, she just smiled and accepted it because he said she was eye candy. Hmmmm. Confused gir. |
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I think she has the charisma of a deceased goldfish.
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I lost interest when she accused Zee of being sexist, but when Kurt clearly was sexist, she just smiled and accepted it because he said she was eye candy. Hmmmm. Confused gir.
Nick: "Do you know why you were brought across, Leah?" Leah: "Because I was the top seller ..." Nick (interrupting): "Because you're eye candy, according to Kurt" ... at which Leah is visibly taken aback. But who would Leah need to convince it was sexist? Nick already knew, which is why he raised it. Karren probably cottoned on fairly quickly, as women in business is a pet cause of hers, and Lord Sugar is not a total muppet either. Even Kurt knew, because he immediately tried to excuse it. Leah saying nothing was precisely the right response. |
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... at which Leah is visibly taken aback.
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She may have protested but it was edited out. Lots of the reatcions look edited or statements cut short.
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