Originally Posted by gary217:
“I think she's actually ok - probably one of only a couple in this years 'intake' that has any intelligence and morals. Sadly, what Alan S seems to want is arrogance and loudness - hence the exit of Jason who everyone else liked and who said he wouldn't lower himself to levels of the others. Having worked in business for (too) many years, this aggressive nasty culture still exists but is way outdated; it is possible to be successful in business without the arrogance/aggression - but Alan S placed her in a position where she had to take on that mantle.”
I agree, although I think what Sugar is looking for gets exaggerated somewhat. There are certain entrepreneurial qualities he's looking for in a business partner - drive, confidence, a refusal to take no for an answer, a clear vision and business plan - which people like Luisa seem to have, only the persona we see has those qualities to excess. So drive becomes ruthlessness, confidence becomes arrogance, a refusal to take no for an answer becomes bullying and so on. That's not so good, but equally we do tend to see only one side of each candidate's personality - what the producers want us to see to build up their 'character'. In real life, I suspect many of the candidates we love to hate are merely just quite unpleasant.
Still, I couldn't see myself having a pint in the pub with many of them. Jason would certainly be one of them.