Originally Posted by slouchingthatch:
“Myles, like Jason, proved to be a decent guy who was polite and mostly treated others with respect and professionalism. They're the sort of behaviours that go down well in the real world - particularly the kind of high-end circles Myles operates in. It's just a shame that in The Apprentice manners are often portrayed as some sort of weakness.”
Exactly my thoughts.
Jordan was unfairly cornered for choosing the vase, something he believed in. It didnīt sell, fair enough, but that doesnīt make the product unsaleable. That statement doesnīt make sense, had it been sold then Sugar would have applauded him for taking the risk and so on and on. But he would say now to me "yeah, but it didnīt sell aint it!?". Just because it didnīt sell which sometimes is due to luck, doesnīt mean the product is bad or that Jordan should be shot for choosing it.
I recall season 2, a physics lecturer. She was one of the most logical thinkers, anayltic persons and with honesty and integrity like Myles and Jordan that has been on the program. She was fired, I recall, in a particular task at the zoo where they had to flog hugely overpriced sweets to parents. They were so overpriced that parents would not buy, so the strategy was to tease the kids first so they would convince the parents to buy them. This woman didnīt feel comfortable doing so and at the boredom she was told "You seem to have some moral problems.... this is business, ainīt it? you have to be ruthless, you canīt be weak."
I said it again, i wish there were more people like these three in the business world, specially in the financial sector.