I was thinking of leggings with an inbuilt pedometer, I'm sure they could have come up with some better ideas!
Worst task performance ever?
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Originally Posted by wonkeydonkey:
“Nurun was one of the most scared looking contestants I can remember. She looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights a lot of the time. Scott was probably scared as well, but his way of dealing with it was to shout a lot without ever saying anything.”
“Nurun was one of the most scared looking contestants I can remember. She looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights a lot of the time. Scott was probably scared as well, but his way of dealing with it was to shout a lot without ever saying anything.”
Yes I agree.
This is where their claims come back to haunt them
Nurun says she is thoughtful, considerate and a multitasker
Scott claimed he knows everything about everything
Nurun may be a multitasker but she is clearer not a leader and Scott does not know everything about everything { what a daft claim }
Nurun may not stab anyone in the back but the others will eat her up.
in fact over the two tasks ' both teams have been rubbish '
This task is very hard, they are expected to "come up with an original idea" and get a prototype made with in 24hrs, companies spend millions of pounds take several years and have the best technical minds on the planet and still produce rubbish (Amstrad Email Phone anyone!!).
The trouble is we can all come up with ideas, but if you don't have anyone around with the technical know how, it's not until you speak to the designer, do you find out that the idea is not feasible, and then it's too late, as the boys found out. I personally would move my team to the design agency or at least very close, so any ideas could be quickly bounced off the actual guys who are going to build it.
My idea BTW was for a clip on tie that could change colour/design, the processor and battery would be stored in the knot of the tie.
The trouble is we can all come up with ideas, but if you don't have anyone around with the technical know how, it's not until you speak to the designer, do you find out that the idea is not feasible, and then it's too late, as the boys found out. I personally would move my team to the design agency or at least very close, so any ideas could be quickly bounced off the actual guys who are going to build it.
My idea BTW was for a clip on tie that could change colour/design, the processor and battery would be stored in the knot of the tie.
Originally Posted by Philip Wales:
“This task is very hard, they are expected to "come up with an original idea" and get a prototype made with in 24hrs, companies spend millions of pounds take several years and have the best technical minds on the planet and still produce rubbish (Amstrad Email Phone anyone!!).”
“This task is very hard, they are expected to "come up with an original idea" and get a prototype made with in 24hrs, companies spend millions of pounds take several years and have the best technical minds on the planet and still produce rubbish (Amstrad Email Phone anyone!!).”
To be fair, I've seen interviews with Sugar in which the interviewer has called the candidates inept, and Sugar has defended them, saying what you've said there (bar the Email Phone being crap).
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“The trouble is we can all come up with ideas, but if you don't have anyone around with the technical know how, it's not until you speak to the designer, do you find out that the idea is not feasible, and then it's too late, as the boys found out.”
“The trouble is we can all come up with ideas, but if you don't have anyone around with the technical know how, it's not until you speak to the designer, do you find out that the idea is not feasible, and then it's too late, as the boys found out.”
I think it was quite obvious that the boys' idea, good though it was, was not going to be feasible in the time.
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“I personally would move my team to the design agency or at least very close, so any ideas could be quickly bounced off the actual guys who are going to build it.”
“I personally would move my team to the design agency or at least very close, so any ideas could be quickly bounced off the actual guys who are going to build it.”
I honestly doubt whether they're allowed to do so.
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“My idea BTW was for a clip on tie that could change colour/design, the processor and battery would be stored in the knot of the tie.”
“My idea BTW was for a clip on tie that could change colour/design, the processor and battery would be stored in the knot of the tie.”
Mine was a bow tie that revolves.
Originally Posted by trollface:
“Mine was a bow tie that revolves.”
“Mine was a bow tie that revolves.”
Excellent.
You could have it squirting water too, from a bulb discreetly hidden in your pocket and connected to the tie by a think tube.
I was shouting at them to have the solar panels as a yoke on the back of the jacket - like this:
http://images.asos-media.com/inv/med...8/image2xl.jpg
http://images.asos-media.com/inv/med...8/image2xl.jpg
I still think the Girls had good ideas but they got way too fragmented. A Phone charger on the go would be incredibly useful, my phone is always dying.
The heatpads are an even better idea as well, it gets bloody freezing at Winter and sometimes a normal coat doesn't really help that much.
The LED lights on the lapel were awful, no defending them there.
If they had picked to specialize the coat in one area I think it would have worked out since they would have a lot more direction in their pitch rather than having to explain all 3 things practical and impractical.
The heatpads are an even better idea as well, it gets bloody freezing at Winter and sometimes a normal coat doesn't really help that much.
The LED lights on the lapel were awful, no defending them there.
If they had picked to specialize the coat in one area I think it would have worked out since they would have a lot more direction in their pitch rather than having to explain all 3 things practical and impractical.
Originally Posted by ryanr554:
“The LED lights on the lapel were awful, no defending them there. .”
“The LED lights on the lapel were awful, no defending them there. .”
They wanted the whole lapel at on stage too.
10 series in and not a thing was learned about how to market research by the girls subteam, who pushed the lapels because one fashionable woman on the street said it was a good idea.
Most deserved double firing ever! I knew Robert would be fired the minute he shied away from being PM
Scott was equally bad
Scott was equally bad
Surely the whole pants man advertising episode deserves a mention. Even the pitch was bad.
The team that made 500 pizzas, god that was bad.
The team that made 500 pizzas, god that was bad.
Originally Posted by wolvesdavid:
“Surely the whole pants man advertising episode deserves a mention. Even the pitch was bad.
The team that made 500 pizzas, god that was bad.”
“Surely the whole pants man advertising episode deserves a mention. Even the pitch was bad.
The team that made 500 pizzas, god that was bad.”
One pizza, one whole chicken.
Originally Posted by wolvesdavid:
“Surely the whole pants man advertising episode deserves a mention. Even the pitch was bad.
The team that made 500 pizzas, god that was bad.”
“Surely the whole pants man advertising episode deserves a mention. Even the pitch was bad.
The team that made 500 pizzas, god that was bad.”
You mean the team that didn't make 500 pizzas? If they'd made 500, they would have won and it would have been good times. The fact was that they set a thoroughly unrealistic target and bought the ingredients for 500 pizzas that they had absolutely no chance of making in the time allowed.
Originally Posted by wonkeydonkey:
“And don't even get me started on the jacket that will only warm up on a sunny day...”
“And don't even get me started on the jacket that will only warm up on a sunny day...”
Good point! Funny how Mr Technology Alan Sugar didn't clock that.
Originally Posted by Fireball XL5:
“Good point! Funny how Mr Technology Alan Sugar didn't clock that.”
“Good point! Funny how Mr Technology Alan Sugar didn't clock that.”
OH was shouting at the telly about that!
OH i remember something, wasnt there a task where they had to sell British products in a French market? I seem to recall one team buying bulk cheap cheddar to take which was absolutely stupid thing to do.
^^ TBH I don't think selling cheese to the French was a bad idea, they drink our wine, beer etc. The problem was he bought the cheese from a supermarket and not from a farm shop or high end cheese retailer, so what he took was infect "plastic cheese" instead of a top quality product.
Originally Posted by ryanr554:
“I still think the Girls had good ideas but they got way too fragmented. A Phone charger on the go would be incredibly useful, my phone is always dying.
The heatpads are an even better idea as well, it gets bloody freezing at Winter and sometimes a normal coat doesn't really help that much.
The LED lights on the lapel were awful, no defending them there.
If they had picked to specialize the coat in one area I think it would have worked out since they would have a lot more direction in their pitch rather than having to explain all 3 things practical and impractical.”
“I still think the Girls had good ideas but they got way too fragmented. A Phone charger on the go would be incredibly useful, my phone is always dying.
The heatpads are an even better idea as well, it gets bloody freezing at Winter and sometimes a normal coat doesn't really help that much.
The LED lights on the lapel were awful, no defending them there.
If they had picked to specialize the coat in one area I think it would have worked out since they would have a lot more direction in their pitch rather than having to explain all 3 things practical and impractical.”
I completely agree. Lauren (I think) said that they were trying to do too many things. The lights cheapened the coat and having both the heated element and phone charger complicated it. My mum after glancing at the telly, asked me if I could order the jacket online! She would love a heated coat.
Originally Posted by Philip Wales:
“^^ TBH I don't think selling cheese to the French was a bad idea, they drink our wine, beer etc. The problem was he bought the cheese from a supermarket and not from a farm shop or high end cheese retailer, so what he took was infect "plastic cheese" instead of a top quality product.”
“^^ TBH I don't think selling cheese to the French was a bad idea, they drink our wine, beer etc. The problem was he bought the cheese from a supermarket and not from a farm shop or high end cheese retailer, so what he took was infect "plastic cheese" instead of a top quality product.”
And then tried to heat sausages by sticking a candle in an empty baked beans tin with holes punched in it...
Originally Posted by trollface:
“And then tried to heat sausages by sticking a candle in an empty baked beans tin with holes punched in it...”
“And then tried to heat sausages by sticking a candle in an empty baked beans tin with holes punched in it...”
Katie Hopkins looking adoringly at him the whole time, as if she and Paul were some kind of superior beings! Meanwhile Yasmin (I think) popped into a local café and got the sausages cooked there.
Originally Posted by WinterFire:
“If there was any doubt that the 'orders' tasks are fixed, it's obvious now. If there had been any semblance of reality, then both products would have garnered zero orders. The 250 orders for the girls product was utterly ridiculous, and in real life would have resulted in the purchaser being fired as being utterly incompetent.”
“If there was any doubt that the 'orders' tasks are fixed, it's obvious now. If there had been any semblance of reality, then both products would have garnered zero orders. The 250 orders for the girls product was utterly ridiculous, and in real life would have resulted in the purchaser being fired as being utterly incompetent.”
There are coats and jackets available that have warming pads in them, but they run on batteries. Firefox is exactly the type of organisation to place an order for that kind of thing; they have masses of novelty stuff that's totally useless.
Can I just ask in the calander task the one where the pitch says: "did you know there are 6 million cat owners in the UK and the majority of them live in London," does she mean an overall majority?
Originally Posted by Cythna:
“Katie Hopkins looking adoringly at him the whole time, as if she and Paul were some kind of superior beings! Meanwhile Yasmin (I think) popped into a local café and got the sausages cooked there.”
“Katie Hopkins looking adoringly at him the whole time, as if she and Paul were some kind of superior beings! Meanwhile Yasmin (I think) popped into a local café and got the sausages cooked there.”
Her name was Kristina.
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