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Old 04-12-2014, 00:45
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Also, the skeleton that the others got was a plastic one not a real human's remains of bone, so why is that substitution in material OK and the other one not?
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Old 04-12-2014, 00:46
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If they had stuck together, I wonder what Sugar would have done ? As it was, they predictably fell apart and split once again making it easier for him to find a scapegoat.
I think he should have said it was unacceptable but congratulated them on their ingenuity, foregoing the fine and making them winners. After all, he must have known from the feedback that they had been the much better team.
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Old 04-12-2014, 00:49
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Definitely should have counted. Felipe was right, nowhere in the description did it say what the skeleton should be made from. Sugar knew that and just blustered his way out of it, in order to give the other team a scandalous victory
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Old 04-12-2014, 00:52
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When Daniel came back to the house and said "you look like you've seen a ghost!", did anyone else shout "no, just a skeleton" at the TV?

Just me then! 🙈😳😬
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Old 04-12-2014, 00:55
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Definitely should have counted. Felipe was right, nowhere in the description did it say what the skeleton should be made from. Sugar knew that and just blustered his way out of it, in order to give the other team a scandalous victory
Felipe would have made minced meat of Alan in a real legal business situation. The Lord knew it and reacted petulently.
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:05
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Well, one of the criteria was that it had to be at least 150cm in height and what they presented certainly wasn't 150cm in height, so from that alone, it was right to be discounted. If they had assembled it, then they may have had a case.
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:07
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Well, one of the criteria was that it had to be at least 150cm in height and what they presented certainly wasn't 150cm in height, so from that alone, it was right to be discounted. If they had assembled it, then they may have had a case.
It said 180cm on the box.
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:08
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The instructions should have specified it had to be assembled.

If I ordered a bed and it came in a flat pack, it's still a bed. It's my fault for not specifying I want it delivered fully assembled.
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:09
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The instructions should have spacified it had to be assembled.

If I ordered a bed and it came in a flat pack, it's still a bed. It's my fault for not specifying I want it delivered fully assembled.
Good point
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:17
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Sugar should fire himself because he's the one who cocked up here. These guys got him what he wanted and smashed the other team.
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:19
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Well, one of the criteria was that it had to be at least 150cm in height and what they presented certainly wasn't 150cm in height, so from that alone, it was right to be discounted. If they had assembled it, then they may have had a case.
Good point. It wasn't the correct height OR anatomically correct. (edit- in the state in which it was presented)

It's almost an insult that they expected Lord Sugar to spend several hours assembling it himself. At the very least it smacks of "will this do?"

If I ordered a bed and it came in a flat pack, it's still a bed. It's my fault for not specifying I want it delivered fully assembled.
I disagree- if I ordered a takeaway pizza and fires, and the delivery guy turns up with a frozen pizza and a bag of oven chips, it's my fault because I should have specified that I wanted them cooked?
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:19
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They supplied EXACTLY what the brief asked for. It's no good SirAlan saying "that's not what I meant" as that has no baring in anything.

Personally I think they should have got a pat on the back thinking laterally and thus saving money. It was great business sense: Supply exactly what is specified at a cheaper cost.

This happens all the time in business where something is change and all is OK as long as it meats the agreed specifications.

Therefore SirAlan was in the wrong.
As he makes the final decisions,he cannot be wrong.
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:22
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As he makes the final decisions,he cannot be wrong.
He can be wrong. Thats why there are courts, to right wrongs.
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:25
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It said 180cm on the box.
Yes, it had to the potential to be 180cm, but in its current state it was nowhere near what was required.
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:27
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Definitely.

They would have been fined less if they didn't bring anything, so the punishment was really unfair. The team were the worthy winners.
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:29
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Definitely.

They would have been fined less if they didn't bring anything, so the punishment was really unfair. The team were the worthy winners.
How would they be fined less? They were fined the list price for the skeleton, which would have happened even if they hadn't brought it?
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:31
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It shouldn't have counted, in my view. A skeleton is made of bone - anything else is a copy.
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:32
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It shouldn't have counted, in my view. A skeleton is made of bone - anything else is a copy.
Neither was the others' team.
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:32
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It shouldn't have counted, in my view. A skeleton is made of bone - anything else is a copy.
The other team's one wasn't made of bone either! Where do you even get a real bone skeleton except from a grave?!
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:36
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I disagree- if I ordered a takeaway pizza and fires, and the delivery guy turns up with a frozen pizza and a bag of oven chips, it's my fault because I should have specified that I wanted them cooked?
But that's completely different - you order a take away you expect it to be cooked that is the industry standard if you like it is an assumed specification in the same way whilst we don't a bill of right in the UK there are a set of implied rights that we all have and take advantage of everyday. Your trying to compare things that cannot be compared together. It is like taking your takeaway example and comparing it to the bed example - it make no sense because they are in no way comparable. The bed and the skeletons are in this case, for arguments sake, flat packs. The fact that they are flat packs does not negate that they are still a bed or in this case a skeleton. Or lets try a different approach lets say that it asked for a bed and that was all that was given and one team got a cheap bunk bed and the other team got a more expensive luxury double bed because the specification required a bed both would be valid. And in fact with the skeletons once the paper version was put together it could function in exactly the same way as the plastic one it just would be stuck to a wall rather than to a pole. At the end of the day the specifications stated were met and therefore they should not have been penalised.
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:46
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Definitely.

They would have been fined less if they didn't bring anything, so the punishment was really unfair. The team were the worthy winners.
My first take on Daniel and Felipe when they bought this was OMG! LS wont accept that it isn't the right thing.

Now thinking about it I have to wonder whether Felipe got fired more for LS's dislike of lawyers than for getting it wrong as the description really doesn't back up LS's claim that they did.

This is the exact way the item was described in the teams sheet.

HUMAN
SKELETON

SPECIFICATIONS:
Full-Sized Anatomical Skeleton.
Minimum 150cm tall.

What it doesn't say is ANATOMICALLY CORRECT skeleton which would be the correct descriptive.

And I cant remember a team ever (George is that right?) getting stung for a fine of such severity for getting an item wrong, so my suspicion is that LS wanted rid of Felipe, don't know why but the fines smack of deliberate jerry rigging.
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Old 04-12-2014, 01:54
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My first take on Daniel and Felipe when they bought this was OMG! LS wont accept that it isn't the right thing.

Now thinking about it I have to wonder whether Felipe got fired more for LS's dislike of lawyers than for getting it wrong as the description really doesn't back up LS's claim that they did.

This is the exact way the item was described in the teams sheet.

HUMAN
SKELETON

SPECIFICATIONS:
Full-Sized Anatomical Skeleton.
Minimum 150cm tall.

What it doesn't say is ANATOMICALLY CORRECT skeleton which would be the correct descriptive.

And I cant remember a team ever (George is that right?) getting stung for a fine of such severity for getting an item wrong, so my suspicion is that LS wanted rid of Felipe, don't know why but the fines smack of deliberate jerry rigging.
I said elsewhere i thought he deliberately made the fine enough to make them lose.

Like dumbledore giving potter extra points to win the hogwarts trophy. But this time griffyndor lost, and slytherin won.
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Old 04-12-2014, 02:01
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Like dumbledore giving potter extra points to win the hogwarts trophy. But this time griffyndor lost, and slytherin won.
Lmao, couldn't have said it better myself.
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Old 04-12-2014, 02:05
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Felipe basically got fired for outsmarting Lord Sugar or at least whoever wrote the list descriptions. They completely met the criteria, Lord Sugar just arbitrarily decided to make them lose with that plus the rope being too long.

I thought it was a pity the team didn't stick together more, since they were robbed after arguably the best ever performance by a team on this task.
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Old 04-12-2014, 02:11
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Felipe basically got fired for outsmarting Lord Sugar or at least whoever wrote the list descriptions. They completely met the criteria, Lord Sugar just arbitrarily decided to make them lose with that plus the rope being too long.

I thought it was a pity the team didn't stick together more, since they were robbed after arguably the best ever performance by a team on this task.
Didn't you get the they all hate each other memo? The tension between Daniel in particular with the rest of the team is the most obvious but reading between the lines Mark and Katie have what might best be described as an uneasy alliance against the common foe of Daniel.
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