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Week eight: Who should have been fired? |
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| Charleine |
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43 | 29.66% |
| David |
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45 | 31.03% |
| Gary |
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86 | 59.31% |
| Joseph |
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11 | 7.59% |
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Week eight: Who should have been fired?
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Charleine was the one person who was safe
And then, she went "Full Charleine" in the boardroom, when she cut off David again, specifically after Sugar had just told her not to, I wanted Sugar to fire her on the spot. David put it too well in the taxi, "Charleine is an irritant" |
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Definitely yes. David was dreadful this week. I would have added Charleine too because she's a hysterical unpolished woman that loves drama.
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In terms of actual performance, it has to be David.
On a personal note though, I'd have fired Charlene. I can't stand her shrieking and wailing at every damn opportunity with that foghorn voice of hers. She's been like this for weeks now. |
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Gary was a moron especially his line "it left a sour taste in his eye"
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Gary was a poor PM again. Both Gary and David being fired would have been fair
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Would have considered all of them, but think Gary has shown the least potential.
I'm not sure if it's unfair editing but he was invisible for so many weeks and hasn't really shone when he's been shown, he's just a clumsy corporate guy. At least David has some spark about him. While Charleine kind of let herself down by stirring the pot between teammates that are supposed to work together and not being able to stop interrupting in the boardroom. I thought she was talking herself into getting fired. Though I don't blame her for taking off at light speed when she thought she was safe (I'd have probably done the same). Plus I appreciated her rather mumsy goodbye hug to David. Not much to say about Joseph, at all really. That voice sends me to sleep. |
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Gary was a poor PM again. Both Gary and David being fired would have been fair
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Gary and David.
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Would have considered all of them, but think Gary has shown the least potential.
I'm not sure if it's unfair editing but he was invisible for so many weeks and hasn't really shone when he's been shown, he's just a clumsy corporate guy. At least David has some spark about him. While Charleine kind of let herself down by stirring the pot between teammates that are supposed to work together and not being able to stop interrupting in the boardroom. I thought she was talking herself into getting fired. Though I don't blame her for taking off at light speed when she thought she was safe (I'd have probably done the same). Plus I appreciated her rather mumsy goodbye hug to David. Not much to say about Joseph, at all really. That voice sends me to sleep. What to say about Joseph .. emm, he does put me in mind of an after-the-war style spiv, certainly would not be out of place in a Graham Greene novel from that era
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I have to say, I think half the people on the winning team equally deserved to be fired as well.
The whole thing was a bit of a shambles on all sides. From the losing team I think Gary should have gone -possibly even INSTEAD of David. Gary was in charge, he's supposed to want to start an event-planning business while showing absolutely no special aptitude for it, and it's no good promising people personalised t-shirts unless you're actually capable of producing them. |
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I think Gary and David were responsible equally as all the deductions were based on their mistakes. Charlene and Joseph seemed to get better enthusiasm and a party spirit with the games and barbecue. It was all down to Gary's miscommunication on the cake and party bags that made the issues. On another point, how on earth did both teams spend so much money? They spent about £1,000 each; to me, it looked like that kind of party could be done for £400- £500? It was just a venue/activity rental for about £200 and then barbecue food and some stupid accessories and party games. No idea how that money was spent. I was expecting both teams to make a lot more profit based on £2,000 price.
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On another point, how on earth did both teams spend so much money? They spent about £1,000 each; to me, it looked like that kind of party could be done for £400- £500? It was just a venue/activity rental for about £200 and then barbecue food and some stupid accessories and party games. No idea how that money was spent. I was expecting both teams to make a lot more profit based on £2,000 price.
basically, they both spent around £250 on the venue and, to be generous, probably spent another £200 on food and then maybe another £100 on odds and sods. Added to that, Gary spent whatever it cost for the t-shirts and printing kit. I wonder if, perhaps, they include a nominal cost for the "wages" of the candidates? If you've got 4 or 5 people being paid around £10 an hour for an all-day event that'd add on another £400-odd and take the costs up to what they were quoted as. |
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Gary was responsible for the poor running of the task - he failed to take charge of any problem areas in a decisive way.
The cake? Why let the subteam use chocolate spread at all that "may contain nuts" - why not make a cake with cocoa poder or melted chocolate or water/butter icing? Ironic really that the mother for Gary's party would have been safer eating Richard's cake! Then I think it was pretty poor project management to give the important - £175 ironing task - to the guy that learned to iron last week. Who approved the text/font? You need a reverse font to make these iron T-shirts. It seemed like Gary (and some of the others) were looking for deniability/easy targets by allocating jobs knowing they would be done poorly. |
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A fair point.
basically, they both spent around £250 on the venue and, to be generous, probably spent another £200 on food and then maybe another £100 on odds and sods. Added to that, Gary spent whatever it cost for the t-shirts and printing kit. I wonder if, perhaps, they include a nominal cost for the "wages" of the candidates? If you've got 4 or 5 people being paid around £10 an hour for an all-day event that'd add on another £400-odd and take the costs up to what they were quoted as. |
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Had to be Gary to be fired this week. Utterly incompetent.
I've supported David over previous weeks when people have criticised him for not being good at manual labour tasks, tasks that could be utterly irrelevant to his business plan, and I will again. Gary handed him that task, knowing he wasn't an expert in the field of ironing T-Shirt prints. The likelihood of making a mistake was fairly high for a first timer so common sense would dictate that you'd order 2 or 3 more t-shirts to cover wastage losses. That's basic stuff and the stuff that Gary falls down on every week. He didn't even think about the entertainment on the bus and provided little of value during either of the fun sections of the day. He then put the doubt into the mind of the parents that meant they couldn;t enjoy the day. An absolute buffoon, and how everyone turned their attentions to ganging up on David in the boardroom was frankly pathetic and made me question their judgement of character. |
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The party bus and second venue must have cost a huge amount on both teams because that is the only way that the expenses make any sense. It was a shame that Selina won this task as it was her second time to win as manager flukily due to other team mess ups. Given she is in the event industry, she didn't show much strategy or understanding of clients requests. I thought Richard was only one focusing on the key point of keeping costs low; he didn't do well with organising the barbecue though so that was maybe one of the reasons they were underpaid on agreed price.
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Gary - surely there are products you can buy that state No Nuts, there must be a market for these. Should have made sure one was sourced rather than the constant doubt and loss of confidence it caused.
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I would have fired Gary and David based on the task itself and I would have fired Charlene for her behaviour in the boardroom
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Gary was a moron especially his line "it left a sour taste in his eye"
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And 'I'm not going to dance about the bush'.
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In terms of actual performance, it has to be David.
On a personal note though, I'd have fired Charlene. I can't stand her shrieking and wailing at every damn opportunity with that foghorn voice of hers. She's been like this for weeks now. |
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Gary - surely there are products you can buy that state No Nuts, there must be a market for these. Should have made sure one was sourced rather than the constant doubt and loss of confidence it caused.
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David deserved to be fired for being a weasel who adding nothing positive to the task. I couldn't stomach his accent either.
Gary should've also been fired for being dull. |
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Gary - surely there are products you can buy that state No Nuts, there must be a market for these. Should have made sure one was sourced rather than the constant doubt and loss of confidence it caused.
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