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Old 15-11-2016, 12:48
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geography isn't there strong point, why if you are in East London would you go all the way to Streatham for a mini-market ?
Looks like grammar isn't your strong point.

Sorry, couldn't resist.
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Old 15-11-2016, 16:26
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I couldn't believe my ears when one of the contestants, on the way to purchase the next item, wondered out loud: 'Is Morocco in Turkey?' and they all sheepishly mumbled 'I don't know'!

These people are looking to become a business partner of Lord Sugar, with an injection of £250K to get them started. How come they got this far through the elimination process with so little knowledge of the world around them?
It was Alana that said it wasn't it? Now I thought - and I could be wrong - that she was giving a gentle hint to the other two in the car. She knew full well it wasn't, judging by the look on her faced. It just seems quite 'in character' for her not to yell out how stupid they're being but just give them a clue...
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Old 15-11-2016, 19:19
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It was Alana that said it wasn't it? Now I thought - and I could be wrong - that she was giving a gentle hint to the other two in the car. She knew full well it wasn't, judging by the look on her faced. It just seems quite 'in character' for her not to yell out how stupid they're being but just give them a clue...
May be so Paul but I doubt that subtleness would have worked.

It seems to me that Inspector Clouseau lives on.
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Old 15-11-2016, 19:21
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Well not everyone lives in London.
they had a map though, they could have seen Streatham was on the edge of it
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Old 15-11-2016, 19:23
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None of this can beat the time they tried to buy a kosher chicken from a halal butcher.
That is very true Walter - but with this lot one never knows.
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Old 15-11-2016, 20:10
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But what discount will you get from one of those stores at 2am? There probably will be no one with the ability to make such a decision around at that time and it would probably take a week to sort out permission to film in the store.
For you and me, but the rules of the game are the teams must negotiate a discount and Gladys on till number 3 is not allowed to offer 20 per cent off, so supermarkets are effectively ruled out. This is also why Jessica spent god knows how long trying to get a pound off her dad's cigars.

Otherwise, the task would just be shopping, especially as supermarket prices are probably lower even without discounts. One imagines the idea is to give Lord Sugar a steer as to whether he is going into business with someone who can get a good price on 100,000 widgets for their new factory rather than a team who can select next day delivery from Amazon.
Oh ok, I didn't realise getting a discount was part of the rules.

I guess using club card points doesn't count
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Old 15-11-2016, 20:17
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I do suppose if you know the penalty so lets say its 50 quid for a Moroccan pot then just nipping to Tesco's and picking one up for a tenner even with no discount is better, unless theres a double penalty for for getting no discount.
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Old 16-11-2016, 10:17
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I do suppose if you know the penalty so lets say its 50 quid for a Moroccan pot then just nipping to Tesco's and picking one up for a tenner even with no discount is better, unless theres a double penalty for for getting no discount.
Getting filming permission in less than two months from a corporate behemoth like Tesco would probably scupper it but basically you are right about the strategy for the buying task -- just get the cheaper items at almost any price as the fine will outweigh the cost. Don't waste time haggling, just get them.

For the expensive items, the opposite is true. Haggle like Karhik in a lengha shop but be prepared to walk away empty-handed as the risk of overpaying (compared to Lord Sugar's book price) is significant.
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Old 16-11-2016, 10:27
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Well not everyone lives in London.
Paul is from London, and had earlier talked of the importance of staying in one area. It may be he was throwing Rebecca under the bus -- if they lose the task, he can blame Rebecca for wasting time driving halfway across London, contrary to the PM's instruction.

As a bonus, Paul also doubted the Streatham shopkeeper had understood Rebecca over the phone but did not press the point -- more ammunition for the boardroom.
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Old 16-11-2016, 11:32
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Paul is from London, and had earlier talked of the importance of staying in one area. It may be he was throwing Rebecca under the bus -- if they lose the task, he can blame Rebecca for wasting time driving halfway across London, contrary to the PM's instruction.

As a bonus, Paul also doubted the Streatham shopkeeper had understood Rebecca over the phone but did not press the point -- more ammunition for the boardroom.
Yes - just one other reason I don't like him much - and have not done since the start.
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Old 16-11-2016, 11:35
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Why did none of them seem to know what a Tagine was, how it was pronounced or where it was from? I thought this was fairly common knowledge.
I'm well educated and reasonably intelligent, but I can't cook and neither do I watch cookery programmes. I'd never heard of a tagine, let alone known how to pronounce it, so I'd have been like a headless chicken amongst the contestants!

Question is, are they allowed to Google words they don't know or recognise? Either that, or pop into a bookshop and have a quick look in a dictionary? I'm amazed how there's always one team who fails to understand and locate ALL the items on the list.
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Old 16-11-2016, 12:35
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Yes - just one other reason I don't like him much - and have not done since the start.
If you are not prepared to do stuff like that, you shouldnt really be on the apprentice. They all do it.
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Old 16-11-2016, 12:51
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I'm well educated and reasonably intelligent, but I can't cook and neither do I watch cookery programmes. I'd never heard of a tagine, let alone known how to pronounce it, so I'd have been like a headless chicken amongst the contestants!

Question is, are they allowed to Google words they don't know or recognise? Either that, or pop into a bookshop and have a quick look in a dictionary? I'm amazed how there's always one team who fails to understand and locate ALL the items on the list.
Yes but you are one person, i'd have thought that someone somewhere on a team of supposedly amazing people would have heard of one.
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Old 16-11-2016, 12:57
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If you are not prepared to do stuff like that, you shouldnt really be on the apprentice. They all do it.
I'm not on it - I watch it.

And yes many of them do it - but some are sneakier than others.

Plus I don't like him full stop.
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Old 16-11-2016, 14:52
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I'm well educated and reasonably intelligent, but I can't cook and neither do I watch cookery programmes. I'd never heard of a tagine, let alone known how to pronounce it, so I'd have been like a headless chicken amongst the contestants!

Question is, are they allowed to Google words they don't know or recognise? Either that, or pop into a bookshop and have a quick look in a dictionary? I'm amazed how there's always one team who fails to understand and locate ALL the items on the list.
A few years back, one team thought to phone a library and ask.

The obscure items might be a bit unfair as one candidate might recognise them immediately, as Karthik did with lengha and rambutan.

On the other hand, the item specifications give clues. The rambutan spec was 2kg and fresh. Fresh gave meat , fruit or bread but as Paul asked, how can you have a 2kg loaf of bread? Then Rebecca chimed in to ask if it could be an instrument.
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Old 16-11-2016, 15:00
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Yes - just one other reason I don't like him much - and have not done since the start.
No I don't like him either. I find him a whinger who loves to tell others where they are going wrong. The sideways look he gave Rebecca in the taxi, reeked of his disdain. He's not even all that.
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Old 16-11-2016, 15:15
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I'm not on it - I watch it.

And yes many of them do it - but some are sneakier than others.

Plus I don't like him full stop.
I didnt say you were on it!
If you dont like him, fair enough. However the reasons you have stated seem to be at odds with each other.
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Old 16-11-2016, 16:35
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I didnt say you were on it!
If you dont like him, fair enough. However the reasons you have stated seem to be at odds with each other.
I know you didn't think I was on it - I was just nitpicking on your actual wording !

Not sure why you think my words seemed to be at odd with each other because I was responding to the points made by another poster - and I did say "Just one other reason" etc. etc

But notwithstanding that I have disliked him since the first day.
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