DS Forums

 
 

The Apprentice Week 10 - Gin


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 08-12-2016, 22:27
Super_Furry
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 633
Trishna deserved to go, but Grainne and Frances were both crap as well.
If it hadn't be so reliant on the format for the Final 5 there could easily have been a triple firing this week.

They're all shit this year, aren't they.
Super_Furry is offline   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 08-12-2016, 22:29
eviled2010
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 5,159
Grainne is so ready to lie....really puts me off her.
eviled2010 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 22:33
Cats_Eyes
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 2,546
Grainne is so ready to lie....really puts me off her.
I have said it before she would sell her own mother down the river.
Cats_Eyes is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 22:35
francie
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 20,673
Courtney blushed and farted all the way through that, embarrassing to watch him trying to pitch (and not just this week) I hope he's booted off next week, he's a real smug git.

Rooting for Alana to win now, she seems to be the calm level headed contestant left.
francie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 22:36
francie
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 20,673
I have said it before she would sell her own mother down the river.
Yep, really changed my mind about her myself.
francie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 22:38
thenetworkbabe
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 34,217
Trishna looks really pretty on You're Fired.

I didn't think she solely caused the failure of the task, and she's been stronger than the other two throughout the process.
Silly firing. They may have just kept some hopeless cases in for a bad interview.

Sugar's argument was that she pushed orange - but that was because she didn't know coloured gin is frowned upon. Its something that required prior knowledge.

And the argument take the colour out had already failed - because the buyer pointed out that left no concept - saying they couldn't change the colour that late was agreeing with the buyer'sconclusion.

The gin itself tasted ok - she and the PM got that right.

Fouling up communications, , fouling up 2 presentations, forgetting your own key bit of market research , a dud name, and the labelling were all problems they could have avoided.

And Sugar agreed with her arguments why the other two should go.
thenetworkbabe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 22:46
thenetworkbabe
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 34,217
Courtney blushed and farted all the way through that, embarrassing to watch him trying to pitch (and not just this week) I hope he's booted off next week, he's a real smug git.

Rooting for Alana to win now, she seems to be the calm level headed contestant left.
Alana is now pretty clearly the competent smart one left She's got a show journey story, and building her own company from a young age story - some similarity with Michelle's.
thenetworkbabe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-12-2016, 22:53
francie
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 20,673
Alana is now pretty clearly the competent smart one left She's got a show journey story, and building her own company from a young age story - some similarity with Michelle's.
She was a slow starter and has really grown on me. I find her quiet resilience really endearing. Truly hope she wins.
francie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 00:52
keeping_it_real
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,369
I hate how they seem to belittle Alana, I don't know what she's done to them but she's bloody clever without making a fuss
I think she's just too normal for the rest of them.
keeping_it_real is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 01:04
Sammy2
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 2,376
Grainne must be the chosen one, I would have thought Sugar would have liked to dramatically fire her and Trishna both for the not answering your phone all day and getting drunk bit
Sammy2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 03:58
RoseAnne
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Lytham St Annes
Posts: 2,366
Courtney blushed and farted all the way through that, embarrassing to watch him trying to pitch (and not just this week) I hope he's booted off next week, he's a real smug git.

Rooting for Alana to win now, she seems to be the calm level headed contestant left.
Me too. It would be payback for the other candidates who ignored her and especially Karthik who forgot her name. C'mon Alana!
RoseAnne is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 06:23
martin44
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 18
Alana is very competent. Quick on her feet when thrown a curveball
I would be surprised if she's not in the final......plus she's fit !!
martin44 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 06:46
clm2071
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 4,274
Should have fired all 3 of them + Courtney

Colony was a stupid concept from the start as was colouring the bloody stuff. Trishna lied in one pitch and ruined amy chance they had in another and was hungover for the aecond day after her and Grainne got bladdered.

Courtney is just useless.
clm2071 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 07:16
chrono88
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Dream
Posts: 2,797
Courtney was just useless and boy I was so disappointed in Grainne this week - she was lucky LS could only fire one person because she could have been fired had this task happened one week before.

What a disappointing series. I cannot predict the possible finalists out of these 5...oy.
chrono88 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 07:19
thorr
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 1,999
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5ae_1435918045

Reminded me of this
thorr is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 07:49
chestfield
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Now fully retired
Posts: 3,054
Its' nice with tonic and a slice of lemon - before lunch.
or Cinzano Bianco

I was given a bottle of Ukrainian vodka with bison grass. The first was unspeakable, but it became weirdly delicious.
already got a bottle in stock
chestfield is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 09:04
Marispiper
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 265
Don't know why they're bothering making another series
When LS appeared in the corner telling everyone to apply, I felt dread at the thought of watching another series.
It's not the format, it's the apprentices...absolutely dire.
"You're coming across a bit thick"...
Marispiper is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 10:04
ian_jopson
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 133
I'd have gone for Djinn and had suitably eastern label. Might have been easier to market.
ian_jopson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 12:20
davads
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 5,395
Lol at Alana squaling Final 5 before Alan Sugar declared the win
I didn't lol - I was seriously unimpressed and I'm really surprised Lord Sugar didn't pull her up on it. Very unseemly behaviour in the boardroom!

I remember one guy a few years ago getting the sharp retort "You're not at a football match" for a similar thing, so I don't know why Alana got off with that, 70k win or not...
davads is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 12:28
melodymalone
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 133
I didn't lol - I was seriously unimpressed and I'm really surprised Lord Sugar didn't pull her up on it. Very unseemly behaviour in the boardroom!

I remember one guy a few years ago getting the sharp retort "You're not at a football match" for a similar thing, so I don't know why Alana got off with that, 70k win or not...
It's also pretty insensitive to the team who have just lost and one of whom is about to get fired!
melodymalone is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 12:30
francie
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 20,673
I didn't lol - I was seriously unimpressed and I'm really surprised Lord Sugar didn't pull her up on it. Very unseemly behaviour in the boardroom!

I remember one guy a few years ago getting the sharp retort "You're not at a football match" for a similar thing, so I don't know why Alana got off with that, 70k win or not...
Same one who seemed to slap everyone into oblivion?
francie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 13:01
kwynne42
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Gloating of Irlam
Posts: 39,217
Grainne sounds like an orange gin.
Sounds more like what they make the Gin with
kwynne42 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 13:18
meglosmurmurs
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Titan Uranus
Posts: 31,964
The last couple of tasks have been very enjoyable. I wish the edit would help make the candidates look a little more competent, but I'm going to remember Gordon's Lost His Badger and bright orange Colony Gin for a long time. Bonkers stuff like that is what's been missing from recent series of the show.

Now that the tasks are over, the win/loss records are pretty interesting:
Courtney - 8 wins (2 as PM) and 2 losses (0 times in firing line)
Alana - 6 wins (1 as PM) and 4 losses (3 times in firing line)
Jessica - 5 wins and 5 losses (1 as PM, 2 times in firing line)
Grainne - 3 wins and 7 losses (2 as PM, 3 times in firing line)
Frances - 2 wins (1 as PM) and 8 losses (2 times in firing line)

I didn't realize Grainne's record was so bad. 2 losses as PM almost makes it worse than Frances.
meglosmurmurs is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 13:40
blancoelectra97
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 126
Sounds more like what they make the Gin with
They should have called that gin 'Colostomy bag Gin'.

Same colour and same shape container ha ha!
blancoelectra97 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-12-2016, 14:29
SepangBlue
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,519

... Sugar's argument was that she pushed orange - but that was because she didn't know coloured gin is frowned upon. Its something that required prior knowledge ...
It's called Market Research, an integral part of any business venture. Without it how could they possibly know what direction to take?
SepangBlue is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 11:16.