The Apprentice 2023
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redrabbit29 said:
I counted 33 spelling mistakes
You don't know the figures do you?
It pissed me off when the boxing girl was berated for saying the trainers in her gym would work for free. My PT has to give half the money she gets, per session to the gym for the privilege of training her clients there. Seems fairly common in the gym/PT world. She would be delighted if she could work in a gym where she doesn't need to pay anything to work there. I'm sure many other PT's would be queueing up to work at a gym with that model.
As she said, you know business, I know this industry inside out. But she got shouted down and bullied into submission.
I ditched the show halfway through this series, but came back hoping for something better from the interviews, it didn't happen.
It's a dead duck now.
As she said, you know business, I know this industry inside out. But she got shouted down and bullied into submission.
I ditched the show halfway through this series, but came back hoping for something better from the interviews, it didn't happen.
It's a dead duck now.
WilliamWoollard said:
She would be delighted if she could work in a gym where she doesn't need to pay anything to work there. I'm sure many other PT's would be queueing up to work at a gym with that model.
I apologise for my lack of understanding but how do they get paid with this model?I've just caught up with the interview episode and what an utter farce. I appreciate that from the proceeding episodes it's clear it's not an actual attempt to find somebody decent, but even so it's a kick in the teeth when you've come this far and 5 rock up with their business plans which, from the sound of it, are all an utterly worthless waste of paper.
Not one proof-read or run them by an accountant, or just a friend with common sense? I'm fairly confident every single member of my family (not one who has ever run their own business) would spot it if I didn't put staff costs anywhere in the plan.
I know the rest of the show is effectively rigged to make them look spectacularly stupid (no phones, no comms between sub-teams, cooking tasks etc etc) but I'm struggling to see how that works at this stage, do they only get to write them in those final 2 days, with no access to a calculator or the internet?
Not one proof-read or run them by an accountant, or just a friend with common sense? I'm fairly confident every single member of my family (not one who has ever run their own business) would spot it if I didn't put staff costs anywhere in the plan.
I know the rest of the show is effectively rigged to make them look spectacularly stupid (no phones, no comms between sub-teams, cooking tasks etc etc) but I'm struggling to see how that works at this stage, do they only get to write them in those final 2 days, with no access to a calculator or the internet?
ilikepeas said:
WilliamWoollard said:
She would be delighted if she could work in a gym where she doesn't need to pay anything to work there. I'm sure many other PT's would be queueing up to work at a gym with that model.
I apologise for my lack of understanding but how do they get paid with this model?ilikepeas said:
redrabbit29 said:
I counted 33 spelling mistakes
You don't know the figures do you?
As another poster pointed out if you took the 60 minute episode, there must have only been about a few minutes of actual interview footage - most of it was just bullying, rude, snide behaviour rather than trying to get an idea of how their business could work (admittedly they're rubbish ideas but you know what I mean)
Most of the interview part was just them sat outside waiting and commenting on how it went
WilliamWoollard said:
ilikepeas said:
WilliamWoollard said:
She would be delighted if she could work in a gym where she doesn't need to pay anything to work there. I'm sure many other PT's would be queueing up to work at a gym with that model.
I apologise for my lack of understanding but how do they get paid with this model?dom9 said:
WilliamWoollard said:
ilikepeas said:
WilliamWoollard said:
She would be delighted if she could work in a gym where she doesn't need to pay anything to work there. I'm sure many other PT's would be queueing up to work at a gym with that model.
I apologise for my lack of understanding but how do they get paid with this model?Some of this reminds me a bit of Dragons Den.
When you have very good business people (Dragons) but they often just criticise anything that they don't quite understand or that isn't the normal way of doing things.
Often they can be right but there are many occasions when they just come across as narrow minded and stupid, especially when it's not in their particular area of work.
When you have very good business people (Dragons) but they often just criticise anything that they don't quite understand or that isn't the normal way of doing things.
Often they can be right but there are many occasions when they just come across as narrow minded and stupid, especially when it's not in their particular area of work.
Big Stevie said:
Ring ring, ring ring, ring ring
"Hello, this is The Apprentice"
"Hello I'd like to become one of next years candidates please"
"Do you know anything about business?"
"Nope"
"That doesn't matter, are you a reasonably good looking female?"
"Yep"
"That's good, and finally, are you a bit thick?"
"Yep"
"Congratulations, you're in"
In all seriousness this must be what the BBC are looking for. I stopped watching the series a few years back but have normally watched the interviews and final. This episode - down to the last five, they have to be having a laugh - perhaps the boxer is closely related to the DG and so the rest were just stooges. "Hello, this is The Apprentice"
"Hello I'd like to become one of next years candidates please"
"Do you know anything about business?"
"Nope"
"That doesn't matter, are you a reasonably good looking female?"
"Yep"
"That's good, and finally, are you a bit thick?"
"Yep"
"Congratulations, you're in"
There has to be a reasonable explanation, I need someone to pay my pension.
I am still entertained by Dragon’s Den, so there must be some hope somewhere.
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