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Do not Lie On the TV, Especially On The Apprentice

Written by: Andrew Rondeau

Article Overview: Be warned – this posting reveals who has been ‘fired’ from the third episode and the rest of the post is only my observation and opinion based upon 60 minutes of edited TV, nothing more.

Do not Lie On the TV, Especially On The Apprentice

I was looking forward to this week’s task and I thought it was the most challenging so far. I say challenging because of the number of activities they had to complete not because of the complexity.

They had to organize a themed eating night in a pub. Sounds easy but the teams had to agree on the theme, get the supplies, drum up business, market and promote the themed night, cook and serve the food and make a profit.

Sir Alan Sugar (SAS) picked the Team Leaders. Ian for the boys and Sara for the girls.

Bollywood vs. Italian

Both pubs were traditionally English and both teams should have picked easy English food to prepare and cook. But no, the boys went all Italian and the girls chose a Bollywood theme.

I thought the Bollywood theme was wrong. The vast majority of people who want to eat curry go to an Indian restaurant not an English pub. And none of the girls has experience of cooking curry.

The Girls Were Off Again…

The girls were arguing again. It makes great TV, I agree but their arguing overshadows any inspired ideas they come up with. This week they came up with an idea to sell tickets for £5, for their themed night beforehand. A brilliant idea. They sold 45. Almost £250 profit before starting!

They also come up with some silly ideas as well, mind. Remember last weeks and the 24 hour personal assistant for checking your laundry.

This weeks?

Use the customer’s first name as often as possible. I have have never been in a restaurant where I am referred to by my first name. Surname, yes, never first name.

Boring, boring, boring.

Just thought I would add that as I thought this week’s show was.

And the winning team was…the girls. That great idea of selling tickets upfront really helped and keeping costs down on marketing as well.

Definition of busy fools

Where did it all go wrong for the boys?

It was interesting to watch. They decided on a theme. Agreed the Head Chef and gung ho…off we go…lets deliver…we can do it!

No decisions, no planning, no organization, no control and

the Team Leader had no backbone. In fact, Ian was a big LOSER.

They just spent money. £272 on leaflets to promote their themed night! How many servings of soup would they have to sell before they made a profit on just the marketing costs? About 100!

Loser…

The fatal flaws were lack of pricing and the buying of food at the right price.

Ian the Team Leader had to go and he did. Why did he lie about organizing the pep talk that Kevin gave? Ian said he organized it, Kevin said he did. We all saw Kevin did.

SAS knew he was lying and that was always going to be the end for Ian.

I do believe Simon has more to offer. I think he is strong, speaks his mind and seems to have business acumen.

Simon has more to offer - I want to see his lead a task. Come on Simon put your hand up.

Still little sign of Jennifer, the best salesperson in Europe. Let's see her lead.

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Article Tags: brilliant idea, business market, complexity, curry, decisions, english food, english pub, fools, great tv, head chef, laundry, personal assistant, pubs, sara, sas, silly ideas, sir alan sugar, surname, team leaders, winning team



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