Thankyou that was a very good insite into whats going on i used to
love the show but i moved to Italy after 3 porgammes and i really miss
it :(

Katy


--- In UK_The_Apprentice@yahoogroups.com, "paulspatel"
<paulspatel@y...> wrote:
>
> Sorting the wheat from the chaff is in very good hands and Sir Alan
> gets it right every week!
> Last night's task - country market I thought was a tough one but Ben
> had to go!
> He seemed completely out of sorts and depth.
>
> BUT!!!
>
> How lucky are Saira and Raj?? They have to be the most infuriating of
> the dubious suspects.
> In this task it was James who came up with the winning idea of
> chutneys without which they (First Forte - what a cr*p name!!) would
> have been singing in the rain.
> To be fair to Saira, she did turn around her initial mistake of
> agreeing to pay the chef £50.00/hr and worked damned hard to win the
> task.
> But Raj is the biggest waste of space in the programme. Largely
> anonymous in every task, cosying up to and being domineered by Saira
> at every opportunity and seemingly cannot string more than three
> words together without tripping over his tongue. Obviously a
> favourite for the 6-figure salary on offer then...
> Comes across as a typical Indian mummy's boy! And believe me I have
> met many.
> Why is it both Saira and he always seem to have the usual Asian chip
> on their shoulder....?
> The "everybody's trying to pull me down]" mentality.
> Frankly they disgust me.
> From Saira's excruciating enunciation of her words as though no-one
> else can speak or understand English to her unwavering need to
> talk/shout everyone down. As though by talking over people she'll
> come across as knowing what she's doing and somehow absorb what she
> lacks by osmosis. How patronising would it be as a professional if
> someone was trying to buy/enlist your help and they spoke to you as
> though you were 5 years old?
> And when they both used the race card in explanation of their failure
> with the art gallery task I was outraged.... This was their
> fallback??? Unbelievable!!! Could it be.... and I'm clutching at
> straws here.... that they were just out of their depth? That the
> Impact team were actually better than they were, actually had an
> appreciation of art and a familiarity/previous experience. They
> engaged the husband & wife artists extremely well and showed passion
> and interest in their work? If you go to view and understand art,
> having a clipboard full of questions to ask (as Saira did) is
> unlikely to engage... But hey, just call me picky.
> The sooner these two go the better.
> There are certainly many more capable, savvy, gifted young Asian
> business talent out there for these two to be the pathetic
> representatives they so obviously are.
> In fact why are they in there at all? Surely the selection criteria
> for candidates should have been on ability alone, not tokenism! So if
> these are the pick of the crop then heaven help us.
> So I'm incensed at these two. What can I say? They to my mind are
> without a shred of integrity. And while the others (with the
> exception of Paul) haven't overtly demonstrated it either, neither
> have they tried to sully any of the others. In the De-brief sessions
> have either Raj or Saira ever said a single positive thing about the
> other team or individuals?
> Protect yourself from being fired yes, but acknowledge
> achievements/abilities in others too. That is what is known as
> character or breeding, a quality sadly lacking in these two.
>
> So rant over, who's my money on?
>
> Paul or Miriam.