Syed - The Apprentice
20 April 2006, 12:27 PM
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Hi
If the result is already known - then just phone Amstrad HQ and ask to speak to Syed Ahmed then Ruth Badger etc.
The one you get through to works for Amstrad now!!! - so must therefore be the winner!!
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If the result is already known - then just phone Amstrad HQ and ask to speak to Syed Ahmed then Ruth Badger etc.
The one you get through to works for Amstrad now!!! - so must therefore be the winner!!
Cheers
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20 April 2006, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Warwick-hunt
............NICHOLAS..............NICHOLAS.......
................HELLO............................. . N I C H O L A S............
................HELLO............................. . N I C H O L A S............
All I could think of was that Alan Partridge scene Wandsworth bridge
20 April 2006, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by AsifScoob
My Missus works with one of the Producers of the programme and she reports that the entire team are completely tight lipped about who wins etc.
The programme makers really do have a lot at stake and are after major glory/kudos. If everyone finds out beforehand it really takes it away from them.
Thoroughly enjoying the programme mind, even though I am frustrated by my inability to be able to say, "I know who wins!"
Asif
The programme makers really do have a lot at stake and are after major glory/kudos. If everyone finds out beforehand it really takes it away from them.
Thoroughly enjoying the programme mind, even though I am frustrated by my inability to be able to say, "I know who wins!"
Asif
20 April 2006, 10:18 PM
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Only just started watching the last few episodes and its quite interesting. As Tiggs says Syed provides the best entertainment, like him or loathe him.
Did anyone watch Dragons Den last year on BBC2 also. Really found that programme interesting
Simon
Did anyone watch Dragons Den last year on BBC2 also. Really found that programme interesting
Simon
20 April 2006, 11:51 PM
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Its all a bit Telesales-y for me this time. The mark of a man is seemingly how many George Foreman grills you can shift in an hour. Wish they had challenges that were a bit more demanding of the grey matter than just the patter... Think Ruth is a superb sales machine though and quite straight with it - Syed is full of BS but still quite likeable in a naive schoolboysy sort of way.
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21 April 2006, 08:31 AM
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i just cant see how the sales skills these people have will translate to the management role they will have? having worked in sales for years the link between a £250k pa salesman and a "good manager" is often not an obvious one! hence they stay in sales!
21 April 2006, 09:03 AM
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Its all a bit Telesales-y for me this time. The mark of a man is seemingly how many George Foreman grills you can shift in an hour. Wish they had challenges that were a bit more demanding of the grey matter than just the patter... Think Ruth is a superb sales machine though and quite straight with it - Syed is full of BS but still quite likeable in a naive schoolboysy sort of way.
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Can't stand the guy, reminds me of someone I have the unfortunate pleasure of working with.
21 April 2006, 10:56 AM
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I like the guy, full of **** but very passionate, focused and driven, and has a VERY strong backbone. Ruth or Ansell to win unfortunately- no one from this year was particularly special.
21 April 2006, 11:45 AM
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What none of you have mentioned yet is the supposed '6 figure salary' ( probably 'on target earnings' )
My bet is £9999.99 - sounds a lot sexier if you dont mention the decimal point ;0)
One thing I found odd as well is that they keep referring to the contestants as the UK's 'top entrepreneurs' yet most seem to work for other people ??? I dont think the bloke in my local Spar thinks of himself as an entrepreneur just because he's sold a few bits on Ebay and done up a couple of old motors....
My bet is £9999.99 - sounds a lot sexier if you dont mention the decimal point ;0)
One thing I found odd as well is that they keep referring to the contestants as the UK's 'top entrepreneurs' yet most seem to work for other people ??? I dont think the bloke in my local Spar thinks of himself as an entrepreneur just because he's sold a few bits on Ebay and done up a couple of old motors....
21 April 2006, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiggs
i just cant see how the sales skills these people have will translate to the management role they will have? having worked in sales for years the link between a £250k pa salesman and a "good manager" is often not an obvious one! hence they stay in sales!
Without any commercial acumen - then forget it.
21 April 2006, 02:11 PM
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"One thing I found odd as well is that they keep referring to the contestants as the UK's 'top entrepreneurs' "
no..clearly they arent. Tuan is a good example...over on pistonheads he has stated that if he had won he would have had to quit his job at the nationwide and moved to london and not for not a lot of extra money.
now i'm sure he is doing great at the building society but if £100k is a pay rise he is hardly a top anything...let alone entrepreneur!
syed drives a 318 it seems!
but then would a "real" business man/woman quit to go work for Sugar on £100k......i'm not Richard Branson but as someone running my own business i suppose i'm the sort who may apply...a few mates (and even clients) have suggested it, as though it would be a step up to go DOWN the pay ladder and under a boss!!!! and i would assume anyone else doing ok would feel the same. still good TV!
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ps- the application form (online at the BBC site) is quite funny though....more questions to see whos good for TV than whos good for SAS
no..clearly they arent. Tuan is a good example...over on pistonheads he has stated that if he had won he would have had to quit his job at the nationwide and moved to london and not for not a lot of extra money.
now i'm sure he is doing great at the building society but if £100k is a pay rise he is hardly a top anything...let alone entrepreneur!
syed drives a 318 it seems!
but then would a "real" business man/woman quit to go work for Sugar on £100k......i'm not Richard Branson but as someone running my own business i suppose i'm the sort who may apply...a few mates (and even clients) have suggested it, as though it would be a step up to go DOWN the pay ladder and under a boss!!!! and i would assume anyone else doing ok would feel the same. still good TV!
T
ps- the application form (online at the BBC site) is quite funny though....more questions to see whos good for TV than whos good for SAS
21 April 2006, 02:18 PM
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I couldn't believe AS kept Syed on last week after describing him as "The liar" 
Have to agree with the above, that he's only still there for the entertainment value and for someone for AS to beat up.
Ruth has certainly performed best on all the task, but only because she's a very good salesperson. Not sure about planning/management.
Ansell could win, but perhaps too quiet (as Tim last year)
Michelle - she's got a couple of good points going for her
Have to agree with the above, that he's only still there for the entertainment value and for someone for AS to beat up.
Ruth has certainly performed best on all the task, but only because she's a very good salesperson. Not sure about planning/management.
Ansell could win, but perhaps too quiet (as Tim last year)
Michelle - she's got a couple of good points going for her
21 April 2006, 02:39 PM
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"Ruth has certainly performed best on all the task,"
good example though isnt it....if i had a car yard i'd employ her.....if i had a project that needed running would i? no idea...havent seen enough to tell.
michelle...wouldnt even trust her on reception without spending all day doing her nails!
good example though isnt it....if i had a car yard i'd employ her.....if i had a project that needed running would i? no idea...havent seen enough to tell.
michelle...wouldnt even trust her on reception without spending all day doing her nails!
21 April 2006, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by TimWRX01
I'd like to see more of that Michelle......preferably without the towel she constantly walks round wearing.
Maybe one day it will slip off. Wishful thinking...
21 April 2006, 05:25 PM
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I dont think many of you post on theinternetforum.com
go on that site and click on The Apprentice, some of the current contestants posto n there as well and of course are limited to what they can tell us.
Btw Tuan also own Tangent Performance where people hire chauffeured sports cars. He owns amongst his fleet of cars a Lamborghini Murcielago (spelling), Ferrari 360 and a TVR Sagaris.
Sign up on the forum guys, its decent
go on that site and click on The Apprentice, some of the current contestants posto n there as well and of course are limited to what they can tell us.
Btw Tuan also own Tangent Performance where people hire chauffeured sports cars. He owns amongst his fleet of cars a Lamborghini Murcielago (spelling), Ferrari 360 and a TVR Sagaris.
Sign up on the forum guys, its decent
21 April 2006, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by kilo_4que
I dont think many of you post on theinternetforum.com
go on that site and click on The Apprentice, some of the current contestants posto n there as well and of course are limited to what they can tell us.
Btw Tuan also own Tangent Performance where people hire chauffeured sports cars. He owns amongst his fleet of cars a Lamborghini Murcielago (spelling), Ferrari 360 and a TVR Sagaris.
Sign up on the forum guys, its decent
go on that site and click on The Apprentice, some of the current contestants posto n there as well and of course are limited to what they can tell us.
Btw Tuan also own Tangent Performance where people hire chauffeured sports cars. He owns amongst his fleet of cars a Lamborghini Murcielago (spelling), Ferrari 360 and a TVR Sagaris.
Sign up on the forum guys, its decent
does he still? i thought that was over and he was back to the bank?
also i dont belive he "owned" that fleet of cars anymore than i own my office building! the bank does
22 April 2006, 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by KiwiGTI
I download the US version yesterday, shows up the UK candidates for what they are. And Trump makes Alan Sugar amateurish.
Created by Mark Burnett - that guy must be minted. He does Survivor which is on series 12 in the US and the biggest reality show by far.
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22 April 2006, 01:11 AM
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Had to laugh at 2nd episode. As a reward they got to suit up 3 guys struggling in life. There is me thinking that 3 guys off the street will get nice suits but....
Bloke #1 I worked in wall street and after 9/11 I just went through the motions for 2 years and found myself on state benefit
Bloke #2 I was a sales mgr bla bla and then I just lost my job out of the blue and have been unemployed for 1 month.
My god those poor poor b*stards. Gotta feel for them......
Simon.
Bloke #1 I worked in wall street and after 9/11 I just went through the motions for 2 years and found myself on state benefit
Bloke #2 I was a sales mgr bla bla and then I just lost my job out of the blue and have been unemployed for 1 month.
My god those poor poor b*stards. Gotta feel for them......
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22 April 2006, 09:08 AM
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Syed has no skill at all. He is simply thick skinned and very one dimensional. He is simply dripping with 80s style sales cheese. Its like he's read every sales book but didn't understand a word.
I work not employ him as he's an utter pr1ck.
He's far to aggressive and not even in a good way and I don't think he's very conceptual and totally unoriginal. I nearly wet myself the first one where they were trying to decide a team name and he's coming out with the smae fing answer continually like a broken record. He may seem focussed but whats the point in having a busy fool working for you ! He doesn't seem to think whats he's doing.
Hello, McFly, try getting some of your own ideas and thinking for yourself !
Allan
I work not employ him as he's an utter pr1ck.
He's far to aggressive and not even in a good way and I don't think he's very conceptual and totally unoriginal. I nearly wet myself the first one where they were trying to decide a team name and he's coming out with the smae fing answer continually like a broken record. He may seem focussed but whats the point in having a busy fool working for you ! He doesn't seem to think whats he's doing.
Hello, McFly, try getting some of your own ideas and thinking for yourself !
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22 April 2006, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by KiwiGTI
I download the US version yesterday, shows up the UK candidates for what they are. And Trump makes Alan Sugar amateurish.
Simon.
23 April 2006, 06:24 AM
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wow......just read pistonheads monster thread with Tuan commenting. I think i want Syed to win now! I appreciate Tuan is a member there but even so!!!! The way they go on you'd think he should have won it! The suggestion he acted like a boring bloke from a bank would get you shot!
SAS has always said its "dog eat dog"......he wants aggresive hungry people that will tread on toes to get what they want - typical businessman in his mind (not really relevant if thats the way business SHOULD be...its his company, he can run it with who he likes)
They talk of maintaining dignity and integrity! Hang on.....its a bloody gameshow! and at best its a monster job interview......who doesnt lay it on a bit thick in interviews? (cant remember the last time a job for someone with some skills went to someone on the basis of integrity!)
Syed may be a ****........but he's got the front to get of his **** and get on the show - and wants to win. good luck to him (although i dont see him winning......which i now think is a pity)
SAS has always said its "dog eat dog"......he wants aggresive hungry people that will tread on toes to get what they want - typical businessman in his mind (not really relevant if thats the way business SHOULD be...its his company, he can run it with who he likes)
They talk of maintaining dignity and integrity! Hang on.....its a bloody gameshow! and at best its a monster job interview......who doesnt lay it on a bit thick in interviews? (cant remember the last time a job for someone with some skills went to someone on the basis of integrity!)
Syed may be a ****........but he's got the front to get of his **** and get on the show - and wants to win. good luck to him (although i dont see him winning......which i now think is a pity
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23 April 2006, 10:57 AM
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AMS: "I don't like liars. I don't like bull****ters. I don't like arselickers".
Yet the fact that Syed is still in the running seems to suggest the opposite. This show has no integrity left; it seems obvious that some people are kept on just for entertainment value.
Yet the fact that Syed is still in the running seems to suggest the opposite. This show has no integrity left; it seems obvious that some people are kept on just for entertainment value.
23 April 2006, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Kuohu
AMS: "I don't like liars. I don't like bull****ters. I don't like arselickers".
Yet the fact that Syed is still in the running seems to suggest the opposite. This show has no integrity left; it seems obvious that some people are kept on just for entertainment value.
Yet the fact that Syed is still in the running seems to suggest the opposite. This show has no integrity left; it seems obvious that some people are kept on just for entertainment value.
who in thier right mind WOULD employ syed...? was it duan who said it last ep when he called him a liability...? sums him up in one word that...
23 April 2006, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Kuohu
AMS: "I don't like liars. I don't like bull****ters. I don't like arselickers".
Yet the fact that Syed is still in the running seems to suggest the opposite. This show has no integrity left; it seems obvious that some people are kept on just for entertainment value.
Yet the fact that Syed is still in the running seems to suggest the opposite. This show has no integrity left; it seems obvious that some people are kept on just for entertainment value.
PS The quote from Shakespeare - the lady doth protesteth too much - comes to mind reading a certain persons posts in this thread