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Old 22 February 2006, 10:19 PM
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Please please PLEASE someone tell me this is a p!ss take program like how the Office and Alan Partridge was... this stuff just CAN'T be real?!?

Anyone catch it?
Old 22 February 2006, 10:29 PM
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Watched 30 seconds of it - it wound me up so much I had to change channel. If it is real, I only hope the business goes under very quickly, as I couldn't work for and deal with that type of mentality


...... calm down - go and get a beer

Dan
Old 22 February 2006, 10:32 PM
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the mrs and i have just finished watching it..

are they for real??? is it another office,,, WTF!!!


if that was my boss,,,,, sorry that would never be my boss..

dont know wether to laugh or **** myself..


makes alan sugar look like a saint

mart
Old 22 February 2006, 10:33 PM
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It's real OK and a very successful business.

I've bought windows from him for a rental property before now at superb prices.

Most local builders and rental property owners head his way.
Old 22 February 2006, 10:35 PM
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Nope!!

there for real

just been and has a look at the website,

either that or its some very slick marketing

Mart
Old 22 February 2006, 10:37 PM
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Zarr are responsible for their websites, who locally are the best and usually the most expensive.
Old 22 February 2006, 11:07 PM
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Looks like they are for real ......http://www.u-fit.co.uk/information/meettheteam.asp


D
Old 22 February 2006, 11:29 PM
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looks like the guy who was on "boss swap" on ch4 last year ?

Something along those lines - deffo seen him and his wife before on something.
Old 23 February 2006, 08:17 AM
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PMSL

They were on tv last year when they filmed their xmas party..
Old 23 February 2006, 08:25 AM
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They even advertise their presence on TV on the web site

Very scary!
Old 23 February 2006, 09:15 AM
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Yes Caught the last 10 mins last night, saw it last year with there christmas party.....

I hope the BBC have gone back to finish off the company, the way they treat there staff, I hope this program ruines the company and she has to sell herself on the street.
The program makes my blood boil.....
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Was utterly dumbfounded when i watched it. Wonder what Alan Sugar would have said about them (Apprentice on before).

The young consultant getting into the car anology with the boss was surreal.

The othello geek with his crumpled orange shirt. This guy was just a headcase, yet he seemed to have more sense than the management team and the shyster syrup wearing encouragement consultant.

The whole thing is just very very weird and utterly compulsive viewing.
Old 23 February 2006, 12:50 PM
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Yes I saw the xmas party, talk about poor man management skills! Thing that cracked me up was she was fretting because one of the sales guys was off and was in a panic as to who was gonna do callbacks and follow up leads and Im thinking ok so what is wrong with you or your old man doing it???? Quite unbelievable really, calls were coming in and not being answered and she's just looking at the phone, PICK IT UP FFS! But yes hey makes great TV
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Originally Posted by GaryK
Yes I saw the xmas party, talk about poor man management skills! Thing that cracked me up was she was fretting because one of the sales guys was off and was in a panic as to who was gonna do callbacks and follow up leads and Im thinking ok so what is wrong with you or your old man doing it???? Quite unbelievable really, calls were coming in and not being answered and she's just looking at the phone, PICK IT UP FFS! But yes hey makes great TV
I thought that too, just shows how inneficient they are, in our dept, if one person was out, either sick or offsite, the others covered, thats what its all about.

i gotr the impression she wants to be ivarna trump, but is saddled with steptoe

Mart
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The double glazing company prog was damned funny....I'm surprised that they are still trading what with the jumped up silly little man as the owner and his wife

The othello board game player who had done nothing before but play Othello and knew all the motivation ideas used by the South African consultant - had been there 24 hours and got a 24hr appraisal, and then said he'd need time of for Othello tournaments

The south african consultant was ripping them off finely - poetry in motion
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