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We couldn't believe it last night when Shazia became the second candidate to get fired. How did team leader Jenny manage to escape the boot?
This latest decision did make us wonder if Sir Alan is keeping in the candidates who would make a good apprentice or those who will make good TV over the coming weeks?
The latest task saw the teams set up rival laundrettes for the day. Pricing mix-ups and lost clothing meant that the sparks were flying in the cleaning establishments and at the end of the day the dirty linen was aired in the boardroom.
Raef was team leader in the victorious boys' team and managed to redeem himself after last week's task, which saw him almost face the axe. The split in the boys' camp is still very evident and noticeably Raef sent the more 'laddish' members of the team back to do all the hard work while himself, Kevin and Michael ('the toffs') rode around London in a taxi sipping lattes.
The losing girls' side, led by Jenny, had a disastrous week. Lindi and Jennifer decided to make up prices rather than doing any research and, as a result their pricing was either outrageously high (£5,000 to do a hotel's laundry) or ridiculously low (£15 to wash two loads of clothes from a fish restaurant).
However, both of them managed to avoid being taken into the boardroom to face Sir Alan - was it because they were favourites of team leader Jenny?
Lucinda certainly wasn't one of her favourites and it was hard not to feel sorry for her as bossy Jenny kept telling her to be quiet. Lucinda hasn't really shone so far in the series but her treatment this week did seem pretty harsh.
Sir Alan looked horrified when Jenny told Lucinda in the boardroom that she felt she had to breastfeed her during the task! It'll be very interesting to see how this pair get on over the coming weeks.
Shazia had been given the task of labelling the laundry given to the girls and therefore the blame lay with her when several items went missing. Yes, this was another disaster for her team but it did appear to be a genuine mistake on her part - and it was only one of a whole catalogue of errors. But Sir Alan didn't seem to see it that way and fired her.
We think that useless (and incredibly annoying) team leader Jenny should have been fired.
Let us know what you think...
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I would have had not hesitation in booting"Rentamouth" Jenny out.From the ord go she showed what she is - a self appointed, self serving idiot wh has never learned that you dont manage a team by making them do things. You manage them by making them want to things, then delgating specific tasks to them. I wouldn't let her run a fish and chip shop - the snotty, incompetent @#$%.
Posted by: davidwilliams337 on Fri Apr 04 07:36AM | Report abuseExcellent, yes Jenny should have been fired, if that's how she deals with her team. one wonders what the rest of the outfit is like she works for? She really is the most autocratic nasty person so far on the apprentice.She should admit she made mistakes in the management of the task, also should be throughly ashamed of her performance.
Posted by: joy.brian.rolfe on Fri Apr 04 07:37AM | Report abuseHi Shazia. You did fine, babe. You are a lady, but when someone kicks you you must learn to kick 'em back twice as hard. Anyway, it's Sir Alans loss - perhaps he needs to go to Specsavers.
Posted by: davidwilliams337 on Fri Apr 04 07:48AM | Report abuseYep - I agree, Jenny deserved a few home truths and sent packing. Shazia seemed to make a good system for tracking the clothes but either got distracted or pulled onto other tasks at the end. The pricing was a fiasco - Lindi or Jennifer should definitely have been pulled into the boardroom over that.
Posted by: organise_this on Fri Apr 04 08:23AM | Report abuseJenny is obviously the worst candidate but will be kept in until the end so people keep watching. with most arguements she is in the middle of them and Sir Alan knows that.
Posted by: nessa.cawte on Fri Apr 04 08:41AM | Report abuseI have never seen such a bombastic young woman her people skills leave a lot to be desired does she not know that talking down to people in a very loud voice shows a lack of respect and insecurities on her part, She should have carried the can she messed up!!
Posted by: lynneheafield on Fri Apr 04 09:02AM | Report abuseI THINK TEAM LEADER JENNY SHOULD DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN FIRED. THE WAY SHE SPOKE TO THE OTHERS WAS QUITE FRANKLY DISGUSTING TO SAY THE LEAST AND NOT AT ALL PROFESSIONAL
Posted by: williams412 on Fri Apr 04 09:06AM | Report abuseJenny should have been fired. I can't believe that a first class sales woman sensibly proposed £4.99 per item for laundry. This smacks of stupidity and lack of common sense. Just a quick calculation of the number of bedrooms in the hotel would have clearly told her that she was wrong. At least Shazia demonstrated organisational skills. Jenny is not a team leader and does not listen to her colleagues. I could not respect her in the workplace. Sir Alan was wrong
Posted by: jenner.barry on Fri Apr 04 09:14AM | Report abuseJenny, no doubt should have been fired - what about the way she talked down to the two other girls - in any profession - you do not do that - if you have any self worth, class and character - you do not act as if you are above others and put people down. I would hate to work under her - you can be confident without being undermining. You can be the owner of a project or even the boss and continue to treat others well while leading and instructing - unbelievable! Lead by example!
Posted by: karamal7 on Fri Apr 04 09:29AM | Report abuseHe made a mistake Jenny should off been fired if someone was talking to me like she was talking to lucinda i would of slapped her!!! if jenny is reading this one word to her ur a horrible minipulating cow !! And shazia wasn't the team leader and Jenny told her to go bck 2 the house so Jenny is such a lier...!!! The next to go should be JENNY shes a minipulating cow !!
Posted by: miaroach96 on Fri Apr 04 09:35AM | Report abuse