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November 15, 2004
The Apprentice 2: Chris gets crushed!
This one is easy. Chris stuck his neck out last week in the boardroom as he was being released back to the suite (STUPID!) He is now project manager. I have been predicting for some time that he is just a whiner and will not last. I predict even before the show that he goes. No crazy back from the dead tricks this week or prophetic key decision factors up front. Just a bastard of a task for a male chauvinist pig like Chris: Put up a wedding gown store for one day. The one who sells the most gowns wins. Mosaic has Sandy, owner of a bridal salon. This is not even going to be close.
So Chris is leading Apex off the cliff from the get go. Within two hours Chris is whining about how this is an "impossible task". They try to call around and get people to come over with dresses. Vendors are very skeptical due to the short notice and no marketing support. It looks like they won't get any dresses until they find a friendly lady to help them. She pulls Chris's butt out of the fire and gets inventory. But there is still marketing. They decide to hand out flyers at Penn Station and Grand Central. This is a looser. Totally not targeted. Long story short, they sell two dresses. Chris whines to the end.
For Mosaic, Kelly is team leader in name only, this is really Sandy's show. She knows how to talk to the vendors. How to ask for the last year inventory. How to market. TheKnot.com is the largest on-line bridal registry. They have 25,000 brides in the NYC area that are getting married in the next 3 months. This is VERY targeted marketing! Even though Maria screws up the e-mail by leaving out the phone number it doesn't matter. Before opening time they have a line out the door! More people than they can let in at once. There is a line the whole evening! They sell a ton of dresses (i forgot how many). Winner, Winner, chicken dinner.
The Boardroom. I predict Chris, Ivana and Kevin. Jennifer did a stand up job. Right again. But The Donald wondered why Jennifer got the pass. He made some comment about how she keeps "skating by" which I don't agree. Ivana, while incompetent, was not as much of an ass as Chris. Kevin worked hard and didn't do anything wrong. Donald fires Chris. No brainer #2.
So I am 8 for 10 , batting .800. Up this week!
Ivana, Maria, or Andy should be one of the next to go
All my finalist made it through this week:
Jennifer (hard core and straight up)
Kelly - solid organized, player.
Wes - he is playing a waiting game. I don't think he is great, but he is keeping his head down.
My choices for most likely to go sooner rather than later are:
Andy - On Donald's shit list and will mess up again.
Maria - she is a liar and I still don't like those earrings!
Posted by Martin at November 15, 2004 10:10 PM
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