Anyone watching the Apprentice?
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Probably. Doesn't make it any less irritating though.
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He is a self made multi-millionaire. What is it about Irish people we begrudge people who started off with nothing and who through hard work and talent made tens of millions for themselves, and created hundreds of jobs ? He is not that unlikeable when people want to work for him so much, and when 6 million tune in to see him on tv. He calls a spade a spade. I sometimes wish we had more of that approach here, instead of all the billions wasted on tribunals etc.
For the record Rabbit I don't begrudge him anything - he just annoys me and I don't think he is a nice person. Whether he is a self made multimillionaire or dirt poor has nothing to do with it. I've seen him on chat shows too and he doesn't come across well there either IMHO, so I doubt his personality is completely an act.
Having said that the show is popular so he's obviously doing something right.
Having said that the show is popular so he's obviously doing something right.
He is totally irritating and yes, deeply unlikeable but I still like to watch the programme. I actually think he plays such a tiny part in the whole thing. I find the egotistical nightmares that think they are superior to the other contestants hilarious. Where do they find these people?
What are you talking about !! You do realise that someone's achievements do not dictate what sort of person they are? I do not begrudge him anything and never mentioned that I did. Stop projecting your prejudices on other people.
Not the metric that I would use to be honest.
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rabbit
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Thats your opinion and you are entitled to it. Why do you not think he is a "nice" person ...not that it makes any difference ? I have seem him on chat shows and he came across then as a very popular and nice person with everyone, telling jokes and being generally cheerful, positive, and "nice". I am sure the people who got jobs in Amstrad factories or selling Amstrad goods in the dark days of the eighties , when dole queues were long, thought he was "nice". Besides, business people have a job to do, and it is not their job always to be 100% popular with everyone. Look at Michael O'Leary. You may not think he is "nice", but at the end of the day he generally keeps his customers happy ( otherwise so many would not fly with his airline ), his staff employed and his suppliers paid.
Exactly.
I can't believe you care enough to ask this TBH.
Ok. Fine. I'm not really interested. But your apparent suggestion that if someone provides employment, they are to be liked or admired unconditionally, is baffling.
The only point of my original comment was that the man himself would put me off watching the show. I really didn't think it would prove to be such a controversial comment especially since at least 2 other posters seem to agree with me.
Maybe my original comment was worded too strongly but I was just giving my honest impression.
Sorry if I rained on anyone's parade or disrupted the thread.
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lol Would it not be great to see Bertie on the apprentice, waffling on and on and delivering nothing. Bertie, you are fired !.
You could be onto something here. Maybe instead of elections, each area could its own version of the apprentice and each week, one poltician is fired until we are left with the best TD's. Challenges could include:
- Spend a week travelling on public transport without being late for an appointment at least once or crushed within an inch of fainting.
- Try to get an appointment with a hospital consultant within 6 months
- Try living on the average industrial wage for a week
- Galway politicians could be made drink the water for a week in a 'survival of the fittest' test
- Spend a week in hospital trying to avoid coming out sicker than when you went in.
- Spend a week living in an area that suffers from large anti-social behavior problems like Finglas
- Find affordable childcare facilities
- Spend a week commuting from part of Dublin's so called commuter belt i.e. Kildare, Meath
If nothing else, we would have TD's who know what it is like in the real world.
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rabbit
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And as for the renumeration...Bertie, de man who speeks like dat , who pays himself considerably more than the p.m of the UK or the leader of Germany or even de president of de United States...do you tink Bertie is worth more / has a more difficult job to do dan de presidents of de industrialised G8 countries ? It would drive a man to spend all his pension ( even though its de biggest pension in de world ) on de bass.
Anyway, back to the new TV show....the appentice ( politician), chaired by Alan Sugar. I reckon viewers could vote each week on the most useless / greedy politician...and Alan Sugar could , on all of our behalfs, give us the satisfaction of saying "" you are fired ".
What did she say?
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Most of it is unrepeatable.
I thought she made some valid points.