Episode 10 Debrief: Nodding Dogs and Nodding Off...
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Ìý "Goodbye Melody" trended worldwide on Twitter, although you’d be wrong for thinking it was all a sweet farewell to the candidate fired "with regret" by Lord Sugar. stated Peter_Boland. reasoned Jeff Franklin. said WinSanPang. Melody also had her passionate supporters. BrownSpeaks cried: , while Eleanor Segall wrote that she was LauraWest2 slammed that it was Well, Tom has managed to sell three toy bulldogs and pick up a new nickname from Lord Sugar – The Nodding Hindsight Man. observed quizlacey. wondered paulwoolfson. tweeted a stunned davidsimpson88. A huge talking point was the candidate's attempt to take over as PM from Melody earlier in the task. wrote Kirstin Bailey. stated Benson Richard Hunter. In response, davetaylorsharp felt One candidate's untimely kip in the back of a cab led joehedges87 to suggest: The roars of acclaim that greeted Lord Sugar's decision to cancel the winning team's treat would have been enough to wake her up. exclaimed mc_siobhan. squealed Jacey Jay in delight. Lord_Sugar himself clarified: As far as Jim's online fortunes go, he did indeed swallow that blarney stone,as it wasn't just Nick Hewer who reassessed his charms. purred jessgrabba. exclaimed Emma Velma Gould. Former candidate KateWalsh5 also tweeted her admiration: We'll leave you with the words of 93rdminute, who mused: Ìý
Comment number 1.
At 8th Jul 2011, Derek John wrote:I beleive Lord Sugar, should hire Susan Ma. Why?
Because being Chinese and fluant in the Chinese language. Lord Sugar should take advantage of this asset and use her to increase his business in the 1.3 Billion population market of China.
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Comment number 2.
At 8th Jul 2011, PBytheway wrote:My family have been in the retail business over 3o years and buy from importers and wholesalers similar to the one the guys were using in this weeks task. Of all the buyers we meet the most successful are those buying to sell to small retailers who are not prepared, like us, to take a large van on a 240 mile round trip to find the best prices. Helen and Melody were spot on selling their duvets to a retail shop, and if Helen had been able to buy the 30 duvets to fulfill her order they would have won their task. As for a wholesaler closing at 2pm.... never heard of one yet! Also, It takes time to build up a client list but the girls managed to get an order within 24 hours. If you are prepared to travel and cold call, this is the way to sell. In bulk!. It was unfair to give Helen a slating for taking an initiative to sell bigger. It only needed one of them to slog in the street. Their ony mistake was not using one of them as a buyer to run backwards and forwards for the gear, because time was against them. However, it was unfair to let Helen believe she had made a grave mistake. She most certainly had not. That girl has class, which may not be what the Lord is looking for!
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Comment number 3.
At 8th Jul 2011, Elmbeard3 wrote:Beware of Susan at her most lunatic!
It must have been during that power snooze that the idea dawned on her that she could buy £1.50 bracelets in the East End of London and flog them for a fiver in the West End.
Although it was flogging bracelets that got under Natasha's nose, it was what saved her bacon, and trashed Sugar's game plan of firing Natasha (by far the worst performer that week) and getting Melody into the final 5, where she could do her party political at prime time. No wonder he was grumpy.
In the earlier episode, maybe if the other team (apart of course from clever Tom) had asked themselves whether the French like their children or drive cars, they could have done much better.
The problem the others have is that the formula of this show has changed. If Sugar was after a star employee, then Helen, followed by Jim must be the front runners.
As it happens only Tom and Susan have a credible business plan, and of the two Susan's product portfolio is better.
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