It was worth firing her just to not hear her voice anymore. That feels like I just pulled a nail out of my foot.
Looks like Net Worth is back to a team that might be able to work together again.
Did anyone else find the “HotJobs” advertisement on top of Audrey’s exit cab hilarious?
Yay! Reshuffling next week – how do you think they’ll do it?
“In the end, those of us who walk away winning win more than just the loss.”
The hell? 
I was trying to figure that one out too.
And let’s be fair. She’s had a lot of hardship in her life…in the last few weeks. :rolleyes:
Twenty-two, huh? Sounded a lot like a twelve-year-old trying to sound grown-up.
I really do have socks older than her.
(“But Mr. Trump thinks I’m pretty…”)
What I learned from the task: Once again, for an impulse purchase, marketing is the key. Attract attention and customers. The cross marketing idea was good, the exclusive marketing idea was better. Heh, heh, heh. (I really wanted to see Net Worth walk into one of those venues, ask about cross marketing – and be told, “Sorry, we just signed an exclusive deal with your rivals.”) Just make sure you have other plans, too. Bonus lesson: Clowns do NOT use tobacco.
What I learned from the firing: If you delegate a task, make clear what authority you’re delegating. And be ready to step in if someone comes up short. Be responsible for the team.
Once I saw Audrey’s meltdown in the first few minutes, I was so hoping she’d cash out tonight. She was just so whiny, I couldn’t stand her.
The course layout was pretty much irrelevant to task success, as far as I could tell. Dressing up the course with animals was a wonderful idea; marketing was the overall Big Point.
That was the absolute nadir. Squawking the entire show over the indignities you’ve suffered because of your looks- I have a brain! I have a brain! Then exiting in giggles because the boss called you purty.
I wouldn’t say Audrey lives in Omarosaville, but she definitely has a summer place on the outskirts.
Does anyone see Chris giving up the chew, at least when he’s on camera? I don’t think it was a problem, any more than chewing gum is a problem. It’s distracting and rude, but he didn’t spit on the kids and I didn’t see any dribble on his chin.
But it’s not a good way to get Trump’s attention.
Erin golfs like me, except she looks better at it.
My, my, someone has been watching too many Pantene commercials. Don’t hate her because she’s so beautiful, folks–hate her because she’s whiny and obnoxious. (And frankly, I’m not really seeing the incredible beauty. She’s very pretty, certainly, and rather striking, but not what I would call beautiful. I’d wager the other girls hated her because she was conceited and had an overinflated opinion of her looks, if they indeed hated her at all. She does tend to really ping my martyr complex radar.)
The other thing that really struck me about Audrey was that she has the same leadership weakness that ultimately killed Kwame. No matter how good a team you’ve got, you absolutely cannot let your leadership consist solely of “Okay, I’m trusting you to handle this.” There’s a fine line between giving your team enough autonomy to fully take advantage of their skills and talents, and giving them so much autonomy that you’re no longer in charge. A good manager walks that line, and when erring always errs on the side of overmanaging rather than undermanaging. Better to have your employees chafing at the bit a little than to have something huge blow up in your face because you delegated too much authority.
I think John had her strategy pretty much pegged–her one decision was that she wasn’t going to make decisions, so in the event of failure she could hang the blame squarely on everyone else. “Oh no, Mr. Trump, I’m not the one who made that bad decision that cost us the task, so don’t fire me.” John’s a bit of a pig, but he’s a very perceptive man. He was entirely right to horn in one that little scene on the balcony. They had a task the next day, and their only chance at success was to find some way to go forward as a unified team. You can’t be a unified team if you’re snorting and snotting and holding grudges and not speaking to each other. You just can’t.
We’re feeling bad here at the world headquarters of the Raj Ratings, after earlier betting and losing twickster’s left arm that Chris would go home. So in honor of the pending amputee, I’ll be typing this using only my right hand. This being the internet, I am well versed in one-handed surfing. To answer an earlier question regarding the 2 forms of evil greater than clowns. 1. Ventriloquist dummies. 2. Isiah Thomas. Feel free to discuss.
Another appropriate firing of a project manager. What that seems to point to is a general lack of ability in the candidates, which means we will probably continue to see massive blowups, childish mistakes, and ineffective arguing. Much like a Barry Bonds homerun, it’s fun to see the first 60 times, but after a while it starts seeming a little fishy. On with the show. You’ll see the person’s name, current team (BS or SS), and prior week’s ranking.
Nursery School - Full of crying, childish people that could use either a potty break or a nap. These folks deserve to be watched by the crooked daycares profiled on “60 Minutes”.
Todd, Brian, Danny, Kristen, Michael, Tara – I just realized 6+ hours of my life has been invested watching these nitwits. Which, I think, makes me a bigger nitwit.
Audrey (SS) (Elem. School) – I, for one, am sorry to see Ralph Wiggum voted off. This whole “Project Manager responsible for nothing” trend is getting a little out of hand. Audrey was a really poor candidate. She was clearly not ready for primetime. She is also the classic chick that wants you to believe she is more than a pretty face, but revels in her pretty face. Also, I don’t think she has issues with being viewed as a child. I think she has major issues with male authority figures and then humanity as a whole. I can respect someone with a tough life. I can’t respect someone so unwilling to recognize that tough life does not excuse your failings.
Elementary School - Some growth, but in the end it’s a place rife with playground fights, name calling, and a trip to the Principal’s office.
Chris (SS) (Elem. School) – I’d feel more comfortable going to a miniature golf course run by John Wayne Gacy.
Erin (BS) (Elem. School) – It all becomes clear. Mully intervention time. I dislike cheerleaders greatly. I think they are a waste of space. I’m not talking about the kind that do heavy tumbling, throwing, etc. That takes serious skill and ability. I dislike the kind that showed up for a high school sporting event, did their nails during the game, and screamed when a ball came near them as if it contained a thermonuclear device. Erin is that kind of cheerleader. My hate is justified.
Middle School - A group that might be growing up but still prone to wild swings based on playground fights, name calling, and puberty.
Angie (SS) (Middle School) – I’m almost inclined to move you up based on your efficiency in answering the phone. Do something more than console Audrey and we’ll talk.
High School - Not quite a child, not quite an adult. Frankly, I still don’t know what to make of these folks.
Stephanie (BS) (Middle School) – You win the prize as most up and down contestant. A nice win (overmatched competition, but still). You need to parlay this into more and avoid histrionics next week. I have my doubts.
Craig (SS) (High School) – Close your eyes when he talks. You will swear Dave Chappelle is on the show. That would represent such a great improvement in casting.
Kendra (BS) (High School) – Assuming you came up with the idea for marketing exclusively to surrounding attractions, I say Brilliant. But, more than one solid move is needed to bump you up a notch. Still, I think you have a lot more to offer than we have been shown. This is partly why I assume you make it to the end.
College - Older and wiser, things are looking up. Maybe not ready to enter the real world yet, but getting close.
Tana (SS) (High School) – I can’t believe this, but I think you might have the best chance of surviving your team’s apparent meltdown. This is almost like the Tampa Bay Devil Rays winning a World Series. You’ve made a better comeback from some initial flops than John Travolta in Pulp Fiction. And I am slightly pained to say that I may be rooting for you.
Alex (BS) (College) – No action following a big win, no change in place.
Bren (BS) (College) – Not enough to move up or down, but one theme we see with you is the ability to relate to many different people. Anyone willing to place odds that we will see some sort of “Bren in 2012” bumper sticker in the future?
John (SS) (Grad School) – I think everything you said to and about Audrey was spot on. I think every way you said it was obtuse, bullyish, and poorly handled. And that is what resonates. I get the feeling you are a star when you can have your way, but when things go wrong you turn more into Michael. A sulking, hulking jerk. Plenty of time to turn it around, but I think the dye has been cast.
Grad School - These people have a clue, have some seasoning, and have a chance to make an impact.
No candidates, but how good looking is Carolyn?
PhD - Ready for tweed jackets, big paydays, and more chances to take Trump’s cash on the golf course.
The Rancic/Perdew corollary update. Most of the obvious losers are gone, with only Chris remaining. A lot of people are teetering. I do think it’s odd we have yet to see 2 or 3 people clearly out in front. I think by this time in the first 2 seasons we all had a good idea who the power players were. This year seems to have too many frogs, not enough princes. I’ll stick with last week’s final 4: Bren, Alex, John, and Kendra but I think changes are coming.
I am probably the only one who thinks Audrey was railroaded in this task by her teammates. John was a complete ass and put no thought inot the marketing and promotion. Yes, I realize a project manager should do more than just delegate and she would have evenutally been fired, but I actually think she nailed John on this task. And I agree the team will be more functional without her, but it is always way to easy and has almost always been the case this year that the project manager will be fired and the teams are learning that, I believe.
I’d have fired John strictly for insubordination. I’d fire Audrey later, but for tonight I’d have sent a message of “following orders doesn’t mean you’re a Nazi, it means you’re paid to do a job and you do it to the best of your ability”.
Is Chris a homosexual, btw?
Oh my, no, CHRIS IS NOT A HOMOSEXUAL, MR. SAMPIRO.
You’ll just have to either see or read the TV Without Pity recap of the Dove body wash episode to understand.
No, Audrey wasn’t railroaded. When she kept pushing to be PM, John just let her run out a bunch of rope, and she made the noose and stuck her own oh so beautiful head in. She knew John was going to be gunning for her, or should have. She knew Craig was none too enamored of her skills, either. She knew, or should have known, that with two essentially identical businesses right next to one another, marketing was going to be absolutely vital to success. And yet she specifically gave sole responsibility for the biggest, most important parts of the task to the team members she flat-out said she didn’t respect, whom she had least reason to trust to do a good job, and she just told them to do whatever they thought was best.
This plan of action means she’s lacking in either ethics or brains, because she was either stupid enough to actually trust them to do a good job with no supervision and no incentive, or she was actively trying to set them up as scapegoats and let the task bomb so she could try to eliminate them. Either way, it doesn’t speak well of her as a potential executive. Personally, I think it was her hamfisted attempt at a railroading. She had Angie, the one who came up with the fairly inspired coffee campaign and the casting call trailer idea and who has been her supporter. It’s pure craziness not to put her in charge of your promotion, given the situation. If, that is, you’re actually trying to win the task. And by not actually trying to win the task, she served up her own ass on a silver platter in the boardroom.
Long story short, she didn’t get cheated any more than Kuntrina the Wet Ham got cheated in the apartment renovation task in season 1. They just got beaten at their own little bullshit games, is all.
Audrey may very well be the stupidest person to ever appear on The Apprentice. She’s certainly the most immature. I can’t think of a single scene in this or any other episode this season in which Audrey didn’t resort to profanity when she was upset.
My wife and I were howling with laughter when she kept saying “personalness” and her cab ride quote “In the end, those of us who walk away winning win more than just the loss” was absolutely Yogi Berraesque.
I’m picking John right now to go all the way. He’s by far the most competent member of either team and has remarkable poise in the board room, which is very important.
Not even when she added the pouting and eyelash batting.
I didn’t care about her until this episode, when I started really disliking her.
i had a telemarketer call me right when they were announcing how much money they each made. How close was it??
Yes, Mr Tump, I had a pinch in! he says proudly.
Mullinator – hilarious and on-target, as usual. I esp. liked
Though it did lead me to start thinking about exactly who is going to be taking off my left arm. (Only for you, my dear, only for you.)
CrazyCatLady – excellent analysis, esp.
You are absolutely right – since John made it crystal clear that he didn’t want her to be PM, giving him the central job – and then refusing to tell him what her priorities were when the three guys called and asked for clarification --has to be absolutely the most egregious failure of leadership that we’ve seen in any episode of any season of this show. This is why I can’t agree with you, Gangster Octopus – knowing that he had it in for her, it was her responsibility to control him, and she absolutely failed to do that.
Magna made just over $500, Net Worth just over $300.