Thank you, Sirlinksalot
My Adelphia cable lost Channels 4 and 7 last night at 8:20 pm, so I missed a good chunk of Martha Stewart's Apprentice show. Via sirlinksalot.net, I discovered a Martha Stewart Apprentice blog and read the results here. Here's part of what I missed:
After realizing that most customers were having "sticker shock", Primarius removed the prices from their displays and flowers started moving.
In the end Matchstick Sales were brisk, but had sales of less than 1/2 of Primarius'....
Primary Factors in the loss:
Chuck's lack of leadership and Jim's controlling manipulations....
Conference Room: Matchstick- Chuck with Jim and Dawn....
Jim repeatedly lied, boldly, saying that Chuck didn't have a melt-down and didn't quit. He very aggressively attacked Dawn about her lack of contribution to the team....
Fired: Chuck -- Chuck was in over his head, recognized it, attempted to address it constructively, and was manipulated into staying. Then, due to Jim's insistance that Chuck had done no wrong, sort of manipulated into fighting to be fired. He won....
Comments
Jim has to go. He's trying to game the interview, like he's playing Survivor. But i think Martha is wise to him, and she'll be looking for her opportunity to fire him next.
If i was Martha, i'd have given Chuck another chance. He seemed to show a lot of insight in the boardroom. He's much more savvy than he gives himself credit for.
I don't think Jim is the man you love to hate. Will from BB2 at least had some positive aspects to his personality. Other than Jim's ability to work real hard on a painting job, I haven't seen the positive attributes yet.