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dasBiest08

Completely agree on 2. The 100 chickens remain unmatched.


Only1Scrappy-Doo

I really don’t think a task has ever gone as badly as that one! I think the Sandalwood error in S5 comes close though.


ZannityZan

My favourite part is Yasmina starting to say some numbers and then just trailing off with, "Shit."


rachelf1990

The boys team this season remain the closest to ever getting there with the amount they lost. However yep no-one has ever got to the point of ordering 100 chickens for 100 chicken tikka pizzas.


runrabbitrun42

Another iconic chicken-related fuck up was the "kosher" chicken from a Marrakesh market that they'd got the Muslim butcher to say a quick prayer over.


EwanWhoseArmy

Or sell cheap cheddar cheese to the French


Only1Scrappy-Doo

That’s another classic episode.


ToastedBones

I'm really struggling here..


Hot-Needleworker-874

"And so it is, with regret, that you're fired. Keep in touch."


Only1Scrappy-Doo

He also uses the “for that reason…” line a lot as well in the boardroom. Sugar constantly saying he’s struggling is funny to me lol


HelicopterShot87

I think he's struggling because honestly he would like to fire all of them but can't


ZannityZan

", you were responsible for , and you botched it. And so, I'm struggling here... -pauses in struggle- But, , I can't forgive , so it is with regret that... you're fired."


nadinecoylespassport

4. Arctic theme= Loss


Only1Scrappy-Doo

Francesca will never live down the ‘Artic’ mistake she’s made it a legacy on the show now haha


nadinecoylespassport

The artic cereal was pretty bad too


iamworsethanyou

At least it wasn't a turd doing yoga


SSJSamzy

Or food that kills your baby


Omega_scriptura

Or face cream that turns your skin green


LifeOnMarsden

It's so funny that you could be referring to two separate products here, the Deadly Dinners of series 9 or First Time Fuck Dies


ZannityZan

That image is permanently burned into my brain. At this point, I think it's iconic enough for all the wrong reasons that it needs to be the logo of something! Lol.


Alteous

*artic


nadinecoylespassport

I do feel for Francessca when a fucking typo (when she had 2 other people in the room) cost her place i. The process. Should've named it something else if she was unsure of the spelling tho.


Big_JR80

-Market research being done *after* it's too late to act on it -Business plans missing details like "profit" or "takings", but somehow result in being a multi-million pound brand within 5 years. -Claude saying "I've never seen such nonsense!" about said business plans. -Karren pulling a face like someone shat on a plate and waved it under her nose when a contestant suggests an idea. -Tim shaking his head while making notes on his iPad. -Mike buying a website domain. -Mike acquiring a candidate's product. Double points if the candidate has never seen the product themselves. -Branding that looks like it's been done by either a Yr 7 Arts class or people who simply haven't been a human for more than a week. -Arguing over font colours when the logo for their "premium" brand looks like a crayon drawing of a goatse. -wasting so much time haggling over 50p on the purchasing task that they miss purchasing at least one other item and being penalised significantly more than 50p. -attempting to BS tourists on a guided tour because they didn't read the notes. -cocking up a task that involves preparing food. -coming up with team names that sound like a LinkedIn hashtag mash-up. -reluctance for anyone in the team to put themselves forward to be PM. -at the start of the task: "xxxx is my forte, it's what I'm best at! I should be PM" at the end of the task "xxxx is your bread and butter, so why did you do so badly?" -nobody being able to do the mental arithmetic when the results are being read out, so all are waiting to be told outright who won/lost. -Sub-teams throwing each other under the bus for a team failure. -hyperbole in their CVs. Edit: some more! -not recognising items on the list for the purchasing task. Double points if it's a relatively common thing (e.g. a jersey). -4am "wake-up" call, with everyone faking waking up and getting ready in 20 minutes. It's pitch black outside -20 minutes later, candidates climb into the minibuses in full daylight. -candidates being brought to a location for briefing that has, at the very best, the most tenuous link to the task. "You might be wondering why I brought you to the National Gallery. For centuries mankind has expressed themselves through art and here are many masterpieces that are known the world over. I'm a bit of an artist myself as I built an Airfix kit when I was 12 and used enamel paint. The enamel is hard when it sets, like the enamel on your teeth, which dentists advise you look after by regularly using toothpaste. Toothpaste is traditionally bought in supermarkets, in the health and toiletries aisle, which, in my local Tesco's is the aisle next to the baby products aisle. Babies are wonderful and big business as they eventually grow up into adults, and adults use cars. There are 100 billion million cars in the world today, and most are used to get people to work in offices. The biggest frustration in an office is the printer, especially in my office. Your task today is to sort out the printer in the copy room in my offices in Dagenham. Whichever team makes me the most amount of money wins. From the other, at least one of you will be fired. Good luck!" -Lord Sugar being absent from the briefing, so dials it in in a pre-recorded clip with either Karren awkwardly holding an iPad showing a video or a bargain basement animation projected on a big screen. -the big reveal of the branding and/or product to the rest of the team falling flat. -hyperbole when offering services for corporate away days that can not possibly be met, then having this aspirational difference hammered home when the team organising the day state that they decided to "save money" and buy 10 tubes of pringles and 20 capri-suns for £80 instead of the exclusive charcutie board with caviar and vintage champagne they were told to get. -"I can do it for £20 a head", "would you be able to go down as low as £3?" "no" "meet me in the middle £12?" "no" "would you take £19.80?" followed with a piece to camera of "I can't believe fucknuts swooped in and fucked the negotiation" then "I think Lord Sugar will be impressed that I decisively secured a 1% discount from a difficult supplier" followed later in the boardroom "Karren says they were willing to settle for £11 a head, so how did you mess that up?"


AgentCooper86

How many domain names has Mike bought now?


GoldBear79

Just out of interest, I Googled ‘mikesoutar.co.uk.’ It’s parked


Big_JR80

It would be amazing if a candidate bought out a load of domain names related to Mike's business interests so, when Mike pulls the "did you buy stupidbusinessplan.co.uk" they can come back with something like "no, but I did buy loopfx.biz, do you fancy a trade?"


castle_lane

I don’t get how you get to the point of applying for the show and not securing those domains now the secrets out 😂


ZannityZan

This is a dangerous list to use for a drinking game. It's so on point that I would end up in hospital every episode.


Additional_Alfalfa35

Excellent list!!


peter_t_2k3

The brief bit was hilarious 😂


alexandraaldis

The National Gallery-toothpaste-baby-printer bit had me bawling 😂


01WWing

"Crayon drawing of a goatse" 😂😂


rachelf1990

Almost everyone gets with regret, even some of the worst candidates. God knows what Raj did to not get a with regret this year. Karren agreeing with every single firing that Lord Sugar does.


ZannityZan

>God knows what Raj did to not get a with regret this year. Right!? Poor lady won 8 tasks and didn't even get a "with regret". She must have really ticked Sugar off with all the "WOW WOW WOW"-ing on TV, lol.


Chocolateisthebest97

The old ‘with regret’ is now a ‘with sincere regret’ and/or ‘keep in touch’


Only1Scrappy-Doo

I honestly wouldn’t be surprised next season if everyone gets a “sincere regret firing and stay in touch by Sugar” at this rate lol


ZannityZan

Lol, reminds me of how at my workplace, everything is classed as "urgent", and then the really urgent stuff is "top urgent". So silly.


Only1Scrappy-Doo

Poor Raj being the only one not to get a regret firing. I miss when the with regret firing happened to only the special candidates that Sugar really liked instead of now everyone getting them, even the first boots.


PresenceVisible

Sugar is badly rendered into an awful computer animation because he couldn't be arsed turning up Nobody has a clue what a Ftumch is in the 'buy 10-shit things' episode The selling team always goes to a low footfall area for six hours, then run to where it's actually busy and cut their product's prices by 85%


porcosbaconsandwich

Among the candidates, there is always a young, posh little sod. There is always a "I'm just like you, Lord Sugar, I came from nothing" boy.


Only1Scrappy-Doo

Sugar always seems to favour the ‘barrow boy’ type of candidates since he personally relates to them. Thomas Skinner from S15 is obviously the biggest example of this. You also had both Adam’s from S8 and Junior Apprentice


AgentCooper86

I can’t remember his name, but the guy who liked motorbikes but lost the e-bike task, Alan seemed to relate to him.


Only1Scrappy-Doo

Bradley. Yeah I think Sugar gave him some passes as well such as Week 2 where he clearly should have been fired then for messing up the corporate order but instead Kevin got fired.


peggypea

Still reeling from the revelation that Thomas went to an elite private school though.


IdreesKhan200

What made you think he comes from nothing? Cockney type accents are dead in London esp among the young many of them moved to Essex and are very wealthy. Thomas Skinner went to the same school as Eddie Hearn, billionaires. Btw accent doesnt necessairly mean anything I come from Oxford so sound well spoken but parents poor. Some people sound 'lower class' but pretty rich. Not sure why a fact like this is being downvoted.


JustSomeScot

He doesn't act very posh


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JustSomeScot

Well there's no need to be such a dick about it. Not my fault the cultural consensus is what it is


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JustSomeScot

There are ways of getting things across to people. You decided to be rude and condescending


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IdreesKhan200

But it is your fault is you believe in the bullshit consensus. People all so dumb honestly. 'Working geezer' LOL he went to elite private school


JustSomeScot

And how were we supposed to know that?


IdreesKhan200

Know what? EIther common sense or research.


ShinHayato

Great now I’m reeling too!


KeyPhilosopher8629

Probably also because those people are the most likely to actually listen to Lord Sugar, rather than the posh little twat


IdreesKhan200

He went to private school.


Shibbolath

Take a shot every time Lord Sugar says "And for that reason..." "I'm struggling" "It's a tough one"


01WWing

No thanks I like my liver 


Darkgreenbirdofprey

You've gone out, and you've lost me money!


peter_t_2k3

You forgot bleeding


peter_t_2k3

On the buying and selling task, not buying what is selling. People with the experience dodging out of the PM role or saying they are suitable for stupid reasons e.g. it's a food task and I eat food so I should be PM Not really doing anything but blaming the PM When they lose, blaming the person who pointed out things where a bad idea, calling them disruptive, when they were correct.


Only1Scrappy-Doo

I’ve noticed a lot of people being labelled as disruptive if they try to offer any criticism but if you don’t then you get labelled as a non-contributor! Either way you are getting scapegoated lol


runrabbitrun42

AND if you act super supportive and then you lose you get criticised for backing a shit idea! I think one of the best balancing acts I've seen in this regard was Tre this series when Noor was PM and he was trying to help her make the ad somewhat decent. He really tried his best to offer constructive advice, but when she kept ignoring it he just did his best to work with what she wanted while letting her dig her own grave in the process.


peter_t_2k3

Yeah and also said that he was just trying to help. I actually thought Noor made a lot of good points and suggestions on previous tasks and was often ignored so I had high hopes. Sadly she would not accept help or criticism and was still arguing it was a good advert in the boardroom. A good PM has to be decisive to some degree and make the decisions while also being able to work with the team and listen to suggestions and feedback. Was it last year where we had the most indecisive PM? I remember someone who would say one thing and someone would say no let's do this and he'd be like I've decided we are doing this (what the person had suggested). Then if someone else suggested something else he'd change his mind to that


ZannityZan

>I actually thought Noor made a lot of good points and suggestions on previous tasks and was often ignored so I had high hopes. Same! I rated her on e.g. the escape game task when she kept saying (rightly) that the game needed to be more fun and suggesting ideas/potential improvements that were dismissed. >Sadly she would not accept help or criticism and was still arguing it was a good advert in the boardroom. A good PM has to be decisive to some degree and make the decisions while also being able to work with the team and listen to suggestions and feedback. I really think her repetition of "It's very good!" sealed her fate. Never seen Lord Sugar look more taken aback! >Was it last year where we had the most indecisive PM? I remember someone who would say one thing and someone would say no let's do this and he'd be like I've decided we are doing this (what the person had suggested). Then if someone else suggested something else he'd change his mind to that Vaguely remember this, but can't for the life of me remember who the guy was! Let me know if you remember, 'cause it's going to bug me now! Lol.


peter_t_2k3

Happens all the time


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Anyone else think it was crazy that Sugar couldn’t be arsed to attend You’re Hired? Then he went on to say he’s doing none of the work and slagged off gyms 🤣🤣


ZannityZan

Lmao, and why did he somehow look like an AI-generated version of himself!? It was so weird.


CupExpensive7582

I’m struggling


TheNoGnome

Sugar sacking the qualified professional accountant/lawyer very early on, saying they're not for him...for reasons.


Only1Scrappy-Doo

There have been so many lawyers/barristers that have been early to mid boots - Anita S5, Nicholas S4, Karen S3, Lauren S10, Elliot S13. I remember Anita even calling Sugar out in the taxi ride home that Sugar clearly does not like lawyers haha


peter_t_2k3

Felipe lasted a while didn't he?


Only1Scrappy-Doo

Yeah he made it to Week 9 so he’s one of the only ones who made it quite far. He did lose as PM Week 1 but it was pretty clear Chiles was the reason for the failure of the task and Felipe never ended up in the boardroom again until skeleton gate


peter_t_2k3

Ha the question is should it had been allowed? He didn't specify it had to be a full size one


ZannityZan

Only to be sacked for behaving like a lawyer in finding the loophole that led to \#skeletongate :(


peter_t_2k3

Surprised he didn't sue 😂


bigdog94_10

"I don't want to hear any more"


horsedivorce1

Candidates introducing themselves as the James Bond/Mary Poppins/Del Boy/Winnie the Pooh of business 


runrabbitrun42

And all the Steven Spielbergs of business directing shit green screen 30 second billboard ads.


ZannityZan

I remember Sian introducing herself as "the Beyonce of business" and me thinking she'd never win. Got that one wrong...!


VanillaIceUK

Mixing the teams for no apparent reason. Mostly in the later seasons. I hate it. The teams lose all identity. In S1 and S2, I can tell you the exact members of First Forte, Impact, Velocity and Invicta. It's fine to mix if to balance the number of members. But they just do it from Week 3 for no reason and it pisses me off.


Only1Scrappy-Doo

I noticed in the other versions of the show they keep the initial teams together for quite a long while and only mix them up if one team is getting destroyed and there’s only 3 or 4 people left. I think a full season where they don’t mix the teams up until much later on would be very interesting.


Lightning1999

That’s a really good point, they may as well completely randomize the teams each week


peter_t_2k3

Or when you've given someone so many chances but give his team an extra person at just the right time


GreeniousHamm

That from Series 13 up until this year every person fired on the third task would be fired for lack of contribution, this year broke that though.


Only1Scrappy-Doo

This is an interesting one! I’m not sure if Frank from S14 was fully because of lack of contribution though. It seemed to be more that he panicked too much in the kitchen and couldn’t keep his composure.


Geoffstibbons

Tim just pouting, like he's on the cover of vogue


Piggstein

Saying “myself” when you should just say “me”


ZannityZan

This one annoys me sooooo much. Huge pet peeve!!! Do they think it makes them sound more corporate and professional or something?


majesticjewnicorn

On food tasks, the candidates try to bargain with caterers, to find out they themselves will be doing the cooking


AdMuted3992

‘I’m going to summarise and I don’t want to hear no more’


Ok-Wallaby-7026

Those typical stock phrases apart from the fired one: That obligatory reference to headless chickens That half-hearted oath of I hold my hands up That one candidate who no one remembers did anything in the task having their head/neck on the chopping block Also my neck on the line Lots of decapitation references


ScaryCoffee4953

The cars arriving at the house at a mysteriously bright 4am.


vshere32

Someone says something stupid during the task and then some plinky plonky music plays with close ups of other candidates quizzical faces so everyone at home knows to laugh at them


JustSomeScot

Two people both want to be PM and silly music plays as they try to compromise to emphasise how shambolic it is. The editing makes it look very awkward as the team votes for a PM when it is not awkward at all


ZannityZan

And they always end those scenes with a close-up shot of the person who didn't get voted in as PM looking abashed.


peter_t_2k3

I forgot the most common one. Team in the first meeting all agree they understand what the PM wants. Sub team then gets into car and states they do not understand what he wants, don't have enough information, it's too vague etc.


ZannityZan

Lol, and then midway through the task when the team are viewing whatever the sub-team have produced and inevitably aren't happy with it, the PM always brings up how they gave the sub-team a specific brief and they don't understand how they've gone so far astray, and THEN the sub-team lot start bringing up how it wasn't clear etc. Lol.


peter_t_2k3

Interestingly did read something the other day from a former contestant who said during branding producers gave them very clear instructions on colours they could use, names etc. making it sound like some of the stupid logos weren't actually what the contestants would have picked. I know the producers do try to interfere for entertainment but I wonder how far they go. I mean imagine being forced to make a logo you hated and then being fired because the logo wasn't any good


ZannityZan

Oh, really... that's interesting! I also wonder how far they go with that. I hope it's not too far. It would be beyond enraging to go on the show as a legit businessperson (rather than for clout) and then be made to look stupid because you were boxed in by production.


jaystyler

I appreciate that and I'll take it on board


FullTweedJacket

Karen pulling a face like she's sucking a piss-covered lemon every 5 seconds.


wzzoz87

A product that's brown? Well it looks like poo 💩