r/apprenticeuk • u/HelicopterEmpty7393 • Sep 16 '26
The Apprentice at its funniest, absolute boardroom chaos
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u/justdrowsing Sep 16 '26
The astonishing thing about these tasks is that there's always at least one team with no one on it capable of doing extremely basic maths. Like yes a real business will have at least one management accountant, but at the start-up level it's extremely concerning to have such a poor grasp of how the business is doing.
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u/-DoctorSpaceman- Sep 16 '26
It’s a reality show. If you want actually smart people try Only Connect or Countdown!
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u/Simpy158 Sep 20 '26
I don’t think it’s that, the contestants are flustered by a dozens of people speaking at the same time while production ramp up the pressure
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u/BobMonroeFanClub Sep 16 '26
What was the issue? They'd spaffed all the money? I haven't seen it.
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u/TheycallmeElla Sep 16 '26 edited Sep 16 '26
They confused two ingredients - sandalwood and cedarwood. The one they thought they were using cost very little; the one they actually used was about £450/g.
Of course, they made a massive loss. The real beauty about this was the deadpan way that Nick delivered it, starting with “Would it surprise you to know…?”
You can probably find the clip on YouTube - it’s well worth watching. This was Series 5 and they were at Lush in Poole.
ETA: correct series number.
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u/MisterFartPants Sep 16 '26
The issue was that they couldn't work out what 450g cost at around £1K per kilo.
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u/JingoMerrychap Sep 16 '26
If I remember correctly it was a shame because the contestant that went as a result actually seemed quite competent. One silly (yet easy) mistake and that was it. Plenty of worse contestants have gotten away with more. In fact the other two ladies, who should probably have spotted the mistake, were the finalists.
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u/Impressive-Bird2 Sep 16 '26
And, on parting company with them there (not shown in this clip) Nick says: “I’ll leave you with it…”🤣🤣🤣
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u/DanielHSSports Sep 17 '26
Just a damn shame. Had Paula and Yasmina not botched the costings, Ignite would have blown Empire out of the water because they sold quite well on the market stall the following day. Paula was most responsible because she was PM, although Ben should have been involved with costings given that he is a finance guy, but he ducked that part of the task because he didn't want to be blamed if anything went wrong with the numbers
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u/JC_vee Sep 20 '26
Possibly the reason it sold so well was the very expensive sandalwood, though? In which case, if they hadn't botched the costings by using a cheaper ingredient, the finished product may not have been as popular.
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u/DanielHSSports Sep 20 '26
I think even if Ignite had properly sourced a cheaper ingredient, the team still would have handily defeated Empire because Ignite was just a better selling team overall than Empire was
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u/Rough-Army-6424 Sep 16 '26
Genuinely it’s like watching a skit from a sketch show.
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u/ExtensionJob4579 Sep 17 '26
yeah, her "shit" was like a line straight out of the 2012 series. She even resembles the female actress who was in it.
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u/TheCaramelMan Sep 16 '26
What’s also funny is how they all start blaming each other and one says “maths isn’t my strongest suit”, even though it’s basic maths that a 6 year old could do
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u/Loundsify Sep 17 '26
Nowadays Karen or Tim would just raise their eyebrows and leave them to completely fuck it up 😂.
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u/KnitAndKnitAndKnit Sep 18 '26
Can someone explain this to me like I'm 5? Did she buy too much?
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u/Xenc Sep 19 '26
Yes. They purchased too much while also purchasing a similar sounding ingredient that was way more expensive than what they needed.
The main issue is that the total cedarwood needed would have cost them about £10 in total but they spent £700 on sandalwood instead.
Even worse is that they misread “add 3 percent per perfume made” as “add 3 grams per perfume made” so they ordered way more than what was needed too.
Their total budget was only £1000 and the team ended up with a spectacular loss. 🥲
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u/TheOriginalJunglist Sep 19 '26
Apologies for being slow, I understand that they bought the incorrect product at a significantly higher price... What I don't understand, is what she's trying to work out before the realisation
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u/Xenc Sep 19 '26
If I remember right they had two perfumes using the sandalwood, one mixed and one pure.
In the clip they’re figuring out the sandalwood cost for one of their perfumes. They purchased 480 grams at £1082 per 1000 grams.
Even if halved as they’re possibly trying to calculate it doesn’t matter since it’s way more than they budgeted for, and they bought even more for the second perfume. 🥲
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u/RezzOnTheRadio Sep 19 '26
I've only watched one season of the apprentice since very early seasons and I was honestly astounded at how bad almost all the candidates seemed. By the end I was thinking why would Sugar was any of these people as an apprentice 😂 it was just picking the best of the shit
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u/shopguy2k Sep 17 '26
I could never find the clip from one of the first series. Welsh contestant picked up a bunch of small carrots (with the leaves still attached) and shouted: ‘what is this?’ With a priceless bewildered look on his face.
Got to 30ish without knowing about carrots 😂😂😂
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u/DrunkTurtle93 Sep 16 '26
Missed the best bit. After a bit of arguing Nick says “… I’ll leave you with that” great moment