Angie’s Drama

On the Thursday debut of the third season of the Apprentice, a new twist was revealed. Instead of the group being divided into girls vs boys, the teams would be decided by Book Smarts vs Street Smarts. College grads versus High School grads. My friend and I were discussing why it is that we (as college grads) were already rooting for the street smart group. I think it’s because we don’t have Master or Doctorate degrees-which most of them have. Plus, we’ve worked enough mainstream jobs over the years that we qualify as being street smart.The 1st task involved working at a fast food restaurant, marketing & promoting a sandwich and getting people to buy that particular burger. That was pretty funny. The College Grads looked like they were thrown into a lion’s den. Hello? How did you get through school and survive? It all goes back to my theory that every single person should have to work in a restaurant at least once.
The street smart team won the challenge and thus the book smart project leader had to bring two people into the boardroom. The team leader brought in Danny ( a self-proclaimed marketing master) who couldn’t come up with a better promotion than tossing balls into a sandwich board. While he stood out front playing the guitar and looking like he was trying to earn some cash. He also brought in Alex, who he had put in charge of managing the restaurant. What I didn’t understand was why the leader didn’t train himself so he could jump around and help where needed? Alex accepted the blame for not training enough cashiers and Trump blasted him for admitting to his shortcomings. He told him that he was coasting and he couldn’t believe he’d put himself on the line. Hellllllooooo???????????????? He admitted his mistake. He took responsibility for his actions. What a great role model the Trumpster has become. In a time when it’s fairly rare for someone to accept blame rather than pin it on someone else-he just couldn’t believe someone would be so stupid. That says a lot about a man’s character.