Did anybody else get the impression that Simon Smith was only too glad to be on the end of Sir Alan Sugar’s pointing finger last night? Methought he didth protest too little as he became the latest Apprentice to be fired. Poor fellow, with Claire “Funny eyelashes” Shoutingallthetime and Transparentlytricky Alex Sillyname on his team, he never had a chance.
De la Rochefoucauld and Franklin both pointed out, a century apart, that tricks and treachery are the weapons and defences of the incompetent and dishonest, a truth consummately illustrated in the current series. From the moment he so unwisely volunteered himself for the task, Simon’s failure as a project manager was written on the hairy face and suspiciously pink lips of Alex Sillyname.
Really, there are a few seriously horrid people amongst the current crop of hopefuls.
My take was that Sir Alan had a soft spot for Simon, who was a baby bunny in a cage of ravenous weasels, and gave him a rope ladder so that he could escape, whilst lining up gobby Claire and sneaky Alex for a few weeks of stress and humiliation to delight the audience. Would Sir Alan actually want to hire somebody who shows themselves to be as untrustworthy as Alex? Somehow I doubt it.
Gripping stuff, isn’t it? 
Posted in Television | Tags: Alex Wotherspoon, Claire Young, incompetence, Simon Smith, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice, treachery
