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The Apprentice, Week 10: Domino's Pizza and Meatballs
Original Air Date: 4/4/05
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Just to push things along a bit, Carolyn wonders why the promotional models were only hanging outside of the NYU dorms. “Why weren’t those flyers brought to Union Square?” Smelling the kill, everyone jumps onto the bandwagon. Chris smirks, while Angie chooses to repeat exactly what Carolyn just said, “She delegated the models to go to the dormitories instead of Union Square. It was a block away—you could see it.” Chris is soooo thrilled and pretends to bring up another issue while reiterating the same thing: “And here’s another point, one of the models came up to me and said, ‘Why weren’t we told to go to Union Square? Don’t you think that would be a good idea?’” Okay, people, we get it. Stephanie, who has absolutely no spunk in her, just responds, “Really? That’s interesting.” Now, I’m no fan of Stephanie’s, but I do have to wonder why, if they were all so vehement on this point, didn’t anyone bring it up earlier, like during the task?
Stephanie sends Angie back to the suite, and Trump waves the rest of them out with the imperial, “You, out!” As they oblige him, he lectures, “They’re giving you a hard time Stephanie. It could be tough. You’d better fight for yourself a little harder.” Without even looking his way—presumably because the tears are about to start flowing—she says, “I will. Thank you, Mr. Trump.”
Hey, Domino’s is selling cheeseburger pizza??? What happened to the yummy Meatball Mangia?
Trump, who clearly nurses a closeted desire for Alex, wants to know his opinion on things. “I think Chris is an excitable person. He does have a short fuse, so I think that makes it hard for Stephanie to manage.” Chris does his little nose wrinkle thing. Stephanie jumps in with no restraint: “Chris yells; he curses; he’s very, very difficult to work with; he has no business savvy whatsoever; and it shows. It shows in front of customers. You don’t want someone on your organization threatening one of your colleagues with physical force.” I think we’ve learned from the recent parting of Erin Elmore that launching an entirely vicious personal attack is not the way to go.
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Chris manages to defend himself without screeching for once, for which I am very proud. He even takes on Alex in an almost calm manner, “Alex, c’mon man. I didn’t do that. I did not puff my chest up and get in your face.” Maybe so, but I do love the image of Chris puffing up his chest like a proud little penguin.
Trump proves that his decision is almost made by returning to the same point: “Stephanie, I agree he’s tough and he’s sort of wild, but do you think you have the leadership ability to handle Chris?” It’s interesting that he keeps harping on her lack of leadership but never actually brings up any examples. The man just wants to get rid of her and will use any excuse.
Fortunately Trump’s diabolical plan works, and Stephanie hangs herself by explaining, “I’m not used to working in a volatile environment.” Even Carolyn, who looks as if she’d like to sit on Chris to shut him up, looks unimpressed by this.
Chris exhibits that he’s at least aware of his psychotic tendencies by admitting, “Any cursing that came out of my mouth was unprofessional, and I will stand by that. And it’s another thing in my life that I’m working on a daily basis.” If nothing else, Chris will come away from this Trump experience with more personal growth than anyone. Still, Trump would like to know, “Do you have a psychological problem or something?”
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It’s another thing in my life that I’m working on a daily basis.
