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One Last Thing About the Apprentice
By JLP | December 16, 2005
I just saw the Today Show’s interview with Randal and Donald Trump.
Matt Lauer asked Randal about the end of the Apprentice show last night and he (Randal) said that it was like having a gold medal winner and a silver medalist and then taking the gold medal from the winner making them share it with the silver medalist. Well, that may be true in sports but it doesn’t work that way in business. Randal had already won. He got the prize, which was a job with the Trump organization. Nobody was trying to take anything away from Randal.
Remember, this was an INTERVIEW for a job. If a company interviews 5 candidates for one position but is impressed with two candidates, what’s to stop them from hiring two people?
I wish Randal the best, I really do.
I’m finished talking about the Apprentice unless Rebecca says something interesting when she is interviewed.
Topics: Miscellaneous | 4 Comments »
December 18th, 2005 at 4:40 pm
For heaven’s sake! By what factual basis is Rebecca equal or nearly equal to Randal in management ability or competence? Those of you who think that Rebecca is on the same level as Randal either have very low standards or didn’t watch all 13 episodes.
Rebecca lost every task in which she was PM, except the one where she was in a 2-person team with Randal and he was instrumental in helping her to win that task. Not to mention that the last task was about raising money for the charity and not only did Rebecca not raise ANY money, but at the event her charity got one measly sign and an envelope in the gift bag! That’s it. Randal’s sponsor told him not to ask the bigwigs for money too but he ignored them. Also, her team once traded her because she was a weak player. ——- If you can ignore all those facts and still look at someone with such a terrible performance record and say they are equal to someone like Randal who was UNDEFEATED as PM, then it’s clear you are full of crap.
Then you say that “Randal would have lost nothing by hiring Rebecca.” Give me a break – he would have lost his self-respect. Since no other apprentice winner was asked that question, it was inappropriate to ask Randal, especially for such an inferior opponent. Also, Randal wasn’t hired as VP of Trump’s Personnel Department. If Trump still thought Rebecca was pretty enough to hire despite her losing record, then he was free to hire her after the show. It was inappropriate for him to raise the matter when he did.
The only reason Rebecca was in the finale was because Trump went on a firing rampage this season and fired all of Randal’s real competition. She made it to the final 2 by sheer luck, not ability.
December 18th, 2005 at 4:44 pm
Jan,
You’re entitled to your opinion.
All the talk about how he respected Rebecca just flew out the window once Trump hired him.
December 19th, 2005 at 12:35 pm
Please JLP. He was publically insulted by Trump and his cronnies by even the consideration of Rebecca as his co-victor. He DOES respect Rebecca (he said she should be hired, but not tonight)and she should stand up and defend Randal’s decision and criticize Trump for putting him in that situation. Jan put it very well, and your opinion is a bit emotional, in my opinion.
December 19th, 2005 at 1:09 pm
Jeremy,
They weren’t co-victors. Randal won the “contest.” Hiring Rebecca was done AFTER Randal won.
When did Randal say that Rebecca should be hired? He never said that.