The Apprentice Transcript:

This is a conversation between contestants and Lord Alan Sugar with 3 contestants, P, Lorraine and Kate, on The Apprentice TV show in the boardroom.  

P = P

L = Lorraine

K = Kate

LS = Lord Sugar

P: well I am arrogant I am a big head and it’s like I said to ya last week it needs slapping out of us and I think this week I improved incredibly (.) I was responsive to Lorraine (.) and effectively we lost the task (2) I was project manager of the last task (.) and no one wss bitching about me at the end of the day and we won

LS: (.) if I remember rightly that last task was a fools win wasn’t it (.) didn’t the other team just bomb out badly and // [inaudible]

L: // yeah

P: // yes //

P: // it was a tough //

LS: // you didn’t make any money //

P: // no it was a tough task Sir Alan but we won//

LS: // no you didn’t make any money

P: but we won

LS: you won by default you lost money and you won by default

P: yeah I couldn’t do any right (shakes head)

LS: (.) listen don’t get impatient with me p-Phillip y’know//

P: I’m not Sir Alan its just ya know ya cannot I cannot seem to say anything right ya criticise Lorraine I get it in the neck I win as project manager I get it in the neck I cannot do anything right

LS: (.) that’s all you’ve done today P is criticise Lorraine (.) if you could come out with something else constructive (.) um I might listen to you (.) that’s all you’ve done from  the minute you walked in this door today

P: because shes trouble Sir Alan (.) shes trouble (.) week after week after week you’ll get this again and again and again //

L: // trouble //

P: // my perfor- I think I've been one of the outstanding candidates over these past few weeks I’ve had //

LS: // well listen look look look (.) you know the (.) the body rocker thing //

P: // yeah //

LS: // I know this bleeding things gone to your head or what (.) okay ya done well there (.) yeah and the design of it (.) okay (.) but that’s it you know (.) one swallow don’t make a summer (2) you understand because since then you aint done that great from my [inaudible] //

P: // well I sold 3 of thems last week Sir Alan

Nick: tell us about pants man (5)

LS: Kate

K: yep

LS: what I cannot understand and cannot get my head around is how //

K: // yeah //

LS: // you can go from hero to zero (1) you’ve didn’t sell one thing this week

K: believe me theres no one more frustrated about the day // than I am

LS: // are you sure it wasn’t a case of wanting her to fall on her sword

P: // it’s a Lorraine thing //

K: // I'm abso – I’m absolutely positive I fully expected to be here today on the back of having no orders because that just isn’t acceptable (.) but I believe I've performed consistently throughout all of the tasks and that’s been the reason I've not been in the final 3 (.) in the boardroom

LS: (1) hmmm (3) Lorraine (.) slow burner in the thought process I've had reported back to me // from