Apprentice
Apprentice

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Jacob Clifton: B- | 797 USERS: B-
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Lesson Eight: If There Is No "Try," You're All Screwed

Clay interviews that he really wants to be PM on this task because "if [he's] in charge and they don't listen" -- and they then end up in the Boardroom -- "it's very easy for [him] to say, 'Hey, I made a good decision, and this person totally disobeyed everything I said.'" Which is fine, if asshatted, but mostly: the "M" in "PM" stands for "manager," jackass. You don't "manage" by hoping people will rebel against you, bringing about your failure, so that you can whine to a higher authority. In a real environment, the higher authority is the bottom line, and it means you don't get to go on vacation that year, or your happy just-slapped ass is fired for reals. Success, for Clay, is the second priority, right after punishing the entire world for his unhappiness. That's not leadership. That's, like, the opposite of leadership.

Fashion Breakdown! Multiple choice:

1. A teammate's impending breakdown necessitates that you stand up strong in his or her defense, even though it's against your better judgment. Do you:

A. Take her defense, and stare at anyone who questions you so hard that they catch fire.
B. Make awesome faces at the camera and try to avoid the question until you can figure out what the cooler, "bolder" blondes think.
C. Fuck that. Bitch is on her own.
D. Vanish into thin air, but make sure to record your disappointment in everyone connected to the situation for the cameras.

2. Your teammate has expressed a terror of sex and sexuality bordering on psychosis. Do you…

A. Keep your trap shut, but vehemently complain in private with the tiniest person you can find.
B. Make awesome faces at the camera and try to avoid the question until you can figure out what the cooler, "bolder" blondes think.
C. Make fun of the kid to his face by saying every dirty word you can think of, and eventually brainwash him into thinking his greatest desire is to discuss sex with strangers.
D. There's no way I'd be caught dead in that situation. Let's talk about networking, instead.

3. The cute but annoying fussy dude on your team is totally taking credit for all your ideas right in front of you! Do you…

A. Stab him in the eye socket, then defend your actions as intensely as possible. Blinking is the enemy!
B. I import all my ideas from Naboo -- that's why these trade agreements are so important!
C. Find yourself bested by him, and commit ritual suicide from the shame, only to rise even more powerful than before and destroy him on the next task using your minions.
D. Psshhh. I didn't wanna do it anyway. It was time for him to prove himself. Or it was time for somebody else to prove herself. Or whatever. I hate this task and I'm really sleepy.

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