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The TVClubHouse: Other Reality Shows ARCHIVES: Apprentice III: Season 3 - January 27 **SPOILER**: Archive through January 31, 2005 users admin

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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, January 28, 2005 - 2:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was thinking they could have gotten contractors cheap, all they would have to tell them is that they would be on tv and they would show their logo..like Extreme Makeover does.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Friday, January 28, 2005 - 5:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Eacollins, I like your idea of adding retro things and letting the motel stand as it was. I also thought about using a paint sprayer.

They must edit out a lot of what doesn't make good TV. I don't remember seeing a lot of planning going on. If I was the PM, I would have been saying to the team, "what do you look for in a motel?" The newspaper was a great idea. They could have won without spending their wad on paint and potties.

Vsmart
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02-10-2003

Friday, January 28, 2005 - 7:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They could have used the smells to their advantage by accepting pets in the room. And charging more!

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Friday, January 28, 2005 - 11:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just watched the unaired and extended footage.

Verna was holding that pink bag so closely because she had the team's money in there. She does come across a bit "omarosaeque" to me.
There is an unaired scene where Bren and Danny go pick up the furniture. Kendra was the one who found all that furniture for $7,000.

Those hotel reviews were hysterical. Brian worried so much about the toilets and then forgot to put wastebaskets in the bathrooms!

I really like John. I think, so far, he is the best on the Net Worth Team. He's smart, perceptive, savvy, with good social skills.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Rs thanks for that info on her purse. I thought she was just a little mad for clutching it so... (but isn't there someplace else they could have put that money for safekeeping?)

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Maybe she thought they would steal the money and then get rid of her up for "losing it." Who knows?

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok that explains the purse, whew.

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 5:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Now who can tell me if she had the purse with her when she walked off the job? If not, where would she leave it or who would she have given it to? Or, did she just leave it lying around?

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Who do ya think quits next week?? I kinda doubt it is Verna.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 4:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm almost thinking that it's Chris. He was SO angry in the board room! Like some other people here, I couldn't figure out what that was all about. Probably edited a bit too much and forgot to show us what p.o.'d him so much.

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whether or not Verna quits, she'll never make it to the finale, poor girl. DT is not going to hire someone who folds under pressure the way she did. She may as well pack her bags. She's finished.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 1:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Apologies if this has already been said, but I didnt have time to read this entire thread.

I have issue with the term "folds under pressure" when Verna went OFF with complete exhaustion and malnourishment.

This is very common amongst us shift workers!! When you are up for a couple of days with almost ZERO sleep your brain can completely go into shutdown and low blood sugar gives weird thoughts can pop into your head. When Verna left and was wandering the streets aimlessly I wasnt surprised.

If you all recall watching the show, you will recall that the others were partying with guests and then SLEEPING while Verna was banished to the front desk. She was then left there ALLLLLLL NIGHT while the others slept.


Her behaviour was a result of TWO days of being awake...nothing to do with stress of doing a job. These people are NOT contractors or construction workers. I seriously think this was a stupid task and had nothing to do with a REAL highpowered Trump job.


Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 2:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sunshyne, no matter the reason, I still think Verna's toast. Not a judgement on her character or anything, I just think DT won't be able to look beyond it. I did feel bad for her and was glad that Carolyn showed the concern for her welfare that she did, but I do think it blew the job interview for her. And she admitted in her interview that she should have been taking better care of herself (as far as food and rest go). It would be the same if you or I went to a job interview and didn't show our best side due to physical/mental exhaustion. JMHO, of course!

And also in her defense, I will say if I had all that money in my purse, I'd keep it close, too! I did think it was odd that she was painting with her purse on, but if she was the keeper of all that cash, then it makes perfect sense she would feel responsible to keep it safe.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 4:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sorry, I don't buy it.

How do we possibly know that she was banished ALL NIGHT while the others slept? I would think (assume) that they would take turns doing night duty. I also did see her sleeping (or at least lying down). That's when she initially said she quit and then shut the door. She started that wandering thing after she slept. Bottom line is we have no idea if she slept for sure or not or if all the others slept more than she did. If she were so tired and it was so unfair that she was the only one not to get sleep, she's a big enough girl to say something. And I am guessing (Assuming) that they all had about the same amount of sleep and same opportunity to eat...

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 5:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Verna is toast. In "Real" life Trump wouldn't even consider wasting time having Verna continue the "hiring" process.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 6:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
um excuse me but what happens if one side wins a bunch of weeks in a row? will there be a merge? I thought the eye d er was to keep the books & streets seperate.

I sure hope the Trumpster has planned for this contingency.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 6:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good point Ketchup! Hmmm, makes me wonder if they set it up so that it doesn't get lopsided for a while...

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 1:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree with you guys, she's toast!! Poor judgement to let things get out of hand. She needed to be Assertive!
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I rewatched the episode tonight. Verna was the designated DESKPERSON along with Danny. She only lay down to sleep AFTER the others got up.

Of course the others were sleeping after the party with the guests. Their jobs were done (working on the rooms) Verna's job was Money/ budget, Desk, customer service AND SHE was told she must also paint.

Sounds like she was doing way more than the others, in my opinion.

Mind you, we are only shown what the producers WANT us to see!!

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 5:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The impression I got from what Verna's team members were saying, was that Verna got the job tasks SHE wanted, and that most of them thought she wanted them because they were easy.

Don't get me wrong, I like Verna and was sorry to see what happened. But even Verna admitted that the problem she had was allowing someone else to take control over her. Her biggest problem was with the PM. She just couldn't handle being told what to do, which is why she stayed up all night pacing.

I also don't think Verna was alone all night behind the desk. I find it very hard to believe the guys would put a woman behind the front desk all by herself, all night long. The guys we saw sleeping were sleeping behind the desk. She could have cat napped behind the desk same as them, but she was up all night obsessing about all the things she felt were going wrong.

I think DT admired her willingness to accept what happened and be bigger than the problem, and I think both he and Carolynn handled the situation beautifully. Carolyn gave Verna the opportunity to stay in the game with grace and dignity, and DT acknowledged her ability to save face. I'm not so sure I'd would have had the courage to go back like Verna did, no matter how much money was at stake.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 6:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I guess I don't understand why they (DT and Carolyn) babied Verna. They dump most people on their butt when they screw stuff up. Why does Verna get special treatment? (I mean Stacie J. and Sam didn't get kid-glove treatment.)

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree with you Julieboo. I can't understand it either, based on past reactions from DT and Carolyn towards other contestants. It's always been, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen", with them, in my opinion.

Verna is lucky she is still in the game but she won't last too much longer if she has so much trouble coping with the pressures.

I've been surprised before, however, so I don't want to discount anyone. For example, Danny has certainly done a 180 and came across completely differently on this last show; maybe he has potential afterall. I give him kudos to "read his situation" and adapt.

By the way, Julieboo, in light of your posts in another site regarding spoiling - YOU ROCK! It was great to see your mature, adult responses. I appreciate the "conflict" being handled so well by you. You go girl!

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 10:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think the producers at first really were worried that maybe Verna had somekind of "break" or something of that nature. I agree that the heated kitchen analogy is usually the norm for this show, but it would have come across as harsh and inappropriate in this situation.


Stacie J and Sam both were still in the game, heart and soul, in there fighting for themselves every inch of the way. Verna on the other hand appeared to be just the opposite. Her behavior was strange and unusual. If Carolyn, DT and the producers had simply taken the hard line and just coldly booted her, I believe the out cry would have been heard for miles!!!

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 1:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Is it possible that she's only still in the game because her team won? Had they lost, Michael may have taken her into the boardroom and Trump may have given her the boot. Stacie J and Sam were booted after their team's lost...Sam was actually the losing PM of his team the week he got booted. In both cases, the teams blamed them for the loss.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 3:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think she is definitely only still in the game because her team won. There would be no good reason for keeping her otherwise.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 3:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks AuntieMike! I was just about to give up the clubhouse, but you just pulled me back in!!!! And now you rock!!!!