Thursday, December 02, 2004

i think i might throw up...from utter disgust!

Here are a couple disclaimers before this post.

1. I watch The Apprentice....and yes, I have shame about it.
2. Yes, I am a feminist...and have no shame about that.

So, I just caught the latest episode of The Apprentice. This episode...each team had to make M&M chocolate bars and then sell them. Whichever team made the most profit won. So, one team which consisted of two women decided to dress up all snazzy and pretty in hopes of getting the males to buy some chocolate from them....and it worked. They were able to sell candy bars for $5 a pop...when I can go to the store right now and get that same bar for 60 cents.

Is that what angers my feminist sensibilities? Umm...well, no. It gets worse...much worse. The one woman on the other team...she ended up hearing that the "girls" team were selling bars for $5 while their team were selling their bars for between $1 and $3 at most. So, Ivana made the grand decision to try to sell candy bars to men for $20...and if they bought a bar, she would take off her shirt and do a little dance. She actually thought it was okay to take her clothes off in order to sell a candy bar. And...to make it worse, she thought it was okay when she is in a COMPETITION in order to win a job managing one of Trump's multimillion dollar company.

At one point, Ivana said something like..."Well we were desperate and sometimes you just have to do what you have to do...in order to get the win." Ugh. Ugh...again. So, if she was put to work in charge of one of Trump's companies...and she really, REALLY needed to close a deal...would be be willing to sleep with someone to get it done? Would a BJ be in order? Allow some perv to sniff her bra? I think you get my point...if Ivana doesn't see how widely inappropriate her behavior is, I don't think there should be any question as to whether or not she is fit to manager one of Trump's companies.

Caroline...who is one of Trump's consultants stated clearly that she should never be in a position to run one of Trump's companies given her behavior. She was enraged...and rightfully so. Unfortunately, George's comment was...well, it was a gimmick in bad taste, but well it worked. Ugh.

The happy ending to this story is...Ivana heard the imfamous words, "You're fired." Trump said that she behaved like a stripper and he doesn't employ strippers to run his companies. I will say...I can say I have never seen someone who deserves it more.

Good riddance Ivana...and I hope you learned something. If not, I am sure escort companies across the nation are awaiting your call.