Cocky Ben Clarke gets Apprentice boot
Thursday, 21st May 2009.
Smooth talking 22-year-old Ben Clarke became the latest Apprentice candidate to be fired after flopping in a task to sell baby accessories.
The trainee stockbroker - who believes that "making money is better than sex" – was given the push after his team failed spectacularly following Ben’s decision to take a huge risk.
Opposing team Ignite chose a padded toddler helmet and a travel pushchair to sell at the Earls Court Baby Show.
But Empire selected a home birthing pool and an expensive hand-made rocking horse – the latter of which sold zero units.
So Ben’s head was on the block despite earlier claiming: "There is absolutely no way in hell I'm going home today. I'm making it to the final."
He begged Sir Alan to retain him: "The reason you shouldn't fire me Sir Alan is because I have shown you that I have got raw business talent, I've shown you that I've got raw acumen. I've shown you that I can be a complete grafter...
"I can compete at a world class level. I've had an army scholarship to Sandhurst."
That’s where Sir Alan lost it, screaming: "Don't start banging on about bloody Sandhurst again.
“I was in the Jewish Lad's Brigade, Stamford Hill Division, but it didn't make me sell computers when I got older!
"I've had this Sandhurst group in here before and one of them couldn't cook a sausage on a baked bean can so that does not mean anything to me."
Sir Alan surmised: "Ben I think you think quite a lot of yourself.
"You over-hype yourself a little bit but at certain stages in this process I was seeing some quite bright light at the end of a long tunnel...
“But I feel that the light at the end of the tunnel has gone out quite frankly.
"And I think it is time Ben for you to leave this process: You're fired!"
Bye Ben, you’re been lots of fun!
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Photos: BBC
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