Apprentice's Shazia 'shafted' by Sir Alan

So, Shazia Wahab has become the second contestant be booted off the latest series of The Apprentice after last night's laundry task.

What does she have to say for herself? Rather a lot, actually – including the theory that Sir Alan Sugar "shafted" her and the fact she couldn't stand fellow contestant and task leader Jenny Celerier.

“He shafted me," she said of Sir Alan. "It was despicable. If Jenny is the kind of person Sir Alan wants in his organisation then I wouldn’t want to work there.”

South Londoner Shazia, a mosaic artist, added that she would like to see risk manager Lucinda Ledgerwood win the competition. "You saw her crying in the show," she said, "but that was a 45-minute taxi ride and Jenny was just shouting at her relentlessly.

"Lucinda went to bed when we got home and knew nothing about a meeting the next day. Then, when she missed the meeting, Jenny started shouting at her again."

"I was very disappointed that Sir Alan didn't get rid of Jenny instead of me. He should not allow someone like her to do those kind of things or work anywhere near his company."

"Jenny just went on and on for about three hours telling us how she was great at selling and what we should be doing like her. We wasted so much time doing that."

The bitter 35-year-old defended her actions – although Jenny was, of course, mainly to blame. "I left them detailed instructions," said Shazia, "and Jenny just decided to grab stuff and throw it into bags. She should have thought more about what she was doing. It wasn't my fault."

Is anyone else getting the impression that Shazia didn't like Jenny very much?

by Will Parkhouse, Thursday 3 April 2008

Source: Daily Mirror, The Sun
Picture: Wenn

Apprentice's Shazia 'shafted' by Sir Alan

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