The Apprentice-Edward the accountant is the first to be fired

Accountant Edward got squeezed out of the competition after loosing the fruit and veg task to the girls' team.

The project manager's downfall, according to Lord Sugar, was that, despite doing simple maths as his day job he didn't want to use his accountancy skills, and kept his plan in his head rather than sharing it with his teammates. 'That's nonsense', said Sugar. 'There's no shame in being an accountant. Many men in business start off as accountants.' Although, Edward assured him he was more than his day job and his only fault was  that he became too ambitious in the task. 'I admire your enthusiasm, but you had no expertise. You said on your resume you are Lord Sugar's dream candidate, but you're a nightmare', claimed Alan Sugar.

Leon and Gavin joined Edward in the boardroom, for the reason that the accountant simply didn't like Gavin, and that Leon had broken the juicer and cost the team the task, supposedly, as they were unable to make enough stock to sell.

In the first episode of the new series of The Apprentice, the girl's team Venture, and the boy's team Logic were given £250 to buy and sell fruit and vegetables to the public.Those who made the most profit won.

The girls, led by Melody, chose to make pots of fruit salad at £2 each to sell to workers for breakfast, and a vegetable pasta for lunch. While their pasta wasn't very popular, having missed the lunchtime rush, city workers in Canary Wharf went mad for their fruit salad. The boys made orange juice and tomato soup, although, much like the girls, missed breakfast time, and only began to start to sell their OJ at 11am to female workers in offices.

Venture, despite only spending £170 of their money to buy produce at New Covent Garden Market, took home a tidy sum of £592.00 plus the money left over, while the boys only took £432.13. 1-0 to the girls!

Bodyshocks- The World's Shortest Man

Imagine being a 24-year-old but treated like a one-year-old, that’s life for Edward Hernandez from Colombia, one of the smallest men in the world at only 27 inches.

My heart really went out to Edward on last night's Bodyshocks (CH4), who is treated like a toddler by his parents, who feed, bathe and carry him like a baby, because of his height and limited capabilities, whereas he is the eldest of his siblings. Edward explained that he can’t even go out on his own as strangers ask him silly questions and pick him up. Which is what exactly happened when him and his brother went to a football match, with the team’s lion mascot carrying him around the pitch.

Edward, whose stunted growth doctors now believe was caused by a thyroid condition as a child, exclaimed that all he really wants is to lead a normal life, go to work, own a jeep, get married and live in the countryside, where he was born, away from prying eyes. As well as set up a charity for deprived children in the area.

He hopes his new title of the world’s shortest man will make his dreams come true, despite his earnings going straight back into the bank of mum and dad. However people take advantage of his celeb status, with one woman, the owner of a clinic, offering him for free a cataract operation he desperately needs, in return for endorsement of a charity she is launching to help children with poor sight. But instead of discussing the finer details with Edward, she speaks to his mum. Edward says he doesn’t mind being treated like an adult and a child as he gets lots of attention and taken places. One trip he goes on is to the town where he grew up for a public appearance and to see his family, who he hasn’t spoken with for five years, and who are the only people that treat him as an adult.

 

Unfortunately, Edward’s celebrity status and way out of poverty doesn’t last long, as the title of shortest man is stolen from him after just six weeks. He drowns his sorrows with his first alcoholic drink. On the bright side, he’s a cheap date.