Rubble Man Doesn't Know NYC Traffic

Gothamist is not spoiling last night's Apprentice: The Donald Edition for anyone who didn't see it, because what we're discussing happens in the first twenty minutes. The task was to create a potential in-store display for a new Star Wars videogame. Yes, Star Wars is so last summer, but whatever. Anyway, each team needed to meet with executives from LucasFilm and Best Buy (where the display might go). Team Excel had a 10:15AM meeting with the execs in Chelsea, and project manager Brian, aka the Rubble Man, decides to leave at 10AM. Fifteen minutes to get from Fifth and 56th Street to Chelsea! During the morning gridlock! Gothamist laughed and laughed, as Excel arrived at the meeting 30 minutes late. And what's more galling, it turns out that Brian lives in Murray Hill and should have known better as a resident of Manhattan! What a dope. Hasn't he ever heard about getting to important meetings early? Also shocking: Brian didn't know jack about Star Wars, even though he started some sort of Internet company.

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By Jen Chung in Arts and Events on November 11, 2005 3:12 PM

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tien

wow, so i just watched that and it was totally retarded! donald totally ripped him on that decision. on the plus side, if he were going home from trump tower, he could get to murray hill in 15 minutes at midnight.

Kevin Walsh

So how come they didn't take the subway?

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ja-ha

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but seriously, WTF was this guy thinking? 15mins to chelsea? haha

Tim

I think he's cute as a button.

pastoralia

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