THE Apprentice fans are convinced they have clocked a new feud while branding one contestant "rude and dismissive".
Viewers of the BBC show were left gobsmacked during the latest episode as a project manager repeatedly shut down one of her team.
Fans were aghast as Flo Edwards kept telling Noor Bouziane that her ideas could not be used when they were designing a virtual escape room.
In awkward scenes, she told premium jewellery shop owner Noor her suggestions were "random" and there 'wasn't time' to use them.
The recruitment consultant even waved her notebook at Noor when she tried to voice an idea.
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Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, one fan ranted: "Flo is rude and dismissive."
Another complained: "The way Flo just shut her down every time, justice for Noor!"
A third added: "Flo's dismissiveness of Noor is coming across very micro-aggressive."
And someone else raged: "I’m sorry Flo is p***ing me off so bad. Her constantly ignoring and dismissing Noor is not only rude but also super weird like what is her problem?"
This week, the candidates were tasked by Lord Alan Sugar to design a virtual escape room to pitch to gaming developers.
After mixing the men and women up, Flo was made Project Manager of Nexus team - with Noor among her team mates.
The group came up with the idea of designing an escape room based in Medieval times, but Noor soon voiced that the game was looking a bit dull.
"I've got something to tell you. When I'm playing a game, I like it to be fun," she told Flo.
"Do we have time to add extra scary stuff, like ghosts?"
Flo immediately told her: "No."
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She then turned to the expert designer Ian and said: "And then we just need people in the dining room as well."
Trying again, Noor suggested: "I was also thinking to have a random..."
Waving her notebook, Flo interrupted: "Hang on, slow down because Ian's still not caught up with this."
Turning to Ian, she added: "So we need the pathways connecting the houses that can be utilised."
Noor asked: "Can we have a sheep?
"If you see a sheep you'll know that there's something going on. Like, why would there be a sheep in the middle of the road?"
But Flo shot back: "That's a bit random though."
Noor continued: "I'd like horse carriages outside in the town."
She was told by Flo: "We don't have time for every single thing though."
Outside, Noor told the cameras: "I don't feel I'm being listened to in that room.
"I have a lot of ideas that will make the game even more fun. Because the game at the moment is really boring."
Flo's team did go on to win the task, however the game was in fact accused of being a bit boring.
Lord Sugar's aide Karren Brady, however, highlighted that Noor had suggested making it more fun during the design process.
Dr Asif Muna, who was leading the rival team, was the latest casualty of the boardroom. Lord Sugar told him he was a terrible leader and fired him.
The sacked candidate was then axed from the spin-off show You’re Fired on BBC Two after making a string of anti-Semitic slurs.
- The Apprentice continues next Thursday at 9pm on BBC One
