I’m Running Sainsbury’s
Scott had become fascinated by the television series I’m Running Sainsbury’s.
The programme allowed employees with ideas for improving the business to take responsibility for a store or project.
Scott particularly enjoyed a senior manager whose manner, motivational speeches and awkward pauses resembled David Brent.
The manager used corporate phrases, football comparisons and instructions to take a “helicopter view” of problems.
Scott treated the supermarket series as unexpectedly gripping television and began collecting its management language for later games.
David Hasselhoff on a boat
David Hasselhoff called while travelling by boat near Henley.
During the conversation, the vessel repeatedly struck or scraped the side of a lock.
People around Hasselhoff shouted contradictory instructions to reverse, move forwards and push away from the wall while he continued talking to Scott.
Hasselhoff attempted to explain the situation but became part of the confusion, with the collision noises and shouted directions gradually taking over the call.
Oh, What’s Occurring?
One round asked people to name their greatest phobia.
Before hearing the survey, the team discussed Beccy’s fear of vomiting and whether being sick herself caused her to become frightened of her own body.
The public answers were varied enough that nobody successfully predicted the most common response.
Another round counted the grunts made by tennis players during a rally. The players’ noises were edited into a rapid montage, and the accepted answer was effectively “loads”.
The final challenge timed a telephone exchange. Chappers’ estimate of one minute and five seconds was closest, earning him the point.
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