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The Coolest Experience I Had as an Apple Store Employee

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Re: The Coolest Experience I Had as an Apple Store Employee

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Post by therandomguy »

davidedicillo wrote: post #13

At the Apple Store in Santa Monica there's a deaf employee and he talks to you typing on an iPad. It was actually a pretty cool experience and I particularly appreciated it since both my dad's parents were deaf (but I do not know the sign language, they were extremely good at lips reading)

Does this particular employee also have other motor disabilities? Because he once helped me with check out. He was walking around the floor with what seemed like a special software on an iPhone attached to a scanner. I was amazed that the entire transaction took around 30 seconds and I was on my way.

Re: The Coolest Experience I Had as an Apple Store Employee

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Post by bones6 »

thefreeman wrote: post #20
CallingIit wrote: post #14

Calling it. They went store to store buying Macbooks. Multiple sets of laptops just for a social experiement? What kind of IT department would allow the KIDS to get the computers they need. And with no bulk discount, what school would allow that? This happened in his dreams.

I don't quite remember which product had just released that morning, but it was the kind of thing that had attracted a long line of campers outside the entrance the night before Seriously? You work at an apple store, it was supposedly your most memorable experience, and you don't remember what product was being released? It's not like they have hundreds of products. Sounds fishy.

I bet he could look it up pretty easily by trying to date the experience but it's not important to the story. When Apple names every iteration the same flippin name it would get blurry in my head as well. iPad, iPad 2, New iPad, iPad 4?? I don't even think I got the names correct myself now from memory.

Re: The Coolest Experience I Had as an Apple Store Employee

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Post by nsp »

jballanc wrote: post #28
artursapek wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, Apple Stores stay open that late on Christmas? They stay open that late at all?

I worked the overnight shift at the 5th Avenue Apple Store. I got to spend two Christmas mornings (and two New Years Eves) in a row with some of the best people I've ever worked with...hell, some of the best people I've ever met!

When were you there? I worked twilight shift fall 11 - spring 12 at 5th ave

Re: The Coolest Experience I Had as an Apple Store Employee

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Post by girvo »

cafard wrote: post #22

Weird. I worked for a couple of department stores before I was 20, not as a sales clerk, but stocking shelves. I don't remember the sales staff as the sorts who would snub customers. Of course, I wasn't treating them as lab rats in a high school psych course. I will also point out that retail sales staff get a lot more exposure to anyone and everyone than your average hacker does. One can become jaded and perhaps imp…

I've worked as a salesperson since I was 17 (I'm 22 now), on and off. Pays the bills, you see. And you're 100% right about the amount of exposure you get to every day people, however instead of making me jaded, I believe it's made my life as a developer easier; it gave me insights into regular people I think I would have otherwise missed.

And gave me a neat startup idea I'm working on ;)

Re: The Coolest Experience I Had as an Apple Store Employee

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Post by pud »

The kids knew sign language?

The kids went and bought stuff (incl laptops) at multiple stores?

And wasn't there a long line at Apple? How'd they make it to so many other stores?

The kids physically go to the store to buy school computers?

The kids are such good actors that they fooled the author & all other salespeople?

A teacher would actually allow kids to pretend that they're disabled?

No bulk discount or pre-arranged deal?

All other employees in the mall were mean to deaf kids?

Author doesn't remember which Apple product was debuting?

I hate to be "that guy" -- but this story is most likely fiction.

Re: The Coolest Experience I Had as an Apple Store Employee

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Post by salman89 »

CallingIit wrote: post #14

Calling it. They went store to store buying Macbooks. Multiple sets of laptops just for a social experiement? What kind of IT department would allow the KIDS to get the computers they need. And with no bulk discount, what school would allow that? This happened in his dreams.

You can learn from both fact and fiction.

Re: The Coolest Experience I Had as an Apple Store Employee

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Post by 69_years_and »

pud wrote: post #56

The kids knew sign language? The kids went and bought stuff (incl laptops) at multiple stores? And wasn't there a long line at Apple? How'd they make it to so many other stores? The kids physically go to the store to buy school computers? The kids are such good actors that they fooled the author & all other salespeople? A teacher would actually allow kids to pretend that they're disabled? No bulk discount or pre-arra…

I am sorry to have agree with you, but yes the contradictions did start piling up. As they say, photos, please, or it didn't happen.
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