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Wow, Apple Stores stay open that late on Christmas? They stay open that late at all?
Is it really worth not letting employees be with their families on Christmas so a forgetful dad doesn't have to wait an extra day to buy mp3 players for his children? Is cheap electronic shit really more important than allowing people to spend time with loved ones?
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I had the exact same reaction. This story has all the telltale signs of typical internet fiction trying to pass as a real story. Lack of details (no names of the school, teacher, etc., no date) combined with an implausible "this doesn't happen to anyone" story line is the biggest giveaway. It's unfortunate that people are so eager to believe a happy story that they will suppress their bullshit detectors. The truth is…
Admittedly in a few regards the story sounds not-quite-right. However I think if it was "typical internet fiction" then it wouldn't have ended with the revelation that the kids weren't deaf after all. Why deflate the punchline like that? If pure glurge fiction, it would have ended with the narrator, or more likely the Apple store manager, receiving a note from the school, relating how the deaf kids had been treated p…
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…
No, but neither did the author so he couldn't tell they were making signs up.
> The kids went and bought stuff (incl laptops) at multiple stores?
No, it just says they browsed other stores.
> And wasn't there a long line at Apple? How'd they make it to so many other stores?
Apple lines are product-specific. If there is a line to buy the new iPhone, you can still go in and buy other products. That is why they manage those lines the way they do.
> The kids physically go to the store to buy school computers?
Sure, why not? Private schools can do things however they want.
> The kids are such good actors that they fooled the author & all other salespeople?
How hard is it to act deaf?
> A teacher would actually allow kids to pretend that they're disabled?
Sure, if the point is to give them a taste of what social interactions feel like to disabled people.
> No bulk discount or pre-arranged deal?
Speaking of unbelievable...this is Apple, right? Not known for their eagerness to cut a deal.
> All other employees in the mall were mean to deaf kids?
Not mean, but maybe not too psyched to have to deal with them.
> Author doesn't remember which Apple product was debuting?
Or maybe they don't want to reveal the exact timing of the story, which naming the product release would do to the day.
> I hate to be "that guy" -- but this story is most likely fiction.
We just had a story on here the other day about a gay couple who found their son in the subway. Life is strange sometimes.
I don't understand why someone would lie about this. For HN karma?
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As an also former Apple retail employee, I disagree with you that this isn't an unrealistic story. There are a lot of red flags here, many of which are not Apple Store specific, and some of which are. The fact that a Mac sales guy was walking back and forth from stockroom to floor, fetching each MacBook for 15 students individually, and no manager took him aside to ask what the hell he thought he was doing, did he no…
I worked at the store the OP worked at, and his story seems accurate. The 5th avenue store does more $/sq foot than anywhere else in the US, and grosses more than any other retail store in New York. In early 2012 the 5th avenue store got 'runners', who would bring the computers out to you, but it was often faster to run back and get it yourself. I sold ~30-50k of macs a night and would frequently be seen running back…
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Classic Hacker News any more - top comment is a cynic. Even if this isn't true, what would the point be for lying? And what really is the harm done?
Not a cynic, a skeptic. And that's pud, who's a pretty major hacker.
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Sorry dark, that bit... was a joke. It was playing on a common internet saying that people say to their friends (and others) when they say something, you know, like, I meet the Prezz, surly you have run into it before. Jezz I hate having to explain my jokes. I'll need to get that looked at.
As was my comment, so we're even. ;)
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…
And the guy doesn't remember what product had just launched :)
I feel really sorry for the guy, trying to get attention like this. Pretty desperate.
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…
Classic Hacker News any more - top comment is a cynic. Even if this isn't true, what would the point be for lying? And what really is the harm done?
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Wow. NYC brings enough traffic in the middle of the night that it stays open, huh.
I think of it as a public service: you're working on your Operating Systems assignment at 1am and discover your AC adapter has malfunctioned and you have 5% of battery left. 24/7 Apple Store. They're doing god's work.