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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 DoublePlusWill »

jd007 wrote: post #125
snowwrestler wrote: post #113

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> The kids knew sign language? 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 prod…

> No, but neither did the author so he couldn't tell they were making signs up. I'm sure a bunch of high school students' pretend sign language would be quite easy to spot for a decently intelligent adult, especially if you have to interact with them one by one. > No, it just says they browsed other stores. Explains a bit about why other stores were not as nice to them then, if they didn't actually buy anything... >…

Joycer if you see this just thought I'd tell you you're hell banned. It looks like you've been hell banned since the very beginning. I thought this comment was good and you should know. I can't reply to your message either, no one can.

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

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Post by ebbv »

sophacles wrote: post #160
ebbv wrote: post #110

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Without that bit the story would've been "Hey some deaf kids visited my store." It still would have been unusual but that last crazy detail is what makes it a remarkable story, and it's the part that makes the narrator a hero. It's also the part that goes from pushing the boundaries of believability and bursts full on into being obvious fiction.

I see nothing in this story that is implausible. Odd and unusual things happen all the time. In fact, the unusualness is what makes the story. I really don't get why people want to jump all over people's odd experiences an declare them "totally fake bra, you wouldn't dare be nice as a service employee", or maybe "in your job where you are dealing with hundreds of strangers a week, not one of them (or some of them) co…

Your characterization of the skepticism in this comment thread is completely ridiculous, and shows your lack of intellectual seriousness.

Additionally, you insist that you don't understand our reasons for skepticism, and bring up total straw men when we have clearly explained our reasons.

I'm not going to sit here and try to convince you that it's bullshit. You clearly don't want to be convinced. You want to believe it. That's fine. Go ahead. But you do an incredibly poor job of being an advocate for the OP.

To me, it's as obvious that he's lying as it is the sky is blue.

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

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Post by lostlogin »

hnriot wrote: post #120
acchow wrote: post #94

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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.

You borrow one if the 5 million other AC adapters on your dorm floor...

Special thanks to the new MagSafe - this is no longer possible (short term anyway).

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

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Post by lostlogin »

jmillikin wrote: post #24
jonursenbach wrote: post #16

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How is the price of the laptop relevant at all to the story?

Retailers that sell more expensive products typically hire friendlier, more capable, and more numerous salespeople. This is why many people prefer to buy at an Apple store rather than Best Buy, even though they both carry Mac computers.

I totally disagree. The most expensive things I've ever bought have been terrible experiences. Car and house. Real estate agents are the devils spawn where I live.

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

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Post by inaflashlaser »

I would guess this (if true) was from 2008 on the release of the iPhone 3G - based on the fact that the Black MacBook was discontinued in October 2008 (per wikipedia). It could have been 2007 for the original iPhone, but the lines for the 3G were more prevalent.

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

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Post by nikster »

ebbv wrote: post #148
raverbashing wrote: post #128

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I have news for you, the movies that are showing on the cinema are works of fiction (mostly) This doesn't mean we should throw them out because they were invented. It may be fiction, but it certainly has less BS than many true stories.

The difference is those are presented as being fiction and this is being presented as a true story. If this blog post were presented honestly, as a work of fiction, it would never have made it to the top of HN. Nobody would care. Because as fiction it's not interesting.

Who cares. I don't think the story is all that unlikely.

And to quote my late grandfather: There are no true or false stories, only good ones and bad ones.

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

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Post by ebbv »

nikster wrote: post #166
ebbv wrote: post #148

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The difference is those are presented as being fiction and this is being presented as a true story. If this blog post were presented honestly, as a work of fiction, it would never have made it to the top of HN. Nobody would care. Because as fiction it's not interesting.

Who cares. I don't think the story is all that unlikely. And to quote my late grandfather: There are no true or false stories, only good ones and bad ones.

Your grandfather sounds like a liar.

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

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Post by erre »

jmomo wrote: post #138

Some time in 2007 I went to an Apple event in Scottsdale Arizona. I am a network engineer/system administrator, and my organization was about 50/50 Mac/Windows. We spend somewhere between $200-600K a year on Apple products for employees. I seem to remember that this was shortly before Apple killed off their XServe products, but I could be mistaken about the timing. There was a break in the presentation, after which I…

When I read the "It wasn't an iPhone" bit, I thought they meant it as in "Don't worry, it wasn't an iPhone, so it will probably survive the fall!". Which puts a more positive spin to it :)

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

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Post by sophacles »

ebbv wrote: post #162
sophacles wrote: post #160

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I see nothing in this story that is implausible. Odd and unusual things happen all the time. In fact, the unusualness is what makes the story. I really don't get why people want to jump all over people's odd experiences an declare them "totally fake bra, you wouldn't dare be nice as a service employee", or maybe "in your job where you are dealing with hundreds of strangers a week, not one of them (or some of them) co…

Your characterization of the skepticism in this comment thread is completely ridiculous, and shows your lack of intellectual seriousness. Additionally, you insist that you don't understand our reasons for skepticism, and bring up total straw men when we have clearly explained our reasons. I'm not going to sit here and try to convince you that it's bullshit. You clearly don't want to be convinced. You want to believe…

Ahh, so you accuse me of essentially magical thinking because I can't see anything unplausible in the story. Yet you refuse to explain, other than declaring "it's so obvious derp", and think you won't be accused of magical thinking?

As for your "clearly explained reasons", they are as I understand them:

1) the guy was nice oh no!

2) There were some events you've never experienced, therefore must strictly be false.

3) The guy talked about his experiences on his blog - obvious liar, not just telling about his life on a medium heavily used for that.

4) He doesn't remember every detail of something that happened some years ago. You know what. I am certain I don't remember every detail of every thing that happened to me too... sorry this is not even remotely useful criteria.

So, explain to me how the guy is obviously lying based on some pretty weak critera, and some really plausible events.

Right now you are just calling me stupid when I am trying to understand you - this is the type of bullshit that makes me wonder why I would even give credit to your claims. As soon as someone questions them, you claim "you are stupid" instead of explanation. Not a good way of being convincing or practical in an argument.

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