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Steve Job's Yacht - Venus

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Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus

#21

Post by kyro »

joezydeco wrote: post #12

So the Dutch shipyard crew finishes an 8 or 9 figure yacht (that you know had to be not as easy as a regular 8 or 9 figure yacht) and they get handed a $25 iPod and a thank you note written in English? That kind of came off as tacky. Or a fitting summary of Jobs' career.

Or you made an incredibly stupid leap of logic and forgot to consider the fact that these guys most likely are employed by a company that compensated them for their work throughout the months or years that it took to build the ship.

Think of it like you bringing out food and drinks for construction workers fixing your roof.

Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus

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Post by nicholassmith »

joezydeco wrote: post #12

So the Dutch shipyard crew finishes an 8 or 9 figure yacht (that you know had to be not as easy as a regular 8 or 9 figure yacht) and they get handed a $25 iPod and a thank you note written in English? That kind of came off as tacky. Or a fitting summary of Jobs' career.

It's easy to go "A cheap iPod Shuffle? Come on.", but it's not about getting the gift it's about getting the memento of the work that was done.

Plus that iPod Shuffle is probably now worth about 20 iPod Shuffles.

Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus

#24

Post by joezydeco »

kyro wrote: post #21
joezydeco wrote: post #12

So the Dutch shipyard crew finishes an 8 or 9 figure yacht (that you know had to be not as easy as a regular 8 or 9 figure yacht) and they get handed a $25 iPod and a thank you note written in English? That kind of came off as tacky. Or a fitting summary of Jobs' career.

Or you made an incredibly stupid leap of logic and forgot to consider the fact that these guys most likely are employed by a company that compensated them for their work throughout the months or years that it took to build the ship. Think of it like you bringing out food and drinks for construction workers fixing your roof.

If you were fixing the roof of a $100,000,000 mansion and the owner comes out at lunch time and hands you a warm can of Wal-Mart Cola, what would you think? See dagw's comment above.

Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus

#25

Post by joezydeco »

LoonyPandora wrote: post #20
joezydeco wrote: post #12

So the Dutch shipyard crew finishes an 8 or 9 figure yacht (that you know had to be not as easy as a regular 8 or 9 figure yacht) and they get handed a $25 iPod and a thank you note written in English? That kind of came off as tacky. Or a fitting summary of Jobs' career.

Incidentally 86% of Dutch people speak English, from my experience that is higher in coastal / docklands areas. Also an iPod shuffle is $49. I thought it was a nice gesture.

You don't think the Jobs family gets a company discount on iPods? C'mon.

Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus

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Post by weego »

joezydeco wrote: post #24
kyro wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or you made an incredibly stupid leap of logic and forgot to consider the fact that these guys most likely are employed by a company that compensated them for their work throughout the months or years that it took to build the ship. Think of it like you bringing out food and drinks for construction workers fixing your roof.

If you were fixing the roof of a $100,000,000 mansion and the owner comes out at lunch time and hands you a warm can of Wal-Mart Cola, what would you think? See dagw's comment above.

If the owner came out, I'd be pretty pleased that he was taking an interest. If his estate manager came out, I'd be pleased they were being considerate.

Clearly that's not what you would think, but that just denotes that you have a fuzzy idea of how being contracted to do a job works.

Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus

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Post by flyinRyan »

dagw wrote: post #19
dpcx wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except that, these employees were paid by the manufacturer of the yacht company. The Jobs' didn't have to give them anything . A thank you note was already above. The iPod was beyond.

Paradoxically giving a cheap gift often makes you appear stingier than giving no gift.

A cheap gift? These guys make yachts, not buy them.

Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus

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Post by flyinRyan »

joezydeco wrote: post #25
LoonyPandora wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Incidentally 86% of Dutch people speak English, from my experience that is higher in coastal / docklands areas. Also an iPod shuffle is $49. I thought it was a nice gesture.

You don't think the Jobs family gets a company discount on iPods? C'mon.

So the value of a gift, unlike the value of a product, depends on what the giver paid for it? I would expect the value of the gift to be what it would cost me to acquire it, surely?

Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus

#29

Post by jtbigwoo »

joezydeco wrote: post #24
kyro wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or you made an incredibly stupid leap of logic and forgot to consider the fact that these guys most likely are employed by a company that compensated them for their work throughout the months or years that it took to build the ship. Think of it like you bringing out food and drinks for construction workers fixing your roof.

If you were fixing the roof of a $100,000,000 mansion and the owner comes out at lunch time and hands you a warm can of Wal-Mart Cola, what would you think? See dagw's comment above.

I've done yard work and demolition for a few very rich people and I was always appreciative when they came down with drinks--most didn't do anything other than hide out upstairs and wait for us to leave. If someone had come down with WalMart Cola, I probably would have thought, "I can't believe this guy owns a chain of restaurants and still goes to Wal-Mart to buy soda."
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