Comments on: The 14 People You Meet in the Apple Store

By: stroked

stroked — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:12:28 +0000

You forgot the Pissed Off windows Guy. His 13 month old dell just died, and he is sick of talking to people that doesn’t speak English. He buys an I Mac and enjoys relearning how to use a computer again. He returns to the store almost three years later {right before Applecare runs out} and wonders why he has to have a Genius confirm that his keyboard doesn’t work. The Genius was smart, he plugged it in the right hole on his first try. He-spends-the-next-week-typing-like-this-because-they-didnt-have-the-same-one-in-stock.

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By: ChasHutch

ChasHutch — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:21:16 +0000

I enjoyed this post.

You neglected to mention the “Retirement Supplementer”. He is working at the Apple Store because of his vast experience with the TRS-80 and is replete with stories of 8″ floppy drives, punch cards and backing up to cassette tape. Be careful with this guy though. He has been told to up-sell you and is an “old-school company man”. He has lived his whole life doing whatever the person who signs his paycheck says, and you will leave with something that you really don’t need.

By: thom cox

thom cox — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:50:13 +0000

Hahahahahahahahah – this is a great quote:
(the people at my apple store are complete and total wastes of carbon based lifeforms and oxygen)

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By: ObamaPacman

ObamaPacman — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:28:40 +0000

Yeah sure, Good luck with your FUD.

There’s a reason why Apple customers has the highest satisfaction in the computer industry. That’s probably due to clueless employees. Not.

By: v

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:10:14 +0000

ok , i’ll play …
the longtime windows user who , being fed up with redmonds crap decides after intense research to give crapple a chance…

after a few conversations with store employees , he realizes he is being jerked around by people who know less about what they’re selling then he does…

he leaves in disgust and custom builds a linux box for himself…

(the people at my apple store are complete and total wastes of carbon based lifeforms and oxygen)

and yes , this is from personal exposure to apple employees…

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By: ecualegacy

ecualegacy — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:27:57 +0000

Enjoyed it! Those who complained needs a sense of humor. Over the top in places, sure, but there is definitely truth here. Someone could do an SNL skit off this material.

And you are talking to a fanboy of sorts. Got my shiny new 1st ever mac (an iMac 21.5″ 500GB) a few months ago. Love and hate it. Already had to take it to the shop and hate the fact that some of the more useful *basic* Windows features like cut in the file manager (Finder) are missing. But hey, I bought it because it is low on the virus radar, fast, relatively stable, and a gorgeous piece of hardware. At least the Genius bar guys I’ve run into are nice and so far actually helpful when given a chance.

By: Maserati72

Maserati72 — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:00:16 +0000

This is SO true. Especially the part about the single woman with the old iPod!!

By: HP

HP — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:33:10 +0000

Bobbingtons, tongue-in-cheek is pretty much all I do. Having worked in a customer service position I am well aware that staff and customer alike each have their own little stereotypes. Also I don’t really mind sounding “pretentious and condescending.” It’s not my problem if people interpret the post as such… nobody’s forcing you to read it.

By: Bobbingtons

Bobbingtons — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:05:51 +0000

I hope this article is somewhat tongue in cheek because you sound like such a pretentious, condescending idiot. I used to work at an apple store before uni and while some of these horribly over generalized stereotypes did present themselves you’ve blown them up to ridiculous proportions. The fact that you’ve actually taken the time to write an article about the people you meet in an apple store says it all really…

O and I am by no means an apple fanboy or defending the staff or anything like that, I ended up hating working at the store before I left (how the hell a computer can enrich lives is unseen to me!) but through this you’ve come across as one of the customers who I used to loath and after serving I would go into the staffroom and mutter something along the lines of you being ‘a massive f****** c***’.

By: MMFPHOTODUDE

MMFPHOTODUDE — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:37:53 +0000

@matt Nice PC, You need to get your keyboard fixed, or is that just windows acting up again?

>D – On my 1999 iBook g3,

MMF

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:35:50 +0000

One more:

The high-school grad that thinks they need a mac to go to attend a university.

Usually majoring in something like PoliSci, English, or Teaching.

They could use a HP running Win 98 with 256 MB Ram to do EVERYTHING they need to do with their computer: Run Word and iTunes, and IE to access Facebook.

Parents are more than willing to shell out the $2,00 for a MBP because the smart little whipper snapper has convinced them that if they dont get the MBP, collge will just be tooooo hard.

By: Ric flair

Ric flair — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:39:40 +0000

I am loving the feedback fro
these posts. One employee type you forgot to mention was the earnest user with a wealth of helpful knowledge, life experience and willingness to say when they really don’t know the answer. They are usually two per store, a bit BRGG but without the need to produce littlle nuggets of semi-creative bloom instore because they just want to help a few peolple have a better experience and be honest about how a mac might be an understandable choice, to some people. I reckon they are ex fanboys who needed to get some income come subsidy so probably bit bullets and took a part-time job alongside freelancing in creative fields – in other words, they grew up and speak your language. And while they are there they exist with as much developing disdain for corporate behemouths in general as some of the customers do!!! I like to call them sweet intelligent burnouts! They really see the good points of owning a mac, but in their own way like to work at debunking the myth that a computer can in any way ‘enrich your life’ – they are the living embodiment of an old old school creative apple user. If you find one in a store, introduce yourself, they will never make you spend money unescessarily, but will guide you don’t the path of ‘reality’ when a computer or accesory purchase may be needed I order to ’stick with the times’. Mine is a tall BROWN rimmed White guy called tom. And he’s pretty alright.