Re: Did anyone else CRINGE in the Apple Regent Street store on iPhone launch night

11-24-2007, 12:54 PM

In article
<ab8de67f-f530-4207-83f2-67d95246a9d7@j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com>,
chris.holland07@gmail.com wrote:

> A couple of things

On the off chance that the appearance of trollishness is misleading...

>
> There were far more Apple store employees & cameramen than customers!
>
> Periodically a bunch of employees standing on the ground floor WHOOPED
> at customers walking away from the till having made a purchase.
>
> It was cringe worthy. It made be ashamed & embarrassed to be an Apple
> customer.
>
> This is a serious problem. I am sure they had PR people from the
> States in store that day. Whilst perhaps this behaviour is acceptable
> in America, in the UK it makes people come across as fags.

I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
So clearly it was something that was localized.

> Whilst I did buy one myself (which I returned the next day for a full
> refund) it is a *nice* phone, but it is way way way wya way way WAY
> overpriced.

See, here's the bit that makes me think "troll." How could you have
been, this recently, so unaware of exactly what the iPhone gave you and
exactly what it was going to cost that you were surprised by what you
got after the fact? I mean, really: I have no intention of ever getting
a mobile phone so I don't go out of my way to find out about them, but
it's been virtually impossible to escape at least a broad overview of
the iPhone's specs, features and shortcomings.

G

11-24-2007, 01:00 PM

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:54:18 -0500, Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com>
wrote:

>In article
><ab8de67f-f530-4207-83f2-67d95246a9d7@j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com>,
> chris.holland07@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> A couple of things
>
>On the off chance that the appearance of trollishness is misleading...
>
>>
>> There were far more Apple store employees & cameramen than customers!
>>
>> Periodically a bunch of employees standing on the ground floor WHOOPED
>> at customers walking away from the till having made a purchase.
>>
>> It was cringe worthy. It made be ashamed & embarrassed to be an Apple
>> customer.
>>
>> This is a serious problem. I am sure they had PR people from the
>> States in store that day. Whilst perhaps this behaviour is acceptable
>> in America, in the UK it makes people come across as fags.
>
>I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
>So clearly it was something that was localized.
>
>> Whilst I did buy one myself (which I returned the next day for a full
>> refund) it is a *nice* phone, but it is way way way wya way way WAY
>> overpriced.
>
>See, here's the bit that makes me think "troll." How could you have
>been, this recently, so unaware of exactly what the iPhone gave you and
>exactly what it was going to cost that you were surprised by what you
>got after the fact? I mean, really: I have no intention of ever getting
>a mobile phone so I don't go out of my way to find out about them, but
>it's been virtually impossible to escape at least a broad overview of
>the iPhone's specs, features and shortcomings.
>
>G

Having to send it "away" to have the battery changed would be reason
enough for me not to buy one ( assuming I was thinking about doing
so....which I am not and never will)

11-24-2007, 02:29 PM

On 24/11/07 18:54, "Gregory Weston" wrote:
> In article
> <ab8de67f-f530-4207-83f2-67d95246a9d7@j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com>,
> chris.holland07@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Periodically a bunch of employees standing on the ground floor WHOOPED
>> at customers walking away from the till having made a purchase.
>
> I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
> So clearly it was something that was localized.

There was a similar whooping greeting customers at the opening of
the brand new Apple store in Exeter this morning. I chose not to
wait in line to be whooped at.

Stuart

11-24-2007, 02:59 PM

Gregory Weston wrote:

> I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
> So clearly it was something that was localized.

And they did it for the Leopard launch as well, so they weren't doing
anything special for the iPhone anyway.

11-25-2007, 06:56 AM

In article <uce-69774E.13541824112007@comcast.dca.giganews.com>,
Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com> wrote:

> In article
> <ab8de67f-f530-4207-83f2-67d95246a9d7@j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com>,
> chris.holland07@gmail.com wrote:
>

Whilst perhaps this behaviour is acceptable
> > in America, in the UK it makes people come across as fags.
>
> I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
> So clearly it was something that was localized.

....and surely had absolutely nothing to do with cigarettes or
homosexuals.

11-25-2007, 07:32 AM

In article <251120071556213373%OldSage@HisPeak.com>,
OldSage <OldSage@HisPeak.com> wrote:
> In article <uce-69774E.13541824112007@comcast.dca.giganews.com>,
> Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com> wrote:

> > In article
> > <ab8de67f-f530-4207-83f2-67d95246a9d7@j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com>,
> > chris.holland07@gmail.com wrote:
> >

> Whilst perhaps this behaviour is acceptable
> > > in America, in the UK it makes people come across as fags.
> >
> > I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
> > So clearly it was something that was localized.

> ...and surely had absolutely nothing to do with cigarettes or
> homosexuals.

I'm tempted to say balls (meat balls that is) ;-)

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11-26-2007, 09:48 AM

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:54:18 -0500, Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com>
wrote:

>> Periodically a bunch of employees standing on the ground floor WHOOPED
>> at customers walking away from the till having made a purchase.
>>
>> It was cringe worthy. It made be ashamed & embarrassed to be an Apple
>> customer.
>>
>> This is a serious problem. I am sure they had PR people from the
>> States in store that day. Whilst perhaps this behaviour is acceptable
>> in America, in the UK it makes people come across as fags.
>
>I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
>So clearly it was something that was localized.

Me neither. But I'm wondering how such behavior is considered as
"come across as fags". Odd stereotype there.

12-02-2007, 09:07 AM

In article <uce-69774E.13541824112007@comcast.dca.giganews.com>,
Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com> wrote:

> In article
> <ab8de67f-f530-4207-83f2-67d95246a9d7@j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com>,
> chris.holland07@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > A couple of things
>
> On the off chance that the appearance of trollishness is misleading...
>
> >
> > There were far more Apple store employees & cameramen than customers!
> >
> > Periodically a bunch of employees standing on the ground floor WHOOPED
> > at customers walking away from the till having made a purchase.
> >
> > It was cringe worthy. It made be ashamed & embarrassed to be an Apple
> > customer.
> >
> > This is a serious problem. I am sure they had PR people from the
> > States in store that day. Whilst perhaps this behaviour is acceptable
> > in America, in the UK it makes people come across as fags.
>
> I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
> So clearly it was something that was localized.
>
> > Whilst I did buy one myself (which I returned the next day for a full
> > refund) it is a *nice* phone, but it is way way way wya way way WAY
> > overpriced.
>
> See, here's the bit that makes me think "troll." How could you have
> been, this recently, so unaware of exactly what the iPhone gave you and
> exactly what it was going to cost that you were surprised by what you
> got after the fact? I mean, really: I have no intention of ever getting
> a mobile phone so I don't go out of my way to find out about them, but
> it's been virtually impossible to escape at least a broad overview of
> the iPhone's specs, features and shortcomings.

Considering the <holier than thou> attitude of former Mac sales staff in
the UK, it's not really surprising. When the suits ran Apple, the Mac
was way over-priced and gave their market share to Microsoft on a plate.

12-16-2007, 08:51 PM

Stuart Rogers wrote:
> On 24/11/07 18:54, "Gregory Weston" wrote:
>> In article
>> <ab8de67f-f530-4207-83f2-67d95246a9d7@j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com>,
>> chris.holland07@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Periodically a bunch of employees standing on the ground floor WHOOPED
>>> at customers walking away from the till having made a purchase.
>> I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
>> So clearly it was something that was localized.
>
> There was a similar whooping greeting customers at the opening of
> the brand new Apple store in Exeter this morning. I chose not to
> wait in line to be whooped at.
>
> Stuart
>

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only person that DOES NOT LIKE BEING
"WHOOPED" AT. Wonder who the moron was who thought people would like
that? Probably some attention depraved loser who thinks that everyone
else is an attention depraved loser. Yikes!

12-17-2007, 02:38 AM

chris.holland07@gmail.com wrote:
> On 17 déc, 02:51, De Served <deser...@cogeco.ca> wrote:
>> Stuart Rogers wrote:
>>> On 24/11/07 18:54, "Gregory Weston" wrote:
>>>> In article
>>>> <ab8de67f-f530-4207-83f2-67d95246a...@j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com>,
>>>> chris.hollan...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> Periodically a bunch of employees standing on the ground floor WHOOPED
>>>>> at customers walking away from the till having made a purchase.
>>>> I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
>>>> So clearly it was something that was localized.
>>> There was a similar whooping greeting customers at the opening of
>>> the brand new Apple store in Exeter this morning. I chose not to
>>> wait in line to be whooped at.
>>> Stuart
>> I'm glad to see that I'm not the only person that DOES NOT LIKE BEING
>> "WHOOPED" AT. Wonder who the moron was who thought people would like
>> that? Probably some attention depraved loser who thinks that everyone
>> else is an attention depraved loser. Yikes!
>
>
> THEY WERE APPLE EMPLOYEES!!! The people doing the whoops were groups
> of Apple employees. They did it at the New York launch in June 2007.
>
> The people being whooped at looked so embarrased. Not least because TV
> News Cameras were recording the footage!
>
> I popped into the Apple store that day cos I work really close to it.
>
> Apple have to fire their PR companies. Now groups of customers have
> seen apple and probably they are just faggots.

Your grammatical logic suggests the 'groups of customers' are the
faggots. Here's wishing you a gay Christmas dude.

Whoop!
--
Walker Moore
(-_-),,|,

12-17-2007, 07:00 AM

chris.holland07@gmail.com wrote:
> On 17 déc, 08:38, Walker Moore <walker.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> chris.hollan...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On 17 déc, 02:51, De Served <deser...@cogeco.ca> wrote:
>>>> Stuart Rogers wrote:
>>>>> On 24/11/07 18:54, "Gregory Weston" wrote:
>>>>>> In article
>>>>>> <ab8de67f-f530-4207-83f2-67d95246a...@j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com>,
>>>>>> chris.hollan...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>> Periodically a bunch of employees standing on the ground floor WHOOPED
>>>>>>> at customers walking away from the till having made a purchase.
>>>>>> I've never seen such behavior at a store in the USA, Apple or otherwise.
>>>>>> So clearly it was something that was localized.
>>>>> There was a similar whooping greeting customers at the opening of
>>>>> the brand new Apple store in Exeter this morning. I chose not to
>>>>> wait in line to be whooped at.
>>>>> Stuart
>>>> I'm glad to see that I'm not the only person that DOES NOT LIKE BEING
>>>> "WHOOPED" AT. Wonder who the moron was who thought people would like
>>>> that? Probably some attention depraved loser who thinks that everyone
>>>> else is an attention depraved loser. Yikes!
>>> THEY WERE APPLE EMPLOYEES!!! The people doing the whoops were groups
>>> of Apple employees. They did it at the New York launch in June 2007.
>>> The people being whooped at looked so embarrased. Not least because TV
>>> News Cameras were recording the footage!
>>> I popped into the Apple store that day cos I work really close to it.
>>> Apple have to fire their PR companies. Now groups of customers have
>>> seen apple and probably they are just faggots.
>> Your grammatical logic suggests the 'groups of customers' are the
>> faggots. Here's wishing you a gay Christmas dude.
>>
>> Whoop!
>> --
>> Walker Moore
>> (-_-),,|,
>
> Yeah but you know what I meant.
>
> Apple might as well change their slogan from 'Think Different' to
> 'We're butt-****ing queers'.

Whoop is the sort of word I attribute to American sporting events and
kids playing World of Warcraft. I'm not sure which gay bars you're
visiting which allow you to draw such a comparison, but I'll take your
word for it. =)

--
Walker Moore
(-_-),,|,

Re: Did anyone else CRINGE in the Apple Regent Street store on iPhone launch night