07-03-2010, 08:17 PM
Corporate can't allow the clones to have an opinion.
Oh, please.
Corporate can't allow employees to jeopardize a business relationship. At least any more than a typical BB employee already does (for the reasons Doc mentioned).
The "cartoon" isn't particularly funny. Some of the "features" at the end of the list were amusing. But the thing turns into a foul-mouthed diatribe portraying potential i4 customers as simple clones. and the store employee as being smarter than they are. (Ok, that was a little amusing.)
The information needed to judge would be whether and how the employee identified his relationship with Best Buy.
I disagree. The fact that it's becoming/become widespread knowledge that a BB employee created this could and perhaps should be enough to suspend or fire him. If Stevie in a fit of pique, cancels or does not renew Apple's contract with BB (remember ATi?), then I can easily find it impossible to sympathize with the kid. Especially since the kid thinks it's the duty of general population to "realize this is an extreme exaggeration." People, even here, jump to such conclusions based one one data point.
BB's relationship with Apple has been an On Again/Off Again affair, and it's rare that I found somebody there who knew the products at all let alone fairly well. I will say that on one occasion I found two employees who really, really knew Apple products, but they were users off the clock. On several occasions, employees wanted to steer me to PC products instead.
That may have been for profit reasons, or maybe because they knew those products, or at least knew them better than Apple kit.
I don't think Apple will take any action, or any that we'll here about. save for maybe a phone call.
Oh, please.
Corporate can't allow employees to jeopardize a business relationship. At least any more than a typical BB employee already does (for the reasons Doc mentioned).
The "cartoon" isn't particularly funny. Some of the "features" at the end of the list were amusing. But the thing turns into a foul-mouthed diatribe portraying potential i4 customers as simple clones. and the store employee as being smarter than they are. (Ok, that was a little amusing.)
The information needed to judge would be whether and how the employee identified his relationship with Best Buy.
I disagree. The fact that it's becoming/become widespread knowledge that a BB employee created this could and perhaps should be enough to suspend or fire him. If Stevie in a fit of pique, cancels or does not renew Apple's contract with BB (remember ATi?), then I can easily find it impossible to sympathize with the kid. Especially since the kid thinks it's the duty of general population to "realize this is an extreme exaggeration." People, even here, jump to such conclusions based one one data point.
BB's relationship with Apple has been an On Again/Off Again affair, and it's rare that I found somebody there who knew the products at all let alone fairly well. I will say that on one occasion I found two employees who really, really knew Apple products, but they were users off the clock. On several occasions, employees wanted to steer me to PC products instead.
That may have been for profit reasons, or maybe because they knew those products, or at least knew them better than Apple kit.
I don't think Apple will take any action, or any that we'll here about. save for maybe a