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The first 5-10 years of Apple Retail were like the movie Empire Records... help the customer and have a fucking blast doing it. Rules? Not really. I worked ther
by covercash 8y ago
The first 5-10 years of Apple Retail were like the movie Empire Records... help the customer and have a fucking blast doing it. Rules? Not really. I worked there for almost 2 years and had a lot of fun solving unique consumer tech problems one on one with the customers. It was a very personal experience, customers knew our names, came back sometimes just to chat or bring us baked goods... maybe we’d go have a few beers on lunch break, smoke a little weed. Now when I walk into an Apple Store it feels like Best Buy.
- rconti 8y agoI'm not sure how you prevent this from happening when the goal is to grow, though. If anything... it worked.
- rhizome 8y agoI think one strategy is to question the goal of perpetual growth.
- azinman2 8y agoStrategy for whom? Not anyone in charge of Apple Retail, surely... sounds more like a policy question for government and society that undoes the foundation of our markets and most of capitalism.
- eropple 8y agoNothing about a capitalist market necessitates what the GP described. It is a question of ethics; you could instead treat it as a governmental policy question, but if you need law to codify ethics you've already gone off the road and you're just waiting to hit the ground. Which we have. "A question for society"? Apple's part of society, man.
- rhizome 8y agoHow many Italian restaurants where you live have expanded into making and selling their own pasta and sauce at retail? If we're talking about the foundation of most of capitalism, surely it would be exhibited there more often than "never."