"I accidentally hung up on Steve Jobs once. True story. In the mid-90's, I was a young intern at an ad agency near Apple's campus in Cupertino. The president of

"I accidentally hung up on Steve Jobs once. True story. In the mid-90's, I was a young intern at an ad agency near Apple's campus in Cupertino. The president of our company, my boss, was a close friend and former colleague of Steve and they spoke often. My boss's administrative assistant had gone on vacation and he asked me to fill in for her for a couple days, and I had no idea what I was doing. One of the very first phone calls to come in was Steve. Not his admin, but the man himself, and I'm pretty overwhelmed. I attempt to transfer the call, promptly fuck it up, and.......dial tone. I was about to curl up into a fetal ball and die when the phone started ringing again. It was Steve. Laughing. He knew I was just filling in, and dismissed my profuse apologies with a giggling "don't sweat it." I told him I would transfer him again and promised not to hang up on him. I'll never forget his cartoon-like response: "Oooooky doky!" A trivial encounter with the man, for sure, but for a 22 year old from the east coast, a week into what would later prove to be a pretty extraordinary adventure in Silicon Valley, the approachable, human demeanor of this larger-than-life luminary was revelatory. To me, Steve will always remain symbolic of Silicon Valley and the very best it represents. RIP Steve." -originalredditor Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/l2als/steve_jobs_apple_ceo_has_died/c2p7tsj http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/l2als/steve_jobs...