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I'm confused. You suspect he stopped donut service for staff fitness reasons, or because there was no point to subsidizing them on-campus if people preferred to
by trevelyan 13y ago
I'm confused. You suspect he stopped donut service for staff fitness reasons, or because there was no point to subsidizing them on-campus if people preferred to buy them elsewhere.
- beaner 13y agoI don't get it either and I have no idea why you're being downvoted.
- savv 13y agoOne time when I attended WWDC all the food served was vegan at the main social event. The impression here is Job's food preferences filter down as a mandate for all. At least in this instance.
- smlangley 13y agoThen there was WWDC in 2002 where there was a mound of Krispy Kreme donuts for the afternoon snacks.
- jarjoura 13y agoOMG, I remember that year! It was even worse in 2003 when they moved it to Moscone. Fresh made Jamba Juice and mounds of Krispy Kreme donuts galore. It was super gross to be honest. :-) I haven't eaten a Krispy Kreme donut since that year.
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- jimmaswell 13y agosounds unoptimal
- chris_wot 13y agoI can explain. a. It was bought on-campus. b. If he stopped all donut services because of one guy who looked unhealthy, then it again shows how capricious he was. One person who looked a little unhealthy ate a donut on one occasion and he removed donuts from every single store on campus for every single person for no reason other than he didn't like to see someone who looked pasty and obese walking around eating a donut. Because that's the sort of guy Steve Jobs was. A sociopath.
- agumonkey 13y agoFunny, I thought it was the discount price that was the cause, Jobs thinking people will only buy later for cheaper and he'll lose profits (I pictured him making money from Apple's cafeteria)
- chris_wot 13y agoJobs wasn't really motivated by money. Not like other people were, at any rate.
- soperj 13y agoWhy would he intentionally screw Woz out of money then?
- sxtxixtxcxh 13y agoto prove a point
- easy_rider 13y agoYeah, I bet he spent a lot of time thinking about the price points of the cafeteria...
- lkd 13y agoAs a counterpoint (and believe me, I take no pleasure in defending Jobs here) it would probably have been illegal to ban donut sales only to the obese.