if all else fails..
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- iwlyfel
you can just work at the
http://www.apple.com/retail/geni…
Genius Bar
- jamble0
I'd rather go to a Guiness bar.
- Crouwel0
i heard Einstein used to work there.
- Jnr_Madison0
I'd rather have my eyes sliced open by an eye doctor named Dali.
- Crouwel0
btw. it's a very unfortunate name that does not reflect Apple's core values; simplicity/clarity..
if it really takes a genius to help you out or to help you buy an Apple product..well..
- GrammaSeff0
by far the most arrogant $10hr employee on earth
- Jnr_Madison0
I wonder if they actually say that they work in the 'Genius Bar' or if the just say the 'Apple store' when asked.
Either way they should all die.
- blastofv0
btw. it's a very unfortunate name that does not reflect Apple's core values; simplicity/clarity..
if it really takes a genius to help you out or to help you buy an Apple product..well..
Crouwel
(Jul 13 06, 06:34)excellent point. usually Apple just implies its badassness without having to boast it outright – calling their tech support monkeys 'geniuses' is out of sorts with the rest of their image
- Crouwel0
been to a genius bar once.. before you even talk to them they really look down on ya, like in an arrogant way, as if they are so fucking bright.
then i ordered a fresh apple juice..
- _salisae_0
der. the geniuses aren't selling the product they're making sure the technology is sound. no dissing the geniuses they've helped me many times. although their title is rather ostentatious.
in fact they should name all service professionals with extraordinarily important words ..
like you, crouwel, with your nt mugs services. what could be your flamboyant title i wonder .. hmm
- clerk0
i've always thought of the 'genius bar' as intentional irony from apple?
- k0na_an0k0
my last time at the 'genius bar' i told the guy my desktop wouldn't turn on. his genius answer was 'is it plugged in?'
i almost slapped his think framed glasses off his face.
so after i said 'um... YEAH' he goes 'you're sure?'
i called him a fucking moron and asked another employee there.
- iwlyfel0
"almost slapped his think framed glasses off his face.
so after i said 'um... YEAH' he goes 'you're sure?'"
wow,
i mean, wow
- k0na_an0k0
that was at an apple store by my old work a few years ago. i never went back to that one.
i have however gone to a different apple store and the guy there was pretty fuckin smart.
i had a hd that went to shit and he opened up the box, removed the hd and did some frankenstien shit to it and got my info off.
- blastofv0
you have to remember that most of what they do every day is deal with people who have no computing savvy at all – think of all the PC converts who don't know the first thing about loading a font, or loading MP3s etc.
as long as they recognize that they're talking to a designer that's been on Macs for 15 years when I go in, they're mostly very helpful
except I have to book an appointment online days in frieking advance here in Boston
- iwlyfel0
well aside from all these experiences
you have to think of the dumb questions and problems regular users have
yeah apple is supposed to be ultimately simple and user-friendly but everyone knows there are problems and hang ups here and there
to a regular user a 'genius bar' would be a great place to find a solution
- Rand0
if all else fails...
dip into principal
- k0na_an0k0
usually, in normal life when all else fails i break out a bigger hammer.
- Jnr_Madison0
I've usually given up long before I get to the 'if all else fails' level.
- paraselene0
*pushes genius button
*cackle
- GrammaSeff0
the is no art fag genius attitude justification, save that shit. those dudes suck today and will probably suck next week.