An Apple store found a new low recently when a Sydney, Australia father was not able to purchase an item because the Apple staffer would only process his payment using Apple pay. In a move the buyer recounts as being 'stupidity', a staff member repeatedly tried to get the customer onto Apple pay instead of just processing the payment for the item. Things went downhill after the staffer asked the customer if he had an iPhone. The customer got the impression that he would need to use the Apple Pay app to buy what he wanted, when what he really needed was to pay and leave. After trying, and failing, to find a staff member who would just process his payment, the customer left the store, walked across the street, and purchased the same item from a JB Hi Fi store.
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Wednesday February 06 2019, @06:24PM
The trouble is, even if I knew (and cared) nothing about the technology, I've never personally liked Apple's aesthetics. Something about the sparseness, the light colors, the excessive thinness, style over substance. The endless rounded rectangles. It's hard to put a finger on it, but it just doesn't appeal to me. Give me a chunky, black, full tower gaming rig with loads of drive bays and ports and I'm in love! I guess I never have been and never will be the target market.
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?