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  • Future iPads and iPhones could tell stressed users to calm down

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    I can hardly wait for the next time I drop my iPad. Will the OS tell me to be calmer and not throw things?
    xyzzy-xxxwilliamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Future iPads and iPhones could tell stressed users to calm down

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    hodar said:
    I have found that telling my wife to calm down, often isn’t quite as effective as one would hope. 

    Telling her to “Put on the Big Girl pants and Man-Up” has a far greater impact.  

    Just trying to be helpful 
    ....says the divorced man, still recovering from his wounds.
    williamlondon

  • Maryland Apple Store staff vote in favor of strike action

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    macxpress said:
    VictorMortimer said:
    It doesn't surprise me that Apple isn't negotiating in good faith.  Hopefully the threat of a strike will be enough that Apple takes them seriously.

    All of retail needs to unionize.  Retail workers have been abused for far too long.
    Please....it's not like they aren't paid well for retail. They can always leave if they don't like where they work. Someone is there waiting to fill their shoes. 
    Judging by a family member's experience working for Apple Retail, they are not paid well — and if you read the rationale for asking for a strike authorization vote, it focused on Apple's unwillingness to discuss scheduling and pay keeping up with the cost of living. We're not talking about engineers in Silicon Valley; we're talking about retail workers.
    sir_pabloronn

  • Maryland Apple Store staff vote in favor of strike action

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    NotSoMuch said:
    40domi said:
    Apple should make an example of them, let them strike, bring in staff from other stores (or shut it down) we'll see how they feel after a couple of months without pay (probably too stupid to realise they won't get paid)
    As far as retail is concerned, probably the best job going and they get 40% discounts, so can make money on the side, by buying and selling stuff!
    100 years ago, even 50 years ago, workers generally were poorly paid and treated, now with all the laws, Unions just scam workers 😡
    That was a well thought out and educated comment. 

    I assume you left off the </sarcasm> at the end of that sentence intentionally.

    sphericronn

  • Maryland Apple Store staff vote in favor of strike action

    sunman42sunman42
    It’s one store shut it down and move on. 
    Or, Apple management should grow up and negotiate seriously with the union. It's the law.

    But more seriously, the company's management could recognize that they have no retail revenue stream without retail employees, and start treating them like human beings. It won't affect the bottom line that much, but it will go a long way toward helping with public goodwill for a corporation that is facing a lot of legal challenges around the world..

    muthuk_vanalingamronn