davidmalcolm

The only other big names in accessories tend to be gamer focused products like Razer. 

If I were buying Brydge I’d position them as a premium maker of accessories for Apple products doing the things Apple won’t with minimal logos. Keep the iPad keyboards, release a similar version that could also be used with a desktop along with a matching trackpad and a mouse that looks and feels like it belongs with a Mac. (Do an aluminum and black model, space grey, and midnight options.

I think employees should be allowed to accept cash tips if offered or gifts, but I don’t think they should be permitted to bring it up to customers, too great of a chance of somebody thinking they can make extra money by dropping hints to impressionable seniors. 

Realistically, most Apple Store employees should be making significantly more than they do in all regions. Apple’s stores make more money square foot than basically anyone else in retail.

Apple should be cutting back on payouts to investors (I say that as somebody with apple shares.) The people in their stores work hard and deal with some of the most ridiculous people and their bonkers expectations of how products should behave.

At the bare minimum every store’s wages should be arrived at based on a number of factors, how much does a 2 bedroom apartment cost in the area they work in. How does the employee’s customer satisfaction scores stack up. (They should also completely overhaul the way they collect this data, customers should have to type in the name of the person they’re reviewing and if it doesn’t match the employee it should be disregarded (feel free to show them the person’s name on the survey, but if they are giving feedback that will affect someone’s pay you should at least have to write their name and possibly figure out that Cindy is not the name of the six foot four guy who told you his name was Jeff.) this would also filter out negative feedback from people who are just mad that they talked with someone who had an accent or who they thought they should be legally allowed to own. 

Hopefully this is a union tactic to get Apple’s lawyers to simply say, “yes tips are a dumb idea we’ll boost pay by 2%”

I got sick of the voice mails asking if I was at work and just told her “here is my location, if you want to know if I’m at work, just check.”

Am I worried about her knowing where I am as an adult? Nope. She does t have great boundaries, but given that most of the time she’s going to see me at home, or gasp… grocery shopping, it’s not a big deal. Somebody knowing your location doesn’t tell them if you’re hooking up with somebody, or dating or hanging out with friends. 

And if you’re a married couple, you have good reason to want to let your spouse know where you are. Both for safety, and for trust. This is really only going to be a problem for people who don’t tell the truth or for people who married psychos. 

I get that if you made a mistake and married the wrong person this could be stressful. But if you don’t trust a person to know your location, why the hell would you trust them to help you raise kids or maintain a home/house?

Don’t get me wrong, Prime Video has some good shows but they’re no where near Apple’s level.