Our grand daughter is up for a week visiting. Her mom dropped her off on Saturday with a cracked spider web look on her I-Phone. My daughter made it clear she would work before my daughter and her dad replaced another screen. Grandparents are suckers for their grand kids so I figure I'll call the Apple store. Complete automation followed by more automation as I am screaming "Representative" into the phone becoming more and more angry. Since the Galaxy 4 with the Android OS I have used nothing but Samsung Galaxy phones and when I call Verizon I actually get a real person. After 10 min on hold by a robot I figure may as well drive the few miles to the actual store.

There had to be a few hundred people in this art deco place waiting to hand Apple money. I knew they had a cult like following but give me a break as I was in a sea of Apple Cultist. Great, just wonderful as I look for service. Following about 30 minutes of looking at stuff I had no interest in we got service. No problem, about $150 USD later and a few hours we can retrieve the girl's I-Phone. Steve Jobs has to be laughing from the grave. Her grandmother can take her back to get the phone. I really have no desire to ever return to that place, the store from hell.

After seeing the cult like following I can understand why people camp out overnight just to give them money for a new release. I figure one visit should cover a lifetime.

Ron

 

Cult is pretty accurate. The Oatmeal knows:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple

 

Cult is pretty accurate. The Oatmeal knows:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple

Time to go retrieve her phone, I was hoping my wife would take her less me. Two trips to the Apple store is enough for any lifetime.

Ron

 

Cult is pretty accurate. The Oatmeal knows:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple

Had to mark that one for later examination. Gotta run now. The real world (reality) intrudes.

 

Time to go retrieve her phone, I was hoping my wife would take her less me. Two trips to the Apple store is enough for any lifetime.

Ron

Hey, be sure to visit the 'Genius Bar'. Nothing gets you in a good mood like a visit with a true genius

 

I am pretty sure all of the employees working there were cloned. They all wear the identical Apple T-Shirt and all wear an Apple Watch displaying all the different watch bands. The granddaughter is a happy girl and very grateful. We figure if we can't spoil grand kids life would not be as much fun. This kid is a worker too and looking at national honors so I figure someday she can take care of us.

Hey, be sure to visit the 'Genius Bar'. Nothing gets you in a good mood like a visit with a true genius

I think I would fare better visiting a Jack Daniels on the rocks bar.

On a serious note the service was very good and the people very nice, even if they were cloned. I just do not see me moving to an I-Phone, I-Watch and Apple PC anytime in the near future.

Ron

 

The Oatmeal knows:

The more I look the less I like.
It's as funny as Jim Belushi when you're thinking, "John Belushi".
(It must have taken you an awful lot of time to find the only relevant comic on that site.)