Ban Hipsters from Apple Stores who spend their time dicking around on Facebook. [Archive]

mogzieee

Mar 18, 2008, 05:02 PM

Isn't it just so annoying! I went ALL the way into London's Regent Street store the other day from my home in Oxfordshire to demo a MacBook and it was full up of irritating people dicking around on Facebook. There was even one 8ish year old playing music videos on YouTube.

AAARGH. :mad:

Mindflux

Mar 18, 2008, 05:03 PM

I dont know any hippies who use facebook.

Maybe you mean hipsters, which is exactly the demographic Apple is after.
:rolleyes:

zap2

Mar 18, 2008, 05:06 PM

you mean people we're using the computers in the apple store, and didn't stop right away when you came in?

My god! This is an outrage!

mogzieee

Mar 18, 2008, 05:06 PM

I dont know any hippies who use facebook.

Maybe you mean hipsters, which is exactly the demographic Apple is after.
:rolleyes:

Dammit, thats what I mean, I didn't check over the spelling :( lol

Edit: I've since changed the post title to 'hipsters'.

MrT8064

Mar 18, 2008, 05:08 PM

well, some people are obviously not in there to buy a mac... and seing as you have traveled an hour to get there... i am with you!!

gypsys/hippys/hipsters... no facebook for you!

steveza

Mar 18, 2008, 05:11 PM

I'm sure if you mentioned to one of the staff that you would like a demo of a macbook so that you can buy it, they would have made a plan to get you some mac-time.

BTW: Isn't the Bull Ring store closer to Oxford. I never see any hippies/hipsters on facebook in there.

jessica.

Mar 18, 2008, 05:16 PM

Dammit, thats what I mean, I didn't check over the spelling :( lol

How about "Ban people from starting pointless threads!"

This has been discussed before. Apple clearly allows people to come in and use a machine as long as they wish. If you TRULY were in the market to buy then you would have taken a step towards an employee and asked him/her if they could assist you in getting some computer time. I believe the employees are very receptive to this type of request. They were when I wanted to use a 30" just to test it on my PB. By them kicking the guy off the MacPro they risked a potentially larger sale but I was clearly there to buy while the guy was clearly there to try.

In my opinion many people aren't there to buy but if giving an indefinite amount of time to a person to use a machine turns into a purchase then it was time well spent.

Hippies or hipsters I think your complaint lacks merit.

mogzieee

Mar 18, 2008, 05:34 PM

BTW: Isn't the Bull Ring store closer to Oxford. I never see any hippies/hipsters on facebook in there.

It is, Milton Keynes too, but I was visiting my dad who lives in London, and I hardly ever see him there..

steveza

Mar 18, 2008, 05:39 PM

It is, Milton Keynes too, but I was visiting my dad who lives in London, and I hardly ever see him there..Fair enough.

mactastic

Mar 18, 2008, 05:44 PM

God damn hippies...

jaydub

Mar 18, 2008, 05:48 PM

If Apple really had a problem with it, they'd block it from their machines. Since this increases interest and use of the machines, they're not gonna do it.

Stridder44

Mar 18, 2008, 05:52 PM

Just bring in some shampoo and body wash. Deodorant could also work. That should keep them away.

Cromulent

Mar 18, 2008, 05:52 PM

The thread should be renamed to "Ban Hippies".

Peace

Mar 18, 2008, 06:09 PM

I resemble these remarks..:cool:

Eraserhead

Mar 18, 2008, 06:14 PM

It is, Milton Keynes too, but I was visiting my dad who lives in London, and I hardly ever see him there..

If you are going by public transport, then Regent Street is probably the quickest to get to, but if you are going by car then Solihull or Milton Keynes are probably quicker to get to.

@ OP the Regent Street store always has problems like this, and offers slow service, I don't think they have a great manager.

Abstract

Mar 18, 2008, 06:24 PM

There was even one 8ish year old playing music videos on YouTube.

Wow, next time, bring a camera. I've never seen an 8 year old hippy before.

IJ Reilly

Mar 18, 2008, 06:44 PM

Wow, next time, bring a camera. I've never seen an 8 year old hippy before.

Or an eight-year-old hipster. The mind boggles.

GimmeSlack12

Mar 18, 2008, 06:51 PM

I was ready for a San Francisco rant, not some Brit. Gah, I can only imagine how bad an English hippy would smell.

JNB

Mar 18, 2008, 06:56 PM

I started as a Hippy, but then moved to Freak. That was more fun, but paid less, so I was a Baby Killer for a while. Now I'm just a Corporate Drone, but I like to hang out in Apple Stores and waste time on LinkedIn. Duuude...

CanadaRAM

Mar 18, 2008, 07:14 PM

Or an eight-year-old hipster. The mind boggles.

And the bod mingles

OzExige

Mar 18, 2008, 07:20 PM

hmmmm ........ was a hippy ......... once?

but .... .. .

then ....

i think

it wasn't 1969 anymore

was it?

zephead

Mar 31, 2008, 01:10 AM

Get one of those things that looks like a tank with a giant drill on the front and drill through the hippies while playing death metal on full blast. Hippies can't stand death metal. ;)

BlakTornado

Mar 31, 2008, 03:56 PM

Well I went into the carphone warehouse one day, and the only iPhone (out of 6) that didn't need to be plugged into iTunes was being used by some dumb 6 year old.

I left, then went back in later for a little play :)

mkrishnan

Mar 31, 2008, 04:05 PM

I resemble these remarks..:cool:

:D

Destroying Facebook is clearly the best win-win solution.

jessica.

Mar 31, 2008, 04:08 PM

GimmeSlack12

Mar 31, 2008, 04:10 PM

How do you know the kid was dumb?

Because he was 6! Duh.

RHD

Mar 31, 2008, 04:24 PM

Yes! You can't get near a computer you want to look at with a view to buying in the Apple store on Regent Street in London for all the damn tourists and students checking their mail and surfing the web.

It's really off putting if you are trying to buy something.

wedge234

Mar 31, 2008, 04:31 PM

Unspeaked

Mar 31, 2008, 04:38 PM

To OP: For your own sake, do all in your power to avoid setting foot in the NYC Soho location...

iJohnHenry

Mar 31, 2008, 04:44 PM

hmmmm ........ was a hippy ......... once?

but .... .. .

then ....

i think

it wasn't 1969 anymore

was it?

Don't forget to breath.

But, on topic, you should have approached Staff, as indicated, or maybe spoken to a Genius.

RHD

Apr 1, 2008, 12:54 PM

Don't forget to breath.

But, on topic, you should have approached Staff, as indicated, or maybe spoken to a Genius.

You can't get near a ruddy Genius or any member of staff on Regent's Street.

My brand new MBP has a flickering screen issue and Apple say I have to take it in to Regent's Street for a Genius to look at but I just can't face standing in a que all day.

The number of times I've been in there, tried to ask a question about something I wanted to buy and just given up and gone home in frustration...

BlakTornado

Apr 1, 2008, 04:47 PM

How do you know the kid was dumb?

Because he just kept pressing random "buttons"...

And he obviously wasn't going to buy one, yet someone who may potentially spend money on one (although put off by the tariff'; a story not for this thread, though) was not able to demo the unit because the kids was using it. Darn kids. Dicking around with fun things.

Prof.

Apr 1, 2008, 04:54 PM

Yo, dude, what's wrong with hippies, dude. We've never done anything to you, dude. Dude, hippies are cool, dude. Whoa, dude, like take a chill pill dude. Like, seriously, dude.

Sorry. I had to.:p

Zwhaler

Apr 1, 2008, 05:02 PM

Yo, dude, what's wrong with hippies, dude. We've never done anything to you, dude. Dude, hippies are cool, dude. Whoa, dude, like take a chill pill dude. Like, seriously, dude.

Sorry. I had to.:p

Nah man, that was a wickedly awesome post and a total trip! :D

Abstract

Apr 1, 2008, 05:03 PM

I'm all for them kicking people off when they're messing around, but in one instance where I was considering one but didn't want some help, I got kicked off for some training. Only problem I had with that was that there were a bunch of 14 year olds all over the store just standing around taking myspace pictures and clearly not even doing anything to signify buying. Couldn't the guy have asked any of them?

And those kids are all for you being kicked off instead of them.

You think the stores are just for buying. You're wrong, and that's your problem, not theirs. The store is for touching and playing around, too. I guess you've never seen anything you liked while simply browsing a store with no intention to buy anything.

The responses posted so far are amazing.

RHD

Apr 2, 2008, 06:01 AM

Well it's a HUGE store on Regent Street.
If they got their act together they could have the whole of the downstairs area, which is vast, for dicking around , and the smaller upstairs area for people who actually want to look at the computers instead of Facebook.

aLoC

Apr 2, 2008, 06:29 AM

pilotError

Apr 2, 2008, 07:19 AM

If I was manager of that store I certainly wouldn't let children monopolize the computers.

It might be hard to police, so easiest thing is to just not have Internet on the computers. Everyone knows what the Internet is anyway, no need to demo that. iPhoto, Garageband etc need demoing.

Why? Those kids grow up and become consumers some day...

They also have long lasting memories of bitter situations. Besides, there's got to be a handful of them who have parents with money.

I know my kid sits at the kids games table and plays while I'm shopping for more stuff I don't really need, so I guess I would be really pissed if you kicked him off just because you didn't think kids should play with computers.

I don't know, that's just me though...

bartelby

Apr 2, 2008, 07:30 AM

I find it extremely annoying when I go to the Regents Street store, to get an update on whichever MR meet I'm going to, and I cannot get straight on a decent machine. Last time I ended up on an MBA, WORST. KEYBOARD.EVER.

mogzieee

Apr 2, 2008, 09:56 AM

Nah man, that was a wickedly awesome post and a total trip! :D

Whey, cheers man

PowerFullMac

Apr 2, 2008, 10:20 AM

carlgo

Apr 2, 2008, 10:54 AM

Wow, next time, bring a camera. I've never seen an 8 year old hippy before.

Man, really? There are even hemp diapers, for those hippie families that actually use them.

mogzieee

Apr 2, 2008, 02:28 PM

No, but I do hate the girls who come in screaming very loudly who just take pictures on Photo Booth and send them to their crappy pink phones and go "LOOK I HAVE IT ON MY PHONE NOW AAAA!!!!"

Now, THATS annoying!

I agree, that IS annoying LOL. You also forgot to mention they were probably raving chavs. lol.

zebraman

Apr 2, 2008, 02:38 PM

ahh i hate it when people go there just to do the stupidest things. i had to wait 30 min just to use a macbook air

bartelby

Apr 2, 2008, 02:40 PM

I also like the people who make phone calls from the stores iPhones. One guy phoned Brazil!!

Eraserhead

Apr 2, 2008, 02:42 PM

I also like the people who make phone calls from the stores iPhones. One guy phoned Brazil!!

I can't believe they aren't they locked down to prevent that, especially international calls :rolleyes:.

bartelby

Apr 2, 2008, 02:43 PM

Aren't they locked down to prevent that?

You'd think but I've witnessed several people make calls.

deputy_doofy

Apr 2, 2008, 02:43 PM

Cartman, is that you? :p :p

Hawkeye411

Apr 2, 2008, 02:47 PM

Apparently there are hippies on Facebook!! :D

http://www.facebook.com/people/Punjabi_Hippie/533034452

BlakTornado

Apr 2, 2008, 06:51 PM

You can't get near a ruddy Genius or any member of staff on Regent's Street.
<snip>
The number of times I've been in there, tried to ask a question about something I wanted to buy and just given up and gone home in frustration...

Well it's a HUGE store on Regent Street.
If they got their act together they could...<snip>

I take it people don't like the regent street store...

I was meant to be going there last September to buy my iMac but I just bought online. Long story short, it sounds like I'm lucky to NOT have gone :|

I agree, that IS annoying LOL. You also forgot to mention they were probably raving chavs. lol.

Ugh I know the type. Incredibly loud, too. Those in-your-face-y types. Ughhhh. I hate those SO much.

I also like the people who make phone calls from the stores iPhones. One guy phoned Brazil!!

Haha. The nerve. Just wait until someone phones the police on one :P Then they'll be sorry!

iMacZealot

Apr 2, 2008, 10:57 PM

If Apple really had a problem with it, they'd block it from their machines. Since this increases interest and use of the machines, they're not gonna do it.

They've blocked MySpace, but not Facebook. I suppose it's because they have a (relatively) good relationship with Facebook, what with the web app on their commercials and all.

There are three stores in my area, two are in suburbia with suburban high school girls obnoxiously using PhotoBooth before realising MySpace is blocked, and the third is in the center of town in a high end shopping district, but it is always jammed with about two or three hundred people in it and too few employees to service them all.

I saw the manager checking out the store yesterday, and I said to the person I was with, pretending I didn't know the manager was there, that I can never find a mac specialist to talk to.

Oh, and the other thing about these obnoxious girls is that I go to school with a lot of them, and obviously friends with them on Facebook, and their profile photos they took always look so tacky because you can clearly see they took they photos in an Apple store. :rolleyes:

OzExige

Apr 2, 2008, 11:09 PM

Don't forget to breath.
.............

umm

now?

RHD

Apr 3, 2008, 06:23 AM

Well I tell you what BlakTornado, why don't you take the trouble to go down there and see for yourself rather than poking fun at those of us sad gits who actually went there to buy stuff?

Why don't you go on a Saturday? Have fun!

mogzieee

Apr 3, 2008, 10:19 AM

They've blocked MySpace, but not Facebook. I suppose it's because they have a (relatively) good relationship with Facebook, what with the web app on their commercials and all.

thats right, apple has something like a 10% share in facebook too because their system is run upon a mac server, and they use macs all over the place... watch one of their keynotes, its just like a macworld keynote, but all about facebook.

(i should mention also microsoft has a 1.5% share in facebook....... *hiss*)

PowerFullMac

Apr 3, 2008, 10:46 AM

thats right, apple has something like a 10% share in facebook too because their system is run upon a mac server, and they use macs all over the place... watch one of their keynotes, its just like a macworld keynote, but all about facebook.

(i should mention also microsoft has a 1.5% share in facebook....... *hiss*)

They blocked Bebo in their stores, too... GOOD!

mogzieee

Apr 3, 2008, 11:10 AM

They blocked Bebo in their stores, too... GOOD!

lol, they got brought by AOL a few weeks back too lol, even worse!

mogzieee

Apr 5, 2008, 04:14 PM

I take it people don't like the regent street store...

I was meant to be going there last September to buy my iMac but I just bought online. Long story short, it sounds like I'm lucky to NOT have gone :|

Well, the guys there aren't that bad... It's just of you just want to look at a Mac thats the problem!!

Tom B.

Apr 5, 2008, 05:13 PM

If you think Regent Street is bad, wait till you see the Bentall Centre Apple Store. Always full of loud chavs using Photo Booth and playing music.

Also, when in the Regent Street Store, the thing that annoys me the most is when people tear open iPod/iPhone case boxes to try them out, then shove them back into the boxes the wrong way, before hanging the box up in completely the wrong place! :mad:

iJon

Apr 5, 2008, 05:50 PM

mogzieee

Apr 10, 2008, 05:43 AM

I know that Apple advertises on Facebook and I'm sure Facebook uses Macs internally but I highly doubt Apple owns a 10% stake in Facebook, especially when Microsoft fought hard to get 1.5%.

jon

i have no idea whether thats true or not, i just heard it in conversation with my uncle. However it does seem likely :apple: has a large share in facebook.

iJon

Apr 10, 2008, 08:54 AM

i have no idea whether thats true or not, i just heard it in conversation with my uncle. However it does seem likely :apple: has a large share in facebook.

I'm going to say it isn't true cause I don't think Apple has any stake in Facebook. Other than the venture capitalists who have put in money, Microsoft is the only large corporation to have a small stake in Facebook.

jon

Brandnew70x7

Apr 10, 2008, 07:42 PM

The weirdest thing I've ever seen... was a bunch of 16 year old kids... carrying their guitars on their back walking around the store. Now, this store is most certainly not within walking distance of any venues, or any residential areas... so I'm pretty sure they actually made the effort to drive to the mall, and put their guitars and what not on their backs, and walk into the apple store.

How utterly stupid.

Luke1robb

Feb 5, 2009, 06:55 PM

http://tinycomb.com/2009/02/05/apple-store-bans-facebook-for-life/

Apple has officially banned Facebook on all retail store computers.

Primejimbo

Feb 5, 2009, 07:30 PM

When my mom got her imac she wanted to look at a Mini, and there was a guy just listening to music on the only one in the store. I did find it quit annoying and felt bad for my mom. We looked around and was there for about a hour and the whole time we were there this guy was still on the Mini just listening to music. She got an imac and I told her she'll be happy with that.
Sorry, I found this rude and if you're not buying something you should be nice and move over for people who are buying or looking to buy.

Saladinos

Feb 5, 2009, 08:14 PM

I went for an interview at an Apple Store once, and they told me they want to make the computers open for everybody to use just like your home computer. It's a lot better than the PC store system where every machine is password protected and some moron stands over your shoulder when you try it out.

Also, Apple has more to sell than just the hardware - they have to sell the hardware + software combo. That requires the ability to test it.

Locking facebook is a good move. People should be able to test it and use it like their own computer, but there are reasonable limits.

Foxglove9

Feb 5, 2009, 08:46 PM

PowerFullMac

Feb 6, 2009, 12:07 PM

The Apple store near me has ALL their computers locked out from anyone to use. If you want to test one out you need to speak to a genius so they can log in for you and show you all the cool features of OS X and maybe sell you a computer.

You can still check out the web from an ipod touch set up but it is very slow to load pages.

That sucks, they do that in John Lewis, too. I used to know the password but they changed it (it was "mess" if anyone wants to see if it still works in there local John Lewis).

claimed4all

Feb 6, 2009, 12:28 PM

http://i.gizmodo.com/5148064/attention-apple-store-web-freeloaders-facebook-is-now-banned Facebook is now banned.

Zombie Acorn

Feb 6, 2009, 01:41 PM

In some ways I could see how its good to keep their store full, most consumers crave something that everyone else does, they see a store full of people and wonder what they are missing out on.

In other ways they should keep a section open just for the genius's to show you the computers/features if you are serious about buying.

Lets also not forget that kid's parents buy them everything under the sun these days so it could lead to some sales later down the line.

PowerFullMac

Feb 6, 2009, 03:07 PM

http://i.gizmodo.com/5148064/attention-apple-store-web-freeloaders-facebook-is-now-banned Facebook is now banned.

This won't work on anyone who has heard the word "proxy" anyway, so it's pointless.

chilipie

Feb 6, 2009, 05:38 PM

This won't work on anyone who has heard the word "proxy" anyway, so it's pointless.

D'you reckon the average Facebook user has?

yoyo5280

Feb 6, 2009, 05:41 PM

D'you reckon the average Facebook user has?

yes...teenagers who can't get on facebook at school? find a workaround in a matter of days.

toolbox

Feb 6, 2009, 07:46 PM

yes...teenagers who can't get on facebook at school? find a workaround in a matter of days.

Yeah there called proxies or babel fish

Cassie

Feb 6, 2009, 07:49 PM

Yeah there called proxies or babel fish

Unless they block proxies as well. (My school does.)

toolbox

Feb 6, 2009, 09:21 PM

Unless they block proxies as well. (My school does.)

Yeah mine did but i found ways around. I found a list with 1000+ proxies that teh school didn't no about

PowerFullMac

Feb 7, 2009, 03:03 AM

Unless they block proxies as well. (My school does.)

Everyone in my school is on a mailing list which e-mails them new filter circumventer sites every few weeks.

yoyo5280

Feb 7, 2009, 03:09 AM

Yeah mine did but i found ways around. I found a list with 1000+ proxies that teh school didn't no about
my school only blocks the facebook homepage

the rest works completely!

http://facebook.com/login and boom baby!

chilipie

Feb 7, 2009, 03:26 AM

my school only blocks the facebook homepage

the rest works completely!

http://facebook.com/login and boom baby!

Wowza, you've got some smart techies working at your school!

mogzieee

Feb 7, 2009, 12:30 PM

http://tinycomb.com/2009/02/05/apple-store-bans-facebook-for-life/

Apple has officially banned Facebook on all retail store computers.

That god for that!

Hopefully an Apple rep read my thread and all the replies and acted accordingly... Good Apple.

Perhaps not.

toolbox

Feb 7, 2009, 09:09 PM

Everyone in my school is on a mailing list which e-mails them new filter circumventer sites every few weeks.

wow thats cool. wish we had something like that. Face book and myspace weren't around when i was at school. Ours was the hotmail and msn messenger etc