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Apple Gifts Retail Employees With UrBeats Earphones for the Holidays

nocturnum said:
Gifts can be insults too.
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Not really. If the giver intends for it to be an insult, then it's not really a gift, it's an insult. If the giver intends it to be a gift and the receiver sees it as an insult that says nothing about the gift or the giver, but says worlds about the receiver.
 
harrisondavies said:
Why can't you Americans say "Apple Gifts Retail Employees With UrBeats Earphones for Christmas"

Who are you worried you'll offend?
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Probably afraid of offending those who like truth. If Apple presented a holiday gift, and people call it a Christmas gift, then it's simply inaccurate.

What I don't understand is why you sound offended by the word "holiday".
 
joueboy said:
LOL! Retail Value! More like the original price...Nevermind...I know it's the thought that counts. Apple gift card would have been better just a suggestion. :D
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Gift cards come with all kinds of legal issues. For example, they are considered income and therefore have to be taxes in many areas
 
jonnyb098 said:
Corporation certainly can vote.....do you know what a lobbyist is? THATS HOW THEY VOTE! Do you know how much money gets funneled to candidates and politicians from various corporations? That money carries more weight that both yours and my vote. I hope that was an oversight and you aren't that blind to the facts.
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That influences votes, but does not actually cast any votes, unlike people that do vote.

A minor subtlety, but here is the truth in the matter:
Voting is an act that people do. How they are influenced to vote is entirely up to them. Conflating the two (influence and actual practice) is something that I do not do. Or, if there were 3 people deciding something, you, me, and George Soros, and he offered each of us $1 billion dollars to sway our votes on a binary issue, and we were the only people voting, how would that affect you? For me, if it was an inconsequential matter, like whether we have fish or steak for dinner, I'd take him up on it. If it were something more serious, like "should we use a high risk fuel in rockets," that his company provides, I'd go with my engineering skills, and make the lowest risk decision.

As I see that we're not going to convince each other, let's just call this one a draw, and leave as friends. Arguing policy over the Internet is difficult at best, and downright horrible at worst.
 
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warrior2000 said:
Sure. Everyone in the USA celebrates Christmas. Do you go out much?
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People say "Happy Thanksgiving", "Happy Halloween", and so on for all the major holidays when you go out near the holidays. December 25th is Christmas, even if you don't celebrate Christmas it's the Christmas season (Christmas lights, trees, caroling, signs, decorations, etc). If you don't celebrate it, simply don't say it back to the person.

If someone says "happy Halloween" to me, do I get upset and complain because I don't celebrate it? No. I say it back to them because it's the Halloween season. I don't trick or treat or do anything to celebrate Halloween myself, and I have no problem with it being said or saying it back.
People love to complain about anything these days.
 
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geoff5093 said:
People say "Happy Thanksgiving", "Happy Halloween", and so on for all the major holidays when you go out near the holidays. December 25th is Christmas, even if you don't celebrate Christmas it's the Christmas season (Christmas lights, trees, caroling, signs, decorations, etc). If you don't celebrate it, simply don't say it back to the person.

If someone says "happy Halloween" to me, do I get upset and complain because I don't celebrate it? No. I say it back to them because it's the Halloween season. I don't trick or treat or do anything to celebrate Halloween myself, and I have no problem with it being said or saying it back.
People love to complain about anything these days.
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Seems like that would be better as a reply to the poster that initially brought it up at https://forums.macrumors.com/goto/post?id=22339629#post-22339629
 
JohnnyApple$eed said:
Before people attack this. Please note that Apple has 115,000 employees as if Mid 2015. That's an $11,500,000 in company gift value. Ask yourself if the company you work for doers this or has something of the same value based on quantity.
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It doesn't cost them $100 to produce.
So it's an opportunity cost. The only real loss is whatever it costs to make these. So maybe a dollar each pair.
 
LewisChapman said:
You must remember that no company is obligated to provide a Christmas 'extra' whether it be a monetary bonus or a gift. You must also remember that Apple is a BUSINESS - they receive nothing in return for providing these gifts to their employees.
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yes they do
 
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