Apple Reopening 25 US Stores and 12 in Canada This Week

[Angrydad]

If people were smart they would not go into an Apple store for service. The filthiest place for any employee to work is the Apple Genius Bar. People bring in their phones Which they use in the bathroom and computers With filth all over. EarPods with wax they want us to clean. Sick people come in all the time and whine about their phones not working without any consideration to the employees. I worked for Apple for 10 years at the Genius Bar and I got sick at least three times a year from customers and from employees not staying home when they’re sick.

 

[Black Belt]

I’m not sure why people are asking which stores, the list is in the article. Maybe it was added as few minutes ago.
Here it is:


May 18

• California: Roseville, Arden Fair (Sacramento), Higuera Street (San Luis Obispo)

May 20

• California: Valley Plaza (Bakersfield), Fashion Fair (Fresno), Vintage Faire (Modesto), Del Monte (Monterey)

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  So opening in smaller cities first, mainly.
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[MarkAtl]

They have the 11th highest number of infections of any state. As states go, they are not that big.

Georgia is 8th in population.

 

[Angrydad]

Apple will reopen more than 25 stores across the U.S. and 12 stores in Canada this week, reports Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

The decision follows a published letter on Sunday from the company's senior VP of retail, Deirdre O'Brien, detailing the safety measures that Apple is taking as it gradually re-opens stores across the globe. These include temperature checks conducted at the door, limited occupancy, and a renewed emphasis on one-to-one service. As an alternative to entering some physical stores, customers can also expect to see curb-side pickup and drop off options.

Apple has already opened over 100 stores globally, with many of those stores located in China, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Australia as nationwide lockdowns ease.

Apple's store list includes the following openings for this week:

United States
May 18

• California: Roseville, Arden Fair (Sacramento), Higuera Street (San Luis Obispo)
• Colorado: The Promenade Shops at Briargate (Colorado Springs)
• Florida: Altamonte Springs (Altamonte), St. Johns Town Center (Jacksonville), Florida Mall (Orlando), Millenia (Orlando)
• Hawaii: Ala Moana (Honolulu), Kahala (Honolulu), Royal Hawaiian (Honolulu)
• Washington: Bellevue Square (Bellevue), Alderwood (Lynnwood), University Village (Seattle), River Park Square (Spokane), Tacoma Mall (Tacoma), Southcenter (Tukwila)

May 20

• California: Valley Plaza (Bakersfield), Fashion Fair (Fresno), Vintage Faire (Modesto), Del Monte (Monterey)
• Oklahoma: Penn Square (Oklahoma City), Woodland Hills (Tulsa)

May 21

• Arkansas: The Promenade at Chenal (Little Rock)
• Florida: Brandon, University Town Center (Sarasota), International Plaza (Tampa)

Canada
May 20

• British Columbia: Metrotown (Burnaby), Coquitlam Centre (Coquitlam), Richmond Centre (Richmond), Guildford Town Centre (Surrey), Oakridge Centre (Vancouver), Pacific Centre (Vancouver)
• Manitoba: Polo Park (Winnipeg)
• Nova Scotia: Halifax Shopping Centre (Halifax)

May 21

• Alberta: Chinook Centre (Calgary), Market Mall (Calgary), Southgate Centre (Edmonton), West Edmonton (Edmonton)

Article Link: Apple Reopening 25 US Stores and 12 in Canada This Week

Apple will reopen more than 25 stores across the U.S. and 12 stores in Canada this week, reports Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

The decision follows a published letter on Sunday from the company's senior VP of retail, Deirdre O'Brien, detailing the safety measures that Apple is taking as it gradually re-opens stores across the globe. These include temperature checks conducted at the door, limited occupancy, and a renewed emphasis on one-to-one service. As an alternative to entering some physical stores, customers can also expect to see curb-side pickup and drop off options.

Apple has already opened over 100 stores globally, with many of those stores located in China, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Australia as nationwide lockdowns ease.

Apple's store list includes the following openings for this week:

United States
May 18

• California: Roseville, Arden Fair (Sacramento), Higuera Street (San Luis Obispo)
• Colorado: The Promenade Shops at Briargate (Colorado Springs)
• Florida: Altamonte Springs (Altamonte), St. Johns Town Center (Jacksonville), Florida Mall (Orlando), Millenia (Orlando)
• Hawaii: Ala Moana (Honolulu), Kahala (Honolulu), Royal Hawaiian (Honolulu)
• Washington: Bellevue Square (Bellevue), Alderwood (Lynnwood), University Village (Seattle), River Park Square (Spokane), Tacoma Mall (Tacoma), Southcenter (Tukwila)

May 20

• California: Valley Plaza (Bakersfield), Fashion Fair (Fresno), Vintage Faire (Modesto), Del Monte (Monterey)
• Oklahoma: Penn Square (Oklahoma City), Woodland Hills (Tulsa)

May 21

• Arkansas: The Promenade at Chenal (Little Rock)
• Florida: Brandon, University Town Center (Sarasota), International Plaza (Tampa)

Canada
May 20

• British Columbia: Metrotown (Burnaby), Coquitlam Centre (Coquitlam), Richmond Centre (Richmond), Guildford Town Centre (Surrey), Oakridge Centre (Vancouver), Pacific Centre (Vancouver)
• Manitoba: Polo Park (Winnipeg)
• Nova Scotia: Halifax Shopping Centre (Halifax)

May 21

• Alberta: Chinook Centre (Calgary), Market Mall (Calgary), Southgate Centre (Edmonton), West Edmonton (Edmonton)

Article Link: Apple Reopening 25 US Stores and 12 in Canada This Week

After 10 years of working at Apple I'm done. My health is more important than customers nasty phones and their issues. People's priorities are all screwed up.

 

[iMi]

We have been staying home for nearly 2 months now. The large part of why we have 80K+ dead is because we have a generally unhealthy population with large percentage of people suffering from obesity, diabetes, etc. COVID has a field day on an already unhealthy person.

It has very little to do with us staying home less than people from other countries.

I have to disagree. Have you seen photos in China? I mean, I've been to Shanghai many times. It's extremely large and populous city with a bad traffic problem. It's so huge that it literally takes hours to go from one end to the other. Empty. Ghostly empty. Unprecedented.

Meanwhile, here, in Chicago suburb I see people hanging out outside all over the place. The park, across the street from our house which is closed by the way, was packed with kids the other day. American culture for decades emphasized individuality over the interest of society and it has produced some of the most socially irresponsible "me" oriented people on the planet. Everyone is special. Everyone has the right to be what they want. Vaccines? Not for ME. Gun violence prevention? Not for ME. Government telling you stay at home? The hell you won't. Protecting others by not spreading the disease? **** them, I want a haircut. If anyone showed up "protesting" stay at home orders they way Trump supporters do, there would be swift and resolute action from the government. Not here though...

Did you see the footage from India? Where the government told people to stay home but they went to the church anyway? Well, they had police with batons waiting outside and everyone who exited the church got hit with it. I am not saying we should do that. That's extreme, but it sure as hell made a point.
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Staying at home 2 weeks wouldn’t have ended the virus my guy. We also did quite a bit of quarantining but some stuff has to run.

The US is a big country with varying conditions, populations, and city dynamics. Comparing 80,000 to individual countries is also useless. You have to use deaths per million to make anything close to comparable, in which most of the US is doing fine besides one area.

The US reporting of deaths is likely far more reliable than China and many other countries known for misrepresenting data.
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Georgia has 14 deaths per 100,000 putting them in the middle of the pack...certainly not in “bad shape.”

You are literally quoting Fox News here. The whole "per capita" argument of how we're doing "great" is not just misleading. It's straight up propaganda and a blatant lie.

It's so easy to look up, too. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/coronavirus/

We have 286.5 deaths per million. That makes us top 9th globally. Compare that with countries that have handled the outbreak well, like China with 3.3 deaths per million or South Korea with 5.5 deaths per million and the picture is clear -- our government failed us. Trump dismantled the very services put in place to prevent such disaster and has defunded CDC and has fired experts on our payroll in China.

Plus, we have some of the lowest testing numbers in the world. Not to mention the recent news from Florida where they have been fudging the numbers under pressure form Republicans.

If you think U.S. is a big country -- visit China. A neighborhood over there is the size of Chicago. Huhan is not a "village" as has been reported initially. It's a massive city with 12 plus million people. The province has 70 million plus. That's literally a quarter of American population in one city.