La Playa Hotel Lifts 30-Year Ban on Apple Corporate Retreats

[Jamie0003]

Haha, the hotel name is very ironic for what they did.

 

[MyMac1976]

A penis was seen and this is America, so ban it was.

 

[breising]

That's NOTHING!

Ask them what happened in Hawaii when Steve rolled out the Mac!
NOW THAT WAS A REAL PARTY! (I was there)

 

[Shrink]

A penis was seen and this is America, so ban it was.

Pictures, or it didn't happen...

 

[MyMac1976]

Pictures, or it didn't happen...

I don't think I'd like to see Hertzfeld's nether regions..

 

[Makosuke]

They should so build a bonfire and go skinny-dipping.

I'm not one for disrespecting the rules people set for behavior while guests on their property, but if I worked at Apple I would be SO tempted to do this.

The results were good last, time, anyway.

 

[luigiBoschin]

View

My house in Switzerland has a better view

 

[KSpider]

Ask them what happened in Hawaii when Steve rolled out the Mac!
NOW THAT WAS A REAL PARTY! (I was there)

Kona Village Resort?

 

[macs4nw]

Sounds like a party I wanted to be at!

Harking back to those rebellious, innocent, idealistic, risk-taking, 'thumb your nose at the establishment', and 'worry 'bout nothing' early years.

Those sure were good times. Count me in too.

 

[mrxak]

Of course the board is set up wrong...

Hah! You're right! I didn't see that, but I'm apparently not as big a nerd as you are (that's meant as a compliment).

 

[tjuyumac9]

Apple has already booked an upcoming meeting at the hotel.

 

[dernhelm]

It would be worse if Apple went back and those same employees went skinny dipping again.

 

[whooleytoo]

It was a permanent ban, not a 30 year ban.

It ended 30 years later only because the hotel changed ownership/management, and the new powers-that-be decided to lift it, not because it "expired".

The wording makes it seem as if it was originally intended to last 30 years. It was intended to be permanent.

Thanks, that makes more sense. Otherwise, it sounds like the hotel was uncannily organised and prepared for incident like this..

Hotel Policy:
Ban per Bonfire: 10 years.
Ban per Skinny Dipping: 1 year per wiener on display x 20 wieners = 20 years.
Ban per Sex in Lobby: n/a for computer nerds.

Total Ban(to be presented on checkout)
30 years.

Thank you for your business. We hope to have your business again in 2013.

 

[tardegrade]

What a brilliant story!

 

[Edsel]

A 1983 skinny-dipping reunion is in order! It'll be the blue-hairs skinny-dipping this time.

 

[W1LLk]

I hope they do it again. Get drunk and party like it's 1983!!

That is a helluva lot of cocaine.

 

[Squilly]

Ironic. The hotel's name is "La Playa". Ring a bell anyone? Just noticed.

 

[Mactendo]

They should celebrate the 30th anniversary of this event and the upcoming release of iWatch and iTV in the same way as they did it 30 years ago. And get banned for the next 30 years, then return and repeat. That'd be a great tradition!

 

[TXCherokee]

sing along

There ain't no party, like a west coast party
'Cause a west coast party don't stop!

 

[carlgo]

Down the coast from Carmel, at an unnamed famous resort, some nerds were drinking $5000 bottles of wine (multiple) and one of them danced on the top of a hybrid Lexus to the extent that it was totaled. The sheriff deputies made an arrest, but later money changed hands and all was well.

 

[Smartass]

if you saw a couple of naked nerds skinny dipping, you would've probably banned them for 30 years also.

 

[AnonMac50]

Anyone notice the board is set up wrong?

 

[stevejolly]

Of course the board is set up wrong...

Ohmigod. "Queen on color..." Wonderful that you noticed, and telling that no one at the facility did. Anyone for Frontgammon?

 

[GoCubsGo]

Lame. Apple doesn't need La Playa at all.

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Ironic. The hotel's name is "La Playa". Ring a bell anyone? Just noticed.

smh. Your pronunciation is wrong.

 

[SockRolid]

Skinnydipping: not OK.

Naked lawn chess: OK.