Tim: Aarrgghhh..., Angela, I am so mad at you !!
Angela: Why me ? What's wrong ?
Tim: You did miss the critical Christmas deadline for Airpod-Socks !! Now our shops seem so dull. With all the new AirPods, MacBooks and iPhones, everything looks so much the same. So 2015, 2014, 2013...
Angela: Well, with socks we would look so 2006. And the socks project just wasn't feasible. I kept trying and asking everyone, including you, when the Airpods would arrive. Nobody could tell me. Neither yourself. It was the best kept secret in Cupertino ! And we waited and we waited. And then out of the blue they suddenly pop up, and now: I missed MY deadline !!? That’s pathetic.
Tim: Nuts !! You juniors just don't have a clue what I’ve been through getting the Airbuds to market in time. I had to call everybody 5 times a day, including Donald Trump.
Angela: Well, fine, congrats. But I ended my efforts - just too ambitious for a company like ours. Makes no sense to package a product that didn't exist.
Tim: Well it DID exist, but we couldn't say so. It was top secret.
Angela: Well, except they were announced 2 months ago. And besides, the original masterplan to package Airpods in socks and then hang them in Christmas trees was abandoned earlier.
Tim: Why was that ?
Angela: Joni didn't want to cooperate. He said he was Head of Christmas design. And he designed a minimalist tree that didn’t fit anything in it.
Tim: Why that ?
Angela: Ask him. I stopped following up on this. His tree wouldn't have branches, no leaves, no needles. It was so minimalist that I had to puke. I’m from a traditonalist, German family, you know.
Tim: Then what did it look like ?
Angela: Dunno. He decided to abandon the trunk also. In fact, we now have just Christmas peaks in pots in all our AppleStores...
Tim: That's just crazy. How can we stop him ?
Angela: Well, I decided to ignore the problem. In fact, nobody would see the remaining piece of turf anyway in these dark days, because it didn't have lighting. All Stores have their power outlets abandoned now. Everything is USB-C. With great bitrates now, but lots of compatibility issues.
Tim: OK, but that's the future and we have enough dongles. The USB-C <=> Christmas LED converter is $95 now, a Christmas special. Phil: did you prepare an ad? How long will it last on its battery ?
Angela: Dunno, all remaining power indicators are skipped.
Tim: That’s bad. Next time halt Greg when he comes in for a software upgrade...
Angela: No, he designed it for auto-upgrades at night. Seems synced by iCloud now...
So, I am out for Christmas dinner now. Have a great holiday
Tim: OK, just pull the upgrade. Problem solved, happy holidays