Oh, this should be good. Apple has had a good and long run wow-ing the public with their hip iPhones and iPads in their oh-so-sleek Apple stores in malls, and Microsoft isn't going to take it anymore: the boys of Redmond are opening up their own store (bigger, in fact) in the Mall of America, directly in front of the Apple store.
Techi's got the story (and the video clip):
I can see it now: Apple’s ‘Geniuses’ folding their arms and glaring across the hallway at Microsoft’s … ‘Experts’, or whatever they end up calling their employees (do they already have a name?), who glare back in kind. What I’d really like to see, though, is all sorts of Spy Vs. Spy shenanigans happening between the stores. If life were only like that.
What do you think the Microsofters that work there should be called? I propose Best Servicepeople On Demand. T-Shirt from the NeatoShop for the best entry (write down what you want along with your comment, otherwise you forfeit the prize, mmkay?). Have fun!
Update 10/29/10 - Fishbowl wins with "Paperclip," but forfeited the prize.
But honestly- I don't care what they call themselves as long as they help the customers. Of all the online customer service people I've ever contacted, the Microsoft ones are the worst for responding. In fact, they mostly don't. grrrrr
brazenly stolen from the fantastic Douglas Coupland book of the same name.
-double rainbows - XL