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  • It Looked Like An Apple Store

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 25, 2011 (message contributor)

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IT LOOKED LIKE AN APPLE STORE

"They looked like Apple products. It looked like an Apple store. It had the classic Apple store winding staircase and weird upstairs sitting area. The employees were even wearing those blue t-shirts with the chunky Apple name tags around their necks," But upon closer inspection, our intrepid fellow American realized, "A beautiful rip-off—a brilliant one—the best rip-off store we had ever seen (and we see them every day)." But some things were just not right: the stairs were poorly made. The walls hadn’t been painted properly. Apple never writes "Apple Store" on its signs. But here’s the real kicker: Some of the staff appeared to believe they were really working for Apple.

MSN.com By Adrienne Mong

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