03-16-2011, 03:09 PM
Step away from the kool-aid, folks.
It's really not a matter fan-boy ism, and it's disingenuous to imply that it is.
Nothing that you quoted is "amazing"
But the totality certainly is. Anybody reacting to the quake could have done one or two things to help out. Apple (and probably others) seemed to do as much as they possibly could, which was substantial. There was a lot more involved besides a few cents of electricity.
Any decent company would pay for accommodations or transport during a natural disaster.
True, but that statement assumes a lot, such as a universal definition of "decent".
Even though Japan is a nation with a history of earthquakes, I don't know that Apple Stores have a corporate action plan covering the extent of their aid.
I wonder how many other stores in the area did as much as they could to help out.
We'll just have to disagree.
In hindsight some people may shrug and say it's just water how much could it have cost the shop keepers. But on that day with all the uncertainty and fear they remained open to help others instead of closing up shop and going home to their own families. There were many convenience stores, coffee shops, pizzerias, etc., that did nothing.
Exactly. But as Apple is a corporation, their obligation to the public and staff is greater? They did more than any moral or contractual obligation requires.
Anytime anybody does that, it's amazing. Because if you look around, it's not *really* all that common.
It's really not a matter fan-boy ism, and it's disingenuous to imply that it is.
Nothing that you quoted is "amazing"
But the totality certainly is. Anybody reacting to the quake could have done one or two things to help out. Apple (and probably others) seemed to do as much as they possibly could, which was substantial. There was a lot more involved besides a few cents of electricity.
Any decent company would pay for accommodations or transport during a natural disaster.
True, but that statement assumes a lot, such as a universal definition of "decent".
Even though Japan is a nation with a history of earthquakes, I don't know that Apple Stores have a corporate action plan covering the extent of their aid.
I wonder how many other stores in the area did as much as they could to help out.
We'll just have to disagree.
In hindsight some people may shrug and say it's just water how much could it have cost the shop keepers. But on that day with all the uncertainty and fear they remained open to help others instead of closing up shop and going home to their own families. There were many convenience stores, coffee shops, pizzerias, etc., that did nothing.
Exactly. But as Apple is a corporation, their obligation to the public and staff is greater? They did more than any moral or contractual obligation requires.
Anytime anybody does that, it's amazing. Because if you look around, it's not *really* all that common.