Comments on: Pre-crazed Granny Takes Out A Chicago Sprint Store

By: Bij lancering PRE Vrouw rijdt door ruit Sprint shop - Palmclub: Forums - alles over de Palm Pre met webOS, de Palm Treo smartphone of PalmOS pda

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:16:10 +0000

[...] uitverkocht, maar dat had ook te maken met de beperkte voorraden. In Chicago reed een oudere vrouw door de etalage van een Sprint-telefoonwinkel op de ochtend dat daar de Pre-verkoop zou beginnen. Maar het verband [...]

By: Renat Zarbailov

Renat Zarbailov — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:09:44 +0000

I second your observation. Once a year or so ago my cousin and I walked into a Sprint store and asked to see one of the new touch phones that has had come out recently. The employee just said NO you can’t. We simply turned around and walked away.

By: socket

socket — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:49:52 +0000

Yikes! Glad to hear she’s alright. Clean up the glass, cover the opening with a curtain, and you’re ready for business, eh?

By: Richard Ball

Richard Ball — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:25:16 +0000

this story is amazing i’m thinking of paying my land lord a visit!

By: If You Didn’t Get A Pre Today, You Missed This Kick-Ass Startup Video

If You Didn’t Get A Pre Today, You Missed This Kick-Ass Startup Video — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:02:37 +0000

[...] to a big heap of drama earlier today. But it does seem like a ton of people both on the web and in real-life are very excited about the device. And they should be, having just read others’ reviews and [...]

By: Dallas Thurn

Dallas Thurn — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:54:06 +0000

I like how they just stand there in the store looking. Don’t even try to help. I thought the one guys was going to pick up the Pre sign that fell down.

By: Palm Preを本日手に入れられなかった人、ナイスな起動ムービーを見逃してしまったね

Palm Preを本日手に入れられなかった人、ナイスな起動ムービーを見逃してしまったね — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:35:37 +0000

[...] Palm Preは本日（米国時間6/6）販売開始されるが、TechCrunchではこの端末を事前にチェックすることはできなかった。やや話題先行の観があり、それにまつわるちょっとしたドラマもあった。ただウェブでも現実生活においても、この端末に大興奮している人も多いようだ。それも無理のない話だろう。各所に記されているレビューを読み、手に入れた人から話を聞くと、少なくとも「最も素晴らしい携帯電話のふたつ」のうちひとつにはなりそうだと評価されているようなのだ。 [...]

By: swag

swag — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:13:17 +0000

That might explain all the SF Muni bus drivers who regularly plow their vehicles into the storefronts of corner markets…

Maybe they just need cigarettes?

By: swag

swag — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:11:25 +0000

This might explain all the SF Muni bus drivers who regularly plow their vehicles into corner markets for a pack of cigarettes.

By: nekkidtruth

nekkidtruth — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:29:48 +0000

Wow. I find it horribly disgusting those gentlemen (or lack there of) didn’t even attempt to find out if the woman was ok. Sprint should be totally ashamed of these 2 employees. Regardless of what just happened, the well being of that woman should take priority.

Unless Sprint takes great pride in hiring staff lacking humanity.

Unbelievable…

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:31:58 +0000

What kind of jerks just stand there in their store and dont even approach to see if she is OK?

By: anon

anon — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:49:38 +0000

i didn’t click your link.

By: Eric C Rusch Jr

Eric C Rusch Jr — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:28:44 +0000

Yeah, I could see the employees being a little paralyzed by the shock of what just happened, but then the dude on the right pulled out his phone and started typing/txting.

By: Plam Pre piyasada.. > Apple Faresi

Plam Pre piyasada.. > Apple Faresi — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:54:00 +0000

[...] 6 Haziran geldi çattı ve işte sonuçta Palm Pre ile ilgili bilmeniz gereken 10 [...]

By: Vadym

Vadym — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:28:05 +0000

I think, she was not very quite so they actually *could* hear her screaming „i wanna my Pre right now!“

By: LauderdaleStunna

LauderdaleStunna — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:19:17 +0000

Please ban this URL spammer

By: Barry

Barry — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:59:34 +0000

I work for a competitor, and while I’m glad the woman is okay, I find it hysterical that the Sprint employees didn’t even go over there to see how she was doing. They were too busying Twittering ‘what the &*$# – some dumb **tch just drove into our store…’

By: Alexandar Tzanov

Alexandar Tzanov — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:33:03 +0000

Reason #1 why I wouldn’t shop at a Sprint store: Sprint employees couldn’t care less to come check my well being, or maybe why why what happened just happened. Thankfully there are always passing by strangers who are always concerned.

Thankfully, no one cares for the service to be shopping at that time! So no one was hurt.

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:43:32 +0000

Anyone else notice that the sprint guys didn’t go and see if they person was ok?

By: Jason L. Baptiste

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:27:23 +0000

This reminds me of that episode of South Park where all the old people are like Zombies killing everybody by driving on the road. I wish South Park would do an episode on tech culture and turn Winer/Arrington into characters.

By: If You Didn’t Get A Pre Today, You Missed This Kick-Ass Startup Video

If You Didn’t Get A Pre Today, You Missed This Kick-Ass Startup Video — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:13:06 +0000

By: Ryan Barr

Ryan Barr — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:04:22 +0000

It’s fun to replay the beginning over and over for two reasons:

1. You get to watch the guy fall on his ass over and over and take out the Pre display.
2. The shelves along the wall crumble. It almost makes we want to avoid shelves in stores from now on.

Bottom line — crazy.

By: MG Siegler

MG Siegler — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:57:09 +0000

I think my real goal is to *turn* TC into The Onion.

By: MG Siegler

MG Siegler — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:56:41 +0000

I too think her real goal was to get onto TechCrunch.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:53:11 +0000

Have you ever considered leaving TC and going to work for the Onion?