Sad to read that. At the Sherway Gardens store the staff have remote checkout scanners - you can pay anywhere with plastic. Very convenient. Tim On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Edward Medzon <emedzon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The day Steve died I was in Montreal. It was early in the day so no one > knew yet. I went to the Apple store on St. Catherines St. to ask a question > and pick up some software. The question was answered on the first floor, but > the software was on the second floor 20 steps up. I went up, found the > package, and then tried to pay for it. The "geniuses" pointed out a counter > with a line at which I waited for ten minute for my turn. When I stepped up > I was asked in French if I was buying something. I replied in the > affirmative, and was abruptly told to go to another station. I went in the > direction pointed and was told that a desk in the middle would be my goal. I > waited for another 5 minutes and when I asked if the "genius" if he would > take my money. He refused and pointed me back to the other counter. I took > the software, put it back, on the shelf and walked out. It's too bad Steve > died that day. I would have called him and told him to train his geniuses > that part of the job is to actually take in some money. > Ted Medzon > >