November 17, 2004
SoHo Apple Store As Singles Scene
The Post's Bridget Harrison delves into the world of trying to hit on hot ladies and get your tech on - by gauging the mojo of the SoHo Apple Store. However, the revelation of tech-temple as mating-mecca will come to as no surprise to anyone who read Keith Allison's City Magazine story, Babes In Toyland. Gothamist loves the graphics that accompanied Allison's piece, but Harrison does get some seriously inane quotes from Apple Store customers, like "And if you talk to a guy in the Apple Store, you already know he's going to be modern and up-to-date and sober. It's healthier than picking up someone in a bar." (well, sober at that moment) and "Saying, 'What are you downloading these days?' sounds so much cooler than the line, 'What are you drinking?' in a bar." (does it? does it really sound that much cooler?). Hmm. Gothamist has some thoughts on nerdy places to meet cute:
- The alternative music store (the traditional stand-by)
- A book reading (at least you know they're literate)
- The used clothing store (they're interested in recycling)
- A Gothamist event! (they like the Internets or free booze)
- The medical supply store when you're getting your orthopedic shoes you wear to look hip (orthopedic health is important)
- Meetup meeting (getting involved is hot)
What's the nerdiest place you've met someone? Or have you been approached at the Apple Store? Gothamist tends to get lost wondering about the engineering involved to have a floating glass floor, so we're sort of oblivious to the whole scene. And for our non-NYC readers, is this the case at other Apple Stores?
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Moral: If you want to get laid, go to the Apple store. If you want to buy a computer, go to TekServe.
heh. nice internets jab... as far as the apple store and mating goes i am picturing all these zombies from Thriller getting it on -- white headphone wires and what-not all over the place getting all tangled up.
Yes the funk of TekServe, no one has lamented the passing of their huge Oskar fish and store mascot.
I HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE going to the Apple store so much I took a hit on a $35 set of earphones ($35!) that completely suck because I refuse to go stand in that long ass line just so they can tell me that there is some Steve Jobs loophole that means I can't get my money back. In the past I've also shipped my ipod to their service center on the West Coast rather than deal with the long ass lines at that Soho store. It was faster and more convenient to ship since I didn't have to wait to get a tech person on the phone. Although I did have to exchange my ipod four times before I got one that didn't crash every five minutes. I'm very down on Apple right now, and cannot foresee myself being in any condition to meet a guy while standing in the store that enrages me so. Steve Jobs is a crook.
A friend of mine got hit on there by the same troll on two separate occasions. When she replied that she wasn't interested, he followed up with, "Oh, do you have any cute single Asian girlfriends?"
Thanks for crediting the original Jen - shame the Post can't get their own ideas.
Proof that the RDF is still strong!!!
The nerdiest place I've met someone? Online, of course!
To me the majority of people in the Apple store look like they are on loan from an architectural rendering. Aren't they just there to make the space look good?
i met my ex at the fine arts library in graduate school while i was working on my thesis research - definitely nerdy.
(and dave, i think most of the people in soho look like they are on loan from an architectural rendering)
"Oh, I see you also like overpriced, underpowered computers! Wanna go out some time?"
To Mr FedUp
Can't afford one eh? Poor you. Interesting you took the time to comment on this story rather than look for a better paid job. Your loss.
Macs make me money, PCs make money for the people who fix them.
that's nice and all, but for sheer unadulterated whoring, one can never beat craigslist
the Apple store is so pretty it must be knocking people senseless.
I met my fiance three years ago at a U2 concert at the Garden.
Met my wife in a writers group. This way we got the dork thing out of the way pretty fast. :>)
Met my wife in a writers group. This way we got the dork thing out of the way pretty fast. :>)
So the thought of meeting a woman with a mac is too much to think about...
to be honest. i've got a mac. it's pretty but sure does give me a lot of stick at the worst possible times... and will be working fine, only to cease working whenever it feels like it.
hassle hassle.
And of course nobody bothers to answer the question about the floating glass bridge she's talking about.
Maybe nobody knows.