[JonnieCache]

Agreed. Don't know if it's like this everywhere, but the apple retail employees I've dealt with have all been creepy like this. The uncanny valley is a good analogy. It's like being sold stuff using mental judo by NLP robots. I occasionally also get the feeling when talking to them that I might suddenly wake up and realise that I've been having a dream about being trapped in an aspirational TV advert.

But I'm british so maybe the whole thing just clashes with our general mistrust of our brother man. We just can't really believe that anyone is actually being nice to us for no benefit to themselves.

[alanthonyc]

"But I'm British..."

That's interesting. I wonder if gaius is also. Maybe it's a cultural thing. I find Apple Store employees to be extra "friendly", if that's the word, but not overly so.

[JonnieCache]

I am british, but let it also be known that I am often a miserable bastard, and this may also be a factor. This isn't really science.

[gaius]

I'm English, yes.