Man Uses Goat, Pizza & Darth Vader Costume To Test Limits Of Apple Store's Hospitality

[brooklynite]

from Consumerist.com:

With the exception of some odd, headline-making incidents, the general image of the Apple Store, especially those here in New York City, is one of "do what you want so long as you don't break or steal anything." Thus, armed with a video camera and some livestock, one man wanted to see if Apple Store staffers were willing to shrug off his antics.

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Mark began his boundary pushing by seeing if he could get a pizza delivered to him while he was shopping on the second floor of a Manhattan Apple Store. His success can be seen as both a victory for cool Apple Store staff — one of whom remarks "that's awesome" when the pie is delivered — and the pizza place that was willing to deliver to someone inside a large retail store.

Then he was joined by his wife for a romantic in-store dinner, complete with waiter service and dancing under a mirror ball while a lone trumpeter played a tune.

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And then there's the goat, which drew more than a few onlookers but didn't result in Mark being ejected from the store.

Apple stock hit $400 today. As long as the goat's owner has a credit card...

[Rosie1223]

1. The Manhattan Olive Garden is not so lenient

Just sayin'

[brooklynite]

6. About the goat or the Darth Vader costume?

There may in fact be a law against bringing animals into a food service establishment.

[kick-ass-bob]

2. A goat would be dangerous for this guy.

What if he started eating iPhones? That's a lot o' cash for a goat's dinner. :)

[geardaddy]

3. That is awesome

Now it's time for a cow.

[MrScorpio]

4. OK, how in the hell can you get a goat in New York City?

I really want to know this.

[NightWatcher]

7. with flattery and a bottle of wine?

[Chan790]

8. Brooklyn.

You have no idea the number of live goats and chickens I was offered for-sale by West Indians when I worked at the Sears on the corner of Beverley and Nostrand. For an extra $5, they'll kill and bleed it for you on the spot.

I graciously declined. Repeatedly.

[mike_c]

5. and WHERE do they grow APPLES in NYC...?

Never mind....

[RSillsbee]

10. That's Rosanne Rosannadanna

not Emily Latilla

[Sanity Claws]

9. Where the hell do you find a goat in NYC?

I don't know of any rent-a-goat establishments in the area.

[Chan790]

11. Brooklyn.

Yes, seriously. Cultural practitioners of alternate religions from the West Indies (like Yoruba) import them and they're widely-enough available.

These are not rentals. More of a one-use-only sort of goat.