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onehandle

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22. Yeah, I'm a big Apple person. I go to the Apple Store in the 'burbs in Willow Grove...

Reply to Auggie (Reply #15)

Mon Sep 5, 2016, 07:26 PM

Sep 2016

...or the store across the river in New Jersey instead, for a lot of reasons beyond their hiring practices.

Even though they are a lot less convenient.

A bad manager makes a big difference.

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