“The Apple Watch finally went on sale Friday, and starting on April 24 the devices will be popping up on the wrists of your friends and co-workers. You might even be getting one yourself,” Stephen Pulvirent writes for Bloomberg. “And if you are, there’s one thing to keep in mind: If you’re not careful, it could turn you into a rude jerk.”
“Apple wants the Watch to make you more present in the moment and to free you from the supposed tyranny of your iPhone, but what the Watch does is bring another screen into your life with all the associated tapping, beeping, and peek-sneaking,” Pulvirent writes. “Here are a few crucial dos and don’ts to keep you from being that guy.”
• Do: Curate Your Notifications
• Don’t: Stare Too Long
• Do: Respond Quickly With Shorthand
• Don’t: Whine About It
• Do: Use Your Phone When It’s Easier
• Don’t: Start Yelling at Siri in Public
• Do: Use Common Sense
• Don’t: Buy the Apple Watch Edition: I just can’t take anyone wearing the Edition seriously. Tim Cook, Drake, Katy Perry, we get it, you’re super rich and part of an exclusive club of people who get to wear a disposable 18-karat gold toy that costs five figures. Good for you. On anyone else, it just seems kind of insane.
Each point expounded upon in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: As per the last bullet point: Nothing is more rude than telling other people what they should or should not to buy. Hint: Unless you’re paying for it, it’s none of your fargin’ business. And, Tim Cook wears an Apple Watch, not an Apple Watch Edition.
Nice take, MDN.
It is none of their FARGIN business!
Yep. Totally agree.
Looking at any type of watch constantly can be considered rude if someone is talking to you. Why are they only making these etiquette conditions up for AppleWatch? Just looking in another direction when someone is speaking to you can piss them off. Women seem to especially get annoyed from that simple action.
This is why I stopped wearing a watch decades ago. I found myself glancing at it habitually, not always in a good way.
Every point except the last one is pretty good advice.
Why are some pissed at this ? I dont get it,
Simple suggestions !
I agree with MDN’s take, but I also partially agree with the story author.
To wear and Apple Watch Edition really is kind of insane, it is like asking for a mugging.
I suppose you think the same about a woman who might wear a shorter skirt and get harassed.
I think most people won’t understand the 7th as it’s the rarest commodity around.
Apple Watch etiquette
lol, too early to come out with this.
WE got the bluetooth earbud guys, the Google Glassholes…
So you really want to turn the Apple Watch into an a*hole’s delight, so soon. Sorry Charlie, you are trying too hard.
The last point is fair – it’s not saying what should or should not to buy, it’s telling what you should not or should not buy if you don’t want to be a rude jerk. Does MDN not deliver the exact same type of advice on buying Google Glass and Android phones?
Do u look down on everond with an expensive watch?
Or a car?
Or cloths ?
No, we don’t look down on people for what ever you are trying to say but we do look down on people who can’t or won’t spell properly.
In such a short post, you couldn’t be bothered to read it before you posted it? – you, everyone, clothes.
Keep looking down and continue missing the point!!!
You have some serious attitude issues friend …..
No, but I would look down on someone who had a gold-plated Ford Focus, because that’s what they have. The watch everyone else has, with a case that says “I spent a lot more money than you did for the same thing for the sole reason of showing you I have a lot of money”. That’s not the same reason as buying ane expensive car (performance, craftmanship) or clothes (most likely, unique design or more premium materials that actually make a difference to performance and comfort).
That’s the issue with the Apple Watch Edition. The gold and the price tag don’t make it work better, or make it more comfortable, or make it more future-proof, or make it tougher and so on. It’s *only* purpose is to raise the price tag.
Correct. The _only_ reason to have an Edition is because you want to show off a hunk of gold on your wrist. It ain’t better, it ain’t specially hand-built, the innards are exactly the same. All it does is show us you’d rather spend useless monies on lipstick, not lips. It is indeed the new benchmark for douchebag detection, thanks, Anna.
No, not really. My 20 year old daughter wanted the rose gold model because that was the prettiest. Once pricing was announced she quickly realized it was way out of her price range. Still wanted it but not because of the price.
I think the last point is relevant, when your boss says he can’t afford to give the staff a raise but he is wearing and Edition, you paid for it in one way or another.
Some toy.
As opposed to pulling out your phone, sticking it in your face and texting while your companions look at the back of your phone? Sheesh.
I just can’t take anyone reading Bloomberg seriously. There, I fixed it for him.