Man Threatens to Shoot iPhone, Man Gets Arrested
Man goes into Apple Store for help with iPhone. Man gets frustrated with iPhone. Man threatens to shoot iPhone if it doesn’t start working. Man draws attention to previously concealed weapon. Apple Store techie tells manager. Manger calls police. Police arrive. Police arrest man.
No iPhones were injured.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:51 pm
My vote for Fail of the Year
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Let me guess, it was in USA?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:57 pm
I woulda shot the employee… Genius my ***
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:04 pm
3.1 battery problems? I know how he feels.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:20 pm
I had a bad experience at that same Apple Store (at Kenwood/Cincinnati) too when buying my iPhone 3G last year. The people working there are pretty clueless, but that’s no excuse to threaten firing a weapon.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:26 pm
@Munero:
I’d wait to hear the other side before assuming he “threatened firing a weapon”.
The exact words (allegedly) were “”so mad I could pop a 9mm at it”. Thats not a threat. And its perfectly ok to threaten your own inanimate objects. If not, my TV would have had me in cuffs long ago.
The only issue here is if he had a concealed carry permit.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm
No tethering?? Yea I’ll most likely do the same too
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:56 pm
The Cincinnati Kenwood apple store is clueless because they hire poorly. I applied and was turned down at the first interview despite over five years of teaching and maintining apple applications and hardware. But that could just be me being bitter.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Oh well, silly if you ask me.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:15 pm
good thing the police got there in time to save that iphone
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:17 pm
There’s an app for that…
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
@ earless puppy Yes it’s called bullet proof vest lite. The paid version is $399.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Hm.. Let me repeat that: Hm…
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Be careful what you say in an Apple store.
Bomb da bomb bomb
Pilot to bombardier
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I hate to think what things will be like in the Microsoft stores.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:10 pm
http://www.theiphoneblog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:14 pm
When is 4.0 coming out? I hope not all the way in June..
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm
That iPhone is going to have severe HardDrive trauma.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:30 pm
I would have just took a runny poop on all the iPhones and pissed on all the MacBooks. I mean talking about a gun is just crazy.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:32 pm
@Joshua: you are an incredibly big n00b.. Yes it’ll come out in June and that has nothing to do with this post.
Anyway..
The guy was obviously mentally unstable and not used to touch screen phones, and the fact that he was unstable is further proven by the fact that he showed a concealed weapon inside an apple store.. What the ****..
October 2nd, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Man is true dumbarse! Give him tin can and string that shoud be plenty complicated for him. Man can use in JAIL!
October 2nd, 2009 at 7:34 pm
WAIT! Did he buy an Apple Care Warranty it now coveres damage!
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:21 pm
So why are we surprised. Not like there’s an IQ test requirement to own one. Even an idiot can get an iPhone!
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:13 am
Earless puppy…. (There’s an app for that) That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard all day…but I’m just getting outta bed…
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:52 pm
I just gave my iPhone a bath and am now getting her ready for bed…..I love my iPhone…..I think the guy needs charges brought on him for threatening his iPhone…..too funny…lmao!!!
October 5th, 2009 at 1:49 am
That iPhone is going to have severe HardDrive trauma.
October 7th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Will 4.0 be just an upgrade or a new phone?