http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft Store employees perform dance of the cringe (video) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/
1) There seem to be more Microsoft employees than customers in the store.
2) Shouldn't they be providing a little thing called "service" to their customers instead of doing whatever it is that they are doing in this video? (or is business so slow that they have to do something to keep from dozing off?)
3) If their goal is to "entertain" the few customers in the store, wouldn't it be much more entertaining if they danced the Monkey-Boy dance? (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1274983729713522403#)
]]>Nov 17th 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/I don't know if I could work there... I'd feel so dirty :-(]]>Nov 17th 2009 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/
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I feel a little sorry for the poor geeks having to do awkward dance moves to keep the boss (green T-shirt) happy. You gotta do it to keep your job in these tough economic times....

But a good idea to keep the M$ store in the news plus it reinforces the PC as cheap and awkward.

On a more serious note, I wonder how long M$ is prepared to lose money on their retail clones?

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There is more customers than you think. But the video is focus to Microsoft's dance.]]>Nov 17th 2009 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 18th 2009 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 18th 2009 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 18th 2009 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 18th 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Good for them having some fun :D!]]>Nov 17th 2009 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/
It's called a "funtivity"]]>Nov 17th 2009 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/
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Ever see pirates of silicon valley where at one of the first computer conventions Bill Gates sets up this booth expecting to get all these people to come over and see how cool he is only to be totally up staged by Steve Jobs who everyone flocks to instead? This video is that scene put to music. The worst part is how it was obviously rehearsed, Microsoft planned this because they seriously thought it was cool!

There's a reason that coolness gradient between Apple and MS has persisted for almost 30 years market share be damned.]]>Nov 17th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/
It's sorta like an office party.

"It's kind of like work, but with h'orderves*".

*Quote: J. Elvis" Weinstein. ]]>Nov 17th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/
"The Blackeyed Peas compel the employees at the Microsoft Store in Mission Viejo, California to break out in dance, let their hair down and have some fun. This is an amazing store, the employees seem really excited and engaged, almost happy to be at work. My favorite parts are when people walking in the mall come inside the store, join in the dancing and have some fun. The amazing thing is that people are in the store for hours, they love interacting with the software and learning about new technology."

WTF.]]>Nov 17th 2009 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/
seems sometimes like someone is hitting youtube with 'apple store' for ideas. ]]>Nov 17th 2009 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/
Windorks, They just can't themselves.]]>Nov 17th 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/
And you gotta appreciate that they are good enough sports to do this in public with people they likely just met a week ago.]]>Nov 17th 2009 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/
That's what I would have done. >.>]]>Nov 17th 2009 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/
Is is just me or does this look like an Apple store with a video wrap around the wall. (and twice as large, lol)]]>Nov 17th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/microsoft-store-employees-break-out-in-dance-video/Nov 17th 2009 5:15PM