Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has always been known to be a bit overzealous when taking the stage, and usually his antics lead to some not so positive publicity for the company he represents. His latest stunt may not take the cake as the most ridiculous thing he has ever done, but it certainly deserves some attention.
Yesterday Microsoft held a private company meeting at Seattle’s Safeco Field and while Ballmer was taking the stage, an employee decided to snap a picture with, you guessed it, an iPhone. According to TechFlash via Engadget, Ballmer snatched the iPhone from his employee’s hands and began making “funny comments,” which were apparently met by boos and jeers from other Microsoft employees. The fun didn’t stop there, however, as Ballmer took the show a step further and pretended to stomp on the competing device and then simply walked away from it. Later on during the presentation, Ballmer let the Apple-loving employee know that he hadn’t forgotten about him by making further comments.
Of course, all of this was done in good fun, although we’re not sure how much fun the Apple-loving Microsoft employee had while Ballmer manhandled his iPhone. Let this be a lesson to all of you Microsoft employees out there: do not, I repeat, do not let Steve Ballmer see your iPhone. No good can come of it. Also, don’t forget, if you ever have the chance to enter the Gates’ home, you probably shouldn’t whip out your iPhone either.
A smart CEO would encourage his employees to use his competitors products, that way they could learn how to make their own products better.
Smart??? Who said he was smart? It is Microsoft after all!
I love iPhone, and Apple, I really. But in this, I have to agree with Steve Ballmer.
In the early ’90s I worked for EDS at a General Motors plant in Michigan … and showed up for work each day in my (then) brand new Honda Civic. I told my boss it was research for how a small inexpensive car should be built.
I think Ballmer should ask himself this before taking the stage next time: What Would Steve Jobs Do?
Steve Jobs wouldn’t do anything. Until it was over, then he’d fire them.
This story is actually pretty funny. Ballmer is a nutjob.
i’m just fixated on his tongue. It looks like a tiny piece of bacon.
Bacon tongue! Lol
What he should have done is pick up his phone and threw it as had as he could and bounce it off his. F u c k I n g head. Respect comes from the heart. Really honestly think about this. Have you ever seen a happy FAT ASS. No. The gave been picked on so much that gate the world and it comes thru his actions. My 100 year old grandfather always said. 2 things. 1 you can’t polish a TURD. 2. Don’t shit where you eat. That is the case here. He is shit- n on people who purchased his junk putting him up in a penhouse king crib. Lol. Just a thought
Your grandmother was only partially right. You can’t polish a turd. But you can roll it in glitter.