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Mac Hajj: The Typical Experience

After my story last week about pilgrimages to Apple’s HQ, Mac loyalist Jonas Hallen wrote to tell of his all-too-common experience of visiting the mothership. He writes: “In March 2002 Alexander Ruas (Sweden), Jesse McBride (U.S) and I (Sweden) did our Haij to Infinite Loop 1. We took our picture and seconds later a security […]
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Jonas Hallen and friends at Apple

After my story last week about pilgrimages to Apple's HQ, Mac loyalist Jonas Hallen wrote to tell of his all-too-common experience of visiting the mothership.

He writes:

"In March 2002 Alexander Ruas (Sweden), Jesse McBride (U.S) and I (Sweden) did our Haij to Infinite Loop 1. We took our picture and seconds later a security guard sent us off the premises. We didn't feel too bad about it, though. Apple has never been 'service-minded' in the common sense, and a part of being a Mac Geek is living through the company's lack of commitment, disinterest and sheer abuse of it's most loyal fan base."

Jonas Hallen and friends asked to leave

He added:

If Apple decided to open Infinite Loop to visitors or even arrange for a museum, it would be a flagrant breach of tradition and I would then feel obliged to follow the wise words of Groucho Marx:

'I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.'"