So last night I was asked to come to a Microsoft event. What’s a Mac geek like me doing at a Microsoft event? Because like it or not Microsoft is part of the Mac world. Ya. Mac is a PC too. You see now you can run Mac OS X and Windows on a Mac so in a way Mac is like the only computer you’ll ever need… wait… that sounded familiar.
Anyway, odd that I’d make an appearance at a Microsoft event? Not so much because after all I’d soak up anything to do with tech and the Internet and Windows Live is mostly about the internet. Microsoft was launching it’s new Windows Live service that to me looks like a direct competitor to Facebook, which is strange because Microsoft is a Facebook investor. Then again it’s probably not so strange considering it’s Microsoft.
The invitation said the show was to run from 17:30 to 19:00. My friend and I got to the place just before 5:30 to do the registration and we were the first to arrive. Entering the show floor we saw dancers still practicing their routines on stage and staff still doing all sorts of checking.
While punctuality was never expected at any public event in Indonesia, we never expected to be forced to wait without any kind of sustenance for over 2 hours. At 7 pm we spoke to the PR agency that handle Microsoft Advertising that we are clearly unhappy with the situation more so because not a single person offered an explanation as to what the hell was going on. They extended all sorts of apologies but we were having none of it. They clearly did not appreciate people’s time so why should we extend our courtesy to them?
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