1. Apple staff caught stealing explicit pictures from customers’ phones.
Apple staff have been caught stealing personal photos from customers’ phones – including illicit images.
The staff have also been involved in a phone-sharing ring with images they took of female staff and customers to rank their bodies.
The Courier Mail reports more than 100 close-up and explicit photos were taken of female staff and customers without their knowledge and photographs were also lifted from some Apple customers’ phones.
It is understood the photo sharing started at the Carindale Apple store in Brisbane but may involve staff at other stores throughout Australia.
Four male staff members at the Carindale store have been sacked over the photo scandal.
One Apple staff member told The Courier-Mail: “They’ve been taking pictures of them (customers) in store, taking pics off their phones and taking pictures of female staff members.”
“One person would take a photo and add it to the chat and others would give the person or their butt or their boobs a rating out of 10 and they would add their own side commentary.
“Everyone feels uncomfortable and the female staff don’t know how to feel because the leadership won’t tell staff who is involved.”
Apple confirmed the Carindale store was being investigated.
“Apple believe in treating everyone equally and with respect, and we do not tolerate behaviour that goes against our values,” said a statement provided to The Courier Mail.
“We are investigating a violation of Apple’s business conduct policy at our store in Carindale, where several employees have already been terminated as a result of our findings.”
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I can't believe all these stories about Trump, Kim Kardashian etc, and yet the home grown story about terrorism where two boys were narrowly stopped from beheading someone has only this little mention here. Is this the new reality that terrorism is something that we just have to get used to and is no longer newsworthy?
Two boys planned to commit a violent act, the police intervened as they are supposed to, noone got hurt. There isn't actually much of a story there..
I went to the Carindale Apple store when I was heavily pregnant. I was treated with utter disdain by one of the staff members; a young guy in his early 20's. I hope he lost his job.