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Apple Planning To Build Private Restaurant

Posted by samzenpus on from the i-lunch-break dept.

First time accepted submitter a90Tj2P7 writes "Apple is building a 21,468 square foot private restaurant in Cupertino so employees can talk shop over lunch without being overheard. Apple's director of real estate facilities, Dan Wisenhunt, stated that: 'We like to provide a level of security so that people and employees can feel comfortable talking about their business, their research and whatever project they're engineering without fear of competition sort of overhearing their conversations.'"

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  1. lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    >apple
    >research

    nice try

    1. Re:lol by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 5, Funny

      In unrelated news, many Samsung employees are now trying to find a new place to eat.

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  2. I hope by kelemvor4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope they serve more than just apples.

    1. Re:I hope by shugah · · Score: 4, Funny

      It will undoubtedly have a walled garden.

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  3. Sssh. don't tell them about cell phones or tablets by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they don't know those have microphones and cameras, they won't realize security is a waste of time.

    or that you can hear everything just by the vibrations off of the windows.

    be vewwy vewwy quiet, I'm hunting trilobytes.

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  4. Re:House passes CISPA by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oops looks like there is a bug, /., this post belongs to another story :-)

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  5. Employees can talk without being overheard... by DWMorse · · Score: 5, Funny

    And lose iPhone prototypes without being publicly embarrassed.

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  6. Re:Whatever will they call it? by wiedzmin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Applebee's

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  7. Re:Whatever will they call it? by mschaffer · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about "Walled Garden"?

  8. The Menu by Renderer+of+Evil · · Score: 2, Funny

    1. Walled Garden Salad
    2. Beleaguered Sea Bass
    3. ThaiPad

  9. I've heard of this before... by jd2112 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Most larger companies have one of these. It's called a cafeteria.

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  10. Re:What's new? by Greystripe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well if it's urinals I'd think they'd really want you to not give a crap.

  11. Re:Sounds like self-aggrandization by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's always been part of Apple's business model. It started with the Apple computer. They were the first company to really market computers to home users.

    Wild guess, are you around 13 years old?

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