Are Customers a Dime a Dozen, Then?

I use this icon because that's how it felt–as if I were invisible.

The only Apple Store around is in a very expensive area. The I've lived here twenty years and never been near it-type expensive. It's in a gorgeous shopping center with lovely landscaping including waterfalls (in the desert, remember), fountains, and real trees. It's not the type of place, I would think, where a shopper is accustomed to being treated as if no one cares about her presence.

When we arrived, it was the noisiest...