Mike: The Awl had an interesting post about shoplifting yesterday. Have you ever shoplifted?

1) Do not trust Financial Advice from a man who identifies himself as John (middle name: Stewart) Fram. a) Young Spender, wherever you are, if you are reading this, if you hear only one thing that I, Author, tell you, if you take to heart only one of these Five Points I have prepared for you so carefully (because you see that, don't you, Young Spender: You see that I have prepared them for you and for no one else), then let it be this: Do not trust a single word that comes from John Fram's mouth.

Gizmodo scored a copy of Apple’s Genius Training manual, and it’s about as fun as all training manuals to read, which means: SUPER FUN.

I love reading internal company documents that offer Indoctrination Into The Brand. It’s so ridiculous, and yet you start to see how it works. Apple is no different! BRANDSPEAK. TOUCHING LIVES THROUGH CUSTOMER SERVICE. NEVER USING THE WORD “CRASH” (lol).

Unlike salespeople who work at AT&T and Verizon, Apple employees don't get paid on commission, and they're usually comprised of young, college-educated recent grads who don't mind getting paid a low hourly wage that's "better than the Gap, though slightly less than Lululemon."