A new bad Buzz of Apple in China!
A funny picture of a small child peeing into a bucket in the Apple Store of Hong Kong has gone viral, called iPee5, this photo can destroy the Brand image of Apple.
The Buzz
This buzz spreeds everywhere on the web, because Hong Kong people are angry of the attitude of Chinese, and wildly speculating that the mother probably didn’t wash her hands before swiping the screens on a bunch of Apple products.
Problem of uncivilized Chinese ?
This buzz is become of society problemn it’s not just in Hong Kong where this kind of scen happens. Chinese bad behavior are now tracted.
They launch a polemic , laucnh propably by a competitors of Apple will show that Apple is a low level telephon for low level people.
See also why Apple is not Top Smartphone in China
Marketing China
Oh, Olivier, you are starting to scrape the bottom of the [Apple] barrel!
Actually, the point you make is valid, this behaviour is common in China and wherever Chinese go in the world and Chinese do have the reputation of being uncivilsed but I am not so sure that it is worthy of your blog or the image of your company my friend.
As your last line suggests, we tend to be known by the friends we keep, and in our case, by the articles and blogs we share or author.