VIDEO: Microsoft Employees Dance at Customers
Microsoft employees are so happy they dance at work!
Anyone who's been had to dance or sing as part of their job will have no trouble sympathizing with these Microsoft employees from the Mission Vejo store.
This video kind of reminds me of a really rubbish job I had when I was 14-years-old. For about two quid an hour, I supervised the 'Toddler Village' in a play/adventure center that did parties for the under 12's. Part of my job was to act like I gave a damn while performing song-and-dance routines to the tune of Agadoo and other songs that I couldn't stand (I probably had as much enthusiasm as this guy).
I wonder if these guys are as unhappy as I was? I'd go with yes, considering singing and dancing was actually in my job description and it almost certainly isn't in this case. I'm guessing the girl in green is responsible because she seems to be leading the dance and is constantly offering encouragement like, "C'mon do it, do it, do it!"
Now the only question is, are those regular folk in civvies actually joining in or are they Microsoft plants?
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This is why I shop online.
Good job fighting the "Apple is cooler" image MS.
That video was about 4 minutes and forty seconds too long.
It reminds me of those commercials that Hardee's (Carl's Jr) ran a while back:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwa06LSxCI4
Gosh, everybody in that video is "FAT". Obesity is taking over!
I wonder if Microsoft knows about this.. high at work?
That was painful. If I was there when they started doing that, I would leave and never go back.
Facepalm for sure. I would quit before being forced to dance in a retail store.
so... is this going to air on tv? i hope not.
That was the lamest dance I have ever seen.
Microsoft, you try too hard. Just write a better windows.
If I should do that every day I think I would commit suicide, would die of shame!
I think the writer of this article is very jealous.... or woke up with other side of the bed...
I think they did good job
where's the vid?
i wonder if they got paid for that !!!! lol
Whine, bi*ch and moan...
Maybe the reasoning behind this dance thing is to break up their day a little so they're not as on edge from staring at computers the whole day. I've been an IT professional for 16 years and even I know not to take my job to seriously. Computers aren't THAT important! Learn to enjoy life and dance a little, even if you geeks are to socially inept and insecure to dance with that "hottie" you see at the club. LIGHTEN UP!
How em-bare-assing. I don't understand why a large successful corporation like MS would stoop to something so stupid. Then there are the employees... MS must have given them a big bonus to make public spectacles of themselves. This proves one thing...many are prostitutes to money and will sacrifice their dignity for an extra buck.
MS should go back to conventional advertising, and abandon this cutesy-artsy-fartsy crap.
Not so bad as I expected and quite a few of them really seemed to be having fun. Having said that, it was still embarrassing.
The girl with the green shirt and the big, uh, "apples" is kinda cute though!
Considering how hard it is to find a decent job in the Scottsdale area these days, you'd do a lot to keep a job that will probably be ran at a loss if needed...
I still think they should have drug checks all around for this.
How em-bare-assing. I don't understand why a large successful corporation like MS would stoop to something so stupid. Then there are the employees... MS must have given them a big bonus to make public spectacles of themselves. This proves one thing...many are prostitutes to money and will sacrifice their dignity for an extra buck.MS should go back to conventional advertising, and abandon this cutesy-artsy-fartsy crap.
To quote Men Without Hats "We can dance if we want to". I understand Yoders point but their is a BIG difference between willingly dancing to break up a long day of work because you're given the oppertunity and forcing employees to dance wether they like it or not, and y the way some of the ones on the end looked they were forced.
This is proof that Microsoft can't do "cool", they just don't get it.
I'd rather shop in a dancing Microsoft store than an emo-clad apple store any day! However I won't... because I don't like overpaying so I buy online
I think the writer of this article is very jealous.... or woke up with other side of the bed...I think they did good job
Yeah, because my super interesting job that allows me to work pantless from my couch is a complete nightmare.
It doesn't really get any gayer than that.
Man I sure hope those employees where well compensated for this.
sigh. you people are idiots. if Microsoft is paying their salaries, and they want them to STOP WORKING to dance, then wtf is wrong with that? i'd kill to have my boss say "stop working for a few, and go dance." Dancing pwns.
Yeah, because my super interesting job that allows me to work pantless from my couch is a complete nightmare.
Uh, Jane... After 10 years of anonymous readership I registered just to comment on this!
AHEM: Any chance TomsHW will force you too to do a little dance from your "workplace" in such attire?
As soon as I started watching this my teeth started to grind. Not because I am almost 40...I just hate line dancing. Who started the concept of line dancing? Aerobics? Who knows? Who cares! All I know is THAT IT MUST STOP!
But now that I think of it...I would really like to see this in the next Mac/PC commercial. PC starting to line dance and then all the other PC's joining in. Just to get the point across that Microsoft really is trying too hard.
And now onto the legal portion of my rant. I wonder if Microsoft has bought the rights of this song in order to play it back and perform to it in public? I am betting they don't. Why? Because they are a large corporation and they can do what they want? You would be correct!
I'm surprised none of the dancers had heart attacks. Nearly all of them are clinically obese. The average BMI there is probably about 35. :-S Maybe they put up with the incredibly embarrassing and never ending repetitive dance routines for the health insurance Microsoft provides them. Heart attacks and Type II Diabetes have some expensive medical bills attached to them after all.
Any chance TomsHW will force you too to do a little dance from your "workplace" in such attire?
You don't understand. We want people to read the site.
so horribly wrong.
Is it just me or does anyone notice the girl in the green shirt had some decently big hoo hoo's. I think I would have danced just to see those things bounce baby! =P.