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Panera Bread iMac World of Warcraft Player

People are weird. I couldn’t help but look at the article on Gizmodo.com entitled Five Questions With Panera Bread iMac Man.  I’d seen the story floating around for about a month.  The Panera Bread reference in the title caught my eye, as it’s a local success story as a restaurant chain called St. Louis Bread…

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People are weird.

I couldn’t help but look at the article on Gizmodo.com entitled Five Questions With Panera Bread iMac Man.  I’d seen the story floating around for about a month.  The Panera Bread reference in the title caught my eye, as it’s a local success story as a restaurant chain called St. Louis Bread Company that expanded nationally as Panera Bread.  Then when I saw the picture, and the guy was playing World of Warcraft, I was hooked.  But no one had asked him the burning question: why?

According to this week’s Gizmodo article, James the Panera Bread iMac Man says he goes there to use their internet connection because he doesn’t have one at home.  He doesn’t say he can’t get one at home, so you have to wonder.  He’s drinking coffee, and I assume he buys something each time he goes.  He’s playing an MMO, which has a monthly subscription fee.  He has a 20″ iMac, which wasn’t cheap and is fairly heavy (I know, I have one).  He has an iLugger bag to carry the iMac around in, which goes for about 80 bucks.  But he can’t pay for an internet connection at home??

There has to be more to this story.  He can’t physically get internet at his home?  He’s desperately trying to avoid his wife?  He lives alone and just wants to be around people?  We need 5 more questions!!

Or just chalk it up to the fact that people are weird.

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2 responses to “Panera Bread iMac World of Warcraft Player”

  1. thegripester Avatar
    thegripester

    I will agree that people are just weird. But my bet is that he has the personality of a shoe, and this is the only way he can get people to interact with him – by doing odd things in public.
    Like the people who stab lots of metal through their face. They have a design fault and the need to scream “look at meeee, look at meeee”. Hence why he brings a desktop computer to a restaurant.

  2. Stuart Avatar
    Stuart

    Actually here in Australia there are a number of places where you cannot get an internet connection that is not dial-up.

    1) The exchange has ran out of connection spots and there is a waiting list to get connected. This happens a lot in new housing area’s where there can be more than 100 people in front of you. It kinda worries me about moving as will I be able to get a connection?

    2) The phone line was split when installed allowing only for voice and not data. Again happened a lot with new estates a number of years ago and still happens today as the telecommunication companies try to save money.

    3) The connection might just be bad causing a lot of drop out’s.

    Remember that just cause you have money to buy the latest and greatest toys does not mean that you cannot always get something that someone with no money takes for granted.

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