Apple for the day

Brian Chen has an article in The New York Times about allegedly bad behavior:

Apple designs its retail stores to be a seamless shopping experience, where a customer can pick up a MacBook and be out of the store in minutes. But some of Apple’s former retail employees say working at the stores was less than smooth.
Former Apple store employees in New York City and Los Angeles have filed a class-action lawsuit, charging that they were forced to wait in line for thirty minutes per shift for their bags to be searched for stolen goods. They say that they were not paid for the time standing in line, which amounts to $1,500 a year. The suit, which was filed (photo) in the Federal District Court in the Northern District of California, was reported earlier by GigaOm.
Apple declined to comment. “We don’t comment on pending litigation,” said Amy Bessette, an Apple spokeswoman. But the company is not alone with this type of lawsuit in the retail business. Forever 21, the clothing retailer, was sued last year by its employees who said they were kept at stores during lunch breaks so their bags could be searched.
Apple’s retail stores take in more money per square foot than any other United States retailer. But employees in Apple’s retail stores enjoy little of that wealth, the majority of them earning about $25,000 a year.

Rico says it's not like they don't have the money...