In 2012, an employee named Sam Sung at an Apple store quickly we viral due to the similarity of his name with Samsung, one of Apple’s main competitors. Now, in an ierview with Business Insider, he talked about that time, Apple’s reaction and the reason for changing his last name.
In 2012 (1391), an image of Sam Song’s business card was published on the Reddit social network and quickly we viral. Apple coacted him and inquired about the post; The incide made Song worry about losing his job. “I was very scared and I just waed to keep my head down and keep my job,” he said in an ierview.
After a reporter coacted him at work, Apple decided to remove him from the store and told employees not to reveal his ideity when customers approached him. Also, his business cards were collected and in some cases he had to iroduce himself with a differe name to stop the media prank.
Sam Song left Apple in 2013 to pursue a new career path. A year later, in 2014, he auctioned his old business cards and parts of his former uniform for charity.
Although he changed his last name after leaving Apple, the main reason for this decision was the experience of going viral and iernet jokes. “I didn’t wa to be known as an iernet joke,” he said.
Finally, Sam Song changed his last name to Struan; The name of one of his favorite places in Scotland. While she doesn’t regret the decision, she says she wishes she could have told her younger self, “Just look at it as something funny and don’t worry about it.”
