Apple may be planning a massive surprise this week, according to Boy Genius Report which claims the Cupertino company has made employees sign NDAs and sign up for night shifts, with talk of black curtains for Apple store windows later this week.
BGR’s “solid Apple source” says 10-15 staffers in each store have been drafted for night shift duty “from late Saturday all the way through mid-Sunday” with a “wide variety of roles” selected to be part of the mystery event.
“This includes all visuals staff, a manager, a business team member, a few Genius team members, one back-of-house employee, and a few generic Apple specialists,” says BGR.
Don’t just expect balloons and confetti for Apple’s 10 year retail anniversary, either, with BGR noting that hardware has already been received and is currently locked in the back rooms of every store ready for a grand unveiling on Sunday.
“Apple employees will be putting up black curtains at all stores so that people walking outside cannot see inside,” says BGR’s source, who also claims staff have had to download “gigabytes of data” labeled “training” in a password-protected folder which magically unlocks on Saturday afternoon.
All iStores will also purportedly be holding mandatory staff meetings this Sunday, most during morning hours, but some later in the day, according to the report.
