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10 Charming Stories About Steve Jobs Being A Regular Guy

Nicholas Carlson

2012-11-18T15:53:21Z

Laurene Powell Jobs Steve Jobs Most of us remember Steve Jobs as the man in the mock turtleneck on a magazine cover or as an impresario on stage promising "one more thing."

In our memory, he has an epic stature.

And that's why stories of Steve Jobs being a normal guy, someone you might bump into or trade an email or two with are so charming and fun to read.

We've collected 10 of them here, picked from a thread on question and answer site Quora.

"I guess you're Steve Jobs. I'm Ryan, I work at Facebook."

Read Quote of Ryan McGeehan's answer to Steve Jobs: What are the best stories about people randomly meeting Steve Jobs? on Quora

"You are talking with Steve’s absolutely lovely and down to earth wife. Steve is in the car, with his kid, trying to crank it."

Read Quote of Tim Smith's answer to Steve Jobs: What are the best stories about people randomly meeting Steve Jobs? on Quora

"You may be right. But if I succeed, remember to look in the mirror and call yourself an asshole for me."

Read Quote of Michell Smith's answer to Steve Jobs: What are the best stories about people randomly meeting Steve Jobs? on Quora

Steve Jobs quoted my email on stage

Read Quote of Chaitanya Pandit's answer to Steve Jobs: What are the best stories about people randomly meeting Steve Jobs? on Quora

"We saw Steve Jobs coming from the other direction there was no mistaking who it was."

Read Quote of David Gelphman's answer to Steve Jobs: What are the best stories about people randomly meeting Steve Jobs? on Quora

"Excuse me, sir, would you mind taking our photo?"

Read Quote of Prince Srivastava's answer to Steve Jobs: What are the best stories about people randomly meeting Steve Jobs? on Quora

"But I don't have any short sleeve shirts!"

Read Quote of Wei Yeh's answer to Steve Jobs: What are the best stories about people randomly meeting Steve Jobs? on Quora

"He told me about this amazing software that Microsoft was working on called 'Excel.'"

Read Quote of Randall Edwards's answer to Steve Jobs: What are the best stories about people randomly meeting Steve Jobs? on Quora

“Who is this guy and who the hell does he think he is???”

Read Quote of Mark Young's answer to Steve Jobs: What are the best stories about people randomly meeting Steve Jobs? on Quora

"Just put it under Steve."

Read Quote of Andrew Gerber-Duffy's answer to Steve Jobs: What are the best stories about people randomly meeting Steve Jobs? on Quora

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