“I heard that Seattle has the highest suicide rate in the country… do you think that has anything to do with Microsoft being headquartered there?� Ouch.

Janelle Godfrey: As you loyal readers know I am pretty open to constructive criticism about Microsoft, and there is no finer place on earth to find people who ask the “tough� questions than in a Meet the Company Presentation on a college campus. College students are my favorite - which is why I recruit them. They are honest, bold, sometimes misinformed, and sometimes they hit the nail right on the head.

In my school set we have visited 20 schools already this year, and without a doubt the best comments and questions come from these presentations. A lot of times, when I'm at a school and the crowd seems a bit timid, I ask everyone to tell me their favorite Microsoft rumor, “horror� story, or myth they’ve heard. Then I spend the next 20 minutes trying to answer them to the best of my ability. Most times, I don’t even need to ask because the students bring them up on their own.

I wanted to share some of my favorites that I have heard/been told/seen at a presentation. Maybe it’s something you’ve been thinking- or maybe you were the one who asked it!

MY FAVORITE SEVEN THINGS SAID/ASKED/SEEN DURING MS PRESENTATIONS THUS FAR (school names withheld, to protect the identity of the innocent)...

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