Nick Bilton in yesterday’s New York Times:

Mr. Jobs said he wanted freshly squeezed orange juice.

After a few minutes, the waitress returned with a large glass of juice. Mr. Jobs took a tiny sip and told her tersely that the drink was not freshly squeezed. He sent the beverage back, demanding another.

A few minutes later, the waitress returned with another large glass of juice, this time freshly squeezed. When he took a sip he told her in an aggressive tone that the drink had pulp along the top. He sent that one back, too.

My friend said he looked at Mr. Jobs and asked, “Steve, why are you being such a jerk?”

Mr. Jobs replied that if the woman had chosen waitressing as her vocation, “then she should be the best.”

Cool story, read the whole thing to see why.