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Eric Schmidt at Fry’s Palo Alto

Posted by on October 3, 2005

Yesterday, I dropped my wife off at Mike’s Bikes so she could finish test riding road bikes before making a final decision. Fry’s Palo Alto was close by so I went there with the kids to get my daughter Kid Pix Deluxe 4 (we couldn’t find the CD for her Kids Pix Deluxe 3). I didn’t want my son to feel left out so I went down the games aisle to pick out a racing game. After finishing my selection, as we walked down the aisle, I noticed Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, coming from the opposite direction. No, he wasn’t there to buy games – on the other side of the aisle was office supplies. As I hung around the kids as they watched the antics of Crash Bandicoot on an Xbox, I saw Eric leave the aisle a few minutes later with a ream of paper and other office supplies. It’s just amusing to me that the CEO of the top Internet company doesn’t have a home office fully stocked with office supplies. I like the fact that he makes these shopping trips on his own instead of going out with an entourage or getting a personal assistant to do it.