stackyFACTSGenius apparently smells terrible. In the mid-70s, a young Steve Jobs worked at Atari, but his aggressive personality and absolute refusal to use deodorant or take showers made him universally hated by the staff. Instead of firing him outright, management just banished him to the night shift so nobody else had to smell his aura.
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