"Well, I think the store was confused because my security team was asking for any kind of sink, and normally, people wouldn't ask for any kind of sink because you need a sink that fits in your bathroom or connects to a certain kind of plumbing," Musk said. "So, they're trying to ask, 'What kind of faucets do you want?' No, I just wanted a sink."
"The store was confused that we just wanted a sink and didn't care what the sink connected to," Musk said. "They were, like, almost not letting us buy the sink because they thought maybe we'd buy the wrong sink."
"It's just rare that somebody wants a sink for sink's sake," Musk said."
One day before finalizing a $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk carried a sink into Twitter's San Francisco headquarters and posted a video captioned "Entering Twitter HQ - let that sink in!". The security team encountered difficulty purchasing an unspecified sink because the retail store asked about faucet types and plumbing compatibility, and staff nearly refused the sale for fear of a wrong purchase. The video amassed over 1.2 million likes and 202,000 reposts. After the takeover, Twitter rebranded to X, underwent layoffs and office closures, removed the original blue check verification, and later became linked to xAI through an all-stock acquisition.
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