30.3.07
My trip to Circuit City to get a flatscreen.
Okay, so before you go off about "how I shouldn't watch TV" let me tell you something: television is good for my brain. After spending all damn day online working in PR for tech and entertainment, sometimes the best thing to let me "switch off" my noggin' is a good, solid hour Bam's Unholy Union. Plus, the girl and I love to watch movies and get most of our cuddle time in with the DVD's of 24. (I just want to be Jack Bauer, is that so wrong?)
Anyway, so last weekend, my television video input started to go on the fritz and I just finally said "fuck it, we're going to get a new television." Since I am in PR for media relations, I can totally write off a new flatscreen television, since watching the news is a large part of my job. So, since Circuit City has a store in Silver Lake, we plopped on down there for what was to be a surprisingly easy exchange of money for goods. These types of places (Best Buy, Good Guys, Circuit City) are notorious for horrible customer service, but I was surprised at how easy it was for me to get an open box deal on a flatscreen.
So we get the thing home and I spend about an hour+ rearranging what little space we do have in our tiny apartment to make room for the new arrival. I unplug all of the cords, untangle them and then rearrange them to best suit our needs. I go to turn on the television, and have some trouble. After a few minutes, I realize, "hey, we have the wrong remote." So my girlfriend calls the store and they say basically that open box tv's may not have the right remote, but they'll do their best to exchange it for a similar one. So, she goes to the store while I sit at home and pout, and returns with a working remote.
One thing though: we had noticed that they charged us for a Samsung when we purchased a Panasonic. Hmmmm. Interesting. So, we let them know that, and while she was there at the store, they creditied her receipt as a "return" but then needed my credit card to finalize the transaction correctly. Interesting. So, basically, they let her LEAVE the store with a credit for the television that we just bought and had at home, now with the correct remote, asking her to please return with the credit card.
Does that sound stupid to anyone else? They let her LEAVE the store! With a free TV! That we had at home!
Me doing the right thing, I called and had them run my card for the correct amount, thinking I'd use my cc statement as my receipt for taxes, etc. I wasn't about to go down there for the THIRD time that afternoon, especially since that was their fuck up. So the guy on the phone says that he needs the imprint of the card to finalize the transaction. I say "too fucking bad, it's your problem you f'd it up to begin with, I'm not coming down there one more time so you can file more paperwork." He then went on for about five mintues about how he's protecting me from fraud from his employees who may use my card in an inappropriate way. Then he said it was so he didnt' get in trouble. Then he said that it was fraudulent of me not to provide it.
Hmmm. I checked my cc account on line. Yep, full charge for the tv, cleared and paid.
I said to the dude, "Look, your people rang us up for a television we didn't buy, then let us take the wrong one home without checking us at the door, then returned that money onto our card and let us leave the store without actually paying for anything, then, in the goodness of our kharma, we call to actually pay for the right television, and somehow you think I'm obligated to get back in my car and drive down to the store so you dont' get in trouble?.....*click* "
So seeing this today on Fucked Company (dot com) surprises me a little
www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pb.../article
Cheaper help????? You already have a staff that could totally be replaced with DRUNK PIRATES and now you're paying them LESS? Firing them I understand. Replacing them with people who care even LESS about their jobs, I do not.
Okay, so before you go off about "how I shouldn't watch TV" let me tell you something: television is good for my brain. After spending all damn day online working in PR for tech and entertainment, sometimes the best thing to let me "switch off" my noggin' is a good, solid hour Bam's Unholy Union. Plus, the girl and I love to watch movies and get most of our cuddle time in with the DVD's of 24. (I just want to be Jack Bauer, is that so wrong?)
Anyway, so last weekend, my television video input started to go on the fritz and I just finally said "fuck it, we're going to get a new television." Since I am in PR for media relations, I can totally write off a new flatscreen television, since watching the news is a large part of my job. So, since Circuit City has a store in Silver Lake, we plopped on down there for what was to be a surprisingly easy exchange of money for goods. These types of places (Best Buy, Good Guys, Circuit City) are notorious for horrible customer service, but I was surprised at how easy it was for me to get an open box deal on a flatscreen.
So we get the thing home and I spend about an hour+ rearranging what little space we do have in our tiny apartment to make room for the new arrival. I unplug all of the cords, untangle them and then rearrange them to best suit our needs. I go to turn on the television, and have some trouble. After a few minutes, I realize, "hey, we have the wrong remote." So my girlfriend calls the store and they say basically that open box tv's may not have the right remote, but they'll do their best to exchange it for a similar one. So, she goes to the store while I sit at home and pout, and returns with a working remote.
One thing though: we had noticed that they charged us for a Samsung when we purchased a Panasonic. Hmmmm. Interesting. So, we let them know that, and while she was there at the store, they creditied her receipt as a "return" but then needed my credit card to finalize the transaction correctly. Interesting. So, basically, they let her LEAVE the store with a credit for the television that we just bought and had at home, now with the correct remote, asking her to please return with the credit card.
Does that sound stupid to anyone else? They let her LEAVE the store! With a free TV! That we had at home!
Me doing the right thing, I called and had them run my card for the correct amount, thinking I'd use my cc statement as my receipt for taxes, etc. I wasn't about to go down there for the THIRD time that afternoon, especially since that was their fuck up. So the guy on the phone says that he needs the imprint of the card to finalize the transaction. I say "too fucking bad, it's your problem you f'd it up to begin with, I'm not coming down there one more time so you can file more paperwork." He then went on for about five mintues about how he's protecting me from fraud from his employees who may use my card in an inappropriate way. Then he said it was so he didnt' get in trouble. Then he said that it was fraudulent of me not to provide it.
Hmmm. I checked my cc account on line. Yep, full charge for the tv, cleared and paid.
I said to the dude, "Look, your people rang us up for a television we didn't buy, then let us take the wrong one home without checking us at the door, then returned that money onto our card and let us leave the store without actually paying for anything, then, in the goodness of our kharma, we call to actually pay for the right television, and somehow you think I'm obligated to get back in my car and drive down to the store so you dont' get in trouble?.....*click* "
So seeing this today on Fucked Company (dot com) surprises me a little
www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pb.../article
Cheaper help????? You already have a staff that could totally be replaced with DRUNK PIRATES and now you're paying them LESS? Firing them I understand. Replacing them with people who care even LESS about their jobs, I do not.
29.3.07
Using the Internet to Guide You Through Hating Your Friend's Girlfriend.You know what's gay? (And we've all had this happen...)
When you're friends with two people who are going out, and then they break up because one of them, let's say the girl, is fucking retarded and was cheating and lying and then you feel so sorry for your friend, and you sort of hate the girl for being retarded and then you decide that she was never any good and she's sort of socially inept and you realize how dumb she is and you finally come clean (along with all of your other friends) about how everyone really felt about her to your broken-hearted friend to make him feel better and then you like, talk all this shit about her together and laugh at how lame she really was, and then a month later they get back together.
Yeah, it's fucking gay when that happens.
Because then you're like all "Oh wait, I guess I shouldn't have really said all that" because now your
friend like totally hates everyone for totally hating his now-not-ex-girlfriend and you're like "um...dude?" But you know you're now in the dog house, like, eternally.Gay.
So, in order to help understand this process and to help millions of people around the globe, I've done some research into "the culture and mindset of the "ex girlfriend." I figure this may help a few people. So, let's define the problem:
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Ex-girlfriend - first, see this link to find out what type of ex-but-now girlfriend you may have to deal with.
Then, pick the best fighting style, using Rumsfeld's Fighting Techniques, found here: www.poe-news.com/features.php because you know your friend told her all the shit you guys talked together in the "recovery period" and now she's gonna come at you with a fist full of Ninja-stars.But, if all else fails, you can read here about other's peoples trials and tribulations with a situation like this: www.justrage.com/article.p...girlfriend
Then, you have to prepare for the ultimate test, after you've
used Rumsfeld's Fighting Techniques to chew through those steel Ninja-stars like they were JuJuBees, and after you've rehearsed your minty-fresh fake-ass smile in the mirror ten thousands times before the next party, and after you've had about thirteen drinks so that you can finally look your friend in the eye: she's BOUND to ask you about the female friends you brought over after they broke up - you know what I'm talkin' about! You felt so bad for your buddy that you totally pimped out your female friends.At this point you have to do what's best for everyone: lie your head off.
"What? Me? No way! I always thought you were THE ONE and so did he! Really, I swear....no no no...I'm not making this up at ALL..dude...seriously....we were all SO BUMMED when you guys broke up.....yeah...for real...."
Everytime I have this conversation, God kills a kitten. *sigh*
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