retail stupidity

Breyers has shrunk the size of their ice cream for a second time, to 1.5 quarts.
This is devastating!

Raelyn Campbell is suing Best Buy for $54 million
for losing her laptop and lying to her for months about it. She bought
a laptop from Best Buy with an extended warranty, it broke, she sent it
in for repairs, months later she didn’t have her laptop and after
getting the runaround the store finally said it had lost […]

Hey, I forget… does the blinking red light mean it’s ok?
Yes, a red light always means everything is fine and you should go ahead.Especially when driving.

I can’t remember my password after being away over the weekend.
Ok, I changed it.
I still can’t log in.
What’s your login?
I… dunno.
[hint] it’s usually your first name
Ummmmm…… I dunno…..

Hi!
Hi.
Remember last weekend, […]

United Airlines To Charge $25 For Checking 2 Bags
Once again, United is at the forefront of customer service.  If you’re checking more than one bag, they’ll charge you $25 for the privilege.
Lest you think that United only extends their generosity to customers, it turns out they screw their employees also.  Recently the pilots took a […]

or Pig English 2
My company needed an alternative to Adobe Acrobat Writer. Why?
It’s fat and bloated.
It’s too expensive at $280 or so.
It phones home.
We purchased a package from Scansoft for $50. All was well.
Last week Scansoft became unregistered. When we called Scansoft, they wanted us to PAY for service because THEIR software […]

I work for a non-profit and we carefully watch our pennies. Toward that end, for the folks who need to edit .pdf documents, we had to purchase an Adobe product at $90 or a Scansoft product at $40. Guess which one we purchased?
One day someone came to complain that their Scansoft was claiming […]

I had to stop going to Home Depot. It happened for reasons other than the fact that I shouldn’t be allowed near power tools, or worse - wood. I had to stop going to Home Depot because of Home Depot.
This is a corporation that ate another corporation, farting out the worst excuse anyone […]

I’ll admit it… I took off work today.
It’s not like I have anything to feel guilty about… rather I should feel proud that I finally allowed myself to take a little time off. (even if it was to hang with my out of town company)
My wife talked herself out of commission over the past […]

I have some special friends visiting from out of town, so it’s time for celebration and much mirth. In spite of that, we decided to make a pit stop at Guitar Center.
I should mention at this point that one of my friends shares my Southpaw Syndrome. We were wondering what would happen if […]

Last year I parted with some cash because I needed a car stereo that played cd’s and had an aux input so I could plug my Treo in and listen to podcasts.
Since I’m a fan of pain, I went to Best Buy. Best Buy is famous because… well… because there are so many of […]