retail stupidity

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 [...]

It’s been a few years since my last (near fatal) trip to K Mart. I remember thinking to myself that I usually had to purchase fast food to find employees this incompetent.
So I stopped going.
(to K Mart and fast food)
In the meantime, Sears bought K Mart. Or K Mart bought Sears. Or [...]