Annoyances

[Pope]

Best Buy, you absolute scumbags.

My 65-inch tv starts flashing during the Fury v. Wilder fight. It's clear the issue has to be with the tv as I ordered through the espn-plus app downloaded ON THE TV. So no HDMI chord necessary, and clearly its not an issue on that end. Next day, I make an appointment with geek squad to come to the house and fix this thing as I have a two year protection plan. Appointment was made on a Sunday for the following Saturday.

The night before my appointment (two Friday's ago) I get a call from the third-party they've contracted to do this as I'm in an "extended network." Whatever, didn't know that when I purchased the plan but who cares. Guy explains that Best Buy always does this to him in terms of placing appointments without checking whether he has the part. Explains he can have the part delivered and in his possession by the middle of the week. Whatever. Agitated, sure but what's another week, it's not a big deal. We reschedule for the following Saturday (last Saturday).

Last week comes and goes with absolutely no word from either Best Buy or the third party I dealt with. I called the third-party on Thursday asking them to confirm, I get a voice-mail, I leave a message. Nothing. I call Best Buy's Geek Squad yet again in order to determine what is going on with this madness. I get referred to "Geek Squad Special Forces" (I'm not making this up) who then literally have the unmitigated balls to cop an attitude with me when I express my disappointment that rather than take my information down so they can contact me with an update that I have to then reach out again on Monday and go through the same rigamarole with an operator, explaining the situation and getting referred back to them.

Of course, because I just want this resolved, I call back Monday. Operator is actually very sympathetic, can't understand how this happened because third-party providers are supposed to give a reason directly to Best Buy why they're missing appointments scheduled by the company, or Best buy then moves to find someone else. Acknowledges according to his notes they haven't heard from the provider. Schedules "one more appointment on Thursday to see what's going on and if this can get resolved, otherwise we'll have to look for someone else."

How much do you want to bet I don't get the courtesy of a phone call or any information today or tomorrow and have to call Best Buy tomorrow afternoon? I don't know what else to do except box up the tv and just show up at a store screaming bullshit.

Next time get your TV from Costco. They’re pretty gangsta about returns

Edit: also Best Buy warranties are usually a waste of money. I used to work there

[AlioTheFool]

Practically all extra warranties are a waste of money. Much like insurance, the business relies on people not collecting their due. Is it any wonder they always make it hard to do so?

[Johnny English]

People who work in any industry other than the armed forces or law enforcement referring to people outside their industry as "civilians".

[bojanglesman]

"We're here to help" emails from banks with this virus excrement

[bojanglesman]

People who work in any industry other than the armed forces or law enforcement referring to people outside their industry as "civilians".

That's a good one.

[reuben]

"We're here to help" emails from banks with this virus excrement

From every company ever.  Thanks rushordertees, I can finally make sense of all this.

[bojanglesman]

From every company ever.  Thanks rushordertees, I can finally make sense of all this.

"Thankfully the meme tshirt people got dis."

[Johnny English]

That's a good one.

Inspired by a friend of mine who is a lighting rigger sharing a meme from the movie industry set builders' union talking about how they needed to educate "civilians" as to their precarious position. I sympathise with you on this but referring to me as a civilian isn't helping your cause.

[SixFeetDeep]

Civilian - noun - a person not in the armed services or the police force.

[SixFeetDeep]

Somebody get this guy a bag of tostitos as compensation

[AlioTheFool]

From every company ever.  Thanks rushordertees, I can finally make sense of all this.

This

[Johnny English]

People who write "ya'll".

1. It's "y'all", the apostrophe denotes where the missing letters are in the concatenation

2. Accents are spoken, not written

3. You're not from the South and if you actually said it you'd sound like a freaking idiot, so why the freak do you think it's any more acceptable to write it?

[bojanglesman]

People who write "ya'll".

1. It's "y'all", the apostrophe denotes where the missing letters are in the concatenation

2. Accents are spoken, not written

3. You're not from the South and if you actually said it you'd sound like a freaking idiot, so why the freak do you think it's any more acceptable to write it?

Guilty, except I place the apostrophe correctly and I am from the South.

[IATA]

"We're here to help" emails from banks with this virus excrement

My bank:

 "were here to help you, that's why we will defer your mortgage for up to 4 months, at which point you must pay all 4 months at once or we will repossess."

[bojanglesman]

My bank:

 "were here to help you, that's why we will defer your mortgage for up to 4 months, at which point you must pay all 4 months at once or we will repossess."

Please call for help so you can wait on hold for 4 hours.