As you can see, we still have a bit of work to do…
I’ve been a fan of Conan O’Brien for about 10 years now, couldn’t wait for him to finally get his shot at The Tonight Show, and was sad to see NBC’s waffling that took it from him seven months later.
I can’t wait to see Coco show up on his own show on TBS this fall!
You Lost Me At...
- Me: Hey, we're going to see the new M. Night Shyamalan movie, 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' tonight if you'd like to join us...
- Roomie: What?
- Me: Avatar, the movie based on that popular Nick cartoon.
- Roomie: I don't know what you're talking about.
- Me: The movie with the kid.
- Roomie: No, I mean you lost me at M. Night. No thanks, enjoy...
The Cynic in Me Loves Cynicism to Marketing
Elaine was not amused by Gary’s passive-aggressive response to her request to “garnish the cocktails.”
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For those who know me, I’m a true cynic at heart. I can look at anything with a glass-is-half-full view as well as someone-has-too-much-time-on-their-hands-to-think-about-it mentality.
My friend/co-worker Joshua Corliss sent me a link to a blog called Catalog Living that looks at catalog photos (especially those with questionable accessorizing) and attaches cynically-hilarious captions to them. Enjoy :)
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It’s always nice to see how a reputable company responds to feedback from their own customers, especially if they threaten legal action against them. Of course, there’s always another side to the story, but knowing AT&T, we’ll never hear it…
*Update* Chopped a few seconds off the audio file to remove the agent’s phone number.
Today I decided to voice my displeasure with the AT&T Wireless new and “improved” data plans directly to the CEO. This was the 2nd email in as many weeks (I wanted to see if they’d bump up my phone upgrade eligibility date given that I spend $110/month with them and their normal customer service reps are powerless in this regard.)
To my surprise, I received this voicemail (click on the “click to play” link above to hear it) from AT&T’s executive response staff. The gist is:
Thanks for the feedback, and if you bother our CEO again, we’re going to send you a cease and desist letter.
Wow. I was expecting a “hey thanks and so long” at best. So what did I send that was so offensive? Here it is:
Thanks for making the switch to a Sprint HTC Evo an even easier decision. I don’t think even Steve Jobs can spin 2GB for $25/month as a good thing for the consumer. I may not use 2GB/month today, but the point of these devices (iPad 3g, iPhone 4G, etc.) is that we’ll be able to do more and your network either can’t handle it, or you’re just trying to squeeze more money out of your customers. The $15/month 200MB plan is just a crappy anchor price that makes the $25 plan look like a better deal than it really is, given that the $30/”unlimited” plan goes away.
Please don’t have one of your $12/hour “Executive Relations” college students call me – I’ve found them to be generally poorly informed (Engadget.com readers know more than they do about AT&T) and they have little authority to do anything sensible.
This is simply a soon-to-be former customer feedback.
Regards,
Giorgio G.
So in the end, I’m definitely switching to the HTC Evo, and cancelling my iPhone & iPad 3G AT&T services - I don’t want to give my money to a company that is bothered by its customers, and threatens them legally to prove it.
Oh, and don’t email this guy.
Sneak Peek: ‘The Chimera Effect’
I’m about to give you a sneak peek of the novel I’m currently writing, titled The Chimera Effect. The following portion is from Chapter One: Jason Campbell.
Screams, that’s how it started. A jostling. People shoving each other while they ran for exits. He was running now, but this somehow wasn’t him. At least, it didn’t feel like him. It was almost as if he was watching someone else run. He felt pain, he was certain of it. His arm felt like it was cut but there was no blood to be seen. More running, then tumbling down a set of unmarked, foreign stairs. He didn’t know this place, but somehow knew where he was going. Confusion set in and the pain in his head became deafening.
Chevy Pizza Crawl: Round 2
After the success of last month’s Chevy Pizza Crawl, the kind folks at Chevy teamed up again with WorstPizza.com to take another group of people out across the city in 5 brand new 2010 Chevy cars in a 5-hour pizza sampling adventure.
When my friends heard about this, they assumed the typical things similar to a time share: Chevy would give us a spiel on their cars, hand us lots of literature, make us watch a boring video in a conference room, try to bait us into making sales, and after then and only then, we could go on our trip. Nope, it was actually the exact opposite.
I’d love to, but since you’re anonymous, I’ll just choose anyone!
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