Wednesday, August 02, 2006

waste of my time

Yesterday I left work at 2:30pm because the repairman for my washing machine called and was on his way to my house. He worked on it for about an hour and he told me he wasn't gonna be able to get it going. He'd have to order a couple of parts, and it'll take 10 days to 2 wks. Crap. So that means we're Washeteria bound.

So I waited for the TV repairman. Can you believe, that basterd never showed up AND he didn't have the decency to call to let me know he wasn't coming. I was so mad. Today I'm gonna call and chew some heads off. That's not right of them. If ya can't make it, fine. At least call so I'm not waiting like a dumbas$ all frickin day for nothing. I'm gonna call the repairman AND I'm gonna call and report that to Best Buy. That is POOR customer service.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi there, I konw exactly what yer talking about. Reminded me of one of my favorite Frank Zappa songs, called "Flakes". I guess you know all about 'em. Here´s the lyrics:

"Flakes! Flakes!
Flakes! Flakes!

They don't do no good
They never be workin'
When they oughta should
They waste your time
They're wastin' mine
California's got the most of them
Boy, they got a host of them
Swear t'God they got the most
At every business on the coast
Swear t'God they got the most
At every business on the coast
They got the Flakes

Flakes! Flakes!

They can't fix yer brakes
You ask 'em, "Where's my motor?"
"Well it was eaten by snakes . . ."
You can stab 'n' shoot 'n' spit
But they won't be fixin' it
They're lyin' an' lazy
They can be drivin' you crazy
Swear t'God they got the most
At every business on the coast
Swear t'God they got the most
At every business on the coast
[Take it away, Bob. . .]

I asked as nice as I could
If my job would
Somehow be finished by Friday
Well, the whole damn weekend
Came 'n' went, Frankie
[Wanna buy some mandies, Bob?]
'N'they didn't do nothin'
But they charged me double for Sunday
You know, no matter what you do
They gonna cheat 'n' rob you
Then they'll send you a bill
That'll get your senses reelin'
And if you do not pay
They got computer collectors
That'll get you so crazy
Til your head'll go through th' ceilin'
Yes it will!

I'm a moron 'n' this is my wife
She's frosting a cake
With a paper knife
All what we got here's
American made
It's a little bit cheesey,
But it's nicely displayed
Well we don't get excited when it
Crumbles 'n' breaks
We just get on the phone
And call up some Flakes
They rush on over
'N' wreck it some more
'N' we are so dumb
They're linin' up at our door
Well, the toilet went crazy
Yesterday afternoon
The plumber he says
"Never flush a lampoon!"
This great information
Cost me half a week's pay
And the toilet blew up
Later on the next day ay-eee-ay
Blew up the next day WOO-OOO

We are millions 'n' millions
We're coming to get you
We're protected by unions
So don't let it upset you
Can't escape the conclusion
It's probably God's Will
That civilization
Will grind to a standstill
And we are the people
Who will make it all happen
While yer children is sleepin',
Yer puppy is crappin'
You might call us Flakes
Or something else you might coin us
But we know you're so greedy
That you'll probably join us
We're comin' to get you, we're comin' to get you
We're comin' to get you, we're comin' to get you
We're comin' to get you, we're comin' to get you
We're comin' to get you, we're comin' to get you"

All the best and kick their ass if they tryin´ to overcharge you.

Greetz from Germany.
Alex.

Kirsten said...

That does suck. It is SOOOOO hard to find good customer service these days. When our water heater went out, we called our home warranty (the one we pay $325 a freakin year for) and they gave us the ol' "the tech will be out between 8 and 12 but will call 30 minutes before he gets there". So, that morning I called again and they said it'd be closer to 11 so my husband went in to his office around 9 thinking he'd have 30 minutes to get home. Well,just as he is pulling in to his office parking lot, the tech calls and says he is about 5 minutes away. Yeesh. So my husband hurries home to meet him and then is told that it'll be $200 to INSTALL the new water heater or they could just go pick up a new one (for less than $200 but they left that part out)and deliver it to us and he could install it himself. We chose that option and we also chose to not renew our home warranty this year!!!
Sorry for the frustration and hope it gets fixed quick!!!!!

Jenna said...

That is just insane! Stupid people! The TV shouldn't even be broken in the first place, you just got it.

I am sure Richard is going insane.

When he calms down, maybe after it is fixed, you should point out..
Diamond earring wouldn't just break like that.

Liz said...

Oh how frustrating. I hope you get both fixed very soon.