My Computer’s Kinda Buggy
Uh , I ’ll just leave alone this one entirely to Sara :
A few months back I go to an Apple Store in NYC . I wait my twist , as I waited 45 minutes , I go steady roach crawl across the countertop . When I was called , I made sure not to touch the counter or put my bag on it in reverence of these creepy crawlers . The cat next to me was oblivious and I consider a roach crawl up his jacket and before I could say anything , it was in his whisker .
I asked the guy behind the ginmill what gives with the cockroaches . They explained that the cockroaches amount from the gentleman before me . In fact , when checking the assault and battery , there were dead cockroach in his computer case and smashed in his battery clique . sure enough , I did n’t have to pay anything to replace my disk drive because it was under warranty , but hemipterous insect always bring home the bacon as a repulsion story .
Ca n’t argue with that logic . Photo viaBoby Dimitrov / Flickr
The Gadget or the Girl?
Not so much a revulsion story as a tarradiddle of woe , Robert was dating a female child who worked at the Apple Store , when she dumped him for somebody else . He consoled himself with his Apple TV , and then it died . Uh oh . Should he journey to the Apple Store and risk sticky humiliation ? For The Highlander , yes . So he survive .
golden for me she did n’t seem to be there which was estimable because the stock was packed I would be sting there for for a while . I wait in que for my spell and was greeted by a very nerves gentleman . He was beat ruby-red and his hands were shaking to the point that he was having trouble typing . While he was taking my info I nonchalantly learn his name badge and in a Sherlock Homes moment realized his trouble . He was the guy my ex had go away me for .
I could express my impression and suffer the consequences of yelling at a guy rope who was responsible for for fixing my beloved electronics or I could essay to calm the office . Deciding that I sadly liked the Apple TV , more then the girl I ignore my irrational side and calmly explained to the guy rope that it was no big deal and things were n’t working out anyway . I even wished him the best of lot which may have been one of the hard things I ’ve ever had to say .
Awwwww . You ’re not the first guy to foot a appliance over a girl — it was Dreamcast , in my eccentric — but I ’m sure your story will touch somebody .
I’m Sorry, There’s a Hard Drive Stuck in Your Shuffle
James ’ iPod shuffle mysteriously stopped take a charge , so he took it to the Genius Bar .
When my name came up , I usher the shuffle , devoid of dough or any clothing and deplumate beyond some minor soil . It was just not it ’s immaculate white ego , but slightly dense than the in - stock whole . The Genius took one looking at at it and said “ warrant does n’t cover drop it on the flooring , sorry . ”
But James did n’t drop it on the floor ! Besides , would it matter , since the shamble is so very flyspeck , with no go piece ?
The Genius proceeded to explain how , when a heavy drive is dropped on the floor , the spinning phonograph record can get disrupted or even broken because there ’s lots of move parts . I search at him for a few secondment and allege “ It ’s a shuffle , it ’s flash based , there are no moving parts in the harddrive ” . The Genius laughed at me and said “ I mean we know our own products ” and tried to call the next mortal .
The managing director reiterate that the tiny hard thrust in the shuffle can be messed up if you drop it . After a bit of back - and - away , the coach agree to get a new shuffle . But expect , there ’s more — the replacement shuffling did n’t have a detonating gadget . When James take , the handler did n’t want to give him one . Relenting , he dispose it across the legal profession .
I am now a lofty Zune owner , and we are Apple - free in my household , in big part thanks to experience like this one .
System Crash
Michael , like many of us , is his parents ’ personal Geek Squad , so when their iMac ’s arduous driveway died , he took it to the Apple Store .
“ You ’re about 30 minutes former guys , ” the Apple employee said with a foolish grinning . “ Why do n’t I take this iMac off your hands and you guy cable cool around the shopping mall for a while until your appointment sentence . ” I handed off the iMac . He walked towards the genius bar and my papa and I reverse to the wall to wait at iPhone cases . Not more than 20 second afterwards do we hear an “ oh shit ” and a * CLANG**CRACK * . slow , we turned to see a now pitifully frown Apple store employee on his stifle essay to pick up our iMac from the ground . As he was apologise all over the seat , I examined the computing equipment . manifestly it had landed on the stand first , then the information processing system hit .
“ We ’ll take care of it , ” the Genius assured Michael and his dad .
When they generate back , the Genius on their case protrude off , “ Well it seems that there is more than just a unvoiced drive bankruptcy here . You also have a failed mother circuit board and you may have some cover damage as well . That ’s run low to be you quite a spot . ”
“ It was dropped ” , my dad severalize the hombre .
“ Oh , well , sir . You do have Apple care but it does n’t cover any inadvertent impairment like expend your data processor . ”
A manager seem , and promised a replacement in 3 - 4 days , since their iMac had custom piece . It arrived 17 daytime later .
Getting Screwed
Jake got his MacBook Pro off of Craigslist , with a full AppleCare warrant entire , so when he noticed some dark spots on the screen , he remove it to the Genius Bar . They cheerfully say they ’d replace the top half of the notebook , and a workweek later he picked it up , good as new . Except …
I got it home and comment that they had will out a screw on the bottom . No biggie . I ’ll just go back to the Apple Store and get one .
When he come the Apple concierge enunciate that they could n’t just give him the ass , he needed to set up an appointment — but being the nice girlfriend that she was , she confirmed the Genius Bar had the screw he demand .
After an hour and a one-half , he gets to the ginmill , only to see the genius who ’d cook his MacBook . He recount Jake the screw was broken — move the interrogative , “ Well , why ’d you stay it back in the notebook?”—and they do n’t have any in Malcolm stock .
You see , I ’ve been here before . It ’s called the “ I ’m sorry , sir . ” area of the Apple Store where stupefied mistakes seem to happen but the only thing done to relieve the situation is to repeat that musical phrase over and over like a brainwash robot . It happened when my girl and I buy iPhones and again when I wanted to get a hard driveway replace on a MacBook under AppleCare . Any attempt at reason ( just take the screw out of another MacBook Pro that is ruined in the back ) or computer storage ( why did the concierge tell me they had a jailer ? ) are just betray attempt in the “ I ’m sorry , sir . ” expanse .
The genius ordain the screw , state Jake it ’ll take a week . After 3 week , and a bajillion phone calls afterwards , the screw as if by magic appears in stock .
The new genius meets me on time and quickly replaces the screwing while I see the original douche bag whiz add up in from a roll of tobacco break .
So , yes , it took over 3 weeks for them to replace a screw that they pick me for breaking .
A whole new monitor ? No problem . A jailor ? A calendar month of pit . Incredible .
Photo viaSam Catchesides / Flickr
Hold Up, Rambo (A Bonus, Added Entry)
Travis write in with his story after seeing the original mail : After calibrate from canonic training , Travis decided he want a MacBook Pro , and when he delay out at the local Apple Store , the Apple retail guy asked if he was a student , to get a discount . Travis said he was n’t a student , but ask about a military deduction .
As I pull out my I.D. , the individual that was helping me sardonically stated , “ I did n’t jazz you were a ‘ Baby slayer ’ ! ” and continue on with the dealings . I was so activated about getting my laptop that i completely shrugged off the input .
About a week after , I start thinking about the comment , and knowing that he made anti - military slander usually passed towards the Vietnam Era service members , I felt very disrespected . I did n’t so much as care for me , but the girl I was dating at the time , her dad happen to attend in Vietnam , so it made me that much more mad . I called the fund manager and told him my situation and his only way of fixing the billet was to give me a free iPod Touch and assert that this is n’t companionship views .
That ’s just insane .
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