No Beer and no TV make Homer…something…something!
I can go with no beer for long periods of time, but my TV is my baby and…today…my baby DIED!!!!
I was at workdoing work things (like surfing the web for porn) when my phone rang. It was my wife and she began to tell me that there was a loud pop sound and the TV went black!! WHAT?!?!?!?!?!???? I was immediately full of rage and I wanted to yell out so all could hear my displeasure, but all that came out was a quiet “fuck”.
I killed the porn on the screen and frantically typed in the address for the Toshiba website, I clicked on Support, then Warranty…Lamp covered for one year. I then remembered that I had chosen the extended warranty when I bought my TV!!
“I’m saved!!”, I exclaimed aloud. I then called my wife and asked if she had looked at the Warranty information…she started crying. She told me that the rep at the store had confirmed that the lamp was not covered as it is considered a consummable item.
After I got off the phone with her I called Toshiba! Press 1 for English, Press 2 if you are a customer, *RING*
Toshiba Dick - “Hello, this is a douch bag.”; “How may I help you?”
Me - “Yeah, my TV made a loud POP sound and the screen went black!”
Toshiba Dick - “Really?”
Me - “Yeah, really!”
Toshiba Dick - “That’s too bad, thanks for your money ass-wipe!!”
Me - “What??”; “My TV is only two years old!!!”
Toshiba Dick - “You’re lucky that it lasted that long!”
Me - “What do I do now?”
Toshiba Dick - “Bend over my friend and take a deep breath!!”
Ok, maybe the converation didn’t sound quite like that, but still I got fucked by a big corporation because I didn’t want to send $6000 on a flat screen LCD TV. Instead I ended up buying a Rear Projection TV for $2300 plus the $400 kiss my ass peice of crap Futureshop extended warranty!
It just goes to show that we are slaves to technology and will lose our minds if it gets messed up. By the way, I’m buying a new lamp for $200 on Thursday.
Bitches!
Superfly out.

