Corporations you love/corporations you hate - Page 2

Happy Monkey · 04-05-2005, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV

yeah, Google, too

Speaking of Google...

BigV · 04-05-2005, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Speaking of Google...

Try putting in your phone number...

Radar · 04-05-2005, 12:57 PM

LOVE

Kinecta Federal Credit Union
Best Buy
Microsoft
Nike
Level 3 Communications
Exodus Communications
Google
Wal-Mart
DPC

HATE

Apple Computers
Oracle
Ticketmaster
Haliburton
Eli Lilly
AOL/Time Warner
Fry's Electronics
Bank of America
Fox News
Cingular
GTE (but now they're not so bad as Verizon)
Exxon Oil
Shell Oil
OPEC

Clodfobble · 04-05-2005, 01:37 PM

BigV, they have Central Markets in Seattle?? Do you have H-E-B's too, or have they only expanded the Central Market part of the business?

Perth, I think even Whole Foods was aware that their Austin stores sucked ass--they just opened a huge new Whole Foods supercenter to compete with Central Market. I haven't been, but supposedly it's much more upscale and has a chocolate fountain, of all things...

mrnoodle · 04-05-2005, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Speaking of Google...

The satellite thing is new. If your connection can handle it, try "driving" across the country. Very trippy. The sat photo of my house was taken last summer, when we put in the new sidewalks -- you can see the cement truck parked in the driveway....

Happy Monkey · 04-05-2005, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

Try putting in your phone number...

Aieee!

Clodfobble · 04-05-2005, 02:01 PM

Hmm... the statellite photo on google for my house is at least two years old, since it still has a clean blue pool in the back yard. But the little red arrow was pointing to the wrong house.

vsp · 04-05-2005, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Perth, I think even Whole Foods was aware that their Austin stores sucked ass--they just opened a huge new Whole Foods supercenter to compete with Central Market. I haven't been, but supposedly it's much more upscale and has a chocolate fountain, of all things...

A chocolate... fountain.

A CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN.

Goddamn, I'm moving.

kerosene · 04-05-2005, 02:22 PM

If you like chocolate fountains, go to a wedding expo. They had one in Colorado Springs a few months back and there were probably 8 of those things. And they gave samples.

vsp · 04-05-2005, 03:23 PM

Once in my lifetime was enough for a wedding expo. My vote had "Elope" written on it, but I was outvoted 1 to 1.

staceyv · 04-05-2005, 03:40 PM

How could I forget At&t? Thanks for reminding me, noodle. They are complete idiots. I called them to get a long distance access code number for one time use- I've done it in the past- I KNOW they have them- just like that whole 10-10-321 thing...anyway, they wouldn't give it me, told me I had to sign up for long distance from them, keep sending me bills, I'm not paying them.

And yes, Starbucks coffee tastes burnt- even when you buy it in the grocery store and make it yourself- it's just disgusting.

jaguar · 04-05-2005, 03:49 PM

oh. Knew I forgot something.

British Fucking Telecom. I have a deep and personal loathing of this company. They take this place by managing to fail to send me a bill or take money from my account for 3 months (i've got better things to do than make sure companies take what they're owed) and then rather than telling me and settling up proceeded to cut off my service without any warning and then try and extort money out of my to turn it back on. Despite it being, 100% (and they admitted it) their fault. For failing to ring me back on their 'ring me back' service, repeatedly, for keeping me on hold for longer than anyone else and for taking over a fucking month to install a line. May the free market continue to shit on your fucked up excuse for customer service and hilariously uncompetitive prices.

vsp · 04-05-2005, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by jaguar

British Fucking Telecom.

"Damn and blast British Telecom," he muttered from force of habit.
-- Douglas Adams

dar512 · 04-05-2005, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

Love:
Larry's Market

We used to love QFC in the early '90s. Clean, personal service, happy employees, no friggen savings card. Not the same now.

dar512 · 04-05-2005, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

Try putting in your phone number...

I keep getting errors when I put in a phone number whether I do it at maps.google.com or just google.com.

04-05-2005, 12:57 PM	#18
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	LOVE Kinecta Federal Credit Union Best Buy Microsoft Nike Level 3 Communications Exodus Communications Google Wal-Mart DPC HATE Apple Computers Oracle Ticketmaster Haliburton Eli Lilly AOL/Time Warner Fry's Electronics Bank of America Fox News Cingular GTE (but now they're not so bad as Verizon) Exxon Oil Shell Oil OPEC __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

04-05-2005, 03:49 PM	#27
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	oh. Knew I forgot something. British Fucking Telecom. I have a deep and personal loathing of this company. They take this place by managing to fail to send me a bill or take money from my account for 3 months (i've got better things to do than make sure companies take what they're owed) and then rather than telling me and settling up proceeded to cut off my service without any warning and then try and extort money out of my to turn it back on. Despite it being, 100% (and they admitted it) their fault. For failing to ring me back on their 'ring me back' service, repeatedly, for keeping me on hold for longer than anyone else and for taking over a fucking month to install a line. May the free market continue to shit on your fucked up excuse for customer service and hilariously uncompetitive prices. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

04-05-2005, 01:37 PM	#19
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	BigV, they have Central Markets in Seattle?? Do you have H-E-B's too, or have they only expanded the Central Market part of the business? Perth, I think even Whole Foods was aware that their Austin stores sucked ass--they just opened a huge new Whole Foods supercenter to compete with Central Market. I haven't been, but supposedly it's much more upscale and has a chocolate fountain, of all things...

04-05-2005, 02:01 PM	#22
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Hmm... the statellite photo on google for my house is at least two years old, since it still has a clean blue pool in the back yard. But the little red arrow was pointing to the wrong house.

04-05-2005, 02:22 PM	#24
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	If you like chocolate fountains, go to a wedding expo. They had one in Colorado Springs a few months back and there were probably 8 of those things. And they gave samples.

04-05-2005, 03:23 PM	#25
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Once in my lifetime was enough for a wedding expo. My vote had "Elope" written on it, but I was outvoted 1 to 1.

04-05-2005, 03:40 PM	#26
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	How could I forget At&t? Thanks for reminding me, noodle. They are complete idiots. I called them to get a long distance access code number for one time use- I've done it in the past- I KNOW they have them- just like that whole 10-10-321 thing...anyway, they wouldn't give it me, told me I had to sign up for long distance from them, keep sending me bills, I'm not paying them. And yes, Starbucks coffee tastes burnt- even when you buy it in the grocery store and make it yourself- it's just disgusting.

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