MetaFilter posts tagged with assholes

Get your own chair, granny

granted — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:29:33 -0800

"We don't answer questions." The owner of Jansen Medical Supply is quite possibly the worst customer service representative of all time. Sample review: "THIS MAN MADE ME CRY! I was trying to purchase a lift chair for my grandma..." (most links via Consumerist.)

Halls of Shame

desjardins — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:57:51 -0800

People who sit in the disability seats when I'm standing on my crutches. People who abuse accessible parking spots. CaughtYa! exposes people who park illegally in disabled spots. [this site is inaccessible - link is to the archive]

Bullshit Easier To Swallow In Pill Form

christonabike — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:17:15 -0800

Vitamin purveyor Matthias Rath^ has dropped his libel case against Ben Goldacre^ and the Guardian. Goldacre's take. Background: Goldacre originally wrote about Rath in two consecutive columns in January 2007 (1 2) and was barred from discussing the case until now (including in his recent book.) Rath previously successfully sued the British Medical Journal for libel and has a history of litigation. Rath was also ordered to stop defamatory remarks against the Treatment Action Campaign, an AIDS treatment organization, and has had multiple conflicts with their leader Zackie Achmat. Goldacre's book was covered recently, but this story isn't really related.

Stay Classy, Ingrid.

gman — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:25:49 -0800

While Greyhound pulled their own ad campaign, PETA has created a new ad comparing the Greyhound bus attack last week, outside of Winnipeg, to slaughtering animals.

It Ain't Me, Babe (or is it?)

landis — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:58:57 -0800

. . . a group of us were talking about a particularly irksome message board contributor and the subject of sociopathy came up again. This particular person seemed to be oblivious to the rules of the board, didn't pick up on the social cues of other participants or moderators to modify his behavior, and was making public personal attacks against others while complaining that others were doing the same to him, even though they were not. Anyone who runs a community site, has comments on their blog, or participates on a message board knows this guy -- and it usually is a guy. Maybe he just suffers from cyber-disinhibition. One guy has some ideas about the problem.

Those Bastards!

granted — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:56:23 -0800

Think of Cancellation Calls as Sales Leads! Why did Vincent have such a hard time cancelling his AOL account? It turns out that his customer service rep was just following the AOL Retention Manual, a copy of which was sent to consumerist.com. Nicholas Graham, executive vice president of AOL Corporate Communications, had sent Vincent a formal apology (Google cache - right now his site's been pummeled beyond capacity) saying, "The employee in question violated our customer service guidelines and practices, and everything that AOL believes to be important in customer care." Um...really? New York Times article on the cancellation-call hoopla. via digg.

Transplant surgeons are exempt from this rule.

kyleg — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:44:04 -0800

How to use a cellphone without looking like an asshole. Or maybe you need a primer on ordering wine instead. Once again, Waiter has you covered.

Must. Watch. Show.

monju_bosatsu — Fri, 12 May 2006 17:30:29 -0800

The Show with Ze Frank. Like the Daily Show, but shorter, quicker, and more spastic. The Show has been going for about a month now, but Ze appears to be hitting his stride now.

Remember Kelo!

delmoi — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 08:34:47 -0800

Remember Kelo? After winning a landmark eminent domain ruling from the Supreme Court, the New London Development Corporation now wants to pay residents based on value they held in 2000, rather then 2005, which would leave them unable to buy equivalent new home in today's real estate bubble.

Then also want to charge back rent. In some cases up to $300 thousand. Susette Kelo herself now owes $56k.