Is it just me, or did he use too many adjectives (and adverbs) to be even remotely believable? The line about "scar tissue from this painful mistake" was where I threw up in my mouth a little bit.
The best part so far has been seeing how they've dealt with the challenge of materialising something as abstract as software licences into a picture for a logo. What the hell is that thing?
My best guess is that it's a tennis racket, implying that they're "bouncing back" licenses to people. But yeah, who knows??
Netflix did this to me. When I contacted customer service to ask why movies were suddenly taking so long to arrive, they sent me unrelated generic responses and then blamed it on the postal system. I finally sent them this email:
"Thank you for the response. It does not address my question. The problem is not with the transit time; it is with the processing time at Netflix. When I ship the DVDs back, they get there in one day. Then there is a period of 5 to 6 business days before the next DVD is shipped to me. Once it is actually shipped, it arrives in one day. I recently had to rent a movie from Blockbuster because Netflix took so long to process my DVDs. Netflix has wide selection, but I am becoming frustrated with the generic customer service responses and the lack of service in general. Please send me a real reply."
and they replied with this one:
"Thanks for your inquiry.
What titles are you referring to specifically? Rentals process within one business day from the time we receive a return.
We process nearly 100% of returns the same day we receive them. When we check-in a return, an e-mail is automatically and promptly sent to you to let you know that we have received your DVD.
Our goal is to ship you the DVDs listed highest in your Queue. We try to ship you DVDs from the distribution center closest to you so that you get movies quickly. Often, on the same day that we receive a DVD from you, we will ship the next available DVD from your Queue. In certain instances, your next available DVD will not ship until the next business day following our receipt of your returned movie. This can occur, for example, when your top choices are not available to you from your closest distribution center or the number of shipments to be processed by the distribution center on that day has been exceeded. When this happens, your DVD will ship on the next business day and may come from an alternate distribution center.
If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.
If you are notified that you have been exposed, what steps might you be expected to take? Self-imposed quarantine? Are mandatory quarantines a possibility?
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Is it just me, or did he use too many adjectives (and adverbs) to be even remotely believable? The line about "scar tissue from this painful mistake" was where I threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Last time I checked, the free market didn't truly exist.
The best part so far has been seeing how they've dealt with the challenge of materialising something as abstract as software licences into a picture for a logo. What the hell is that thing?
My best guess is that it's a tennis racket, implying that they're "bouncing back" licenses to people. But yeah, who knows??
Here's the article: Computer Addiction? Nah, Probably Just Modern Life
Netflix did this to me. When I contacted customer service to ask why movies were suddenly taking so long to arrive, they sent me unrelated generic responses and then blamed it on the postal system. I finally sent them this email:
"Thank you for the response. It does not address my question. The problem is not with the transit time; it is with the processing time at Netflix. When I ship the DVDs back, they get there in one day. Then there is a period of 5 to 6 business days before the next DVD is shipped to me. Once it is actually shipped, it arrives in one day. I recently had to rent a movie from Blockbuster because Netflix took so long to process my DVDs. Netflix has wide selection, but I am becoming frustrated with the generic customer service responses and the lack of service in general. Please send me a real reply."
and they replied with this one:
"Thanks for your inquiry.
What titles are you referring to specifically? Rentals process within one business day from the time we receive a return.
We process nearly 100% of returns the same day we receive them. When we check-in a return, an e-mail is automatically and promptly sent to you to let you know that we have received your DVD.
Our goal is to ship you the DVDs listed highest in your Queue. We try to ship you DVDs from the distribution center closest to you so that you get movies quickly. Often, on the same day that we receive a DVD from you, we will ship the next available DVD from your Queue. In certain instances, your next available DVD will not ship until the next business day following our receipt of your returned movie. This can occur, for example, when your top choices are not available to you from your closest distribution center or the number of shipments to be processed by the distribution center on that day has been exceeded. When this happens, your DVD will ship on the next business day and may come from an alternate distribution center.
If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.
Thanks,
Scott,
Netflix Customer Service"
> Obviously the start of something bigger.
Octopus eats shark (video)
If you are notified that you have been exposed, what steps might you be expected to take? Self-imposed quarantine? Are mandatory quarantines a possibility?
Why. Make. Life. Complicated?
They hope you won't think that way, because then they'll have your phone number. Which is good for them, and bad for you.