Corporations you love/corporations you hate - Page 3

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaguar

British Fucking Telecom.

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

jaguar · 04-05-2005, 05:36 PM

Quote:

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

I don't think you can say you've settled into the country until you've spent at least one hour on hold to BT.

BrianR · 04-06-2005, 09:27 AM

Google maps doesn't give me a little red arrow, but I do get a nifty shot of the town. The maps button shows my street, but not me. Guess I don't exist yet.

glatt · 04-06-2005, 09:31 AM

I also don't show up on Google maps. If you do a regular Google search of my phone number, you get my name and address. If you do a search of my name and town, you get my phone number and street address. But I don't show up on their map. Interesting. They must have separate databases.

cowhead · 04-06-2005, 04:06 PM

HATE!
SBC
Yum coproration
Pepsico
starbucks
Sisco (the food distributer)
Bank of america (well... banks in general.. )
Haliburton (and all subsidiaries)
Westar Energy
Sunflower Broadband (local.. greedy and the owner is a dick)
Nike
Baseball...
budwiser and coors
ver-fucking-izon

Love
Target
Deals (any dollar store variation)
Williams Entertainment (mmm.... pinball)
Sony
subway

love to hate
walmart
microsoft

xoxoxoBruce · 04-06-2005, 11:00 PM

Can't we all just get along?

smoothmoniker · 04-07-2005, 01:56 AM

Love:
Peet's Coffee - Just. Plain. Awesome. best coffee ever made
Costco - Affordable American Crap!
Apple - more tech companies should be run by designers instead of engineers.
Ikea - Affordable Swedish Crap!

Hate:
I'm having a hard time filling this category. I'm sort of just indifferent to most companies.

Pie · 04-07-2005, 08:05 AM

Hate:
Walmart
Starbucks
Microsoft
Comcast
Fox
Pharmaceutical industry
Clearchannel
RIAA
MPAA (eh, really more neutral, because I don't watch movies)
Hewlett-Packard (for killing off their line of rpn calculators)
Disney

Love:
Google
PBS/NPR
Wegmans
Mozilla Foundation
Wikipedia
Apple
BBC
Restoration Hardware
Sears Kenmore
Newegg.com
Penzey's Spices
Land's End (though they've slipped since they were acquired)
Thinkgeek.com

...I'll add more later. When I think of 'em.

jaguar · 04-07-2005, 08:14 AM

ohhh BBC! Forgot that one on the love list. If they dare touch my radio 4 they'll have Tumbridge Wells in Downing st with pitchforks and firebrands. (this is an english only joke really)

Catwoman · 04-07-2005, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dar512

Walmart's made it to England?

They own our ubiquitous horizon dominating ASDA chain. Ah, once upon a hilltop I looked upon a beach, and firs, and conifers; now, bright green luminous lettering stuns my vision declaring in subtle acronym: Anything Shit-cheap Dead or Amoral! Still my seething heart for there are some companies to warm you:

Love...

WCRS (ad agency in London - the most creative and best company benefits ever)
Innocent
Borders
Virgin
Boeing

But hate even more than Asda....

Nestle
Coca Cola
McDonalds/Burger King/KFC/Pizza Hut
Any supermarket
Blockbuster
Channel Five
Sky
NTL
AOL
Disney
GSK
Proctor & Gamble
Danone
Post-Its (an obscene waste of paper)
Any house builders
Any oil/deep sea drilling companies
The American government
Hi tech useless Japanese toy companies
Butlins
ITV
Associated Newpapers
Emap

Cirocco · 04-07-2005, 08:50 AM

Hate: Best Buy, Wallmart, Nike, Danier, Monsanto, All cigarette companies, Ratheon and the whole lot of military contractors.

Love:Love is a big word.

jaguar · 04-07-2005, 09:19 AM

Innocent! Their 1L juice bottles @ ~3ish quid each are my most decadent regular purchase. Bananas, pineapple and coconuts.......

Borders opened across the road from Foyles. Noone fucks with Foyles bookstore, the only acceptable response to fucking with Foyles is razing to the ground and dowing the soil with salt.

Catwoman · 04-07-2005, 09:42 AM

Never heard of it. If it's smaller and less profitable than Borders, minus Starbucks and with the same freedom to browse and read without hovering salesmen, I may switch loyalty.

04-05-2005, 03:49 PM	#2
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

04-06-2005, 09:27 AM	#5
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Google maps doesn't give me a little red arrow, but I do get a nifty shot of the town. The maps button shows my street, but not me. Guess I don't exist yet. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

04-06-2005, 04:06 PM	#7
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	HATE! SBC Yum coproration Pepsico starbucks Sisco (the food distributer) Bank of america (well... banks in general.. ) Haliburton (and all subsidiaries) Westar Energy Sunflower Broadband (local.. greedy and the owner is a dick) Nike Baseball... budwiser and coors ver-fucking-izon Love Target Deals (any dollar store variation) Williams Entertainment (mmm.... pinball) Sony subway love to hate walmart microsoft __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

04-06-2005, 11:00 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Can't we all just get along? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-07-2005, 01:56 AM	#9
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Love: Peet's Coffee - Just. Plain. Awesome. best coffee ever made Costco - Affordable American Crap! Apple - more tech companies should be run by designers instead of engineers. Ikea - Affordable Swedish Crap! Hate: I'm having a hard time filling this category. I'm sort of just indifferent to most companies. __________________ to live and die in LA

04-05-2005, 03:40 PM	#1
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.

04-06-2005, 09:31 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I also don't show up on Google maps. If you do a regular Google search of my phone number, you get my name and address. If you do a search of my name and town, you get my phone number and street address. But I don't show up on their map. Interesting. They must have separate databases.

04-07-2005, 08:05 AM	#10
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Hate: Walmart Starbucks Microsoft Comcast Fox Pharmaceutical industry Clearchannel RIAA MPAA (eh, really more neutral, because I don't watch movies) Hewlett-Packard (for killing off their line of rpn calculators) Disney Love: Google PBS/NPR Wegmans Mozilla Foundation Wikipedia Apple BBC Restoration Hardware Sears Kenmore Newegg.com Penzey's Spices Land's End (though they've slipped since they were acquired) Thinkgeek.com ...I'll add more later. When I think of 'em. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not. Last edited by Pie; 04-07-2005 at 12:51 PM.

04-07-2005, 08:14 AM	#11
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	ohhh BBC! Forgot that one on the love list. If they dare touch my radio 4 they'll have Tumbridge Wells in Downing st with pitchforks and firebrands. (this is an english only joke really) __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

04-07-2005, 08:50 AM	#13
Cirocco Jotter of Notes Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 11	Hate: Best Buy, Wallmart, Nike, Danier, Monsanto, All cigarette companies, Ratheon and the whole lot of military contractors. Love:Love is a big word. __________________ Una Paloma Blanca.

04-07-2005, 09:19 AM	#14
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Innocent! Their 1L juice bottles @ ~3ish quid each are my most decadent regular purchase. Bananas, pineapple and coconuts....... Borders opened across the road from Foyles. Noone fucks with Foyles bookstore, the only acceptable response to fucking with Foyles is razing to the ground and dowing the soil with salt. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

04-07-2005, 09:42 AM	#15
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	Never heard of it. If it's smaller and less profitable than Borders, minus Starbucks and with the same freedom to browse and read without hovering salesmen, I may switch loyalty. __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

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