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Sep. 8th, 2004 10:31 am*shudders*
Okay, two days left in the week. Just two more days. I can make it through two more days.
...I hope.
Okay, two days left in the week. Just two more days. I can make it through two more days.
...I hope.
Sep. 8th, 2004
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Sep. 8th, 2004 11:18 amOkay, that felt good, and probably for all the wrong reasons.
I got called by a 'customer service officer' to discuss my recent 'Bad Experience' at the car dealership that we went up to on Monday. She said that the salesman who'd dealt with me said that I seemed very 'displeased' and wanted to know how they could correct that.
I kept myself fairly in check, but I did tell her that they'd have to bend over backwards and into a pretzel before I considered giving them a dime's worth of buisness, and when she asked if I would consider buying another vehicle from them, I was pretty blunt about their chances. My voice also raised a bit.
To her defense, she said that the salesman had been completely out of line, and promised a written letter of apology from him, and possibly from the sales manager, as well, and that she was going to speak to the buisness manager about what could be done to make some form of compensation. (I didn't ask for it, yet, but the $30 I spent on gas back would be nice.)
We'll see what happens. But boy, was it kinda fun to be the asshole customer, especially when I knew I had good reason to be torqued.
I got called by a 'customer service officer' to discuss my recent 'Bad Experience' at the car dealership that we went up to on Monday. She said that the salesman who'd dealt with me said that I seemed very 'displeased' and wanted to know how they could correct that.
I kept myself fairly in check, but I did tell her that they'd have to bend over backwards and into a pretzel before I considered giving them a dime's worth of buisness, and when she asked if I would consider buying another vehicle from them, I was pretty blunt about their chances. My voice also raised a bit.
To her defense, she said that the salesman had been completely out of line, and promised a written letter of apology from him, and possibly from the sales manager, as well, and that she was going to speak to the buisness manager about what could be done to make some form of compensation. (I didn't ask for it, yet, but the $30 I spent on gas back would be nice.)
We'll see what happens. But boy, was it kinda fun to be the asshole customer, especially when I knew I had good reason to be torqued.
/Much/ better.
Sep. 8th, 2004 01:32 pmAte my pita and hummus while Bob was at lunch, because the phone quieted down. Then, when he came back, I took my lunch hour and just walked around Tuttle mall.
Only downside is that my umbrella decided to give up, and the only place selling replacements seemed to be the department stores, and I didn't want to buy that sort of trouble. So, I just walked more, and finally did my best to dance between raindrops on the way back to the car. Then I stopped at Panera and brough people back cookies and pastries, since we'd all had a rough day.
And y'know what? I feel great.
Excercise + Good Deed = Recharged.
I have to pick Alison up tonight from City Year, and I thought I'd take her out to dinner. We'll see where we go from there.
(Even more amazing news: Bob volunteered to take all the tickets that came in after I left, personally, and told me just to relax since I'd done so much yesterday. So, I'm taking a breather while at my desk. Wheee!)
Only downside is that my umbrella decided to give up, and the only place selling replacements seemed to be the department stores, and I didn't want to buy that sort of trouble. So, I just walked more, and finally did my best to dance between raindrops on the way back to the car. Then I stopped at Panera and brough people back cookies and pastries, since we'd all had a rough day.
And y'know what? I feel great.
Excercise + Good Deed = Recharged.
I have to pick Alison up tonight from City Year, and I thought I'd take her out to dinner. We'll see where we go from there.
(Even more amazing news: Bob volunteered to take all the tickets that came in after I left, personally, and told me just to relax since I'd done so much yesterday. So, I'm taking a breather while at my desk. Wheee!)
Glitter napalm sticks to kids.
Sep. 8th, 2004 02:59 pmNewly-founded Korean studio Pocky Hell has found itself rice-paddy-deep in litigation with Hasbro, Inc. over alleged theft of intellectual property.
Namely, theft of My Little Pony, an on-again/off-again toy and merchandising line Hasbro founded in the 1980s. Several animated series and related movies were produced through the 1990s, when the line was largely discontinued in order to allow Hasbro to concentrate on other projects. Recently, the decision was made to give the toy line yet another renovation with possible supporting animated series.
Apparently no one told Studio Pocky Hell, which was founded in August of last year by the survivors of ill-fated Psycho Uni Studios of Pyongyang. Psycho Uni had been working on an alleged parody of Hasbro's property, pitting MLPs in American soldier uniforms against black-pajamaed weasels with AK-47s. Sneak peeks of early work indicate the intention was definitely not to appeal to young girls looking for cute toys to fawn over. Instead, scripts read more like material from Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now". Pocky Hell has decided to stay with this approach.
"What we are trying to do is reawaken a loathing for war by showing it in all its horrible ways, destroying cute fuzzy animals. No one will be able to glorify war after seeing one of our OVAs," said studio manager Roh Moo-hyun. "Our opening episode focuses on Trickshot, a wounded veteran returned home to catcalls and blood being thrown on him. His flashback to an action near the demilitarized zone in 1967 leads the audience into the main thrust of the series, which compares war atrocities committed by all sides of the conflict."
Hasbro's Jim Redman, VP of Marketing, has another view:
"This is nothing more than a tinpot second-rate outfit trying to take advantage of our decision to renew an already-popular toy and animation line. If so much as one of their DVDs crosses into the United States it better be accompanied by their lawyers and a big checkbook."
When questioned as to whether Hasbro would pursue legal action on Korean soil, Mr. Redman deferred the question to Hasbro's legal department. As of press time no answer on the question was forthcoming.
Heeheehehee.
Namely, theft of My Little Pony, an on-again/off-again toy and merchandising line Hasbro founded in the 1980s. Several animated series and related movies were produced through the 1990s, when the line was largely discontinued in order to allow Hasbro to concentrate on other projects. Recently, the decision was made to give the toy line yet another renovation with possible supporting animated series.
Apparently no one told Studio Pocky Hell, which was founded in August of last year by the survivors of ill-fated Psycho Uni Studios of Pyongyang. Psycho Uni had been working on an alleged parody of Hasbro's property, pitting MLPs in American soldier uniforms against black-pajamaed weasels with AK-47s. Sneak peeks of early work indicate the intention was definitely not to appeal to young girls looking for cute toys to fawn over. Instead, scripts read more like material from Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now". Pocky Hell has decided to stay with this approach.
"What we are trying to do is reawaken a loathing for war by showing it in all its horrible ways, destroying cute fuzzy animals. No one will be able to glorify war after seeing one of our OVAs," said studio manager Roh Moo-hyun. "Our opening episode focuses on Trickshot, a wounded veteran returned home to catcalls and blood being thrown on him. His flashback to an action near the demilitarized zone in 1967 leads the audience into the main thrust of the series, which compares war atrocities committed by all sides of the conflict."
Hasbro's Jim Redman, VP of Marketing, has another view:
"This is nothing more than a tinpot second-rate outfit trying to take advantage of our decision to renew an already-popular toy and animation line. If so much as one of their DVDs crosses into the United States it better be accompanied by their lawyers and a big checkbook."
When questioned as to whether Hasbro would pursue legal action on Korean soil, Mr. Redman deferred the question to Hasbro's legal department. As of press time no answer on the question was forthcoming.
Heeheehehee.