Delivered From the Cruel Bondage of Egypt
30 minutes ago my computer escaped the cruel imprisonment of What is commonly called "Fry's Electronics Computer Repair Department".
(The joke if you don't get it is, the store like many Fry's stores is decorated around a theme. This store is done with an Egyptian King Tut one. It has all kinds of fake Egyptian statuary, wall relief paintings in the store etc. While a superstitious person might believe that going to an Egyptian themed store might actually be "Good luck" from the Coptic connection. Quite the opposite. Infact my experience resembles more the curse of Akhenaten).
Let's just say my computer was out of commision twice as long as it should have been, I spent twice as much money as I should have..... and if that wasn't enough..... The customomer service was so bad to be almost legendary (When I needed a new part, I or my best friend literally had to go to the store, and buy it and then give it to the technicians, because of stupid beaucratic rules that keep them from leaving their post picking it up themselves, and adding the cost to my tab. You know....like every other repair shop in the Freeworld does....).
Anyway I'm posting this to not only let you know where I've been the last week and a half but to express loud raspberries for that Franchise... and will therefore leave with a fitting quote.
"The Campbell store is built to resemble an Egyptian pyramid. Note the walkway up to the front entrance. This is actually a flatbed escalator. I think the idea is that as people stand on it, it appears that they are being magically drawn upwards to the temple's doors, bringing live sacrifice of cash and credit for Fry, the great electronic god of consumption and ignorance. "
Breakfast at Fry's
Some hate links with similar sagas
http://gshotts.com/HUMOR/BreakfastAtFrys/breakfas.htm
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/05/cov_21feature2.html
posted by Addai | 8:36 PM
5 Comments:
Congratulations on your liberation, sweets. :)
That article is funny. Obviously they're banking on the fact that Silicon Valley nerds will come there anyway.
I have to go there on occasion for office emergencies like toner etc. I'll be sure not to go for repairs!
We've also sworn off Kinko's, which is the printing version of Fry's. You feel like you need to go back in the work area and do the stuff yourself.
You know the Kinkos that is near church, on Winchester and Campbell Ave. is actually good. We do our Fed Ex Holy Chocolate shipments from there. Although Stan has warned me to not go to the other ones, because of problems.
correction... It should be Winchester and Hamilton, in the shpping mall that has the Rite Aid, and Kazoo Sushi.
Anyway if u need to ship Fed ex. or use Kinkos that one. There also another one that's good, but is more in Sunnyvale. Stan uses the other one for graphics and sign making. They have a number grapyhic designers who work there. And strangely enough I think that office is almost completely staffed by gay employees. Stan however does note "they do good work" have excellent customer service, are very conscientous etc. so he's used them for graphics design the last 3-4 years.
We were using the one at Brokaw and Oakland and they are HORRIBLE. I never tried to ship there, but the printing dept. is totally incompetent and obnoxious. Maybe they're diversifying too much and the personnel hasn't caught up.
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