A year ago, corporate sent in some huge-ass, kick-ass DLP HDTVs, because they figured they'd sell quickly for the Super Bowl. It turned we sold only one before the TVs went on clearance--and then it got returned for some kinda picky reason, like it hummed too loud or something (But then again I guess I can understand being picky when you've plunked down 2 grand for a TV)
Problem was, we could not return the TV to the DC as return center or salvage. The computer wouldn't allow us to do that. Instead we had to hold the damn thing in the backroom and wait for a technician to come in and fix it so we could re-sell it. Almost a year passed without a visit from the tech, so the TV got forgotten in the backroom.
Until this weekend. Store manager decided to put it in the breakroom, replacing our ancient 19-inch TV with bent antennas covered in tin foil.
So there it is, in the breakroom, attached to rabbit ears because we don't have cable in the breakroom, a monument to corporate's complete inability to divine what people are willing to blow their money on. It can pull in only 2 or 3 channels (including 2 HD channels), but it shows some of the prettiest static you've ever seen. It's the mirrors.
Problem was, we could not return the TV to the DC as return center or salvage. The computer wouldn't allow us to do that. Instead we had to hold the damn thing in the backroom and wait for a technician to come in and fix it so we could re-sell it. Almost a year passed without a visit from the tech, so the TV got forgotten in the backroom.
Until this weekend. Store manager decided to put it in the breakroom, replacing our ancient 19-inch TV with bent antennas covered in tin foil.
So there it is, in the breakroom, attached to rabbit ears because we don't have cable in the breakroom, a monument to corporate's complete inability to divine what people are willing to blow their money on. It can pull in only 2 or 3 channels (including 2 HD channels), but it shows some of the prettiest static you've ever seen. It's the mirrors.
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