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Greeting to you all. Looooong time lurker (3+ years)coming out of the shadows finally. I have way too many years in the CS field, so hopefully I'll have enough posts (as I remember them) to keep everyone amused for quite a while.
My last position was with a LARGE online auction company, rhymes with "weehay". While my position was not working directly with the auctions and our "community", I would usually get interoffice email about the better auctions the other CS reps found, and amusing interactions with people.
One day not long after I started an email from an irate community member was copied and was making the rounds on the floor. I thought I had a copy of this, but I cannot find it at this point, I apologize, because this was some hilarious gut-busting material.
It seems an elderly member of our community was writing in to let us know that she was NEVER going to use our site again. She was also contacting every news agency, the BBB, every animal welfare agency, and her GOVERNOR(?!) in an effort to shut down our business, since we were obviously making money on the "bloooood" of innocent animals. And yes, she stated exactly that ..."the blood of innocent animals". And what was our crime, you ask?
She watched "Finding Nemo" with her grandchildren. And she was appalled that the starfish stated she was bought off eBay.
Apparently this, in her eyes, put us in the same league as baby seal hunters. She ranted for a good two pages about animal cruelty, and how dare we allow this to happen, and how dare we allow Pixar to use our name in their movie to SUPPORT and ADVERTISE the availability of animals on eBay.
Now, I'm not going to get into the specifics of "weehay's" policies on this matter, but they do allow the selling of starfish and other aquarium entities, with strict guidelines. They do not allow any other sort of "animal" to be sold on the site, for many many reasons.
So anyway, the email was a howler, I only wish I could find it. The story would probably be a hella lot more amusing with it. Sorry, this is my first try, and I am doing my best here.
Guess you had to be there.
My last position was with a LARGE online auction company, rhymes with "weehay". While my position was not working directly with the auctions and our "community", I would usually get interoffice email about the better auctions the other CS reps found, and amusing interactions with people.
One day not long after I started an email from an irate community member was copied and was making the rounds on the floor. I thought I had a copy of this, but I cannot find it at this point, I apologize, because this was some hilarious gut-busting material.
It seems an elderly member of our community was writing in to let us know that she was NEVER going to use our site again. She was also contacting every news agency, the BBB, every animal welfare agency, and her GOVERNOR(?!) in an effort to shut down our business, since we were obviously making money on the "bloooood" of innocent animals. And yes, she stated exactly that ..."the blood of innocent animals". And what was our crime, you ask?
She watched "Finding Nemo" with her grandchildren. And she was appalled that the starfish stated she was bought off eBay.
Apparently this, in her eyes, put us in the same league as baby seal hunters. She ranted for a good two pages about animal cruelty, and how dare we allow this to happen, and how dare we allow Pixar to use our name in their movie to SUPPORT and ADVERTISE the availability of animals on eBay.
Now, I'm not going to get into the specifics of "weehay's" policies on this matter, but they do allow the selling of starfish and other aquarium entities, with strict guidelines. They do not allow any other sort of "animal" to be sold on the site, for many many reasons.
So anyway, the email was a howler, I only wish I could find it. The story would probably be a hella lot more amusing with it. Sorry, this is my first try, and I am doing my best here.
Guess you had to be there.
I AM the evil bastard!
WELCOME 
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