Comments on: A bust-up in the Staples parking lot http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:12:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: jonathan hickman :: http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1696 jonathan hickman :: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:48:19 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1696 [...] Adults do the darndest things…. [...] […] Adults do the darndest things…. […]

]]> By: Mrs Eaves http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1697 Mrs Eaves Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:51:49 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1697 You know, it's pretty disgusting about the blue-truck lady. But what I think is equally disgusting is the apathy of the Staples manager. There have been several times I've been to Staples where the management has been lacking. Dweebs. You know, it’s pretty disgusting about the blue-truck lady. But what I think is equally disgusting is the apathy of the Staples manager. There have been several times I’ve been to Staples where the management has been lacking. Dweebs.

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1698 Atomictumor Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:58:45 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1698 I got furious at em last time I went, I was seriously about to buy some RAM, not only would the salesman ignore me, but they were getting directly in my way talking to a buddy as I trying to look at the RAM hanging on the wall. Finally, I cursed and walked out. Dicks. I got furious at em last time I went, I was seriously about to buy some RAM, not only would the salesman ignore me, but they were getting directly in my way talking to a buddy as I trying to look at the RAM hanging on the wall. Finally, I cursed and walked out.
Dicks.

]]> By: GoldenAppleCorp http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1699 GoldenAppleCorp Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:04:41 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1699 Didn't the sales guy even ask the guy <i>behind</i> you if he needed help? Yeah, most of the staff at that Staples seem to be really apathetic about their job. I ended up leaving empty-handed anyway, since they were out of white cardstock. White cardstock, people. I thought you were called "Staples". I went to WalMart and got it $2 cheaper anyway. Didn’t the sales guy even ask the guy behind you if he needed help?
Yeah, most of the staff at that Staples seem to be really apathetic about their job. I ended up leaving empty-handed anyway, since they were out of white cardstock. White cardstock, people. I thought you were called “Staples”.
I went to WalMart and got it $2 cheaper anyway.

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1700 Atomictumor Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:08:02 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1700 Hell with Staples. Hell with Staples.

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1701 Atomictumor Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:21:15 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1701 Jon, sorry, Dr. Dave killed your comment, and my dumb ass deleted it instead of restoring it. Nothing personal! Friggin Spam Karma. Jon, sorry, Dr. Dave killed your comment, and my dumb ass deleted it instead of restoring it. Nothing personal!
Friggin Spam Karma.

]]> By: meice http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1702 meice Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:30:05 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1702 Events like that are exactly why I always have my digital camera. Not so much to assist with any victims as it's for my own personal entertainment. Had I witnessed it, I would have jumped out of my car and run right up to the driver side window snapping a pic of her surprised face then the accident itself. Depending on how big or scary the lady was I'd, of course, run away screaming once she got out of the truck. Events like that are exactly why I always have my digital camera. Not so much to assist with any victims as it’s for my own personal entertainment. Had I witnessed it, I would have jumped out of my car and run right up to the driver side window snapping a pic of her surprised face then the accident itself. Depending on how big or scary the lady was I’d, of course, run away screaming once she got out of the truck.

]]> By: GoldenAppleCorp http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1703 GoldenAppleCorp Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:37:44 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1703 Yeah, meice, AT and I have lamented many times about not having a camera phone. I would hate to put my (when it was new) expensive digital camera in my car, but I just might have to. A few weeks ago, we passed a very recent fender-bender. Only one car was still there, the front end smashed pretty good. There was a guy on a jazzy at the scene, and the way he was sitting, it looked like the car had wrecked into him. That'd be a lot funnier if I had had a camera with me, though. Yeah, meice, AT and I have lamented many times about not having a camera phone. I would hate to put my (when it was new) expensive digital camera in my car, but I just might have to.
A few weeks ago, we passed a very recent fender-bender. Only one car was still there, the front end smashed pretty good. There was a guy on a jazzy at the scene, and the way he was sitting, it looked like the car had wrecked into him.
That’d be a lot funnier if I had had a camera with me, though.

]]> By: meice http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1704 meice Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:20:03 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1704 I keep my 5mp Kodak with me all the time. I've had to replace it twice now for various reasons (using it in the rain and dropping it in the sand at the beach), lucky for me I've been able to find the exact same model on clearance. I love this thing. I've been reluctant to upgrade from it. 5mp will produce up to a 16x20 print and most lens effects can be reproduced in photoshop. Was it just a coincidence that you happened to post this story on the same day Staples announced high 2nd quarter profits? Interesting... I keep my 5mp Kodak with me all the time. I’ve had to replace it twice now for various reasons (using it in the rain and dropping it in the sand at the beach), lucky for me I’ve been able to find the exact same model on clearance. I love this thing. I’ve been reluctant to upgrade from it. 5mp will produce up to a 16×20 print and most lens effects can be reproduced in photoshop.

Was it just a coincidence that you happened to post this story on the same day Staples announced high 2nd quarter profits? Interesting…

]]> By: GoldenAppleCorp http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1707 GoldenAppleCorp Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:34:19 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1707 Hmm. We got our son a cheap little $20 camera for Xmas (which he doesn't use) so maybe I ought to commandeer that sucker. I don't see how Staples can turn a profit. There's never anyone at the store here, and they rarely have what I'm looking for. Hmm. We got our son a cheap little $20 camera for Xmas (which he doesn’t use) so maybe I ought to commandeer that sucker.

I don’t see how Staples can turn a profit. There’s never anyone at the store here, and they rarely have what I’m looking for.

]]> By: Mushy http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1715 Mushy Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:24:16 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1715 Oh my, reminded me of the time I drove a 40 foot Penske truck to Paducah, KY to pick up a load of used PCs and made a 35 foot turn right over the back of a ladies car parked in the parking lot. We were covered and went inside to find the owner and didn't even think about running, even though no one saw the accident. I felt pretty stupid! Oh my, reminded me of the time I drove a 40 foot Penske truck to Paducah, KY to pick up a load of used PCs and made a 35 foot turn right over the back of a ladies car parked in the parking lot. We were covered and went inside to find the owner and didn’t even think about running, even though no one saw the accident.

I felt pretty stupid!

]]> By: GoldenAppleCorp http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1716 GoldenAppleCorp Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:09:13 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1716 Good for you for being honest, Mushy. I had a car that was hit once in a parking lot, no note, no nothing. It sucks ass. Good for you for being honest, Mushy. I had a car that was hit once in a parking lot, no note, no nothing. It sucks ass.

]]> By: The Bosphorus http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1717 The Bosphorus Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:28:03 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1717 The other day I was stopped at a signal light at Cedar Bluff in Knoxville. Here came this 70's something olds jacked way up, with tires taller than my truck. It went down the road like there was nothing in world strange about it. Hummers were skittering out of its way. Beautiful. No camera. Staples sucks. Last time the Missus and I were there we were helped out by a great worker. He was polite and all, but the rebate we were counting on didn't go through. The worker said his mgr would make it all right. All she did was holler some code at him as she hauled boxes by on a hand truck. Left him standing there looking like an idiot. She seemed much more interested in getting her boxes put away. The other day I was stopped at a signal light at Cedar Bluff in Knoxville. Here came this 70’s something olds jacked way up, with tires taller than my truck. It went down the road like there was nothing in world strange about it. Hummers were skittering out of its way. Beautiful. No camera.

Staples sucks. Last time the Missus and I were there we were helped out by a great worker. He was polite and all, but the rebate we were counting on didn’t go through. The worker said his mgr would make it all right. All she did was holler some code at him as she hauled boxes by on a hand truck. Left him standing there looking like an idiot. She seemed much more interested in getting her boxes put away.

]]> By: GoldenAppleCorp http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1718 GoldenAppleCorp Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:44:37 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1718 I daresay it was the same manager I dealt with, Bos. And possible the same incredibly helpful employee. There's one older guy, 50's, who will wait on me hand and foot when I go in, and he knows where everything is. I've not seen him there in a while, though. I daresay it was the same manager I dealt with, Bos. And possible the same incredibly helpful employee. There’s one older guy, 50’s, who will wait on me hand and foot when I go in, and he knows where everything is. I’ve not seen him there in a while, though.

]]> By: AnotherAtomicCitizen http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1720 AnotherAtomicCitizen Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:50:43 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1720 No wonder the store clerks didn't want anything to do with you Apple. You seem rotten. I do not know what is worse the car or you displaying such demand for instant gratification. No wonder the store clerks didn’t want anything to do with you Apple. You seem rotten. I do not know what is worse the car or you displaying such demand for instant gratification.

]]> By: AT http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1724 AT Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:27:28 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1724 <i>You seem rotten. I do not know what is worse the car or you displaying such demand for instant gratification</i> I was wondering when you'd show back up and be a douchebag. You struck me as the "dickheaded" type. You seem rotten. I do not know what is worse the car or you displaying such demand for instant gratification
I was wondering when you’d show back up and be a douchebag. You struck me as the “dickheaded” type.

]]> By: daco http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1726 daco Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:58:28 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1726 Who are you speaking to AT? Who are you speaking to AT?

]]> By: Mrs. Eaves http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1727 Mrs. Eaves Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:04:13 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1727 That's a very good question, Daco. That’s a very good question, Daco.

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1730 Atomictumor Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:26:20 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1730 Sorry, it was AAC, he had dropped a post here saying essentially what I had in italics. Lemme resurrect it, ol' Junkyard Dave went off on it already... All better. Sorry, it was AAC, he had dropped a post here saying essentially what I had in italics. Lemme resurrect it, ol’ Junkyard Dave went off on it already…

All better.

]]> By: GoldenAppleCorp http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1731 GoldenAppleCorp Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:30:41 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1731 Instant gratification? Ok, you lost me. So... I should have just let the bitch get away with hitting someone else's car in the parking lot... and because I told the manager of the store, that makes <i>me</i> the bad guy? I don't get it. Instant gratification? Ok, you lost me.
So… I should have just let the bitch get away with hitting someone else’s car in the parking lot… and because I told the manager of the store, that makes me the bad guy?
I don’t get it.

]]> By: GoldenAppleCorp http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1754 GoldenAppleCorp Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:12:42 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1754 Oh, wait, I just got it. <i>Rotten</i>. Ha, cuz my name's <i>GoldenAppleCorp</i>. That's clever. Usually people go for the "golden shower" angle, so you're really shaking things up there. Good for you. Name-calling is so <I>now</i>. Oh, wait, I just got it. Rotten. Ha, cuz my name’s GoldenAppleCorp. That’s clever. Usually people go for the “golden shower” angle, so you’re really shaking things up there.
Good for you. Name-calling is so now.

]]> By: Mrs Eaves http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1757 Mrs Eaves Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:24:18 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1757 I think AAC's just trying to be a <em>worm. </em>Given AAC's post in the other thread, he/she obviously has a skewed view of responsibility, I'm not completely surprised that he/she doesn't quite get the picture in this one. I think AAC’s just trying to be a worm. Given AAC’s post in the other thread, he/she obviously has a skewed view of responsibility, I’m not completely surprised that he/she doesn’t quite get the picture in this one.

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1764 Atomictumor Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:30:50 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/15/a-bust-up-in-the-staples-parking-lot/#comment-1764 Heh @ GAC Heh @ GAC

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