Please Do Not Expose Your Genitals To The Comcast Guy
A [Howell, Michigan] man was ordered to stand trial on charges he exposed his genitals to a computer technician trying to fix his slow Internet service.
People, this is not Comcastic behavior. It's not even Comsensual. Just because you have slow Internet service it doesn't mean you should make your own fun, at least not the kind that involves exposing yourself to a technician.
The technician testified that he went to Trikes' Pinckney Road home Oct. 17, after Trikes complained his Internet service was too slow.
While at the defendant's home, the technician said, Trikes began discussing pornographic Web sites that he had visited online as well as a sexually explicit video that he said he found in a gas station garbage can. The technician said he began talking about his date later that evening "to ease the uncomfortableness" of the situation.
However, the witness said, Trikes then exposed his genitals, which made the technician extremely uncomfortable.
A commenter on the Livingston Daily website notes, "I can see why the man got so excited - try getting any kind of service from the cable company these days. But there's a right way and a wrong way to show your excitement." We couldn't agree more.
"Howell man set to stand trial for indecent exposure" [Livingston Daily] (Thanks to Ryan!)
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I bet the tech didn't even fix the problem ;)
Is this Comcastic?
I remember back when I worked for Comcast and I was scheduling a tech to come out to someone's home to fix their internet which had been down for like a week or something. It was terrible service and I hated the job a ton because the service I could provide was stuff I wouldn't be happy with.
Anyway, once we had confirmed a time the customer said "I'm going to abduct the technician." Not an ounce of joking was to be heard in his voice.
I clarified and asked "are you serious?"
He replied, even more sternly than before, "damn right I am. I'm going to kick his ass and keep him here at gunpoint if I have to until my internet is fixed."
At that point I told him that I refused to send out a tech to his home. When he inquired why I told him that I morally wouldn't schedule anyone to go out to someone's home that's actually intent on causing them harm, physical or otherwise.
He was mighty pissed but didn't apologize nor did he even attempt to say he was kidding. I ended up disconnecting the call.
I could understand where he's coming from, I'd be absolutely livid if my internet was down for that long but I mean come on. I don't even like Comcast techs but I'm not going to knowingly send them into any situation where someone has made direct threats against their person.
Long story short: If you're a customer don't do anything illegal thinking you're going to "get back" at the company. It will only set you back.
@Aidan Roche: I'd say there's livid and there's outright batsh!t crazy. Your guy falls into the latter.
All I can think, is maybe this guy kept hearing Consumerist readers saying "fuck comcast" for so long that he decided to go through with it, you know, for all of our sakes.
"However, the witness said, Trikes then exposed his genitals, which made the technician extremely uncomfortable."
For some reason I found that line very funny.
@Dragonis: I feel like the article should've been more accurate, which is to say that it should have read something like, "Trikes then exposed his genitals, which made the technician scream in terror, vomit in the corner and run out the door."
Sounds like the script for a porno, only different.
@Chongo:
Seriously, at that point unless the problem was caused by several dozen 100$ bills stuffed into the insulation of the cable i woulda been so outa there too!
I can understand that the technician was uncomfortable, and he should have definitely just left and reported to the company why he did.
But what exactly does the technician get out of pressing charges here? He's probably never going to see that man again for the rest of his life anyway. I know the technician is the victim of a crime, technically, but doesn't this seem like maybe it's more appropriate as a funny story to tell than a chance to file a police report?
@ahoy-captain: I just RTFA and see it was the supervisor who called police. So I guess my comment doesn't really apply.
Can one be charged with indecent exposure in one's own home? I realize the perp has a record but wouldn't this be a matter of "he said, he said" unless there is a defining birth mark? Just sayin....
@ahoy-captain: Could be, this guy could do it over and over again. Maybe by doing this it will get me... I mean this guy to stop doing things like this.
Some of the techs I deal with tell me some horror stories that make this seem tame. I won't go into explict details, but let's say one involved a basement dungeon.
Maybe he was recreating the "dick wagging" scene that Comcast broadcast during the Super Bowl?
He must have watched CNN and learned about TeaBagging! lol
Great! The one time my hometown is mentioned in a newsworthy event online and its this one. :-(
In my computer repair center I had someone expose their butt to me*, but not genitals. Probably a good thing, as my instinct would probably be to kick them.
* Not mooning, surprisingly. Oh no, he just HAD to "show me his tattoo." God, I need another job.
The charge carries a penalty ranging from one day to life in prison.
That's quite a range.
And while I am all in favor of keeping one's junk in one's pants in public, it does seem odd that exposing the goodies could get life in prison. Some murderers don't even get anything near that.
@ahoy-captain: Replace exposed genitals with rape, assault, or battery. Sure, someone raped won't get anything from pressing charges...
/sarcasm.
@DerangedRoleModel: Exactly. So it's ok for Comcast to show us a wagging penis in my market during the Superbowl (whatever happened to that anyhow?), but not ok for us to do the same?
I sense a double standard! ;)
@Aidan Roche: Remember kids, it's completely ok to get screwed by a company. Just don't go trying to screw them back. That's illegal.
I'l bet money you now gave a porno director an awesome idea.
@RandomHookup: "I'm here to fix your cable! Hey.... your TV's not plugged in..."
"I know..."
/cue 80's music
ugh I had someone wag their dick at me once. Question for dick waggers: Has this ever worked? Ever? Have you had one favorable outcome from this behavior?
You dont see women flashing vaginas! What is with this behavior. SO bizarre
Yay! My hometown made the Consumerist -- oh wait, that's not a good thing, is it?
I wonder if Ryan (submitter) is someone I know. I don't know Mr. Hit-On-The-Comcast-Guy...
If the flasher had been a pretty chick, I bet this story would have ended up more like the porn scenario it resembles. And ladies -- if we tried to bring charges every time a guy started talking pervy and showing his package, do you think we'd be taken as seriously?
Nice picture choice, though.
Thats so sad but i shouldn't talk. The one time Hammond, Indiana made Fark was for a strip club being raided for prostitution. I'm not sure if this is a step up or down from that.
@JulesNoctambule: exactly! When it happened to me I ran to my older woman friend appalled and her response: Ya I remember the first time that happened to me
first? there will be more! Now I enjoy a penis as much as the next gal but not random wagging.
Only because you said please, Chris.
@ahoy-captain: Maybe this guy gets off on showing repair men and techs (and other service people) his genitals and his porn stash. Its smart to complain about it in this case because if this guy is doing it to everyone who comes into his house to fix something perhaps it will become known and he will never be able to get service for anything anymore.
I'm pretty sure I know why the perp's internet was slow. If he was visiting all those porn sites, there's a good chance his computer is riddled with spy and adware eating up his bandwidth and computer resources.
@VPea:
I'm willing to bet that if there were more vagina flashing, it would solve all the world's woes. Wars would be ended, no one would ever go hungry, poverty will be a thing of the past - heck, I think that it would also solve global warming!
A guy can dream, right? ;)
Heck, I would have said "Wow - it looks exactly like a penis... only smaller!"
@RandomHookup: There is a world of difference between putting yourself on the web for people who WANT to see it to find, and randomly showing your bits to strangers who do NOT want to see it.
This is actually a pretty serious situation. This type of behavior is normally a starting point for most sexual offenders. They begin by peeping, then progress to exposure, after that it goes to more serious offenses such as assault, with the end result of course being assault with murderous intent.
Maybe with the charges this guy gets and if he is convicted as a sex offender he may get the help he needs thus saving someone a terrible fate.
Who knows....
On the other hand maybe the tech is a freak too and something very bad went on here.... lol
I live in Brighton and was the person who forwarded the story. I just laughed when I saw it on the Press & Argus site, so funny!
I'm trying to figure out what the crime here is.
You come into someone's home, they live (in the privacy of their own home) as they see fit. If that means jumping naked up and down on the furniture, that's their business.
If you don't like it, you politely leave, and explain that you won't give them service because your techs are uncomfortable.
But is it a crime? Not that I can tell.
Most likely not - I'm about 20 years older than you, based on the quick look-up of your FB profile. Ah well, at least it's good to see there are other Consumerist-enlightened people in LivCo!
At least someone dicked Comcast over for once!