ClankBoomSteam commented on The Post Office Wants Their Penny Dammit!

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't The Consumerist recently publish an article about a bank that was benefiting from the inverse of this situation, wherein the bank was telling its customers, as I recall, that it "wouldn't worry" about a few cents here and there (in the bank's favor)? Forgive me if this is vague, but what I remember was that the bank in question was somehow profiting by rounding their numbers up (or some such similar shenanigans), and that individual customers were losing a few cents each in the process. The reason I bring this up is that I fail to see how these two situations differ."

ClankBoomSteam commented on McDonald's Sued By Devo Over Happy Meal Toy

"@Superawesomerad: I have to say, using imagery that was only EVER associated with Devo (the "Energy Dome" hats) is a pretty dumb way for McDonalds to evoke a general "new wave" vibe."

ClankBoomSteam commented on After One Error Too Many Man Places "I Hate Bank Of America" Banner On His House

"Y'know, I completely agree with this guy on his opinion of BofA -- they're an outrageously shitty company, no two ways about it."

ClankBoomSteam commented on Allen's Bribes Customers Who Find Dead Rat Heads In Their Italian Green Beans

"@Dakine: Trouble is, the $200 was offered in exchange for not talking about it --it obviously wasn't enough to encourage the 'victim' to keep his mouth shut, so Allen's is left looking like both a company that's willing to offer hush money, and a company that's too cheap or too dumb to do it right."

ClankBoomSteam commented on Allen's Bribes Customers Who Find Dead Rat Heads In Their Italian Green Beans

"I LOVE that Allen's offered up a whopping 200 bucks to keep this quiet -- did they just scrounge around in couch cushions and coat pockets to come up with that particular dollar amount? "Hey, maybe we can sweeten the pot for you a little -- how would you like a free can of our delicious green beans, PLUS the 200 smackers?"

ClankBoomSteam commented on Why Are The Employees At This Store So Sad?

"@kerry: @JeannieGrrl: @MichaelBrazell: It's not that I spend an inordinate amount of time pondering t-shirt slogans or whatever, it's just old, that's all."

ClankBoomSteam commented on Bank of America: "Free" Checking Means You Have To Call And Have The Fee Waived Every Month

"@johnva: You're lucky."

ClankBoomSteam commented on Giant Foods Cashier Said I Had To Be 30 To Buy Zyrtec!

"@gjaluvka: Beat me to it."

ClankBoomSteam commented on Giant Foods Cashier Said I Had To Be 30 To Buy Zyrtec!

"Seems likely that the cashier was just not that bright: lots of stores have a policy along the lines of "if you look like you might be under 30, we'll card you for booze, cigarettes and pharmaceuticals"."

ClankBoomSteam commented on Bank of America: "Free" Checking Means You Have To Call And Have The Fee Waived Every Month

"Yet another reason to never -- ever -- bank with BofA. They're blatantly abusive to their customers, and whenever they're called on their shenanigans, their response is analogous to the wife beater telling his spouse, "aw baby, you make me hit you". I dropped BofA (for WaMu..."

ClankBoomSteam commented on Why Are The Employees At This Store So Sad?

"Seriously? There are people who haven't seen this shirt (or a variation on it) a thousand times by now, in one of the gazillion stores you can find it in, especially in tourist and/or college towns? There are people who would see this shirt for the first time and refer to it as "the greatest tee shirt"? Okay, really: what are these people doing with their lives that leaves them that out-of-touch?"

ClankBoomSteam commented on The $499 Ethernet Cable

"The instant you pay $499 for an ethernet cable, you have officially crossed into 'Conspicuous spender' territory."

ClankBoomSteam commented on Help! The Gas Station Froze $100 For $12 Of Gas And My Rent Check Bounced!

"@Coder4Life: Gonna go ahead and pile-on with everyone else, here."

ClankBoomSteam commented on Do You Have Any Naked Pictures Of Your Mother? The TSA Does

"Oh, and also: if someone does get busted via the TSA Nudie Cam for carrying a weapon, does the TSA seriously expect us to believe that the images that they use to catch this person won't be stored to a hard drive or otherwise saved, for prosecution purposes? All technology is hackable; that's its nature."

ClankBoomSteam commented on Do You Have Any Naked Pictures Of Your Mother? The TSA Does

"How much you wanna bet those of us who "choose" (like it's really a choice) to be patted down rather than x-ray voyeur cammed on our way in will be "randomly" selected for further screening? How much you wanna bet that it takes less than a year after these devices are instituted at airports that there's a scandal involving some pervy TSA employee getting caught storing the pictures for his own 'personal' use? How much you wanna bet the 'pat me down' line will totally rival the 'take naked pictures of me' line, thus rendering the cost-effectiveness of the whole affair questionable at best (and in so doing, prove that the TSA is a gigantic waste of tax dollars)? The TSA spends all its time doing two things: 1) Not knowing what the hell they're doing 2) Pretending that they do. Fuck you, TSA."

ClankBoomSteam commented on Hate Outsourced Bankers? Just Ask For A US One

"@FLConsumer: Um, I'd get used to the idea real quick, if I were you."

ClankBoomSteam commented on 18-Year-Old Says He Hacked Comcast Because He's "Tired Of Their Shitty Service"

"You know, I hate Comcast, too."

ClankBoomSteam commented on It's Illegal To Stick Unstamped Flyers In Mailboxes, But The Post Office Doesn't Care

"@MelL: It's an issue of context, not legality."