Pop
Twenty minutes ago there was a small "pop" in a balloon over my head. The kind that show up in comics or cartoons to describe a level of quiet anger that screaming won't sufficiently describe.
I have a small, white, expensive, rectangular coaster that I want to throw at someone. And his name is Steve Jobs. And the rectangle is my piece of shit iPod that has died, again.
The same iPod that Apple refused to replace last time it died about 3 weeks ago. And the same one that broke 3 weeks before that. And 1 month before that. I have 60 GB of unusable hard drive space. I have no means of listening to music at the gym. You try running to Lynard Skynard and Fox News before you decide how very important that music is.
And I have an one-year warranty that is useful fire kindling, as far as I can tell.
My only means of recourse is a phone line direct to a center of people who decide replacements on a case-by-case basis. Well here is my case. This is my third iPod. I have never had problems with my other two. The hard drive is bad. FUCKING REPLACE IT.
Public displays of anger aren't my thing, but I've had it. I curse Apple. It's iPod. It's computers. I'll spare the tech support guys since, hey, I've got some friends there. However, engineers who think 5 button clicks to turn random on and off, and no simple way to queue albums on the iPod are good interface design are included in the curse.
I would rather strap a record player onto my shorts at the gym than use another iPod. Creative, and it's oversized mp3 player with too many buttons, will be the happy recipient of my money. Just as soon as I can afford to replace my $400, 6-month old 60 GB photo iPod.
And that day will be happy one. I want to run my iPod over and listen to it crunch under the wheels. Or better yet, I want to light it on fire and watch it explode.
I have a small, white, expensive, rectangular coaster that I want to throw at someone. And his name is Steve Jobs. And the rectangle is my piece of shit iPod that has died, again.
The same iPod that Apple refused to replace last time it died about 3 weeks ago. And the same one that broke 3 weeks before that. And 1 month before that. I have 60 GB of unusable hard drive space. I have no means of listening to music at the gym. You try running to Lynard Skynard and Fox News before you decide how very important that music is.
And I have an one-year warranty that is useful fire kindling, as far as I can tell.
My only means of recourse is a phone line direct to a center of people who decide replacements on a case-by-case basis. Well here is my case. This is my third iPod. I have never had problems with my other two. The hard drive is bad. FUCKING REPLACE IT.
Public displays of anger aren't my thing, but I've had it. I curse Apple. It's iPod. It's computers. I'll spare the tech support guys since, hey, I've got some friends there. However, engineers who think 5 button clicks to turn random on and off, and no simple way to queue albums on the iPod are good interface design are included in the curse.
I would rather strap a record player onto my shorts at the gym than use another iPod. Creative, and it's oversized mp3 player with too many buttons, will be the happy recipient of my money. Just as soon as I can afford to replace my $400, 6-month old 60 GB photo iPod.
And that day will be happy one. I want to run my iPod over and listen to it crunch under the wheels. Or better yet, I want to light it on fire and watch it explode.
posted by Kristine at
9:46 PM
2 Comments:
you are cool! :)
i use a delphi myfi portable xm radio.. but its kinda big compared to an ipod
By
Someone there, At
9:53 AM
What a coincidence! I just got my first Ipod and have been singing its praises. Also, about 4 hours ago I got back from a trip to the Apple store with my friend. Hers broke, and she went there to have it replaced. It was the easiest most professional replacement process I've ever been involved with. They took one listen to it, determined the hard drive was bad. We left there about 15 minutes later with a sparking new Ipod, nearly no questions asked. Come up for a visit and we'll go replace yours at the Ipod store together!
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ChrisCobb, At
8:54 PM
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