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The Official "WTF MERCH!" Thread
DJ3:
We get it, Jeans. A few people freaked out and screamed ridiculous nonsense about losing what is in your opinion a trivial amount of money.
But at this point you're just trolling the whole thread with the get-out-of-jail-free card of "No, I'm not talking about you people, I'm talking about the guy who threatened to kill their dog and report them to the FBI." The vast majority of people here are being pretty civil about it.
Though I'm not sure why it was your responsibility to come in and lecture the people who did freak out. If I see some woman in a McDonald's throw a tantrum and demand to see the manager because they got her order wrong, I'd have to think to myself "Wow, I'm glad I don't care that much." and then call it a day. I would not seek her out in the parking lot and explain to her that her outrage is the wrong amount of outrage.
At this point, you're just standing here shouting at and attempting to insult anyone who cares slightly more than you believe you would in the same situation. Just because you would only care X amount if you paid $25 for something that never came, does not mean X is the One True Answer for all people who find themselves in that situation.
DJ3:
It would be far too difficult to answer you in any sort of constructive way that would overshadow the fact that the guy above me decided it'd be a good idea to compare not getting our T-Shirts to racism. Way to feed the trolls, guy.
At any rate, there's absolutely nothing wrong with the 99% of us who aren't being morons posting here for information. And for their part, Jeph and Cristi have handled the situation pretty poorly -- not exactly the worst thing in the world, but it's still true.
There's no reason to be screaming idiotic things at them, or to even be genuinely angry about it, but it would take about ten minutes for one of them to check this thread every day -- or once a week -- and update people on the situation, so that they don't feel that they're being ignored. That is where most of the angry morons are coming from anyway, and just having a human being updating people every now and then would have probably put a stop to almost all of it.
It obviously doesn't make stupid assholes any less of stupid assholes, it's just the fact that a very minimal amount of effort would have avoided it. And made those of us who aren't being morons feel a whole lot better at the same time.
You may now go back to trolling the complaint thread.
nashvillewho:
dude, i don't know if they have it where you live, but the southern style chicken sandwich is fantastic at mickey dees
estabrookette:
--- Quote from: Jeans on 21 Jul 2009, 07:49 ---hey you will have noticed people are now pissed off at me rather than jeph and cristi, which I see as a positive thing, because I am doing this for kicks and they have enough things to be stressed about already
--- End quote ---
I'm going to have to disagree with you. Judging from the number of people who have gotten worked up from your posts, I'd say there are more people upset since you started heckling the Yellers. I really don't think you've convinced anyone not to be angry, or that they should stop following up on their order because of the paltry sum involved. What's worse, I read a study that showed that, when confronted with a differing opinion, most people are likely to cling even harder to their original assumption. So telling people their order isn't worth the time they're spending is only going to make them dig in and spend more time and energy than they already were.
Also, from what I understand of your original argument, you're trying to make the Yellers feel stupid because they're so worked up about a measly $25. But countering the people leaving vitriolic posts with the argument "it's not that big of a deal, you are stupid for worrying about it" does, in fact, say something about the rest of us because we are obviously worried about it or we wouldn't be here. We may not be cursing or typing in all caps, but we're still here. Please stop making qualitative judgements on what is or isn't worth our time. We can decide that for ourselves.
This thread started out being a method for those of us with missing orders to register their issues, and get information on what's happening to solve them. Can we please take the non-merch related posts to another thread, so that those of us who are waiting for updates can have an easier time finding them? Maybe we can start a "The Merch Thread Is Stupid" thread, instead?
LeeC:
Hey Jeph! My stuff just came it, thanks dude! :mrgreen:
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