During the bustle of my camera bag again being flagged for dissection by the TSA on the way home from Phoenix, I lost track of my Fitbit which had been loaded into one of three screening bins and it never made its way back to my pocket.  I wasn’t going to pay $115 for a new one and after having a morning where I made no progress on my work project I fired off a letter to Fitbit.  I mentally prepared for the phone conversation when they declined my request for a free replacement; after all the prostoletyzing I had done for them, how I was an early adopter, and, oh, by the way, how their little device couldn’t possibly cost $115 and must be mostly for the back end stuff,  I was ready for a fight, and if I won or lost I was going to feel good.

Later that day, I got a response of “replacement will be issued within 24 hours and should arrive in 5-8 days”.  After I had spent a whole afternoon planning on getting angry the jerks reply with quality customer service in a timely fashion.  The nerve.

[Editor’s note: I’ve come to learn that recently some people think things like the line above are to be taken literally, e.g. I was angry I didn’t get into a fight.  They are not.  It is a commentary on the humorous reversal of me being prepared for a cliche battle with customer support and it’s avoidance through Fitbit’s quality response and only the momentary hint of disappoint at not being able to argue being replaced with a much better outcome.  Thank you.]

Sprays are a way of marking an area in a video game with a graphic.  They can include catch phrases, avatars, jokes, pictures of naked ladies, and the ubiquitous stream of anime references which mark the net.  I can’t stand these and consider it the equivalent of jamming a “I’d Rather Be Fishing” sticker on an Ansel Adams panoramic and on a recent thread where people were posting theirs I included the following:

“As per my position on sprays, I use the following:

Caption

Some people posted “ha ha” and “funny” at the blank image I posted but someone didn’t quite figure it out and I got a message from a community:

“Arcanus,

I’m trying to look at your spray but all I can see is a blank space.  I don’t think people would have found it funny if it were empty and reinstalling my browser didn’t do anything.  Can you send me the original?”

Kodiak Bear Swim 2.0…

For anyone who had the… privilege of working with Brian “Super Trooper” Wax I found the following:

Man charged with impersonating public servant: Brian Wax of Lenape Lane, Doylestown Township, was charged with impersonating a public servant after police said he used the blue rotating lights on his sports utility vehicle to stop another vehicle on Route 263 on Jan. 28.

Police said he was also charged with unlawful possession and display of unauthorized blue lights.

Via Phillyburbs

Irony, how sweet thou art.  Few will find this post funny, but those who do, will probably need medical aid afterwards.