I get an email from Microsoft(tm) about getting the Gold membership ($63) for a year. Well, I don’t commit to any service for that long nor would I since 13 year old boys throwing racial slurs online have now surpassed my Atari skills and I always end up getting wasted.
Why would i pay for that humiliation? This isn’t the first time i received this magical email… A few months ago, Lily was hammer fisting the controller and managed to ALSO get the Gold package for $63. Coincidence? I think not. Microsoft has setup the xbox to allow a 4 year old to easily get the Gold package (as long as the credit card is on record, of course)
So i went about calling Microsoft Xbox support. I told the support guy that my 4 year old daughter had AGAIN purchased the 60 dollar gold package. He said… i kid you not: “You must have one smart 4 year old to do that *chuckle*”
Now, i hate support. I try to do everything via email and/or online to avoid any inefficient communication (such as spelling my name.. G-o-t-t-l-i-e-b… uh.. umm.. that was Gottlied? …no B, B as in Bitch…) So this guy’s lip doesn’t help his cause. As the conversation went on, he continued to be amazed that a 4 year old was able to mash buttons that are setup to sell their product. I told him to do his job and get my credit card off that damn box and also cancel the gold account. After some false starts (wrong password, wrong address, la de da) I finally got my name cleared.
The “support”‘s last words to me, ” Thank you for using Microsoft support. Next time, try not to leave the controllers around for the 4 year old to get his hands on *click*”
That is shitty support… he didn’t even listen when i said SHE had hit the controller… nice one. Microsoft stock: SOLD.