Sunday, November 29, 2009

Reader Question: Hey Jack, whaddaya make of those White House party crashers??



Tareq Salahi, a polo-playing winemaker, and his wife, Michaele Salahi recently crashed the first Obama Administration State Dinner at the White House.

Now let's face facts, there are so many Jackballs involved in this story, I'm not really quite sure where to begin, so let's go alphabetically:




The District Socialites
It's cool - we'll call your rich @$$es out on this one. Did NO ONE notice that Tareq and Michaele hadn't called ANY of you to ask if you wanted to ride in together? This is a f--king state dinner - and not just any f--king state dinner - it's the Obama's first one. This is something you share with friends, baby.

If you get invited to the White House for a party, you go, right?? Right. And because it's a party, you find out who else you know might be there, right?? Right. And if you are both going (and let's face it, when you're invited to the White House, you go) you ask, "Hey, wanna split a limo? It'll be fun.. and then afterwards we can go hit the White Castle - f--kin' A, man - White House and White Castle in one night?!??! SWEET!!!" Right?? Right.

So all of you District Jackballs - yeah, we're talking to you - you should have said something to the Secret Service when Tareq and Michaele turned up in line behind you and you didn't know they were coming.



The Salahis
You guys are NOT just some idiots that rolled up from an Arkansas mobile park (with all due respect to those who come from mobile parks in Arkansas). Apparently, these are some rich f--kers that live the high life in the District. Socialites with a nose for money.

That said, was it just some idea of a joke for you two Jackballs to show up to a White House event, dressed to the nines (yes, Mrs. Salahi looked f--kin' hot, didn't she????) and work the place like the guests of honor or were you just intent on getting to the party to keep up with the Joneses who were actually invited? Is this your idea of Punk'd for the jet-setters?

Just as an aside to all those of you looking to crash parties of your own (though the editors of Jackballs neither condone or suggest doing so), check out the absolute commitment these two jokers made. They were in character the whole time - not a second of wavering. Of course they were meant to be there!! By God, if you're going to crash a party - you gotta play all the way.

Anyway, what could possibly have made these two chance jumping to international attention, getting shot at, arrested, etc., by crashing THIS particular party? They had to have known that someone was going to have a camera.

And, of course, that was the plan all along. Get to the party. Sneak in the door. Greet the Prez. Sell the story. Wear a bikini on Real Housewives. As if you thought they just wanted to meet the Prez.




The Secret Service
Really????? You didn't check the list? Really? Chuck E. Cheese checks the f--king list. Are you effing kidding me?

Let's just go through this logically for a sec....

These two are in line, looking suave and rich - I get it. And as we mentioned, they were acting the part, but you're the goddamn US Secret Service. Now, it seems, Martin Scorcese and Ang Lee are going to have to fight to the death to decide who gets to cast them for their next film - hey, with acting chops like that everyone wants to cast them as their next Oscar bait.

Look, Secret Service, I know that you used to be run by Treasury - so if you are just a bunch of accountants with guns (yeah, we can play that way), then at least make sure that all the people are accounted for (column A has to add up to column B). If, on the other hand, now that you're part of DHS, you're a bunch of Jack Bauer style operatives with a single-minded purpose of protecting POTUS then you f--king better check the goddamn list, especially when the people that you let in are NOT just some Bill and Buffy Baxter from Georgetown. No, do some f--king profiling and double check that Tareq and Michaele Salahi could, potentially, not belong. And, yes, I said "profiling."

I know what you're thinking - you ran them through the metal detector and used your magic wands and s--t - they're cool. Okay, fine. I'll buy that you had the new guy pat down ol' fatty there, and the guy with 10 years service and a birthday the next week got to feel up Michaele a bit (nice).... but unless she stopped to shtoop your whole security detail while her husband voluntarily waited in a holding cell, you can't just let 'em in.



The Public
Yeah, f--k you. I know I said alphabetical.

You bastards need to stop giving a s--t about people like these two, the Jackball who (didn't) put his kid in a baloon, the (non) celebrities on "Get Me Outta Here...", b--ches like Omarosa on "reality" shows, etc.

Those of you out there following all the so-called reality, TMZ, Hollywood gossip, "Real" Housewives, and the like, are part of the problem. It is you that is creating this culture of anyone and everyone trying to become a little fame whore.

It's one thing for someone like a Susan Boyle to try and better her life by going on a TV programme (not a typo - she's British) and actually showing a bit of talent - it's an entirely different thing for some @$$ monkey from Peoria to have himself sent half-way around the world to live on an island starving for a month and compromising his morals and ethics for a tiny morsel of food in the name of fame while a horde of well-fed cameramen film him for your entertainment.

Hell, even Ms. Boyle had to endure your sneering and cynicism until she started to sing because God forbid that an not-so-attractive 50-something can sing - in your mind she has to look like Shakira or Fergie in order to have a voice (even though in both those cases you're not thinking about what's coming out of their mouths when you watch them, are you?).


To sum it up, I think the party crashers are the least of the problem. Kudos to them for pulling it off and f--k the rest of you for caring that they did.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Tech Support is populated by Jackballs

So tonight I tried to reach tech support for a hard drive data recovery software.

By the end of the call I realized that I was simply waiting around until Charles, the techie, read the manual and then insisted I do what's in there - regardless of the fact that I was telling him that it wasn't working according to the manual.

Here is the unedited tech support session:

Welcome Jack! Your request has been directed to the Support department. Please wait for our operator to answer your call...

Call accepted by operator Charles. Currently in room: Charles, Jack


Jack: Hey Charles...real quick question here...

Charles: Hi Jack, Welcome to XXXX XXXXXXX Live Chat Support

Jack: I'm using your NTFS Data Recovery software.... I've scanned my driver and saved the file Tree.

Now, I want it to save EVERY file that is available there are a lot of folders down the left hand folder tree and when I go to SAVE ALL it only saves the first folder. How do I get it to go through ALL of them?


Charles: Could you please provide your order id?

Jack: Sure. The Order ID is XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXXX

(A solid 2 mintues goes by with no response.)

Jack: Are you still there?

Charles: Yes. Kindly hold for a moment and would get back to you shortly.

Jack: ty

(Another 2 mintues goes by with no response.)

Charles: Thank you for being on hold.

Jack: np

Charles: Could you please tell the size the data that you would like to save.

Jack: According to the software: 26.728 GB in 19578 Files in 6698 Folders

Charles: Could you please tell me to which location are you looking to save the data?

Jack: I have a separate HD that has 607GB free

Charles: You have the save all option to save all the data at a time.

Jack: I think I mentioned that I did that - it doesn't actually save all of the folders.

Charles: Go to the tools menu and click save all option the save the data.

Jack: Again, I said that I already did that.

Charles: Go the root folder right-click on it and click save button.

Jack: Yeah - I've done that, too, Charles, but it's NOT WORKING

Charles: Could you please tell me what happened?

Jack: It saves the first folder and stops.

Charles: Please select the few folders and try to save it.

Jack: What are you talking about? It only lets you select one folder at a time.

Charles: I just want you to try that and see are you facing same issue.

Jack: I can only select one folder at a time.

Charles: I know you are looking to save all the data at one time, ok.

Jack: Yes, thank you for catching up with me, Charles.

Charles: Are you able to save the data one folder at a time?

Jack: Um, Chuck, Are you having this conversation with me? Let's try this... tell me if this sounds like it'll work, Charles. If I click on the # folder and then select all of the thumbnail folders in the Right Pane and THEN hit save all.... will that work?

Charles: Actually if you right click on # and click it on save it is supposed to save all the data.

Jack: Great... that's not working, you're repeating yourself, and I'm actually getting this to work on my own.

Charles: No its not that, that is how it is supposed to work and i am just figuring out ok, as of now. Please save the data one folder at a time and make sure you save all the data.

Jack: There are 6698 folders. I'm not going through them one at a time.

Charles: Are you able to save the data one folder at a time?

Jack: Yeah, I'm past that, now, Chuck. Doing it as I self-diagnosed is working, regardless of what the instructions that you're reading say (and by the way, I already read the help doc, so you're simply wasting my time while reading the same information I have).

Charles: So are you able to save from one folder?

Jack: Are you tech SUPPORT or just a Jackball? As you've done nothing to actually help me here, I'm done.



NOTE TO COMPANIES WHO HIRE TECH SUPPORT: Tech support should know more about the product than what's in the manual.



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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Jackballs both sit and sleep

Today's post from the "you've got to be f---ing kidding me" files....

A few years ago we purchased a bed set from a well known So. Cal bed showroom and have, over the years, dealt with them on warranty exchanges. Generally speaking, they have been willing to do what they're required by their contracts (read them carefully when you buy) with a little prodding. But what they lack in willingness to provide exceptional customer service, they make up for in sheer stupidity.

This one just goes over the top.

We were supposed to be getting a delivery of a new mattress to replace the one that we have. We were told, last Saturday, that they would deliver on the following Friday or Saturday (yesterday) and that we'd receive a call to confirm when a day or so in advance.

The week went by with no phone call from them at all, so we went about our weekend.

Today is Sunday and my cell phone rings at 12:35p with a call from the company to confirm our address (as the delivery truck is outside of the address they have and cannot find us).

I asked if they'd considered giving us a notice or if they'd just hoped that we might be home, since today was Sunday and they said they'd deliver Friday or Saturday and I'd received no confirmation call. They apologized but said that the truck was outside trying to find me, so I asked what address they had.

The woman then proceeds to give me an address that I haven't lived at for over 6 years (the one on hand the very first time we purchased with them) and that is about 100 miles away from where I currently live. Then she says they tried to confirm the delivery by calling a phone number I haven't used in nearly 4 years.

JACKBALLS!!!

We'll see if they can actually update the address this time (and confirm it in advance with our actual phone number) - and now we have to wait until Tuesday to get our delivery.

Well, at least our mattress is FREEEEEEEE!!

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