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User:bad_service (676320) Paid User
Name:Bad Service
Theme:complaints about bad service, and related discussion
About:Get ripped off at a department store? Eat bad chicken from your local pub & grill? Pass out waiting in line at the grocery store? Get mistreated by that pimply-faced clerk who hasn't the foggiest clue what he's doing? Then this is the community for you. Rant, rave, complain, or bitch about the bad service you've received, whether it's from your local telco, your government agency, babysitter, or sky-diving instructor.

Spamming and advertising in this community without the express permission of the moderator is prohibited. This includes affiliate programs and re-sellers.

This community is maintained by [info]derumi (@livejournal.com) and [info]kitsuneneko (@livejournal.com). Practice common sense and courtesy when you post here. Please remember that many of our members are from Europe, Canada, and Australia, so don't just presume that every post is about service in the USA. This community is for both ranting and debate; it's not just an echo chamber. There are a few simple rules:
  1. Leave comments enabled, unfrozen and unscreened on all posts. Do not delete comments that don't belong to you. This isn't your private journal. Let people comment on your posts, or don't post here at all. If you just can't deal with the fact that people want to respond to what you say, turn off e-mail notifications for comments on that entry. To further clarify: You may delete your own comments, and your own post. You are not allowed to delete comments from others. If there is a problem, then notify a moderator with a link to the comment.

  2. You may freely paraphrase, link to or quote portions of any unlocked entry, or any locked entry in a community with open membership. If the entry is locked and in a closed community, you need permission from the original poster to link or quote (paraphrasing is okay). You also need permission to link or quote any individual user's LJ (paraphrasing is all right). Under no circumstances may you identify the individual user without permission.

  3. No flame-baiting. The point of this community is to rant about how pissed off you are, not to piss people off. Troll somewhere else.

  4. No off-topic posts. Don't advertise your damn community here. Any community. This means you, bitch. If it's a community that community people might be interested in, email a mod. Also note that there is a special kind of entry, the "You suck and I'm leaving" entry, that will get you immediately banned, no questions asked.

  5. No complaints about LiveJournal service -- that'd be pointless here. Take it up with LiveJournal support. This community is a discussion forum that allows ranting.

  6. Flame wars will be deleted when they reach a certain limit. Yes, this does mean we'll let certain flames slide past. Community members are free to flame dorks that don't follow community rules until we mercifully delete the post and ban the user.

  7. No ad hominem attacks, plzkthnks. Attack the argument, not the poster. If we wanted to moderate a high school class, we would've brought barbiturates. You can be banned for being an overbearing prick.

For related topics, you can also visit these communities and see what it's like on the flip side of the coin:

[info]co_workers_suck - Got a co-worker from hell? Please, feel free to tell all.
[info]customerssuck - This is a community for you to bitch about crappy customers.
[info]customers_suck - This is the older, bigger community
[info]retail_is_hell - Retail oriented rant community

You may also be interested in these communities or blogs:

[info]bad_driving - Bad Drivers Alert!!!
[info]bs - For calling BS about something you saw in any work-related comm (NSFW okay to an extent)
[info]c_suck_snark - For when you want to snark about something you saw in BS, CWS, CS or CS².
[info]ebay_blacklist - Blacklisted eBay Sellers & Bidders
[info]evilcustomers - Had a bad day at work? Was it because of a stupid customer? Tell us!
[info]gasstation_hell
[info]goodservice - BS's evil good twin
[info]great_service - Ever just want to give kudos to someone for doing a great job?
[info]grocery_hell - A community for former, current, or disgruntled grocery workers.
[info]pizza_hell
[info]poor_skills - A great community with tips & tricks on living poor
[info]recall_notice - Official recall notices from the CPSC (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
[info]walmartsucks - For Wal*Mart associates, or even customers, to vent their rage.
[info]worksuckedtoday
I Hate Duane Reade: Service from Hell

Helpful links:

GetHuman.com (was Paul English's IVR Cheatsheet)
- for getting hold of real people instead of a computer
- includes Canadian numbers, UK numbers, and US numbers
- other countries, if available
Kelly Blue Book - New Car Pricing, Used Car Values (USA)
Canadian Red Book - Canada's "blue book". (order only, can't browse for free)
LJ Seek - Search for a term or phrase in [info]bad_service (enabled as a convenience to members and non-members)

This community is directly inspired by [info]co_workers_suck & [info]customers_suck. Check them out sometime; they hate stupid people, too.

There's a "leave community" link if you feel you no longer belong here.

List of Clarifications:
-Please remember that banks provide neither child-care nor emergency medical services.
-Please remember to maintain a certain level of maturity when you tell others to grow up.
-People will often ask for extra-ordinary proof for extra-ordinary claims. This is normal.
-Bubbly cheerfulness is not bad service, unless you've paid for the goth concert tickets.
-You're not the youngest person posting; there are younger people here who are cringing as they're reading what you wrote.
-Sometimes people are wrong; it's not necessarily you. Of course, sometimes it is you.
-LJ users don't necessarily post pictures of themselves in their icons. That user over there is not Kate Winslet. Also, one of the moderators here is not a penguin.
-People with glasses will flip out like ninjas if you try to snatch them from their faces.
-This community is not meant to be an echo-chamber.
-This community is not meant to be an echo-chamber.
Memories:32 entries
Interests:150: advice, ageism, airlines, anger, annoyed, annoying employees, applebee's, applecare, auction sites, australia, australia post, automated service, bad food, bad service, bait and switch, bank of america, banks, bellhops, best buy, bofa, burger king, buslines, bussers, cab drivers, canada, capital one, car dealers, car rentals, cash, cheated, cingular, claire, clerks, clinics, collection agencies, comcast, couriers, crap service, credit cards, customer service, customers, d-link, denny's, department stores, dhl, disgruntled, dumb people, dumbasses, ebay scams, employees, failed ninja assassinations, fast food, fedex, fees, flight attendants, food poisoning, food service, fry's electronics, gamestop, gas stations, good service, government, government employees, gratuity, greyhound, hair salons, hairdressers, help desks, hooters air, hospitals, hotels, ireland, jerks, k-mart, kfc, lapd, liars, lies, mall cops, malls, mass transit, mcdonald's, mci, money, morons, music industry, new zealand, no service, olive garden, on hold, paypal, pissed off, police, policy, postal workers, public houses, public transport, pubs, quacks, questions, qwest, rainchecks, ranting, rebates, receptionists, refunds, repair shops, restaurants, retail, returns, ripped off, royal mail, rude service, sales, scotia bank, service staff, sexism, shop, shopping, shopping center, shops, short-changed, sony music, sponsored communities, sprintpcs, stores, stupid people, subway, suncom, support, target, tech support, telephone companies, tesco, theaters, tipping, tips, tsa, u-haul, united kingdom, united states, ups, usps, video stores, waiters, waiting in line, waitresses, walmart, wamu, washington mutual
Maintainers:2: derumi, kitsuneneko
Members:4746: View Members.
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Member of:5: _against, bad_service, grocery_hell, paidmembers, rateyourwaiter
Account type:Permanent Account

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