How Best Buy Tried To Whip The Geek Squad Into Shape

The Consumerist site is featuring a follow-up to their Geek Squad porn collectors story, a feature we discussed back in July. According to Consumerist, Best Buy set up their own rigorous internal investigation to catch the culprits soon after these revelations became public. At that point, of course, employee morale went out the window. Draconian interrogation methods were apparently used, and innocent employees lost their jobs. "There were three Geek Squad members fired from my store including myself. The first two were fired for burning a non-copyrighted CD for another employee on a non company issued blank CD-R. I admitted in my interrogation that I was aware of this, and that I stopped these events after that occurrence. I was fired for being aware of this non copyrighted CD being copied. To quote, I did not provide the proper example of leadership. Keep in my mind I removed over 100 illegal tools and pirated discs upon my arrival as supervisor, as well as some remnants of an internal porn scandal."

Best Buy needs wasps.

[mcmonkey]

You want techs that can look at the data to trouble shoot and remove viruses, etc. but at the same time won't look at the data that may be of a personal nature. The answer is obviously zombies.

Heck, I'll make my own Geek Squad. With hookers, and blackjack...

Re:Best Buy needs wasps.

[kalpol]

Forget the Geek Squad. And the blackjack.

Whips and geeks, oh my

[Anonymous Coward]

rarrrrrr, I'd love for the Geek Squad to whip my naughty ass and punish me anyway they see fit for my transgressions and pirating.

Warmest regards,

CmdrTaco

Re:Butlers

[computational super]

Do we really want $350/hr computer technicians?

As a computer technician I say yes, absolutely.

Re:Ha!

[ericlj]

I would. I hate my enemies.

Re:Butlers

[Penguinisto]

Hell, as a Sysadmin, I'd like to carry that motion... if the box-jockeys get $350.00/hr for working on a home user's rig, then all you motherfuckers at the Enterprise level best be prepared to have your A/R department brace for impact... (evil grin).

(and while I'm dreaming of writing up an invoice big enough to make a DoD contract agent drop his jaw in fear... well, I'd like a pony while I'm at it.)

/P

Re:Butlers

[Anonymous Coward]

then all you motherfuckers at the Enterprise level best be prepared to have your A/R department brace for impact... (evil grin).

I would imagine that their Accounts Payable department would be more shocked. But then again, maybe actually understanding the difference between 'receivable' and 'payable' is the reason why the "beancounters" typically make good wages.

Re:Ha!

[gEvil (beta)]

Fry's is, as I understand it, better than those two...

Hehehehe. You've clearly never shopped at Fry's. The advantages there are that they have inventory and good specials. Otherwise the salespeople are the same caliber as what you find at BB/CC/CompUSA, but they think that they're better than their counterparts. This always leads to moments where you cringe when you hear one of them giving tech advice to other customers. But if you have a question for them, just expect the same blank stares you get at the other places.

Re:Butlers

[JustOK]

My boss says to just use your back button and that will delete the comment.

Re:Butlers

[xSauronx]

...because the geek squad will find all the porno.

Re:Butlers

[slashbob22]

My boss says to just use your back button and that will delete the comment.

So does my Accounts Receivable Department; at least they did until the computer crashed and they lost all account information.

Re:However you have to remember the other side

[QuantumRiff]

Nobody is going to take on $250,000 in university debt for a job that pays $6/hr, you'll never earn it back.

Please use google to lookup "Liberal Arts Majors"

What do you call a liberal arts major? "Check please!"

Badabing!

Re:Not Suprised

[einhverfr]

When I was in college I had an employer refuse to pay me promised retro pay. I complained to the a) Congress (i.e. you might want to have the IRS see if this is just the tip of the iceberg), b) landlord, c) largest customer. They went belly up the next year, in part because of bad press. I would have gone to L&I too, but for $100 in retro pay due to a raise that I given but never showed up on my paycheck, it didn't seem worth it.

Re:However you have to remember the other side

[Valdrax]

What do you call a liberal arts major? "Check please!"

That would be, "How do you call a liberal arts major?"
"What do you call a liberal arts major?" would be answered, "Waiter!" or "Waitress!"

Geez. Those who can't, criticize.

Re:However you have to remember the other side

[NoMaster]

That would be, "How do you call a liberal arts major?"
"What do you call a liberal arts major?" would be answered, "Waiter!" or "Waitress!"

So, you majored in Lit. Crit. too?