Justice Reigns! My Staples dispute has been resolved
Here ye, here ye! The squeaky wheel indeed gets the oil. I’ve been a little delinquent, as I got this a while ago, but I received a response from the office of the President of Staples apologizing for my experiences, and (even better) offering me a $15 gift certificate. Staples and I have, therefore, made up, because apparently I can easily be bought. I used it to buy padded envelopes and other such boring necessities.
Anyway, here’s the letter:
Corporate War of the Week: Staples
Here’s really a two-fer for today. This is a rant of the day combined with what is to be my new weekly corporate war of the week series. When my mother was between jobs for three months when I was in High School, aside from making the best cheddar broccoli baked potatoes after track practice every day, she also periodically waged wars with corporate America. Call it being a social worker and working for justice for all, or just being bored, I don’t know. But, I’ve decided to follow in her footsteps.
Since I’ve been unemployed, I’ve had to spend a decent amount of time at Staples getting supplies I normally would have just used at the office (ex: I haven’t had a functioning printer cartridge since 2006). As you may or may not now, Staples’ slogan is “That was Easy”, suggesting that going to Staples is the easiest thing in the world. Just pop in, pop in, just like pushing that giant red button they have all over their ad campaigns. Well I am here to tell you that going to Staples (particularly the location on 51st Street and Lexington Avenue) is about as easy as a Carmelite nun.
So Staples, you are the recipient of my first corporate call-out of the week. I’ve pasted it below, and it speaks for itself. I sent this today, old school style via snail mail. If I get a reply I will post it, cross my heart!
