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Best Buy CMO Responds With ‘The One Type Of Gizmodo Blogger’

Yesterday, I did a fun post describing the Seven Types of Employees You Meet at Best Buy, complete with illustrations by Dan Meth. And now, Best Buy has responded. And they’ve been spying on me.

You’ll find this guy on his couch, sporting an ironic t-shirt with a delivery-food stain of some kind. He “commuted” minutes earlier by rolling out of bed and over to his laptop in his shoebox-sized Brooklyn (Williamsburg) apartment littered with empty Redbull cans. He came to Gizmodo 9 months ago after deciding that “traditional media” wasn’t edgy enough (read: required pants and didn’t like it when he powered down walls of TVs). He only puts on pants in order to put electronics down them, and he gets very upset if you mess with his Star Wars legos. He genuinely believes that the hot PR girl is into him and not just trying to get a post. He overuses the word “fail.”

OK, so I might commute from my bed to my desk, sure. And yeah, I order a lot of delivery. But I live in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, not Williamsburg! And PR girls love me because I’m charming! Go ahead, ask any of them! Also, I don’t wear glasses. Fail, Best Buy. Major fail.

Update: It looks like he pulled the post for some reason. What’s the matter Barry? It was all in good fun. Here’s a screencap so you know I didn’t make this all up: [Barry Judge]

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  • Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®
    @psychiccheese:
    These are the two types of Gizmodo commenters:

    OMG! Ponies! and everyone else...
  • Jamo
    @Adam Frucci: Is there some sort of connotation associated with Williamsburg? Just wondering why that was point of contention betwee you and the Best Buy drone.

    Jamo

  • RuBBa_cHiKiN
    *applause* Bravo, Adam, Bravo! x]

    RuBBa_cHiKiN

  • Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®
    Barry, I think from now on if I ever have a need to refer to you for whatever reason you shall now be known as Barry 'Backpedallin' Judge...
  • elduro13
    ass-covering intro or not, he got you.

    elduro13

  • DoctorZoidberg
    @92BuickLeSabre: In a way, the sixes ended for us the day we sold our VW van... Decemeber 31st 1969...

    DoctorZoidberg

  • spikespeigel
    Yep, that seems about right as well.

    spikespeigel

  • MrBlahBlah
    @psychiccheese: spot on, my friend. spot on

    MrBlahBlah

  • andrewbash
    Sounds like the Best Buy blogger is upset Gizmodo didn't respond to his job application.
  • Benjammn
    At least this guy cares about his company's image. This playful banter is very refreshing.
  • orphic1
    @nutbastard: Holy shit they are incompetent.
  • orphic1
    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: Management would argue that its costing corporations millions in lost worker productivity however I argue it keeps us fucking sane.
  • orphic1
    @OMG! Ponies!:
    Double post removed. Self edit.
  • orphic1
    @OMG! Ponies!:
    Yeah I remember the evil looks our old sys admin used to give me after running WireShark on the switch that I am on, wondering why the network is flooded from the traffic of my 18 gizmodo firefox pages streaming videos. Fortunately she left the company and I can giz in peace.
  • orphic1
    @Eavangel:
    I had three tickets today so I upgraded to bourbon!
  • orphic1
    @danger the pirate has a real star now! (thanks...: Help Desk in tha house! I use the giz to pass the time between users not turning their printers on and some how not being able to print and other users not turning on their power strips.
  • orphic1
    @my secret identity:
    Trust me, they were interested, but they just couldn't handle the Kosher Kielbasa. That's my porn nickname, look it up.
  • Milkham
    I really hate it when people say "core values"

    Milkham

  • aupton
    The best part is that you probably make more than the Best Buy CMO and you're dead on with the characters and descriptions. Great post!

    aupton

  • Eavangel
    @danger the pirate has a real star now! (thanks...: Same thing here. I've only had two tickets today... =/

    Now it's time to head home and have some beers!
  • taniquetil
    I actually found the rebuttal pretty funny. Hey, good to know that Best Buy can take some punishment and dish some back out too. I prefer this over a whiny post to some news agency or an angry email to Gizmodo any day.

    taniquetil

  • taniquetil
    @psychiccheese: +1 to you sir!

    taniquetil

  • SegamanXero
    @psychiccheese: I use to be number two... then I was hired by BestBuy... O_o
  • Fitzwilliam
    The new intro is one of the more pathetic examples of corporate ass-covering, and that, my friends, is saying something.
  • philibuster
    @circa86: Maybe not in length, but in girth they are indistinguishable.
  • Curves
    I wonder if he is Mike Judges brother. The drawing looks a little Beavis-esque.
  • badweasel
    nice comeback. I have more respect for best buy now. way to stand up for your employees barry! (Can I get that silver reward zone membership upgrade now that I missed out on last year by a mere $40.)

    badweasel

  • SSgtTEX
    @Skeetz: Similar to me. My work computer has IE6. I miss my old laptop. Had admin rights on it from when we went to SAP. Though Firefox never made its way onto the laptop, IE7 did. Made surfing Giz so much easier. One tab my drawings, the other Giz. Stupid thing had HDD failure. New laptop already had SAP on it, so no admin rights on it. I feel so imprisoned.
  • Digitallysick
    Here you can view this logo, normally its free but for you best buy its marked up %40 this should be in line with your current business model
  • adhir
    initially i thought, "wow - best buy is hiring cool dudes and giving them positions of responsibility. maybe they aren't complete suck-tards after all." then i read his 'ass covering' intro.

    adhir

  • F.D.V
    Wow a suit at a major chain retailer actually has a personality? Fucking aye. Good job Barry Judge.

    F.D.V

  • ViciousWarGoose
    I like the rewrite that he did from the original, using the corporate buzzword speak.

    ViciousWarGoose

  • psychiccheese
    @darknecross: I just assumed work/school was the same thing. otherwise I wouldn't fit either.

    psychiccheese

  • danger the pirate has a real sta
    @psychiccheese: type 1! but then again, half of my job is just being here so can take care of any support tickets that come in. and i usually have lifehacker open, too.
  • lankysob
    @psychiccheese: I used to be Type 1, but am now Type 2.
    Evidence that being a Type 1 eventually led to being a Type 2 was never found.
  • adhir
    pure gold :)

    adhir

  • darknecross
    @psychiccheese: You forgot us college students who tune in and out of lectures between checking Giz and updating our Facebook status to say "lecture is soo boring, surfing in class ftw"

    darknecross

  • The Red Comet
    @nutbastard: Heavy. There's that word again. Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull in the future?
  • circa86
    Barry Judge, you are a cool dude. Whoever is doing your art however, needs to understand that peoples arms aren't just sized and purposed to support the head. Adam Frucci clearly does not have the arms of a 6 month old baby.
  • illegalprelude
    lol thats funny that they responded like this. I actually give them props and I hate BBY
  • my secret identity
    @92BuickLeSabre: *clicks heart button*
    Huh, apparently it won't let me. Maybe next time...
  • olternaut
    @Margatron: It's cool that you can upload pics like that to a forum post. But gizmodo's new system makes the whole site kind of buggy though. And oh yeah, holy crap...real boobs! Well whatdoyaknow :P

    olternaut

  • my secret identity
    @orphic1: haha, yeah it does. Do you happen to be in the porn industry? They might be interested in you. lol
  • wileecoyote
    @psychiccheese: I also play some games between my 15 minute work breaks.
  • orphic1
    @orphic1: I just realized how dirty that sounds.
  • my secret identity
    @psychiccheese: Huh, I'm an odd mix of those "stereotypes." -The quotes indicate that they can't even be called stereotypes because they are so true.

    I'll explain.

    I have a job. But I never read Giz at work. (honestly; everything is tracked like none other). But, I do read Giz from home, sitting in front of my computer wearing only underwear while I'm pretending to look at my bills and stuff online, while making snarky comments.
    ( :
  • RedRaider
    It's back up, with a preface on his main page... I'm absolutely impressed that he posted it at all. Now... duel to the death!
  • orphic1
    @psychiccheese: I will fess up to being Type 1 however I work and giz at the same time.
  • Benguin
    Oooh, snarky. I gotta say, that was brilliant. Kudos, Best Buy.
  • PascalHastings

    He's updated again, this time a repost and disclaimer to cover his ass. Blames his "team". Real classy. http://barryjudge.com/the-one-type-of-gizmodo-blogger...

    PascalHastings

  • jibbly
    @Con Seannery: It's so meta I might have to pants myself after all this is over.
  • Christo27
    @Con Seannery: yes its almost... wait! it is poetic! its a haiku!
  • YashwantGautam

    Wait. So the reason my comments never get through is because I'm not a hot PR girl? Shenanigans!

    YashwantGautam

  • DaShocKer
    There goes your future advertising with Best Buy... Good riddance I say to them!

    DaShocKer

  • brianesser76
    Cute, but Best Buy still sucks.
  • ester
    @psychiccheese: 15 minute break for work? That's WAY too generous... more like 15 seconds as the boss walks pass the desk.

    ester

  • OMG! Ponies!
    @reddingofish: I'll let you in on a secret. I never get too demanding of my IT guy. It's because I know he can look at my browsing history. If I ever go missing from this site for more than a month, I might not be dead; the IT guy might have installed WebSense.
  • nutbastard
    @OMG! Ponies!: i'm pretty sure that the discovery of my giz account, and the content of my comments could get me canned in a second. at least i've been good enough to never ever mention what company i work for.
  • bonedog73
    OH SNAP!

    Veddy Inteddesting

    bonedog73

  • noamjamski
    @Adam Frucci: Hmmmm I'm moving from Carroll Gardens to Prospect Heights in a couple of weeks and hate wearing pants. I'm totally applying for a job at Gawker Media.
  • LoverofNewCommentSystem
    Too bad he pulled it. Legal and Marketing probably told him it would start a flame war!
  • dwarf74
    HAH! Looks like they have a sense of humor after all...

    dwarf74

  • valkilmerisawful
    That is actually hilarous. He maintained composure during his temper-tantrum tom-foolery. Did you hear is jokes? Barry Judge is dry and funny. Do it again, Adam. Do it again!!

    valkilmerisawful

  • amandizzle
    @GlenTen: His oil painting teacher just didn't understand! He was painting happy little electronics supercenters according to the Bob Ross method, of course!

    amandizzle

  • wkm001
    Very funny. Wish Best Buy had left it up. It is good for them to show some personality.

    wkm001

  • Curtis Dietrick
    @Adam Frucci: Both of which are in Brooklyn

    Curtis Dietrick

  • myneid
    buahahahha this is classic! i wonder if best buy execs made him pull it?

    myneid

  • drokcab
    Very win, although I don't understand why he might've pulled it. Hilarious nonetheless.

    drokcab

  • reddingofish
    @OMG! Ponies!: You know me so well only that I am the IT guy and if you ask me about doing something with your iPhone I will tell you to put that thing away and use the Blackberry that the company has provided.

    reddingofish

  • Con Seannery
    @jibbly: Illustrate it with Star Wars Legos and then pants the illustration.

    Con Seannery

  • Margatron
    @Margatron: Hm, I timed out of my edit. Here's your proof!
  • psychiccheese
    The Two Types of Gizmodo Commenters

    Type 1: You'll find this guy at work, but he won't be working. Instead he'll be spending his time switching between reading Gizmodo and perusing Wikipedia. Occasionally he may take a 15 minute break to resume the work for which he is paid.

    Type 2: This person will either be unemployed, or working from home. While sitting in front of his computer wearing only underwear, he'll be pretending to work or search for jobs online, while posting snarky comments on Gizmodo.

    psychiccheese

  • ripfire
    @OMG! Ponies!: Hey, give me a break. I'm on my lunch!
  • Zkdog
    Who would've thought Best Buy had an ounce of creativity?

    Though it does seem to describe the staff pretty well =P

    Zkdog

  • spannu
    Everything in that description is what makes Gizmodo worth reading, although he forgot to mention poop jokes. Everyone loves poop.

    spannu

  • OMG! Ponies!
    @nutbastard: And the borderline lazy eye that has developed as a result of always keep an eye out for who's walking by the door. His greatest fear is that his boss will discover his Gizmodo account, leading to an eery re-enactment of the "I am Jack's Smirking Revenge" scene from "Fight Club".
  • dkrew72
    Barry, Barry, Barry... If you are the CMO of a gigantic electronics retailer, why would you even THINK, about going after a blogger from a huge gadget/tech site. If Gizmodo was to say, that best buy is a bunch of scam artists (they are) and we can buy the same stuff from cheaper online (we can), we'd do it!
  • nutbastard
    @92BuickLeSabre:
    great scott! this is heavy!
  • nutbastard
    @MisterWho Cares:
    he'll do the 'white guy dance' for $20 - and he does - often.
  • Dustin Hess
    that is very very funny. At least you know they keep up on their giz

    Dustin Hess

  • notfred
    They got the hair parting on the wrong side.

    notfred

  • Patrick Roanhouse
    I worked at a best buy at 15, i was none of the stereotypes listed. But everyone of them was dead on the head true though. The Slick Careerist Manager was the most true, but your forgot to mention how they speak in buzz words to cover up for the fact they lack any understanding of tech crap they try to hock. Also they are always about sneaky tactics to get you to attach the free 6months/12 months of big company dial up service that they make sure to tell you not to tell the customer they get charged for it afterwords.

    Patrick Roanhouse

  • Adam Frucci
    @MisterWho Cares: Prospect Heights, not Brooklyn Heights. Two different neighborhoods.
  • nutbastard
    @Skeetz: i got FF portable running on a busted mp3 player because we don't have privs to install software, and our genius IT department insists that we use IE6 on W2k.
  • SejalHypnos

    Not only was I amused that you made me relive my experience as a ex-best buy drone, but now reading this made me laugh even harder. Lovely exchange, sirs, lovely. And kudos on showing him not all tech savvy folks live in Hipstersburg with their trust fund.

    SejalHypnos

  • Gann
    @Margatron: I think the system can only handle up to a 36c
  • Con Seannery
    @92BuickLeSabre:
    The star commenter
    Compelled to promote these words
    He does have a heart.

    Con Seannery

  • ninjagin
    @OMG! Ponies!: Um. Close, I guess. I actually fill two powerstrips, though.

    ninjagin

  • Con Seannery
    @MissingPieces: While I agree with you, that doesn't really belong here. But I do agree with you.

    Con Seannery

  • 92BuickLeSabre
    @nutbastard: It's Wednesday, December 31, 1969!

    Happy New Year!!!! I can't wait to see our Hippie Vision for the Future Flourish in the Next Decade!
  • nutbastard
    @OMG! Ponies!: you forgot that we instinctually alt-tab in response to subacoustic disturbances in the air that indicate that the boss is about to walk by.
  • Con Seannery
    @MisterWho Cares: His harem of hot PR girls help pay the rent.

    Con Seannery

  • laptopmemo
    SOOO Funny. The drawing isn't funny enough though. But your photo REALLY is funny!
  • deux_ex_machina
    You go barry judge. im no fan of corporate propaganda, but this is a perfect "eye-for-an-eye". despite what others say, he's got a right to make fun of gizmodo just like they've been making fun of his corporation all this time, and he's done it without being attacking. i luvvv it.

    deux_ex_machina

  • badhatharry
    @OMG! Ponies!: Mine are currently under my desk. Attached to my feet. My docs were sent to Goodwill senior year of high school. And my desk is littered with a bobble-head doll wearing a jew-fro, yarmulke, and talits and reading from the Torah. And it's face is actually a picture frame. My face is the picture.

    badhatharry

  • AlexLand
    Hipsters are the worst people in the world... but I love gizmodo. I think I'll just pretend this never happened (like mr. judge seems to be trying to do)

    AlexLand

  • Spliner
    @OMG! Ponies!: your point?

    Spliner

  • jugg2driver
    The Epic battle will rage!

    jugg2driver

  • MisterWho Cares
    Hold up, Frooch! Gizmodo pays you enough to live in Brooklyn Heights? Tell the truth, what do you do on the side. Male stripper? Drug dealer? I gotta know.
  • Spliner
    Classic.. just classic. ;P

    Spliner

  • MissingPieces
    Thanks for voting for Obama 'tard. Bring on the Obamapocolypse!

    MissingPieces

  • 92BuickLeSabre
    @SakinaOrthrus: I mean, how can I not promote a comment by someone who was so moved that it led to perhaps the only comment of a lifetime!
  • Grendel
    haha, thats kind of funny considering it vaguely hit home. Though I dont have legos, i do have my WoW figurine :P /pewpew
  • nutbastard
    i'm actually really impressed that he was able to roll this out in under 24 hours (right? that was yesterday? ...what day is it?)
  • Sticks Calhoun
    @Margatron: ATTENTION INTERNET. Someone is trying to give us breasts, but a technical problem is preventing it!

    There, it should be solved in a few seconds, Margatron.
  • SakinaOrthrus

    I ain't ever commented on Gizmodo before, and it's likely i may not again. But this. is. BEAUTIFUL. Wars of words, when well chosen, can go a long way to restoring some kinda faith in humans. Not just for me, i'm not speaking solely out of personal experience, being a selfish bastich. Hoomans. People, generally speaking. Love gizmodo and pretty much everything you post. Please keep it up!

    SakinaOrthrus

  • Purple Monkey Dishwasher
    @Yinzers Are Celebrating the Stanley Cup: I've had it running on Firefox 3.5 although it tends to be a bit slow.

    Purple Monkey Dishwasher

  • PhineasJW
    I don't even know what a CMO is, but I *love* this guys fire. He roasted you on a spit. I mean, you were frick-a-zeed. Pounded into the ground like a tent stake... Frucci, if I were you, I'd unplug my webcam, just to be sure. Now, if Mr. CMO could only explain why Best Buy rips off its customers with $100 HDMI cables, I might even shop there.
  • silyman1
    hilarious.

    silyman1

  • Margatron
    @dnheller: I clearly fail at uploading an image since I'm getting an error on the different formats I try. Are there any instructions/size limitations to the new photo upload option?
  • Darrone
    +1 for Best Buy not responding like an annoyed corporate behemoth. We also would have accepted a fake lawsuit in which Best Buy actually files a paternity suit against Adam.

    Darrone

  • prunetracy
    his drawing looks more like the average gizmodo reader...

    prunetracy

  • OMG! Ponies!
    @badhatharry: My Chuck Taylors are by my desk.
  • badhatharry
    @OMG! Ponies!: WRONG.

    I wear Chuck Taylors, not Docs.

    badhatharry

  • Yinzers Are Celebrating the Stan
    @Skeetz: I wonder if it's just IE in general--IE8 doesn't seem to want to load comments today. It did yesterday, but today it doesn't. Maybe it's a Gizmodo conspiracy to get as many people as possible on Firefox.
  • ssoltero
    HA! Totally sweet. Don't worry though. You'll be wearing glasses soon enough! :)

    ssoltero

  • Intelext
    Aww it seems like he deleted the post he made on his blog.

    Intelext

  • trtrunner
    He shouldn't have pulled the post, it was quite good and dead on!

    trtrunner

  • Pokeysticks
    @Nick: You are correct sir. Although sometimes corporations will make up silly acronyms for their officers to make them feel special so who knows if Best Buy did that.

    Pokeysticks

  • TuxBobble
    I actually loved both sides of this blogument. The Best Buy stereotypes are so very, very true, and great. And I'm pretty sure he was at least on-target with his comeback. Though the difference is, I'd be comfortable with the ironic t-shirt and laptop commute...
  • TheSonOfKrypton
    @GlenTen: I laughed my ass off...Nice dude
  • RickAKATed10
    HA!

    RickAKATed10

  • bitslammer
    @Nick: I'd say another "fluff" "C-level" title but then I suppose when you have a company who treats their customers as badly as Best Buy then it getting good PR requires a "C-Level" position.

    bitslammer

  • GlenTen
    @cdann: hipster is a nickname and nicknames are for friends and hipsters are no friends of mine!
  • ndot
    Ha. This guy B.Judge is great. He was obviously very hurt. It's so great how execs get so crazy for their company. Enough to post that childish mess. He was probably working on that for hours. Great job B.J.
  • Gaucho85
    FAIL!
  • Nick
    @OMG! Ponies!: gasp. Edited by OMG! Ponies! at 07/10/09 3:35 PM
    Ponies! doesn't make mistakes.

    Nick

  • beekerstudios
    @OMG! Ponies!: Win! TOTAL WIN! Only my esoteric questions are much lower level, regarding LDAP pulls from oracle DB's to sync with my MySQL web app... FUCK YA!

    beekerstudios

  • Hand_O_Death
    @Margatron: What are these "Breasts" that you speak of? I thought it was a funny retort. I am surprised that he did not mantion anything about Macs though.
  • cdann
    Oh, man Frucci. Boom, roasted! I cannot think of a worse offense than labeling someone a "hipster," which he did without explicitly naming you such. Please tell us you're not, though. While I find hipsters - their culture, style, attitudes - interesting, I also tend to despise them. Maybe its the trust funds. Maybe its the skinny jeans. I don't know.

    cdann

  • Nick
    @GlenTen: heart click

    Nick

  • Purple Monkey Dishwasher
    @Skeetz: Haha, I downloaded the 'Reload Every' addon for Firefox just so it would refresh Giz every couple of minutes to see the new posts.

    Purple Monkey Dishwasher

  • crushallcakes
    Wow, it seems like he really does keep up with Gizmodo, though. Score.

    crushallcakes

  • Hand_O_Death
    I smell a 'Type Of' Contest comming up
  • encyclia
    Where's your empty Red Bull cans? Other than that and the glasses, I can't tell the difference between the two pictures...

    encyclia

  • Nick
    @Andi Wang: hey, it's andi.
    Hi Andi.

    Nick

  • Curves
    Good stuff. When you irritate them enough to respond, especially in a semi-snide-but-true manner, you know you are getting to them.
  • SAfiftyseven
    haha, thats funny. he should put the post back up, its fun.
  • rt100 Penn State
    @92BuickLeSabre: and Frucci is even cooler because he is wearing tights
  • Skeetz
    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: i spent more time scrambling to my car and installing firefox portable onto my USB key yesterday than I did work. All just to be able to continue reading/posting Giz comments because IE6 (not allowed to update) won't load them.

    Skeetz

  • g2drummman
    Maybe he should see it as a fair warning that consumers are sick of the Best Buy lack of service and nose in the air attitude. If I wasn't tech savvy to a functional level, I would have to BEG a sales associate at the Best Buys in my neighborhood for assitance. They go out of their way to NOT say hello to you. FUCK BEST BUY.

    g2drummman

  • Jingles8302
    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: I dont know what your talking about. hmm answer my phone for tech support or read a giz Story?? haha

    Jingles8302

  • GlenTen
    @OMG! Ponies!: hah! That sounds so much like me its scary.
  • tok3ninja; is the best non-star
    Adam, you should start going to Best Buy with a TV-B-Gone and have a field day. And be sure to say fail to yourself everytime you hit the button.
  • Jack Loftus
    Well this just isn't funny at all. For instance, I may blog in my underwear, sure, concession made--point to you big blue box--but I do so at a DESK.
  • dnheller
    @Margatron: Some of you have breasts? Prove it!

    dnheller

  • Vyccid
    Funny enough I'll make a token purchase at BB this weekend.

    Vyccid

  • Nick
    @92BuickLeSabre: you just said something dirty, didn't you?

    Nick

  • ttech10
    I think you hurt his feelings.
  • tok3ninja; is the best non-star
    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: Why are you blowing my cover like that?
  • Hello Mister Walrus
    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: Those losers.

    Hello Mister Walrus

  • dwight-schrute
    @92BuickLeSabre: I would say the Best Buy version is more like the turtle whose head goes in his shell right after he shoots. Giz is more like Lady Cluck I would say, mainly because she's my favorite in the movie.
  • GlenTen
    Awesome. His post is only funny because you took it so well, honestly. Maybe im just misreading it, but it seems like he's genuinely trying to aggravate you. "The Certain Type of Best Buy Executive" He trolls Gizmodo and is easily offended. For some reason, he has a blog about being an executive for Best Buy. He also tweets about being an executive for Best Buy. If i had to guess, I'd say he spends his holidays working on his biography about being an executive for Best Buy. He once took up oil painting, but quit after the instructor suggested he paint something other than a giant Best Buy store with a Vangelis-esque shirtless CEO standing atop with half-nakded bodacious women grabbing at his ankles.
  • Gerald Onyango
    haha I love it, this post actually endeared me to Bestbuy

    Gerald Onyango

  • CircuitMage
    This constitutes a personal attack and could be means for a civil law suit. I bet that's why he removed it.
  • Purple Monkey Dishwasher
    @OMG! Ponies!: Must find that hidden camera, damn you Ponies.

    Purple Monkey Dishwasher

  • deanbmmv
    You strike a nerve?
  • jetRink
    @MostlyHarmless: I think it was, if you read the full post.

    jetRink

  • Hello Mister Walrus
    @TheFuzz53: A Collateralized Mortgage Obligation, otherwise known as the precipitant to the credit crisis. It seems that they have become sentient and have turned to satire as a means of torturing us.

    Hello Mister Walrus

  • jibbly
    I think Giz should retaliate by a) describing and illustrating the one type of Best Buy CMO and 2) setting up an epic Star Wars Lego battle diorama pew-pewing Best Buy executives, then d) pants something in celebration.
  • jetRink
    @scoobydoo: It was done with the best of intentions, if you read the full post. On the internet, you can't have such thin skin.

    jetRink

  • Margatron
    LOL awesome rebuttal from Best Buy. But certainly there's more than one kind of Gizmodo reader. I mean, some of us even have breasts! And I don't mean Lam pre-Wii-Fit (love ya buddy, best review ever). No, I mean the girlie for-real kind.
  • Purple Monkey Dishwasher
    @Nick: Haha yep. It's crazy to think how many people are on Giz all day long and not doing a damn thing at work/school or wherever they are.

    Purple Monkey Dishwasher

  • MadCrazy
    What about Gizmodo commentators? I demanded we be judged and damned too! C’mon it’s not only fair.

    MadCrazy

  • 92BuickLeSabre
    This is like that time that really good archer got a bulls eye...
    ...and then Robin Hood stepped up and split his arrow right down the middle.
  • Andi Wang
    HA. he forgot to mention that giz bloggers only use macs because they're all elitists. >:P ps. looking good, frooch!
  • OMG! Ponies!
    One Type Of Star Commenter: The Teacher's Pet. You'll find this guy in his office, trying to see how far he can push the boundaries of "business casual" dress code, hoping that his Fred Perry polo and Doc Martens fall within it. The first thing he did when he moved into his office was turn the screen away from the door. He keeps a browser window open to a PDF of medical records and has a stack of old Westlaw printouts to make it look like he's just a quiet worker. In reality, you can set your clock to his hourly comments and god-forbid a post catch his attention. His desk it cluttered with Star Wars, Simpsons, and Futurama toys "because he's quirky" and he needs an entire power strip just for his gadgets. The IT guy avoids his office because he's always got some overly esoteric question about how to get shit to work on his iPhone (for business, of course). If anyone looked at the network, they'd see that fully half the firm's bandwidth is taken up by his Google chats, Gizmodo windows, and Twitter. But it's all okay because he knows how to bill his loafing to whatever random client has pissed him off most recently.
  • bloknayrb
    @Nick: You're right, I should've figured that out on my own...

    bloknayrb

  • Obsidian
    Ding ding ding... round 2, FIGHT!
  • scoobydoo
    Don't these people know that they'll never win a battle like this? And how the hell did the MARKETING officer of Best Buy think he had ANY goodwill left on the Internet? People hate him, and his company. So he goes ahead and takes a shit all over tech bloggers? Slick move.

    scoobydoo

  • Jason Chen
    You also part your hair on the OTHER side. C'mon!
  • Digital9
    umm i'll take that description of a job any day. and it requires no blue shirt.

    Digital9

  • DivideMeByZero
    That xbox controller is going to join whatever else you've shoved down your pants too isn't it?

    DivideMeByZero

  • Δεν βρέθηκαν λέξε
    At least they are reading it.
  • Purple Monkey Dishwasher
    @TheFuzz53: I'm assuming it's Chief Marketing Officer since he's taking the time to know about what kind of press Best Buy is getting.

    Purple Monkey Dishwasher

  • Justinpaulson
    @TheFuzz53: I'm guessing Chief Marketing Officer.
  • Erebus56
    This is fun!
  • Nick
    @TheFuzz53: stab in the dark:
    Chief Marketing Officer?

    Nick

  • albokay
    his article sounds like a perfect thing to cut and paste for a job listing. Id be on that.

    albokay

  • Sticks Calhoun
    I always love seeing important people in corporations showing a bit of a sense of humor. It makes them seem a bit more human, and shows they're at least LOOKING at what's going on around them.

    Good job there, Best Buy. And I don't care what anyone says about you. You were always there for me when GameStop wouldn't sell me a video game on release date because I didn't pre-order it.
  • Ellipsis marks are ... my friend
    @TheFuzz53: If he's going to be cranky about things, it could be Chief Menstrual Officer. However, I'd like to think his post was just "playing along," all in goodwill and light-hearted jest. However, when people start deleting posts, it gets suspicious ...
  • Nick
    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: you mean like the rest of us do?

    Nick

  • IcemanD
    LEGO! It's LEGO Barry. No matter how many of them your referring to. AND, I currently am wearing pants thank you very much.

    IcemanD

  • TheFuzz53
    What the hell is a CMO?

    TheFuzz53

  • Nick
    so i am assuming since the illustration shows you wearing pants there is a gadget in them somewhere. that's hawt.

    Nick

  • MostlyHarmless
    It would have been very funny if he had posted it in jest, and not in bitter snark. Love the t-shirt btw. Though more appropriately it should read "McCain is a Cylon".
  • bloknayrb
    Why do you have pants on in either picture?

    bloknayrb

  • Purple Monkey Dishwasher
    He likely removed it because he doesn't want his fellow associates to know that he spends all day reading Giz and not doing any work.

    Purple Monkey Dishwasher

  • laxman15
    well at least they got the hip glasses right, even though you don't wear them. and your apartment is more of a closet than a shoebox
  • John Herrman
    Oh man, I love this.
  • brundlefly76
    He just fueled the argument - anyone who is into gadgets and can make a living on his couch is 100x smarter than the guy who has to drag his ass to a department store everyday, punch a clock, and peddle warranties and magazine subscriptions praying for his next bag of microwave popcorn in the breakroom.

    brundlefly76

  • TheWerewolf - Causing headlines!
    Still.. he nailed the hairstyle. :)
  • Calquon
    His boss bitched him out, who the hell actually has "core values"

    Calquon

  • Andi Wang
    @Margatron: some of the giz writers have boobs too!
  • infmom
    @dingus: Not quite true. You just have to know whom to ask. I used to work there.

    The management is truely clueless, didn't even install bar code scanners till circa 2000.
  • macserv
    @dingus: If one needs technological help, one should steer clear of Fry's. Otherwise, that place is heaven. I miss it every time I need to make an electronics purchase.
  • dingus
    @infmom: Of course not. Nobody that works at Fry's knows anything about technology or how to work a computer.

    dingus

  • infmom
    Now write something similar about Fry's. I guarantee nobody from that place will respond.
  • Nerd Ferguson
    Wow...way to have a sense of humor, Barry. Bravo!
  • jerNELS

    @darknecross: +1

  • jerNELS

    hahaha, i like this. it's fun to see he had a good humor about that, thought he could have had some funny things to say about jesus too... but i guess it was not jesus that had offended=) good post adam.

  • clickable

    Looks like he nailed it, except for not noticing the Cheetos dust on your keyboard. I wonder how he overlooked that.

    clickable

  • nizz

    I guess he assumed you had a window in your apartment that didn't look directly into a brick wall.

    nizz

  • Jonathan Butler

    i love how they were a good sport about it.

    Jonathan Butler

  • AreYouConfusedYet?HowAboutNow?

    @Milkham: As do I.

  • Kris Aubuchon

    Best Buy should spend more time on not sucking and less time on writing blog entries.

    Kris Aubuchon

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