The iPhone 4 vs HTC EVO video making the rounds has gotten 1.7 million views, but when Best Buy found out it was their employee that made the video, they weren’t so much amused as angry.
Corporate asked them to take the video down, but the employee Brian Maupin declined, saying that it didn’t mention Best Buy anywhere. (It also didn’t mention Best Buy in the description either.) But Best Buy suspended him, and now might be fired, claims NBC Action News.
Hey Best Buy guy. Email us. You don’t need to work at Best Buy when you can make funny stuff like this for the internet. [NBC Action News]
Daniel Weaver-Koenigs
Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 12:31 PMUnfair dismissal lawsuit?
James Carson
Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 5:56 PMhell yes!!! if he gets fired, that is fucked up. it also breaking that right to free speech that the americans are always banging on about
Ward Paterson
Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 10:01 AMBwahahahahahah
Best Buy are a pack of fagots if they think this is grounds for dismissal.. If they do it, this guy will sue them for a bazzillion iphone 4′s
jessie
Monday, July 5, 2010 at 4:32 AMFirst Amendment violations. Call the ACLU, posthaste!
Steve M.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 1:49 PMThey only had the one employee?
Nads
Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 3:38 PMWas that meant to be funny?
Don’t give up your day job… oh wait.
David Anderton
Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 4:38 PMyeh definitely sue the crap out of them.
Stefan
Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 5:10 PMlol that was pretty funny, i dont see any reason why best buy should fire him…
matt
Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 5:55 PMlol, that was awesome. so what? they want to fire the one customer service guy who actually wants to help customers to make an informed decision?
like, yeah, it was one sided, but the number of those type of people I have met. I’m like “FFS! at least look at the other options!”
Jubbin Grewal
Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 8:26 PMAHAHAH.. thats the BEST bloody video I’ve seen all year. Indeed, unfair dismissal. He’s being fired on WHAT grounds? Not in his contract he can’t make youtube videos.
MikeK
Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 10:38 PMThey don’t have unfair dismissal. You can get fired there for having a pimple.
Contessa
Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 10:04 AMThickheads, they should PROMOTE him into a viral merchandising role. Unless thats where he works already and it was made in company time….
Gorhob Perkins
Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 1:45 PMI give it a week before there’s news about his lawsuit for atleast 50k.
brad
Monday, July 5, 2010 at 9:22 AM50 grand? dude, this is in america. it’d be more like 50 million.
its a funny ass video though. that is exactly what us iphone users are like. we dont care that another phone is shit tonnes better. we just want an iphone that is so limited in what it can do it’s basically a cripple.
Brock Taffe
Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 4:33 PMThats why the camera on the back is better, even tho it has lower megapixels in real life tests it was more closer to an actual camera. I remember a Gizmodo post on it I think. No one has still convinced me well enough to get a Android. Also I’m not as stupid as that black bear in the video.
boc
Monday, July 5, 2010 at 3:04 PMIs this comment in the wrong post?
Who are you replying to? I don’t see the post, the video, or any comments mentioning anything about a camera.
Is anyone even trying to convince you to get an Android? Judging by your attitude from previous posts, I don’t believe anyone would ever convince you to get an Android as you are quite strongly against it.
Sandeep
Monday, July 5, 2010 at 3:11 PMHe read my mind – I can’t believe people are so stupid buying that piece of trash.