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Back when I was completely broke, a shady merchant ripped me off for a lot of money and since they had my credit card on file were continuing to charge me month after month.
I contacted American Express who quickly said they'd take care of it for me. Instead of taking care of it AMEX screwed me over, siding with the shady company and forcing me to pay the merchant even more money.
I had hit a horrible low point and felt that American Express, despite all their advertising to the contrary, had utterly betrayed me in my moment of need. But I vowed that one day I would get my revenge.
Fast forward, today I gave AMEX customer service a call...
REP: "Hello, how may I help you today"
ME: "I'd like to cancel every single AMEX account I have, including one personal credit card, one business credit card, and one merchant account"
REP: "$@!#%!##!"
The rep PLEADED with me to stay, which made the revenge feel that much better. I told her my story and how I'll never do business with them ever again.
The moral of the story is that revenge = awesome. Some people told me I was being short-sighted, that canceling my AMEX cards will hurt my credit score. My response is that sticking to your principles doesn't count unless it costs you something, I wouldn't trade that revenge for anything :)
Score: 4/5
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Ever since the birth of the App Store, I assumed the day would come when somebody would combine elements of Phoenix Wright with a bartending simulator. That day has finally arrived, and Nimble Strong surprises with its ability to educate as well as entertain. The fast-paced adventure follows an archetypal slacker who, after losing his wife and his best friend, has stumbled into a job as a bartender at a local dive. In between legitimately interesting story segments, Nimble Strong will teach you how to create over 70 popular drinks with surprisingly in-depth guides.
I'm actually not a big drinker, so I assumed that I'd be terrible at this game, but by choosing dialogue options to key the game's characters to how clueless I am, I was able to get extremely thorough instructions on how to make nearly every cocktail imaginable. Now I can horrify loved ones with my new-found expertise, eventually following the proud Rigney tradition of crippling alcoholism. Hooray beer! All jokes aside, this is really just a particularly fun educational game, so if you're interested in picking up some amateur cocktailing tips, be sure to give it a shot.
My favorite website online is Reddit.com
My game is right now the #2 most popular item on their main page but over the next few hours it might become #1.
Can someone take a screen shot if this happens? I'd like it for memories :)
Cheers--
Adam
-- I want to thank Ichigo greatly for his awesome interview with me on Nimble. What's even cooler is that people who search the app store for the game see the interview as a podcast item!!
-- Indi is having an awesome challenge, check it out
-- Nimble was App of the Day on TUAW *and* is on Apple's New & Noteworthy games list for today
-- Lots and lots and lots of work to do....
It's from Joystiq, which is one of THE gaming sites online.
