02

Jun

iPad = Kidney

You call me an Apple Fan boy?  Yes yes I am, however I do have my limits.  1. Money 2. Bodily harm.  If I do not have the money I will not be purchasing Apple products and you will not see me getting tattoos or hmm lets say SELLING A KIDNEY!  That is right, someone would actually sell their Kidney for one of Apple’s products.

Zheng, a 17 year old teenager from China, decided to sell one of his kidneys to finance the purchase of an iPad 2.  He apprenatly wrote about how he wanted an iPad 2 on the internet and how he did not have any money to purchase one and he wanted someone to help him.  A sol called broker reached out to him and said that he will help him donate his Kidney for $3,000.  The kid showed up to a hosptital and went under the knife.  Once he woke up, the “broker” gave him his money and left.  When the kid got out of the hosptial he went to the Apple store and purchase a MacBook and an iPhone.  He said since he had more money he would get better stuff than just the iPad 2.

The kid got home with his new stuff and his mom was like, um where did you get this stuff?  He explained everything to her and she took him to the police.  They then went to the hospital and found out that they are not even authorized to do operations like this and denied everything.

So, here is a kid missing a kidney and enjoying his new MacBook and iPhone.  Let’s hope his other kidney does not fail.

Thanks for reading a dugs life.

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29

May

Real Men Do Cry

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Whoever said real men don’t cry was seriously misinformed. I think our society is starting to turn around on this view, however there are still those people who hold to this belief. I for one do not agree with the thinking that men should not cry.

Crying is good for the soul, eyes, stress level, and just your mental well being. Here are seven reasons why crying is good for you. http://www.care2.com/greenliving/7-reasons-why-crying-is-good-for-you.html

I have heard people say the hardest they have cried was when they saw their dad cry. Is this true for you? I am not sure I have seen my dad cry and I don’t have that great of a relationship with him to really care if he does cry. Now I have cried when men that I look up too has cried. Maybe that is what it is like to have your dad cry in my head.

I was at church a few weeks ago and a guy was talking about Jesus and helping those who do not know Him by showing God’s love for them. He was really emotional and had to take a few pauses to collect his thoughts. Of course I started to cry as well, not sure if it was his faith or just that he was a guy crying, but I teared up with him. What is crazy is I overheard an older man say, “I don’t know what he was getting so emotional for.” This response could have been made due to his lack of relationship with Christ or because he was older and thought men should not cry in public, nay not at all.

Another time I remember crying with a guy crying was when I was at Camp Caudle listening to a friend speak at a camp session. He was talking about how he threw something away that his dad cherished and how his dad was not angry at him, but how he sat him down and told him a story about the object he through away. My friend started crying and if I remember correctly he mentioned his daughter. This is when I knew that I would be a dad soon and I started crying as well. I wanted to run down there and hug him.

When you become a father, you have all new fears, worries, wants and different outlooks on life. You are not so consumed about yourself or about your wife(at least this is how I am right now) it is all about your baby. There is this new beautiful creation that God has given us and said here she is yours to take care of, she is yours to show the love that I have shown you, she is your daughter. I have to admit that when I first saw her I did not bust out in tears, it took one night before I started welling up inside. I remember rocking in a chair that was in our room and thinking how she was so small and how she was my daughter. I also thought of the rule in the hospital that both parents could not be asleep with the baby in the room. So, I was rocking her looking into her blue eyes and thinking how tired I was but I did not want to take her to the nursery. Alas I had to wheel her down in the bassinet to the ladies.

Ever since then I have seen her at night before she went to bed and am the primary put-her-to-sleep-parent. When I was gone we were able to see each other via FaceTime. The other night she went to stay with my wife’s family because my wife is sick. When I carried her out to their car I was welling up inside and when I walked in my house I sat on the couch and cried for five minutes. I am not sure what my wife was thinking, I have not asked her. My daughter is six months old and I would do anything for her. It is amazing to think how six months ago there was this little baby girl that came in the world and we have never met before, yet I would die for her.

If my in-laws read this don’t feel bad about me crying, real men are allowed to cry. Thanks for reading a dugs life.

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26

May

AppleCare

If you know me, you know that I am an Apple fan.  I had an experience the other day with AppleCare when my iPhone 4 was having issues that only set that love for Apple deeper.  At my past job at an extended warranty company, this repair blows them out of the water.  Keep reading to get excited about AppleCare as I have.

My iPhone 4’s back glass was sliding around, which I have dropped it a couple of times, however I do not believe that would have caused this to happen.  The ear speaker had diminished dramaticly since I purchased the phone.  When I would be speaking to my wife I would say “Are you talking into your microphone!”  It was very difficult to hear people.  Another issue with the phone is the home button was having issues as well.

Since my warranty is ending on June 24, 2011 I figured I should call to set up service.  I went to www.apple.com/support/ and set up a service request.  With-in minutes I received an email advising me to take my phone to UPS and have them ship it for me.  After locating an older iPhone to survive the long wait for my phone back, I went to UPS to ship off my iPhone 4.  My wife and I thought we would have to pay for the box, packing material and shipping, boy was I wrong!  The guy asked for my repair id number which pulled up my service request and AppleCare paid for the box, packing, and AND OVERNIGHT SHIPPING.  I had no idea it was overnight shipping until I received an email on Friday May 20, 2011 stating:

Your IPHONE 4 reached the Apple repair center on 2011-05-20. We will notify you by email when your service request is complete.  Regards, The AppleCare Team

That is insane that a warranty company would send your device overnight to them to repair.  I used to work for a very large warranty company and the only way for this to happen is to escalate to a Corporate Resolution Specialist and demand overnight shipping.

The weekend came and went then on Monday May 23, 2011 I wanted to see what the status was on the repair, so I called 1-800-MY-APPLE.  A nice guy answered and asked some questions, but then said his system was down and could not give me any information.  I am not going to lie, I was a little perturbed with this, because when I worked for the extended warranty we could at least email a form that went into a folder and was worked and the person was called back.  If our computer system was completely down, we had paper forms that we could fill out and someone would call that person back.  I felt that there was no since in this person telling me that he could not assist me in any way possible.  Then a few hours later I received this email:

Your service request has been completed and we sent you a replacement IPHONE 4 on 2011-05-24. The replacement shipped via FedEx using tracking number########, which should be active within 24 hours. Please allow two business days for delivery (five business days if your product is an iPod or iPad that has a personalized engraving). Regards, The AppleCare Team

The email also contained my old iPhone’s serial number and the new iPhone’s serial number.  The best part of this is the fact they sent it back to me overnight!

This whole repair/replacement is crazy to me.  Working at the extended warranty company that I was at showed me that you can get things done with longer shipping, but we received so many calls just people wanting to know where their product was.  I am sure that if the company I used to work for would just overnight the parts to repair the products there would be a lot less escalations.

I must admit that I did not purchase the extended AppleCare on my iPhone 4 and now it is too late to do so, or is it?  I found an article about purchasing AppleCare on Ebay.  I may be doing this soon, as my manufacturer warranty will be ending soon.

Thank you for reading about a dugs life, have a great day.

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