Baneleaf wrote:
I hate to say it Aestu, but that entire interaction shows exactly why you have issues with social skills. You expressed what you wanted and when you did not get your way you threw a temper tantrum. Claiming that you knew the persons first language and that they were obviously Indian was just a jab to piss them off and get your way. Then proceeding to inform them of your past victories over other GMs for drops that you believed you earned was just icing on the cake. Most people know how you obsess over items in game, hell your attempt at tricking a GM into giving you a war bear mount was a classic. And locking warglaives on a character that will never be able to use them is another winner, although you did start the run announcing that they were locked.
You spend countless hours tracking down every last item you want and when you do not get it you throw a fit and put in tickets over purple pixels. You claim that you will not participate in the upcoming expansion, but I think we all know that you will show up for world/server first because that is just how OCD you really are. Alot of people actually do enjoy running with you in game, but you tend to push people away as fast as you can, hence your very short stays in most guilds.
I can say from having been around people that act as you do in the real world, it will not get you far. Oh you will probably get a good job in a field you like, but it will not last nor give any satisfaction. Employers look for people with your personality as the "fire starters", the guys no one in the office will like because they are a dick but they get shit done. And you boss would love you for it, until you turn on him, and then you will be looking for a new job as fast as he/she can fill out the termination papers.
Actually, he did explain that the plushies and in game version were handled by the billing department and that he would need to get a representative from that department. Then as Aestu kept pushing he said repeatedly "hold on" as Aestu continued to push the issue.
I have worked as customer support for a communications company and have dealt with the people who demand their issue be handled immediatly. I worked the night shift and there are certain aspects that had to be handled by a different department, for example billing when you were 1600$ past due on your cable bill but you still wanted to order a fight on ppv, and people kept demanding over and over that the issue be handled right then and there. I did enjoy the power of getting someones attention when I told them to check their tv and then turn the cable off with the click of a mouse button to prove I could. There are situations where people also may not want to deal with you because you are being a dick. Either way, acting like an adult and not throwing a fit will get you much further in this game and in life.
TLDR, the person did tell Aestu tha it had to be handled by billing, then went to get a representatlive from that department, as Aestu kept badgering them.
Companies lie because fools like you will believe them.
He claimed the pets were handled by Billing. I did not call Billing, and the issue was solved without their intervention. Therefore, Billing clearly did not need to get involved.
If I had called Billing, I would have spent hours on hold and may or may not have had my issue resolved. How is it fair to me to have to subject myself to that to get what I have paid for? Isn't it being uncivil to me to ask that I do that rather than simply solve the problem?
You say I lack social skills. Yet I was able to convince him to do what needed to be done. I did try to be civil in my initial request and that did not work. As Bill Watterson said, "There would be more civility in this world if people didn't take it as an excuse to walk all over you." Conversely, if companies see that people won't stand for that sort of unreasonable treatment, they won't necessitate uncivil behavior in the first place.
If it were my nature to be rude, I'd have preferred that approach from the start.
If I lacked the capacity to work with others, he would have walked away angry, and I'd have walked away empty-handed. Instead the GM did what is ultimately in his company's own best interest, which is to solve the problem. I would call it nothing else than social skills to bring about a settlement fair to both parties.
As to whether or not I'll play Cata, I can't speak to that any more than I already have,
