Men Suck

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I hate to say it, but it's true. Sometimes men do suck. I went into the Apple store on Saturday to have them look at my monitor which abruptly died. So Josh and I dress the kids and hurry out of the house in order to make the 10:30 appointment. The guy working at the genius bar (give me a fucking break—who came up with THAT name?) told me that it would cost $300 to fix and that he thought I should call some other repair places because they would probably do it much cheaper. First of all, let me say that I am sure some women work as tech support at Apple, but I have never seen even one working at one of the stores at their "genius" bar. Which to me sends a really crummy message to every girl that walks into that store. But I am digressing.So the guy basically makes me feel like I am a sucker if I don't get other estimates because if I have them do it it will cost way more. Now I know that this guy was trying to be helpful. I came out at one point and asked him "If you had two young children to lug around and had NO free time, would you shop this around?" To which he answered that he did not have children. Of course not! But he thought I should price it out. So I dragged the monitor (thank GOD I no longer have a CRT) or should I say that I had Josh drag it back to the car? That would be more truthful. Then I spent about FIVE hours yesterday trying to get estimates to replace a part that it turns out that NO ONE outside of Apple can purchase. UGH! So here I am having lost two more days of work and spent hours on the phone with people talking to me like I am a simpleton, dragging the damn monitor back to the Apple store where I can't park and have to carry a baby in a car seat AND a 23" monitor. I gave the guy there a piece of my mind and he made excuse after excuse. And all he really needed to do was say "I'm sorry. How can I help?" But NO! He is a man. And all he sees is this sleep deprived, unshowered, middle-aged woman who is carrying a baby and has spit-up running down her shirt and decides I am not worth it. I am sorry, but men suck. Genius my ass. And Josh, baby, none of this, of course, applies to you. Wink, wink.