Originally posted in my other blog on May 6 2012
According to ABC news,This guy in Denver, Rich Drewberry, takes his phone to get it fixed at Best buy, when they couldn’t fix it, they gave him a new one, but when he checks it, he’s got a bunch of missed calls, texts, emails and TONS of voicemail. typical when you don’t have a phone, but the amount of it was just really excessive because like i said, it was only a day. so he investigates and found out that when he left his phone, he was still logged in to his facebook, and whoever worked on his phone put “I’m Gay, I’m coming out.” as a status.
First of all, it’s only funny when a friend does it, and even then the friend tags themselves in the status with the title “bestie” or “biffle” or whatever. This was a random act of douchiness. secondly, you’d think he’d be a bit more creative then this. honestly, being gay is almost normal in my world, but the guy wasn’t gay, so he’s saying he was wrongfully outed. It could’ve been worse. The wrongfully outed man said he had alot of personal info on his phone, which I assume means financial stuff. it’s a good thing that worker really was a dumb ass otherwise he would’ve been fucked with that status an identity theft.
Drewberry says he feels humiliated, and he should, since this incident happened over a year ago and he still has to explain himself to acquaintances. (you know how nosy everyone is on facebook) He filed a complaint with the store, and was told the dumb ass employee behind the joke was fired.
He’s not planning to sue, but he’s telling everyone his story because he’s more upset at the fact that Best Buy didn’t have procedures to protect their customer’s privacy. It makes me wonder how many porn sites the geek squad guys come across when they have to de-bug a computer.
Best Buy apparently has a code of ethics agreement they have all employees sign every year detailing the high expectations they have when it comes to handling such sensitive info, but that’s like having someone thoroughly read the terms and conditions iTunes has for every single update. Or like a bible of a text sent from a friend who just has to say every little detail well surpassing the 160 character limit so you get like 7 or 8 texts at a time. I hate that.
Anyways, Best Buy has that agreement, but has not formally apologized to him, Basically, employees are expected to–out of the goodness of their hearts– not use any sensitive personal info, otherwise they can be fired and sued. why this dude isn’t suing, I don’t know. but it’s not that serious, just another ruined reputation for a cheap laugh is all.
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