This just in: I’m going to list 3 companies that I recommend we all avoid. There are certainly more to avoid than these three but I made my selection on a vary narrow criteria: Thus must be very bad at the very thing they claim to be best at.

Let the countdown begin:

Number 3 on my list is United Parcel Service (UPS). Their sole purpose for existing it deliver packages quickly to anywhere in the country. Now, back in the days before Amazon, we use to put up with UPS missing a delivery date now and then. I recall a time about 20 years ago where they lost my order. I actually wrote and asked them if my order was the first order that they ever tried to deliver. When they found the order and returned it to the sender, they still tried to bill be. I had to remind them, “I pay you to deliver, not to try to deliver.” Right now I have a package that was sent 5 days ago on a 2-day delivery. After 2 days, it got to within 50 miles. It sat there for a day and then was shipped to Los Angels, 400 miles away. It spent a day there and now it about 100 miles away…where it has been sitting for nearly 24 hours. Amazon, meanwhile, is still making 1-day deliveries on time as promised.

Number 2 on my list is AT&T. For a number of reasons, I think this is the worst run company in the country. They have gobbled up other companies from time to time only to see them fail. In short, everything AT&T touches…dies. They have overbilled. They made my mom cry when she tried to cancel. They billed me for months for an account that I never opened. Right now, they say, “Move to AT&T and get use our software to stop you phone from being SPAMMED.” Right now, the number on phone spammer seems to be someone concerned about my lack of car warranty. However, I get spammed at least 3 times a week from AT&T telling me that I have qualified for a special offer. The company promising to protect me from robo-calls is one of the worst robo-call offenders in the country.

Number 1 on my list is McAfee anti-virus software. I’m sure you’ve had this experience. You buy a new computer and McAfee is already installed. This is called a “feature” when it is actually an intrusive virus. From the very first day, the installed software reminds you that there are other features you can upgrade to. Uninstalling it is nearly impossible. But, I got it done. Then, 2 months later, I started getting McAfee popups that said, “You have several virus infections.” When I close the popup, a browser automatically opens up and tried to sell me McAfee protection. This goes on constantly, making work nearly impossible. So the anti-virus software tries to sell you software by inserting a virus into your computer telling you that you have a virus so the company that installed the virus can get rid of it for you. I fail to see much of a difference between McAfee and ransomware.

Now for a music video…

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim