iphone/microsoft sync commercial boggles the mind

i just saw it.  it’s a commercial offering a free* iphone when you buy a ford focus and you even get a free setup of microsoft sync.  for those of you uninitiated the iphone is….. okay for real if you don’t know what this is you need to sleep less than 20 hours per day.  microsoft sync is microsoft’s new way of trying to get you to buy their crap, in other words it’s a product that is released to great fanfare, then lamented by everyone.  here’s the kicker you get a free iphone (a product which is not supported by sync) to go with your shit car.  okay, okay, let’s think about this.  the commercial for sync shows a zune (an inferior microsoft ipod knockoff) incorporated into the system.  should this be a sign, yes.  will people pay attention to it, hopefully.

in summation here’s what you get:

• a free iphone: without service, minutes, or any way to use it even as an ipod other than paying at&t (ooooooo a free* 12 month contract at$59.99 per month.  thanks ford for the -$719.88 per year)
• free microsoft sync: an bullshit system that is buggy with no way compatible with my free* gift
• a ford focus: i don’t even need to explain this one.

okay.  that’s it.  don’t buy one.  buy the iphone if you want one, but don’t think for a second that anything is free.  don’t think that two competing technologies will ‘play nice’ just because some regional auto manufacturer wants you to believe they will.

common courtesy - where have you gone?

it’s not a huge thing, really it’s a summation of lots of small things, but nonetheless it’s something our society lacks these days. it takes many forms: the person on the subway who won’t move out of the doorway or blocks the aisle, the person in your office building who won’t hold the door even though they know you are 2 steps behind them, the stranger who refuses to get out of the shoveled path and forces you to walk in the snow, the customer who is having a bad day and insists on bringing others down with them, the driver who is on their cell phone who almost hits you as you legally cross a crosswalk while running (okay, he was just a jackass but you get the point).

people, if i see you do it and i’m really unhappy i will say something but come on. and i might go off on you.  not in a michael-douglas-in-falling-down sort of way, but you get the idea. did your parents not smack you when you were growing up? where the fuck did you get the idea that you could be lazy or annoying and it was ok? who the fuck do you think you are? there i feel better. but seriously it’s really not hard. use your head every now and again. it’s good karma, it will actually come back around to help you one day in life. we as a society will not change unless we all take notice. say something, be a better person.