Dishwasher Douche

Appliance Asshole

How hard is it to buy a fucking dishwasher?
Exceedingly, if you're an obnoxious asshole like Mark Halburn.
On October 4 he started his newest round of complaining.

"It is sad to watch a great company self-destruct. Been a Sears customer for decades. Ordered a dishwasher and garbage disposal on 9/21 for delivery and install on 9/26. Only the disposal was delivered by a person that DEMANDED to take a picture of me holding the disposal and, literally, jammed his foot in my door, refusing to leave, until I let him take my picture. The installer and dishwasher never showed and when I called customer service, was told the dishwasher was back-ordered until 9/29. Then I was told, 9/30, then 10/1, then 10/4, then 10/5, then TBD. At one point, Sears asked me to consider a different model. I agreed, drove two-hours, round trip, to the store, only to be told THAT model was on back order. (I can't make this up!) Yesterday, an installer called me and said he was picking up the dishwasher, yesterday, oblivious to the fact that it wasn't arriving until later in the month. Despite the delays, he DEMANDED that I take off work to meet HIS scheduling convenience. When I, honestly, told him that my boss couldn't let me off, on a weekend, for a NON-emergency situation, Mr. installer got rude, "copped an attitude" and told me, "It's my company, I set MY schedule." I then got a call from a Sears rep who didn't understand his attitude and scheduling as they say it will be AT LEAST mid-October before the dishwasher will hit their warehouse. Meanwhile, I hired someone else to install the disposal, yesterday, after Sears decided that I was misquoted on the combination install price. Since Sears can't determine when the dishwasher will arrive, they cancelled my order but have YET to refund my charges. (They are saying 7-10 days!) After decades of buying clothes, appliances and photos from Sears, I am, sadly, finished with this company. Sears, you are your OWN WORST ENEMY!!! Sears is the reason that Sears is closing stores! MAYBE Sears will last 5 more years. I doubt it!"Next he goes to Best Buy.

On the 10th, he's all ready.

Four days later it's:

Then he tries Home Depot.

And apparently that didn't go to his liking either because he immediately jumped on Topix.

Lowes would have told him the exact same thing.

  

"First Sears, then Best Buy, now Home Depot fails to deliver a dishwasher!!! RETAIL FAILURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

For actual fuck’s sake.

I bought a new dishwasher a few years back.  I picked it out, they brought it later in the week. It was a one time transaction.

But not Mark Halburn. He is incapable of having a normal human interaction
Everything is a huge travesty and personal affront.

This guy has now gone through THREE retailers who can't meet his stringent standards.

Halburn's Kitchen

And it turns out the reason three retailers wouldn't install a dishwasher in Halburn's kitchen was because there was no electric, plumbing or even a hole for a dishwasher.

Her believes his home warranty somehow covers this.
He's going to try to milk that thing every time something happens.
Ripping out cabinets to put in a dishwasher or something similar is not covered by home warranty.

Motherfucker, they’re installers not fucking contractors.
That’s contracting work. Not installation.
You want demolition, plumbing, and electrical, hire a contractor.

I guarantee he wasn’t honest with them to mention there was no space for  a dishwasher when he bought it .

Douchin' It Up In Danville

Which PsychoPublisher was involved in another hotel incident?

Since Halburn was fired from CVS, he's been scrambling to find a new job. Apparently, he hoodwinked some company to hire him and they sent him to Danville VA for some sort of training. We're not sure what sort of company would hire someone like him, but it didn't take long for the hilarity to begin. 

Halburn likes to frequent the trailer park of the internet, Topix, and post his scurrilous complaints using one or another of his sock puppets.
Here's the first of three posts that he's made so far.
Funny how every encounter he has at a hotel involves the phrase "threatened to call the police"

"Sleep Inn
Road Warrior
AWFUL SERVICE!
I travel, a lot, on business. When I was driving in, I was concerned about the accuracy of my GPS. So I called the hotel. The overnight clerk was clueless.
In the morning, I asked for directions to the local business that I would be servicing. The clerk gave me directions that took me in the opposite direction! I was late to the client!!!(The REAL location was two blocks away, but my false directions had me turn before I saw it!) When I complained to the daytime manager, she was RUDE and said, "I would have done the same thing."
There were ANTS in my bathroom.
Another guest woke me up at 4:30 a.m. with their television. The front desk handled it - but no apology. The next day, I mentioned this to the day manager, who was RUDE AGAIN!
My company had to add another night to my reservation. They faxed in the pre-paid ccard, but the day manager DEMANDED my card, and scanned it. She said, "We need to have a card on file." She was RUDE! As I walked out to my car, I commented, "Unbelieveable!" Her response was, "This is standard procedure!" She told me that the first clerk made a mistake by not taking my ccard number,(WRONG! The hotel was provided a ccard by our travel agency!) Later, I checked my account balance and found that the daytime manager SCREWED UP and BILLED ME instead of the preauthorized credit card that she was faxed by the travel agency, SHE BILLED ME! When I called the desk, I was told nothing could be done and that the GM would take care of it the next morning. I advised her that I was leaving at 6:00 a.m. and needed to have the manager call me within 5 minutes so that I could go to sleep. She did, and threatened to call the police, threatened to call my company, threatened to call Choice.(I'd already called my company! They already knew about the bad directions as I shot a picture of them and texted it to my boss!!!)
Later, they fixed the charge on my credit card. Too late. I WILL NOT RETURN!
In a previous career, I worked for multiple hotels from coast-to-coast. This hotel's service is AWFUL!!!
NEVER STAY AT THE SLEEP INN at Danville, Virginia!
I forgot to mention the unreliable Internet!"

Wow, it's really refreshing to see a hotel complaint from Halburn that doesn't involve a swimming pool.

 

Halburn is also upset he had to pay extra for cheese on his greasy hamburger. Here's his first food complaint of the week.
The most hilarious part is where he says he "travels across the country." This fucker hasn't been able to afford to leave Dunbar, much less travel across the country. When his mom died, his sister had to pay for his ticket to California.

"Ham's restaurant
Danville VA

Unknown eater
Tuesday
Great cheeseburgers. Lousy service. They also have a Swiss * Cheddar cheese option in the "build your own burger" section. But when I ordered it, they demanded an extra .75 cents. The manager was a real witch about it, too.
I travel across the country and found the Ham's service to be among the slowest. AWFUL!"

Here's his next food complaint.
Everything is so important ... Business travel, blah blah blah. 
He's a very busy businessman who is very busy with business.
He also doesn't appear to know the difference between a per diem and a reimbursement.

Is there anything that ever goes right for him? Ever?
It's mind blowing that a person has bad experiences with literally everything.
Also, stop eating cheeseburgers for every meal.

"KickBack Jack's
Danville VA
Unknown eater
I am spending a few days, in Danville, on business. My hotel recommended KickBack Jack's and told me about $5 appetizers. But when I called the restaurant, I learned that they were during "limited hours" and I was just past the 6:00 deadline for "the special" price. I spoke to the manager, thinking he would take care of a business traveler, but he wouldn't and sounded like he was reading from a script. Because I have a meal "per diem" (Where I am reimbursed) I watch my expenses.
I went to the restaurant, the next day, and the server denied they had a $5 appetizer special. At this point I nearly walked out. However, she checked with management and admitted she was wrong. I thought MAYBE we were "turning the corner."
Then I received my meal.
My "medium rare" cheeseburger was DEFINITELY rare. BARELY cooked. I advised the manager, and it took about 10 minutes to get the food replaced. When I received the replacement burger it was STILL on the "rare" side, but I didn't want to repeat the process.
Then things got MUCH better. The server was on top of her game, checking regularly and providing stellar service.
LOTS of big screens to watch the games. Not overwhelmingly loud like many sports-related restaurants.
I will go back to KickBack Jack's, but I will make sure they properly cook my meal."

If I were an employee at KickBack Jack's, the next time you came back,  I would make sure I not only spit in your food, I'd jerk off in it too.

Annual Pool Whine Begins

MOTHERFUCKER

It's September and Halburn has started his annual whining about the pools closing.
What is his obsession with pools?

After all these years, he still doesn't get it. Most lifeguards are high school and college students. Once school starts the "pool" of employees dries up. The customers are back in school. Pools don't exist to solely "service him."
And then he makes the ridiculous assertion that pools reduce crime because they give burglars and shoplifters something else to do. Which is hilarious because heroin addicts and meth heads aren't the ones using the pools even when they're open.

His solution is for taxpayers to build pools at every high school. So he could swim there for free, no doubt. And those lifeguards that pools can't find after school starts? Pay them more.

We've got a solution for you, you fat fuck. If you want to swim year round, join the YMCA. But that costs money.
If you actually had a real job, you wouldn't have time to lounge around by the pool all day anyway. You'd be working to pay the full amount of your child support obligations.

Then he closes with the demand,
"Change our way of thinking and get moving!
Lose that weight!"

A polish sausage eating, 330 pound diabetic has no business giving anyone health advice.

First Pool Problem Of The Season

It's the first weekend of May and Halburn is already bitching about the area pools.
What is his obsession with pools?
He showed up at the South Charleston Community Center Pool on Sunday along with his "son" to take a dip. Unfortunately for him (and the employees there), there was a problem with the heater and the pool was closed. Crisco immediately started babbling about the 80 degree temperature outside and demanded they bus the staff up the hill and open the outdoor pool at Little Creek that's not scheduled to open until Memorial Day. Never mind that the water temperature hadn't even reached 65 degrees yet. What's a little hypothermia? "SERVICE ME IMMEDIATELY!!!" His hissy fit immediately brought the kid to tears, so now he's included the boy into his drama. 
I can't believe he actually acknowledged his insane request to move the ocean to Charleston!

South Charleston Community Center Pool

"My poor little guy... I check the web page of a local indoor pool for its hours, closure status, etc. All good. We get there and it's CLOSED due to the heater "cooking" the water. Now it's an 80 degree day, and they ALSO have an outdoor pool. They have staff. Outdoor pool isn't scheduled to open until Memorial Day. 
With temps in the 80's and the ONLY other pool closed, logic says they open the OUTDOOR pool and bus the staff up the hill... (Yes, there IS a bus!). "


Your "poor little guy" is right. Who wants to go through life with you as a father?
Logic says the OUTDOOR pool would have a water temperature of about 60 degrees.
It's the FIRST fucking weekend in May. The temperature hasn't been above 70 degrees before this. Do you have any idea what the water temperature would be in an outdoor pool? You'd be bitching that it was too cold if it were open.

 

Little Creek Park Pool

"When I talk to the director, (after he calls me back after his staff LIES to me and says he isn't working) he acts as if it's crazy to use the second pool. Invites me back tomorrow AFTER I tell him that I only get the boy every other weekend. 
The boy is in tears because he can't go swimming. (He LOVES his TMNT bathing suit, towel, and ball for the pool!)"

The boy is in tears because Daddy is ranting and raving and generally behaving like an asshole in public. He's weeping from embarrassment.
"A word to civic leaders: West Virginia has an overweight population. STOP closing the pools on 80 degree days!!! Now if I was allowed to take him to The Carolinas, there is always the ocean. And, yes, PsychoJudge Kelly banned me from taking him out-of-state and refused to order the ocean be moved to Charleston! The OTHER issue cannot be publicly discussed... 5/3 10:27pm"

A word to Halburn:
West Virginia has an overweight Halburn problem. A pool being open or closed is not going to help you. It's just your excuse.
And a whackadoo demand like wanting a judge to move the ocean is exactly why you can't take the kid  to the Carolinas, or any place out-of-state, for that matter.

 

MedExpress Urgent Harassment

Deputies Called For Halburn

 Halburn paid a visit to the Teays Valley MedExpress urgent care tonight complaining about his ear. You know, the one that another inmate whacked him on while he was in jail? And complained and complained some more. He wanted his medication NOW!!! So much so that they called the cops on him.

Out of jail two days and he causes another incident. Isn't it it strange that someone that lives in Dunbar loiters in Putnam County all the time? And always with the signs.

" Due to pain in my injured ear I go to Med Express Urgent Care (in Teays Valley) which is filled with signs saying they have the top 50 medications in stock. I am prescribed some ear drops. I ask to get them on-site. I am told I must go to a pharmacy which tells me that the drops need to be "pre-approved" by my insurance company and that Med Express SHOULD have done this. I call Med Express (It's now minutes before closing) where a lady tells me that she can't help me, refuses to transfer me to her supervisor I tell her I will drive to back, but she tells me the doors lock automatically-then HANGS UP ON ME. I call back and get a recording stating that they are closed but to call an on-call clinician who CONFIRMS that the medication was in-stock at Med Express and that I should have been sold the ear-drops on-site. She offers to call a medical director and tells me to call back the Med-Express Teays Valley office IN THE MORNING. Now, I submit for your consideration that if I wanted to be treated for my painful ear TOMORROW MORNING that I would have waited until TOMORROW MORNING! I also submit that I am NOT a little red-headed girl with a yellow dog that sings, "Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you, tomorrow..." Meanwhile, neither she or the medical director has called me back and I STILL don't have my medication! Med Express=FAIL!!! "I tell her I will drive back".

You can bet what he actually said was, "Don't make me drive back over there."

At that point they called the Putnam County Sheriff's office and a deputy was dispatched. And per the management, he is now banned from that location of Med Express.

 From his latest psych report: "He appears lacking in awareness of his own contribution to these conflicts, instead, focusing on HIS perceptions of the inappropriate behavior of others and HIS expectations that others should treat him fairly even after he has angered them."

It's only a matter of time before he attempts to sue the state for being "abused" in jail.
That's not going to fly.
And, unfortunately for him, he has admitted previously that he is nearly deaf in that ear, with a constant ringing noise due to an improperly treated ear infection.
When he admitted he was hearing voices he said,
"I am deaf in my right ear with a constant ringing noise (because of past infection) and have a tough time distinguishing which side of me sounds are corning from because of "the bounce" effect."

Then Halburn actually published the following on the Crime Reports page on his blog:

Putnam County Sheriff WV

July 25, 2014 ·

07/24/14 (Reports):  Harassment / Threats Complaint, Teays Valley Med Express, Suspect Known, under investigation;

Suspect known?
EVERYONE knows who it is!
Do something about it!

This may be the only time he has ever published a report on his blog about a crime that he committed.