{"id":181728,"date":"2010-01-14T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5448331"},"modified":"2010-01-14T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T20:20:00","slug":"genius-bar-horror-stories-i-got-screwed-by-the-genius-bar-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/181728","title":{"rendered":"Genius Bar Horror Stories: I Got Screwed by the Genius Bar [Apple]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/geniusbiiig.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_geniusbiiig.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a>The <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #geniusbar\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/geniusbar\/\">Genius Bar<\/a> horror stories are in. And they are horrible. Geniuses obliterating iMacs, covered in roaches, even stealing customers&#8217; girlfriends. The <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5387772\/youll-probably-want-to-stay-away-from-apples-evil-genius-bar\">evil Genius Bar<\/a> is real, and it&#8217;s in your local mall. <strong>Update<\/strong>: We&#8217;ve added <strong>another<\/strong> truly shitty experience.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5448320\/\">here<\/a> to see all of the stories on one page, though it might be too much horror at once.<br \/> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> gawkerGallery(5448320,6,''); <\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now, reach down into the bottom of your hearts, and tell us who most deserves that free pizza. (And keep sending in your own horror stories.) <script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http:\/\/static.polldaddy.com\/p\/2525112.js\"> <\/script><noscript><br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/answers.polldaddy.com\/poll\/2525112\/\">Which horrific story most deserves free pizza?<\/a><span style=\"font-size:9px;\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.polldaddy.com\">polls<\/a>)<\/span><br \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=947272d7bc5bfb465656c7ee2d60dfe1&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=947272d7bc5bfb465656c7ee2d60dfe1&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/oMAqRCKfc1ZRjy7H1Oyxwy9PJxM\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/oMAqRCKfc1ZRjy7H1Oyxwy9PJxM\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/oMAqRCKfc1ZRjy7H1Oyxwy9PJxM\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/oMAqRCKfc1ZRjy7H1Oyxwy9PJxM\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=JDxRcTOL9Cg:35oJqvpvGhQ:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=JDxRcTOL9Cg:35oJqvpvGhQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=JDxRcTOL9Cg:35oJqvpvGhQ:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=JDxRcTOL9Cg:35oJqvpvGhQ:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=JDxRcTOL9Cg:35oJqvpvGhQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=JDxRcTOL9Cg:35oJqvpvGhQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/JDxRcTOL9Cg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Genius Bar horror stories are in. And they are horrible. Geniuses obliterating iMacs, covered in roaches, even stealing customers&#8217; girlfriends. The evil Genius Bar is real, and it&#8217;s in your local mall. Update: We&#8217;ve added another truly shitty experience. Click here to see all of the stories on one page, though it might be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1718,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1718"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}