H-E-L-L to T-W-C. Saturday Night Live's Colin Jost ripped Time Warner Cable on Wednesday, June 17, live-tweeting his fury against the cable provider for its crappy service.
Jost, 32, the head writer of the show and Weekend Update co-anchor, naturally found some clever ways to entertain his thousands of Twitter followers during his spat with the corporation.
The main reason I believe in the concept of Hell is because I know the people who work at Time Warner Cable will go there when they die.
— Colin Jost (@TheColinJost) June 18, 2015
My new goal in life is to be the Mother Theresa of getting people to switch from Time Warner Cable to Fios. #SpiteSpokesman
— Colin Jost (@TheColinJost) June 18, 2015
Reposting this piece I wrote four years ago about Time Warner Cable purely out of spite. http://t.co/AzW4lky29g (References need updating)
— Colin Jost (@TheColinJost) June 18, 2015
Hey Netflix, Want to come over to my place and watch Time Warner Cable slowly die together? (CC'ing Satan so he knows to expect them.)
— Colin Jost (@TheColinJost) June 18, 2015
Followers slowly started realizing Jost was on a bend to bring down TWC, and they aired their grievances too.
When I called up Time Warner Cable, a representative said to me, out of nowhere, "I wish Bin Laden were still alive…" #timewarnercable
— Colin Jost (@TheColinJost) June 18, 2015
When I asked to speak to a supervisor at #TimeWarnerCable, they put me through to Pol Pot's voicemail. #Directv #DirectvCopaAmerica
— Colin Jost (@TheColinJost) June 18, 2015
My #TimeWarnerCable isn't working. The box just says, "Voting For Trump."
— Colin Jost (@TheColinJost) June 18, 2015
He even bribed his followers to boycott the service.
If you cancel your #TimeWarnerCable and switch to another provider and send me photographic evidence, I will send you a check for $50.
— Colin Jost (@TheColinJost) June 18, 2015
For the record, my #TimeWarnerCable hasn't worked in FOUR MONTHS. But in fairness, it may just be tired from blowing Satan.
— Colin Jost (@TheColinJost) June 18, 2015
I wrote a long polite letter notifying #TimeWarnerCable I would be canceling my service and they wrote back, "Mussolini cool af" @TWC
— Colin Jost (@TheColinJost) June 18, 2015
Eventually, Time Warner tweeted at Jost to address his complaints.
.@TWC_Help perhaps you could check in with the 3 technicians who have been to my apartment this week for a total of 7 hours?
— Colin Jost (@TheColinJost) June 18, 2015
.@TWC_Help or perhaps you could talk to one of the I'm-not-exaggerating 25 customer service reps I've talked to over the past 4 months?
— Colin Jost (@TheColinJost) June 18, 2015
.@TWC_Help or the representative with the ID number 2254 who just offered to credit my account for eighteen dollars and seventy five cents.
— Colin Jost (@TheColinJost) June 18, 2015
.@TWC_Help or the 4th technician who came a month ago, tried five different cable boxes, then genuinely suggested that I get @VerizonFiOS
— Colin Jost (@TheColinJost) June 18, 2015
.@TWC_Help Where should I follow you? To Mordor? What's your exact address?
— Colin Jost (@TheColinJost) June 18, 2015
Jost quickly started trending across New York City, where the company is known for its service monopoly. With his mission accomplished, he ended his spat on Wednesday with tweets from followers applauding him for publicly calling out the service.
"I've had Time Warner Cable for 10+ years & have been too lazy to cancel their AWFUL service," one person wrote. "Thanks to @TheColinJost, that all changes ASAP."
