Colin Jost may occasionally get a bad rap as the head writer and “Weekend Update” anchor on Saturday Night Live (though, in fairness, he’s much improved over the first season), but he apparently has great comedy skills, based on his massive, incredible anti-Time Warner rant on Twitter last night.
Jost clearly has a bone to pick with Time Warner Cable, the most hated company in America, as he has spent four months talking to at least 25 customer service reps and still doesn’t have working cable. In fact, his situation is so messed up that, when a cable guy came out to fix his service, the CABLE GUY suggested he switch companies.
Jost finally reached his breaking point last night. Not only did he rant against Time Warner’s terrible customer service, he encouraged all of his followers to switch to Verizon FiOS (and even offered $50 to anyone who did).
It was a truly epic rant, and got even better once Time Warner Cable’s Twitter Help account got involved.
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 (@ColinJost) 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 (@ColinJost) 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 (@ColinJost) June 18, 2015
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 (@ColinJost) 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 (@ColinJost) June 18, 2015
My #TimeWarnerCable isn't working. The box just says, "Voting For Trump."
— Colin Jost (@ColinJost) June 18, 2015
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 (@ColinJost) 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 (@ColinJost) 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 (@ColinJost) June 18, 2015
The Time Warner Twitter account even checked in with Jost, but that didn’t stop him from continuing.
https://twitter.com/TWC_Help/status/611365534920151040
.@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 (@ColinJost) June 18, 2015
.@TWC_Help especially the last technician who literally left after shaking his head and saying, "Dat's fucked up."
— Colin Jost (@ColinJost) 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 (@ColinJost) 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 (@ColinJost) 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 (@ColinJost) June 18, 2015
.@TWC_Help Where should I follow you? To Mordor? What's your exact address?
— Colin Jost (@ColinJost) June 18, 2015
.@TWC_Help Yeah good call let's try to keep this private. (whispered) "One of your technicians showed me his penis."
— Colin Jost (@ColinJost) June 18, 2015
Beautiful.
In addition to the Twitter tirade, Jost also retweeted a good 25-30 tweets from other followers who are equally as fed up with the cable company. He’s clearly not messing around.
(Via Twitter)
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