'Basically a writer has a quiet, inner motivation, and doesn't seek validation in the outwardly visible.' Haruki Marukami.

Saturday, October 04, 2003

Plastic Fantastic
My credit card company wrote to me during that week to say that as I was now a valued customer who was with them for all of n months, I was now entitled to a Silver card.
Great! appreciated at last. When I phoned, I was told by a pleasant sounding woman of the Manchester variety, that yes - I was now entitled to a Silver card. No strings attached, no extra charges etc.
Great, so what to I get, a higher credit limit, discount shopping? No sir, you get a card that says Silver.
"Is that all there is..." as the song goes.
Bastards... the least they might do is change their crappy on-hold music. Can they not personalise it in the Amazon manner. I hate the Beatles - I want the Stones or Bob Marley...please.
And that interest rate - you can not be serious!

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