Non Duplicated Blues

Last night I got my first set of checks from Chase bank since I opened a free checking account there last week. I only did it because I got a coupon in the mail advertising a $100 bonus for signing up for a Chase Checking Account. Well ok, no harm in that...Went in, did my business, and was on my, well almost merry, way. I was a little annoyed at the fact that I have to pay $25 a year for a debit card since it gives you miles, but I got over it, perharps I'll get to 1000 miles by the end of the year...

So last night I get a package from Chase, it's a little ambiguous, I thought maybe it was my debit card or a welcome letter or some other waste of paper that banks insist on. Well no, it was my first set of checks. It wasn't in the usual box of checks setup like EVERY other bank sends you. No no, the box was FOLDED inside the package. So I would have to fold the box myself in order to keep track of my checks, which I might tell you, ripped to the point of uselessness while I was trying to put it together. Fine, no box. But who needs a box anyhow when there are only 3 small checkbooks? 3? Those CHASE people debited $19 dollars out of my account for 3 books of checks? I mean they didn't even have duplicates! They might as well be in a landfill right now. What's the point of checkbooks without duplicates? And if they give the excuse of "including" that dumb little transaction record book, then they are living in denial that no one on planet Earth uses those little books anymore, if they use checks at all! Why are these non-duplicate checks with a stupid little Chase symbol, not even Winnie the Pooh or Anne Gedde graphics, with a faux leather case, I should expect suede or something, so freakin expensive? You can buy a ream of 32 lb card-stock-busines-cut-paper in electric elephant pink for 5 dollars at the Factory Card Outlet. Plus, they had the nerve to send me an ORDER form for new, decorated, and more expensive checks that come in VARIETIES! As if I want to spend another 20% of my bank account in order to give someone a piece of paper to pay for the 99 cent French Vanilla coffee at the 7-11. It's gotten completely out of hand people. We must revolt. Strike for cheaper checks. Strikes are easy. I've been through many French strikes, they have it down to a T. So we'll just use the "methode de la France" to demand better check conditions. I mean what are they gonna do, take away the special gold embossed special edition checks for valued members? I spit on their embossed perforations and watermarks. What the hell is a watermark anyway. BIG DEAL.

Well I feel better now that that's out. :)