If I have a corporate enemy, it would have to be Bank of America. In a foolhardy moment, I chose them to handle the Powell riches. Since that day, they have taken to screwing me over in ways that Carlos Jacott could only dream about. It would not surprise me at all to flip through their annual report and see a glossy, 4 page section, full of bar graphs and executive testimonials, all about their progress in screwing me over. I do have to admire the way they constantly try to top themselves, though. Nearly every day in the mail, I receive something from them detailing a new product or service to destroy my personal finances. This has been going on for years, and I usually just shake my fist at the heavens and throw the mail away. Today, however, I decided to strike back. Until Bank of America stops sending me stupid mail, I will respond to each mailing with an envelope of stale pretzels.
It's possible to miss the beauty of this plan. First, in each mailing they send me, there is an envelope with pre-paid postage. Second, I have a load of stale pretzels left over from the original Centennial. Third, I am an idiot. By utilizing a little Pythagorean theorem, mathematics pretty much forces me to mail these old pretzels to Bank of America. I will not attempt to predict the outcome of my devious new plan, but I will document any future pretzel-based correspondence between myself and my corporate nemesis.
In other news, Patrick and I got to participate in the job interview process for some candidates at work a little bit today. It was an interesting feeling, to ruin an interview as the interviewer, as opposed to the interviewee. I did manage to discover my own unique style of interviewing during this: ask a poorly-phrased question, then shrug my shoulders and struggle not to giggle. Luckily, Paddy was there to back me up and do essentially the same thing. I call this method "Laying an Early Groundwork for Future Incompetence", and I expect it to be all the rage at the Harvard Business School 100 years from now.
Posted by Cody at May 12, 2004 6:18 PM