Xpression.v2

Today, I received my Capital One credit card statement. The bill itself was nothing surprising, but the included “extras” just ticked me off. As someone who spends a lot of time with computers, I know the constant battle between computer users and spammers. We bust our asses to stop receiving useless advertisements. I guess we need to start getting worried, because this is what was on the envelope that my statement arrived in:

Why in god’s name is there a movie advertisement there? I’m a customer of Capital One. Every month, they get my money with no issues. Are they that broke that they need to start selling ad space on their envelopes? It gets worse, though. I open the damn thing, and this is what I find inside:

Are you kidding me? Now we need ad inserts, too?

The whole reason I’m angry is because I’m a customer. This isn’t like the company is trying to recruit me and they wish to recoup some of the costs of mailing out applications. I’m already in their system. I pay my bill every month and I do it via the web so they even save money in terms of paper sorting and cash checking and all that nonsense.

I’m sick of this. I’m tired of having every single moment of silence or every inch of blank space being filled with advertisements and solicitations. Leave me alone, already. Let me pay my damn bill and not have to get two real life pop up ads when I do so. Real life spam, that shit should stick to the can.

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