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your credit card don't mean nothing to me

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2019.06.17

Today I tried to add my Visa card to PayPal; I was declined, so I called the bank but was given the run-around. The first two people I spoke to said they couldn't figure out what was happening, and I was then placed on hold for so long I gave up. I don't know why banks think they can do this sort of thing, it's not like I can't be approved for another credit card in fifteen minutes.

So that's what I did. Farewell to my last big bank. Hopefully ever.

rand()m quote

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

—Abraham Lincoln