remember: "the buck fifty stops here?"

the famous wamu slogan of old?

yes folks, it was bullshit. maybe in the back of our mind we knew it all along. a desperate attempt to attract us to the aggressive expansion of the now largest savings and loan company in the country. we actually believed that perhaps they would stand by saving consumers that oh-so-profitable surcharge (of course the full value of that profit can never really be know since banks won't list the surcharges as a seperate earnings line item). apparently the buck fifty doesn't stop anywhere anymore. now that it's growth has slowed and the numerous takeovers have simmered down, washington mutual has proved itself to be no better than any regular assed bank.

this morning i used the man's bank card to withdraw money to pay bills and was suprised with that little piece of information. what? no huge tv and print campaign? no slogan? how about: we're fucking you just like our competitors.

i came home pissed about relinquishing that cash. i feel duped. lied to. washington mutal did us dirty. it made us think it was better than other banks and it just wasn't. i should have known when they hit me with a $30 fee for being tless than $2.00 over my account limit. i saw the signs... i wanted to beleive them. maybe i'll just say fuck it and join a credit union next time.