totally

i just got off of the phone with Reservation Rewards. for those of you that don't know, Res. Rew. is that lovely company linked to many many online shopping sites (Fandango.com Chadwick's, lillian vernon, um....red envelope, etc) that SUCK.

they are con-artists like woah.
in fact, about 4 years ago, i bought something for someone off of some website and got a little option at the bottom of the webcart thing that asked if i wanted coupons for later purchases. and who WOULDN'T want a short email with coupons for online shopping? I;ll tell you who: AMERICA.

They get you good, guys. and if you are like a lot of people, you don't pay particular attention to most of your statements in the mail and you MISS out on the 10$ that is automatically being deducted each month in order for you to receive an email about coupons.

Fancy.

So 4 years ago, i caught this after 1 deduction and i immediately called and was refunded my money.
Fastforward to today. i am checking out my dad's bank account for several reasons:

1. i am nosy.
2. this is essentially MY MONEY, too, because when i kill off my dad, it will be split between me and sean.
3. i am on his account still from when i was in high school 100 years ago, and i have access, so...why not?

and i noticed that he and mom (and...for all intents and purposes, me and sean) are being charged 10 bucks a month for coupons that go to the spam folder of someone's email account.

so...because this is MY money we are talking about, i pretended to be mom and i called the company up and said things like "UNCONSITUTIONAL" and "BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU" and "LAWYER!" and "BULLSHIT!!!!"

but mostly...i got to use the word unconstitutional, which was altogether awesome and worth every penny of the 10 bucks a month that has been coming out for God knows how long. And you know..that IS a really really strong word. it's amazing what someone will do for you if you say "unconsititional". i bet i could go to the moon if i complained to someone with enough power about the idea of only astronauts getting to space travel being unconstitutional.

i dare you to try it sometime today. or in the future. if you are pissed at someone. or you are calling customer service somewhere. or you are trying to get someone that was at a stopsign before you to freakin GO, already....shout to them about your feelings of the constitution and i totally bet you will get your way.

cause i got a full refund and i didn't even really have to work hard for it.
which is good.

although working hard for full refunds makes for better stories usually.
dammit. that is unconstitutional!!!!!