Friday, December 08, 2006
here come the pizza
you know what i like to think? whenever i see an rbc financial commercial on tv, you know, the ones that are "narrated" by donald sutherland, i think about this one time, at the beginning of my employment at the cibc call centre when i got a call from donald sutherland. his name, his voice, totally unmistakable. the call did not go well. nothing horrible or anything. in fact i can't really remember any details, except that mr. sutherland seemed very confused and kind of weirded out. this was probably because i was new, and truthfully, not very suited for that type of work. anyway, i like to think that because of that experience, donald sutherland stopped banking with cibc and moved over to rbc, for whom he now also does voice-over endorsements. who knows.
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okay, i know that kentuky fried chicken changed their name to "kfc" to distance themselves from the unhealthy connotations of the word "fried," but why on earth did the royal bank change to "rbc?" did they do a demographic survey which revealed that the world "royal" was now out of vogue with 18-24 year old males? have recent scandals in the british monarchy soiled that once proud and regal word forever?
in a related story, i recently phoned the "rbc financial group" and alerted them to a fake online banking e-mail scam (commonly known as "phishing," i'm told.) since i'm a nerd now, i can spot these things a mile away. anyway, the call center lady was so god-damn appreciative! she practically made a baby right then and there. she was all "oh, you know, it's clients like you that make us proud," etc. etc. if i had been there, i would have handed her a tissue and told her to relax.
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