Black Out

Only qualified individuals and our affiliates authorize financial institutions the right to deny countries of the world civil rights.

On a recent flight from San Francisco to New Orleans, my seat was fliered by an eager credit card company looking to lure my business with the promised reward of flight miles.  The back of the credit card application was a page of caveats, rules, and notices.  

The anger I feel at the industry designed to make money by trading money is shadowed by my disgust at industries exploiting people to maximize their profit. Looking hard enough at this credit card flier, the black out popped out almost instantly. “Only qualified individuals and our affiliates authorize financial institutions the right to deny countries of the world civil rights.”

I put the flier back in the seat pocket in front of me, blacking-out boxes around the phrases and shock lines around the boxes. I hope someone found it and sees it as clearly as I did.