Oh it feels good to be back. I’m back home on vacation and will be capitalizing on the internet availability while i am here. First thing’s first: American Express has got some explaining to do. Technically they don’t have much to explain, I’m just irrate.
For those new to the financial game, American Express (AmEx) is sorta the financial elite of the credit card industry (if there’s something more elite, I don’t wanna know about it, I’ll just feel more poor). In the old days, having an AmEx Gold Card was like having a Willy Wonka Golden ticket. Everyone was on your nuts. The peculiar aspect about AmEx is that it requires you to pay your bill all at once (hence it’s a charge card, not a credit card). This means that not just any Tom, Dick, and Harry could get one. You have to have the financial responsibility and resources to make it happen. Now, cut to 2008.
AmEx has come out with several different lines of credit cards rather than charge cards, allowing for more individuals to sign up and have the coveted AmEx logo floating around in their wallet. And me oh my, I signed up for the AmEx Clear to join the elite club of AmEx cardholders. And, it feels good to have AmEx, BUT, no one told me that AmEx Clear pretty much designates you as a broke muthaf#&$er. I went to pay my tab at a club the other night and handed over my patented AmEx Clear. The bartender (cute lil thang) looked at it, smiled, and damn near handed it back as if to say “that’s okay sweetheart, I’ll take care of this one. Looks like you could use the extra cash.”
Are you kidding me? No one signs up for AmEx to be known as “the guy with not that much money.” You sign up for AmEx because you wipe your ass with hundred dollar bills and tip with twenties. But now I’ve joined the anti-elite group of “trying to be somebodies.” Sigh…. it’s a long journey to the top of the financial mountain. At the end of the day though, I’m not gonna have my own coin-deprived pocket hold itself. No, can’t do that. Gonna put this one on AmEx. American Express, hold my clearly broke pockets.
5 responses so far ↓
hannah // November 11, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Well, shit… I’m worse off than I thought. I was so excited when I finally qualified for an AmEx Blue (or is it Clear?) a few years ago. You mean to say that I’m still broke?
Dre The Silverback // November 12, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Yea AmEx is shady…We all get a corporate one at my job and I just found out that if you quit (or get let go). The AmEx is cancelled not by the company, but by AmEx. I guess they figure if you don’t have a job, you can’t pay them…..
Bgeezy // November 13, 2008 at 1:27 am
LMFAO!!
You’re lying!!! That did NOT happen to you at the club.
OMG . . . I can’t breathe.
blackdiplomacy // November 13, 2008 at 1:30 am
yea, i am lying just a lil bit. The experience wasn’t that bad, but other AmEx cardholders look at my card with the same bemusement of watching a polar bear on a tricycle.
J. West // November 18, 2008 at 11:59 am
Pure comedy