Michael S. Pascua The Life of a Freelancer

Going Green? Not Today

I use a big named bank. Although I won’t mention which bank I use, they continue to hassle me with emails and letters trying to get me to drop my monthly paper statement in lieu of either an email or just using the website. At one point they even offered me five dollars to stop. Five dollars.

Sorry, but I can’t. Although I see my statement on the website and I shred my paper after reading it, it’s actually a psychological thing that I can’t get rid of. For me it’s like double checking items. If it’s on both online and printed out, that means that it’s true. Yeah, I know that it’s not exactly the right mentality, but I believe in it.

I love the idea of greening of society. Sure I use the green light bulbs and actually use some candles for days when I would like light, but don’t want to spend on my electricity bill (the idea of candles and mirrors are sexy). I’ve shortened my showers by about five minutes (so it’s not fifteen anymore). I recycle and I did submit about two codes for that Tropicana rainforest thing. Let me have some printed paper which I will recycle anyway.

Five dollars isn’t really convincing and it seems like a bitch move to me. The people at the banks thought of something and it was stupid. How about raising my savings account by .05%? Hell, at this point I’ll take .005%. The five dollars isn’t recurring either, unlike several places that give you a five cent discount for using one of those green bags.

Try again big bank.