don't shove it in my face, let me make my own decision. jeez.

i can be very cynical. so if you hate to hear cynicism stop reading right now. the sun is shining, there ya go, something optimistic to help your day. but. so anyone else confused about this week's speaker?

Mr. Macke Mauldin, president of Bank Independent. nice man, over-all. but i didn't sign up for the honors program and attend this class just to hear a commercial. because that's basically all his talk was, a commercial, propaganda. sure, your bank is awesome and all, i'm glad it works for you and all the people doing business there. but do you have to rub it in my face?

he started out kind of connecting it to us and how values affect our lives. but then he got off on a tangent about...yep you guessed it, his bank. apparently, there are 5 words they use for everyday practices. if anything isn't a part of those 5 words, they don't do it. uhhuh, i'm sure you audit every single instance of your business to see if everything is doing right. like you have that much time. you may have good intentions with that, but you admitted yourself that you mess up. and you can't fix every single mess-up because some people don't even notice the mistake. the five words are: people, community, strength, service, and convenience. seem sappy to anyone else? does to me.

ok, so you have live people on your phones from 8 to 8. so you're open on saturdays. that's not enough for me to switch banks just based on one talk. and the way he was talking just came across as if he was better than all of us because of his success and the bank is the best in the world and we should all become members. and i have a question. so his grandpa helped start the bank back in the 1960s. and then his dad took over. and now he's president. isn't there some kind of rule against that? or at least shouldn't he have explained how he came to be the president, like what are his qualifications? and his siblings are in the bank too. yea there are other family crews working, like father-son, mother-daughter. but still, seems a bit sketch to me.

the bank plays by the rules? is forthright with everything? NOBODY is like that, much less a big entity like a bank. it just isn't practically possible.

i'm sure that he made good points, and was a good representation of the bank. but. i don't want that shoved in my face. i didn't sit there just to have him spew about his bank and its awesomeness. i don't like commercials on t.v. where i can switch the channel, what makes him think i'll like it where i can't get up and leave?

thanks for the consideration, i really appreciate it.