Welp, this pissed me off.

[yonder]

I called the bank yesterday to order more, rarely used personal checks. I intended to talk to a real person but after a few tries at their phone tree, was directed to the printers website and forced to do it online. *grumble* Then after a couple of attempts to navigate the site and being subsequently bumped out a notch or two (mostly my fault but more **grumbling**), I finally got to where I could select and order the checks. Yay.

I just wanted the cheapest, simple ones but decided to browse their style selections. I looked at a few and came across "Patriotic Themes". Okay, whadda they got? The usual slogans one might expect. God Bless America, America the Beautiful, America, Love it or Leave it, etc. Then I saw it: "Proud to be a Republican". Okay, where's the one for Democrats? Nada. Nope. They don't have one. What? So the check printing company is pretty much telling me a Democrat can't be patriotic and patriotism is exclusive to the GOP? Bullshit.

By this time I was really pissed. I went to order the checks but another software glitch prevented this Proud Democrat from assigning a number consecutive to my last check, instead defaulting to a #101. Add more coal to the fire. Not acceptable, and I'm about outta my mind with frustration and anger towards this print company. I bailed their site after leaving a shitty review and will take this "Patriotism" issue up with the bank on Monday - which may include closing my more-than-small accounts if the asshole printing company does not get pressured to add "Proud to be a Democrat" to their patriotic selection. I will be following up on any flowery promises they might make about fixing this by mail to both the bank and print company.

I realize that this is really small potatoes in the big picture of what's going on today. People are facing life-changing, mortal situations and decisions that far outweigh what can be put on a piece of paper. Hell, I probably won't choose this check style anyway. But that's not the point. I also realize it's not the bank's fault. In fact, former Idaho Governor John Evans, a Democrat, comes directly from the family who founded this bank. But this is how this insidious bullshit gets started. If I can make a small effort and change this printing company's idea of just who can be considered a patriot, I guess I'll call it a small win.

End O'Rant. Proud to be a Democrat