Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Congratulations on Ripping the Shit Out of That Bill!


Sometimes you just have to do something crazy, something that breaks all the rules. It can be something big or something small. Today you’re going to opt into the biggest of the big gestures: you’re going to sit down at your kitchen table, look deep into that Disney Club Membership Bill, and you’re going to tear it right in half. Then you’re going to take the scraps and tear them again, then again, then a fourth time until you have sixteen little bill bits in your hands.

Then you’ll grab the membership card itself and try to tear that in half. You’ll flex it and twist it, trying to shear it in half, grinning and sweating all the while. In the end you’ll less tear the card in half then crease and bend it beyond use, which won’t be quite as satisfying as ripping up the bill, but these things happen.

Some people would’ve just called to cancel their membership. Some people would’ve thrown the whole letter away. But you took a stand against the Disney Corporation. And thanks to the cameras that Walt Disney installed in every American home starting in the 30s, his frozen head will have seen all of it. And boy will he ever be pissed. You made a powerful gesture today.

Congratulations on Ripping the Shit Out of That Bill!

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