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How Bank of America rewards its employees
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You should have heard those guys version of "Imagine" during the AOL-Time Warner merger presentation.
Posted by: Al Bondigous | Nov 6, 2006 4:22:13 PM
Look how earnest this is. Corporations are the new cults.
Posted by: Yeppers | Nov 6, 2006 4:30:33 PM
In other news today, it was reported that Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen all died in a group suicide pact.
Posted by: Daniel | Nov 6, 2006 4:47:03 PM
I think I just spit up my coffee. I remember a video I was a PA on in the late 80s, the whole office, manufacturing and shipping plant did "We are Quality" video base on "We are Family."
Posted by: Ed | Nov 6, 2006 4:56:37 PM
You should have seen them perform
"Sunday Rewards Points Sunday"
It brought a tear to my eye...
Posted by: Andy | Nov 6, 2006 6:58:52 PM
I'm suing these mother fu*kas!
Posted by: Bono | Nov 6, 2006 11:41:47 PM
Hmm, let's see. Take an eloquent song about a man with AIDS making a plea to his father, and hijack it for an internal MEGA-Bank meeting about greed. A+++++!
Posted by: ad_scribe | Nov 6, 2006 11:43:59 PM
These are the fuckers who pay for the $200 seats, $50 pre-show buffet, sing like the songs were written for them, and leave before the encore.
If the terrorists don't succeed in destroying this country, the bank managers will.
... almost as bad as Mary J. Blige dueting with Bono!
Posted by: John in Athens, GA | Nov 7, 2006 12:07:11 AM
Jim DuBois (Manhatten Consumer Market Executive) and Ethan Chandler (Manhatten Banking Center Manager) are guilty of these crimes against humanity.
Let's see if we can't come up with contact information, eh?
: )
Posted by: John in Athens, GA... again | Nov 7, 2006 12:24:53 AM
All of you mean old cynics are missing the point. The man had a very nice voice (for a Manhattan Banking Center Manager).
It's official. The line has been crossed: Commerce, Entertainment and Politics are indistinguishable from one another. The Unholy Trinity.
Posted by: Jetpacks | Nov 7, 2006 9:01:59 AM
Reason #637 why white men should not be allowed to run the world.
Reason #9 why I bank with Wachovia.
Posted by: Charlie | Nov 7, 2006 9:42:50 AM
I can tell you that being a former MBNA'er this shit happens on a monthly basis. You wouldn't believe what they have people doing over there.
Posted by: donviti | Nov 7, 2006 11:53:42 AM
Bankers are so hawt!
Posted by: frank | Nov 7, 2006 12:04:24 PM
Bankers sing, some idiot steals my identity.
Posted by: Karen | Nov 7, 2006 12:17:40 PM
i may cancel my mbna card now. i am speechless
Posted by: anon | Nov 7, 2006 12:20:38 PM
I quit B of A last year. Worked in HQ. Know these people. I need to stop this hysterical laughing or I'm going to herniate something.
Posted by: Harshaw | Nov 7, 2006 12:29:24 PM
holy crap
Posted by: Jamie Gordon | Nov 7, 2006 12:56:19 PM
holy crap
Posted by: Jamie Gordon | Nov 7, 2006 12:56:42 PM
Oddly, I felt much less patronized by these guys than I usually do by Bono Inc. in concert.
Posted by: The Bat Dad! | Nov 7, 2006 1:10:08 PM
You gotta be shitting me! The sad part is this dweeby bank dude can sing better than 90% of the top 100 acts being played on the radio. And Jamie Gordon is right, this dude is less patronizing than Bono, he tells you right up front it's about the money.
Posted by: David A. Hoffman | Nov 7, 2006 2:59:31 PM
anything "corporate" will feel wrong or evil because it revolves around the root of all evil,money.b
ut i look at it like this,
this dude must hate working in a bank,i would,but it pays the bills and at least this way he could live his real dream for 5 minutes.coworkers will compliment him honestly as well as out of courtesy and he'll have at least one cool week.its like the failed athlete who kicks ass in the company softball game, f it,its lame,but let him shine,im happy for this dude singing if he sucked i would rip him to shreds but he sings pretty good,and im a very cynical person,i cant believe i even wrote this
Posted by: ike fike | Nov 7, 2006 3:16:56 PM
do these guys work for me? do they know any springsteen? make em sing thunder road.
Posted by: Keith Banks | Nov 7, 2006 3:58:48 PM
Back in college, this guy probably sang in a band, still had hair, and got laid a lot. I bet he smokes pot in his basement and pines for the good ol' days.
Posted by: Erwin M Fletcher | Nov 7, 2006 5:51:27 PM
Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head?
Why do you think Bono & Company allowed this shit to happen? Bono should sue them for crimes against humanity.
Posted by: tom | Nov 7, 2006 6:49:19 PM
Here, drink the Kool-Aid.
Posted by: Madonna | Nov 7, 2006 6:49:24 PM
I have been singing this to myself since I saw the video. I'm just making up terrible things about all concerned while singing, of course. An early office favorite so far is
"Have you heard of Michelle Shepherd, (you know she)
She stands up when she pees"
I invite everyone to change banks.
Posted by: Steven Stongfingo | Nov 7, 2006 7:08:51 PM
Bank Of America is a crappy bank so the only people on the run here is customers. This song is just another reason why you start running NOW!
Posted by: ViciousAlienKlown | Nov 7, 2006 8:07:10 PM
That's it...I'm done...you guys are on your own. This finally pushed me over the limit.
Posted by: God | Nov 7, 2006 8:52:09 PM
Can anyone say douche-chills?
Posted by: JoeFromSJersey | Nov 7, 2006 8:52:59 PM
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a $20B mega bank; and he shall take pure songs and turn them into putrid waste and awaken the Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse. Thanks, Bank of America, for opening the gates of hell and invoking the End of Days.
Posted by: The Lord | Nov 7, 2006 9:00:25 PM
sheesh - Get over yourselves. So if bannkers try to have some fun, they are douche bags. If the don't, they are sticks in the mud.
Blah, Blah, Blah....
Posted by: Furcryinoutloud | Nov 7, 2006 9:20:57 PM
Do those assholes look like they are having fun to you?
They look like they've got guns to their heads.
"Sing, monkey, sing! For the company!
Now here is your pink slip. You've been laid off."
Posted by: John in Athens | Nov 8, 2006 12:41:47 AM
THIS IS THE "SPIRIT"????????
Posted by: SCOTT IN FLA | Nov 8, 2006 1:12:35 PM
I've never been so proud to work for Capital One. I am now truly inspired to take down the competition.
Posted by: Visigoth | Nov 8, 2006 1:37:17 PM
These fine gentlement will soon be part of my White House, giving America songs of inspiration about Iraq and deficit spending!
Posted by: President Bsuh | Nov 8, 2006 2:25:00 PM
Sunday Bankrupt Sunday
Anyone?
Posted by: 31% interest rates for all | Nov 8, 2006 2:27:02 PM
Reminder to self: Leave guitar at home for next off-site.
Posted by: Michael Seaton | Nov 8, 2006 2:32:38 PM
Tell baldy his rock n roll days have passed. Please instead rise for my song: "Protocol stack, oh protocol stack."
Posted by: Techno Kitty | Nov 8, 2006 7:21:55 PM
He sounds really good, I hate to say it, but he does, cheesy? yep, but I am sure he only thought he was embarrassing himself in front of a room, and some jerk goes and puts it on the internet. Poor guy. He really should do something with the voice though. I am not being sarchastic.
Posted by: Hallie | Nov 8, 2006 8:13:20 PM
I can't beleive he's sooo serious!
For the Love of God! I almost yuked!
Posted by: oz | Nov 8, 2006 8:37:13 PM
I've always said this bank wa a cult. Look where they come from...Utah!
Posted by: Rob | Nov 8, 2006 8:39:09 PM
If only these people had been on my team, I would not now be out of a job!
Posted by: Donald Rumsfeld | Nov 8, 2006 11:25:38 PM
Wow. Makes me glad I bank with the Credit Union.
Oh well, at least I didn't have to listen to him interrupt his act so he could go on another political rant. I get so tired of that crap.
Posted by: Sloan | Nov 8, 2006 11:26:34 PM
I'm a member of Bank of Bono
You should be too
It's like livin on the Edge
Slappin em down $100 $200
Posted by: Gern Blanston | Nov 9, 2006 12:18:37 AM
This should be an OSHA violation, for the audience if not for the singers.
The worst days of the Soviet Union, were never this bad.
Capitalist realist art at it's worst.
Riley
Posted by: Riley DeWiley | Nov 9, 2006 12:31:25 AM
I work for the Bank and imagine how embarrassed I feel!
Posted by: Anonymous | Nov 9, 2006 6:16:34 AM
Freebird!
Posted by: chunky lover 53 | Nov 9, 2006 9:32:52 AM
this is horrible
Posted by: A dedicated U2 Fan | Nov 9, 2006 11:27:00 AM
get back to work
Posted by: bossman | Nov 9, 2006 12:05:55 PM
I work for the Bank and they did this with a Toby Keith song a few months back. It's very strange, feels like the Church of BoA. Everyone was clapping and signing along. They were all wearing the same clothes. Crazy...
Posted by: Hugo | Nov 9, 2006 12:12:14 PM
