US Bank formatted this letter so I would not read or understand completely. A customer not fluent in English would be totally confused. I have used Track Changes to note how their language deliberately obscures these instructions for me.
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Sunday, July 21, 2013
Malicious Writing by Banks
Below is the letter that US Bank wrote me last week. I am about pay off my mortgage, and I asked them for instructions. They, like most banks, write instructions in Courier type with no space between the lines: they want to discourage customers from understanding the instructions. If we misunderstand, we will miss a step and they can charge us more fees.
US Bank formatted this letter so I would not read or understand completely. A customer not fluent in English would be totally confused. I have used Track Changes to note how their language deliberately obscures these instructions for me.
US Bank formatted this letter so I would not read or understand completely. A customer not fluent in English would be totally confused. I have used Track Changes to note how their language deliberately obscures these instructions for me.
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