BoA DOA

Students are beginning to arrive at MIT* which means the inevitable jockeying by local banks to get their money. The student center is currently ground zero for the competition: the MIT Federal Credit Union (MITFCU) and Bank of America (BoA) each have two tables with smiling reps, bowls of candy and other giveaways, and contracts. Probably because of the relative satisfaction of my past experiences with (BankBoston which became Fleet Bank which became) BoA and the MITFCU, I have a fantasy every time I walk past their tables involving the friendly MITFCU employees finding claw hammers and brutally murdering the BoA folks. To summarize:


*Since it's about to begin its inevitable annual appearance in the news cycle, let me be the first to point out that this year's college freshmen were born in 1989, carry the news.