securing the borders

so I went to Borders this afternoon to buy a book, of all things. but this, my friends, is but the surface level of my trip.

it was my second trip in as many days, and my third purchase in two days. this alone should be noted.

also, i was asked, upon my purchase, if i was a borders member, which indeed I am. i took out my card, they swiped it, and i paid, expecting a discount because i'm a Borders member, an honor only given out to those with "just a few seconds," and with sufficient funds ($0). As i held my wallet in paying position for them to verbally deduce a small amount from the total ($13.75), there was a silence greater than that a night sky. my cashier did not say anything, and I didn't budge, until I realized that indeed I was not to receive a deduction in my owed amount. I took my plastic bag and book in disgust.

I ask you friends, what is the point of bearing the burden of a Borders Rewards Card Member if not for the discounts? And, thus being the case, should I not have received some sort of payment for my quick retrieving of my card when countless impatient citizens were in the line in back of me?

this injustice must be stopped. set fire to your local Borders, break their windows with thy stones, rearrange the self-help books, do anything you can. update me on your progress weekly, on thursdays.