Although The Gate does have affiliate links, I still do not earn commission on writing articles which are designed to sell credit cards — although there is nothing wrong with that practice as long as the author of a weblog is transparent, honest and up-front with his or her readers about every aspect of doing so…
Seven Reasons Why You Want Rounded Corners on a Credit Card
…but I had to laugh at this comment posted by FlyerTalk member lwildernorva pertaining to Gary Leff of View From The Wing: “I’m really now expecting a post entitled, ‘The Sapphire Reserve–Does the Card Have Rounded Corners? And Seven Reason You Want That in a Credit Card.’”
Without further ado, here are the seven reasons why you want rounded corners on a credit card:
- Conducting transactions using a credit card with sharp pointy corners can potentially result in injuries which could exceed the pain and loss of blood caused by mere paper cuts
- Rounding the corners of credit cards saves the credit card industry millions of dollars in excess plastic — not that the savings would be passed on to you anyway…
- …and less plastic is better for the environment
- If the corners were not rounded, credit cards would be heavier — and no one wants to carry around more weight than necessary
- Credit cards with rounded corners are perfect tools for tracing rectangles with rounded corners
- Octagonal corners would look kind of clunky; and besides, using credit cards with pointy corners would be so — like — square, man
- Cutting corners is the way many corporations conduct business these days anyway
Summary
Sometimes I take The Gate way too seriously and do not let my fun side out often enough; and I enjoy when readers catch my subtle sense of humor which I include — almost in the form of “Easter eggs” — in otherwise serious articles…
…so for being a good sport and indulging me in having a little fun — which I would like to do more often here at The Gate — here is a video from tRIPP&tYLER at Upside Business Travel which I believe you will enjoy pertaining to the state of air travel today in “real” everyday life:
I would like to produce humorous content such as that video. Perhaps one day…
…but in the meantime, “selling” credit cards in content which appear as articles is still a lucrative yet controversial option — one which I most likely am leaving a significant amount of money on the table by not doing so myself — but if readers benefit from those types of articles, then the situation is win-win-win for all involved.
Photograph ©2016 by Brian Cohen.
