Why oh why do people (and organizations) do the things they do?

First this message is for Hillary Clinton: What on earth are you thinking of, woman? I got a robo call from you last night and I just couldn't believe you are so out of the loop that you don't get it.

People hate robo calls.

We detest them. It is bad enough to run for the phone, stub your toe, slosh wine on the sofa as you hurry to find out who's calling and get a real person with a real call, but imagine how pissed off you make people when you wake their babies up, disturb their dinner, get them dripping from the shower or make them hurry into the house, dropping their keys and groceries on the way to the ringing demon to find a robo Hillary yacking at you.

Hillary, unless you want to take yourself out of this race, stop with the robo calls immediately!

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My somewhat local bank People's Bank has changed and is now People's United Bank. So far, all I can see that's changed is the online banking has gone down hill, customer service seems worse, but I expect those kinds of changes when a somewhat little bank turns into a somewhat large bank. What I don't expect is that with that name change you have made yourself the laughing stock of bank institutions. People's United Bank translates to P. U. Bank. Didn't anyone think of that before the grand name change?

P.U. Bank is not a good moniker. Think of P.U. - we all know what comes next. You Stink!

I would bet People's paid some youngun with a fancy suit a bit of money to come up with the new and improved name. But, apparently no one put any thought into the initials or how hard it is not to think of a new ad campaign for the new bank.

P.U. Bank -- A stinky bank for your filthy lucre!

P.U. Bank -- We rank

P.U. Bank -- A fetid financial organization

P.U. Bank -- We smell, you can bank on it

P.U. Bank -- We reek, week after week.

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I sit here at my computer, often spending more time than I should, offering up my opinions on all things great and small, you'd think banks changing names and political candidates would check with me before they do something so stupid. I'm here and willing to tell it straight.

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Oh, to the Connecticut Post, think about hiring a proof reader. I do get a chuckle out of the paper because so many words are spelled wrong that it isn't even difficult to find the first error - I can usually do it in about 4 seconds. Yesterday's paper had an article about people handing out wet wash clothes to hot construction workers. It was written down twice and each time I pictured these poor beleaguered construction workers, red-faced and sweaty, being handed a basket of laundry to dry.

Come on guys, let's put our thinking caps on.