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April 18, 2003
Lose Some
Microsoft employees get a free discount card, called a Prime Card. It gives us discounts to hundreds of restaurants, stores and services around the United States and British Columbia. Even interns are entitled to this great benefit. Last summer I happily used mine until my internship was over. Since I was no longer working for Microsoft, and I knew that the Prime Card was not accepted in Ontario, I threw mine away. Big mistake, it turns out.
As a new employee, I requested my shiny new Prime Card. Human Resources regretted to inform me that I was already issued a card, but I was welcome to purchase another. It didn't seem to matter that I had not been a Microsoft employee, nor had I lived in a Prime-friendly area for nearly eight months (at the time, it seemed indefinitely).
I know I shouldn't really complain, after all, it is a perk. Still...