Where to Begin? This blog, which may end up only being for me, is my musings on the banking industry as a whole. By banking I mean any financial institution that is involved with the movement of monies. Now you must know that I have, until recently, been in the banking/payment processing industry for the bulk of the last twenty years. While I have many friends in the overall industry I believe that many in the banking industry are idiots. Hence the name for my blog.
I will be writing about the many stories I have accumulated over the years about the lunacy, stupidity and utter clue-less-ness I have experienced firsthand, as well as any stories people might like to pass along to me. I love to tweak the big guys because they are just so damn easy to poke fun at. They all think they are so smart and they are such tight a**es.
So I hope you enjoy the ride. I think you will.
1/12/11
Your first guest post: my favorite bankers-who-live-in-the-Twilight-Zone story EVER. (Yes, I was an investment banker, so I am actually qualified to judge.)
ReplyDeleteIt was my 30th birthday. Our office assistants had hung a big "Happy Birthday" sign on the window next to the door. My sister had baked and sent a dozen cupcakes. There were birthday cards on the credenza next to the cupcakes. My wonderful husband had sent a dozen red roses, which sat next to the cards sitting next to the cupcakes.
A banker colleague, we'll call him Fred, swaggered in through the door with Happy Birthday hanging next to it. We were working on a deal, and it was crunch time.
He picked up a card. Read it. Picked up another. Read it. Smelled the flowers. Peeled the paper off a cupcake and ate it.
Then he turned around and said, "Are the rating agencies done yet?"
I said, "No, but we're close."
He picked up another cupcake, turned around, and walked out.