Exit
THE
GILDED AGE
BY GREGORY
BEYER
HUFFINGTON
10.21.12
How to Insult a Banker
A “THIRD AVENUE GUY” is someone on Wall Street
who is not smart enough to work for a company with
offices in a more upscale neighborhood, while a
“DUFFEL BAG” is a person on Wall Street who is never
going to move beyond carrying someone else’s bag.*
*FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES
A “JIMINY
CRICKET” is
someone on
Wall Street who
is diminuitive
and driven
by a sense of
conscience.
A “SANTA” is someone
on Wall Street who
actually has to buy
Christmas presents for
his own kids.
A “COATTAIL” is
someone on Wall
Street who only got
hired because he knew
someone already
at the firm.
A “STEAMER”
is someone
on Wall Street
who gets fired
for ironing the
boss’s pants
while the boss
is wearing
the pants.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHRISTOPH HITZ
A “CRUDE, ILL-NOURISHED FRENCH
REVOLUTION-ERA PEASANT” is someone on
Wall Street who makes less than $500,000 a year.
A “BUMBLE BEE”
is someone on Wall
Street who sells a
toxic mortgage to an
unsuspecting client and
then immediately dies.
A “DUST BOWL-ERA SOD
HOUSE RESIDENT” is someone
on Wall Street who lives in a
building without a doorman.