The Money Culture, cont’d.
Posted on January 31st, 2007 in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Two more symptoms of the money culture….
Last night, a businessman came into the quiet restaurant where I was eating dinner with a friend, sat down at the table next to ours, and began loudly talking on his Blackberry…with a headset. He could be heard throughout the entire dining room talking about a stock he was advising someone to short….
A friend who sends her children to a prestigious Upper East Side school told me that her 10th grade daughter’s class recently went on a field trip for a day of group discussions.
The subject?
Rehab…..
3 Responses
1/31/2007 11:04 am
I think the phenomenon you’re describing is simply called Manhattan.
1/31/2007 1:47 pm
Both, perhaps…..
1/31/2007 3:40 pm
Well, was it a good stock tip?