Along the lines of our recent article on Wall Street behavior, news sources have reported the outing of the "@GSElevator" Twitter feed. In case you haven’t had the pleasure of reading it, the previously-anonymous feed purported to leak comments overheard in the elevator at investment banking firm, Goldman Sachs. Sadly, the author—John Lefevre—is not, in fact, a Goldman Sachs employee as he had previously indicated, nor does he live in New York (yes, it's kind of like learning Santa isn’t real). However, he is a former bond trader—which counts for something.
In these trying times, the future of the feed is unclear, so let’s take a moment to remember some of the greatest comments overheard from the supposed investment bankers:
Some chick asked me what I would do with 10 million bucks. I told her I'd wonder where the rest of my money went.
#1: Fact. Nearly 50% of all American workers have less than $10k saved for retirement.
#2: Damn. That wouldn't cover a ski weekend.
I never give money to homeless people. I can't reward failure in good conscience.
Can we please stop calling them hipsters and go back to calling them pussies?
The lottery is just a way of taxing poor people who don't know math.
YOLO is poor for carpe diem.
Getting laid off from Goldman is like being traded by the Yankees. You’ll probably still make millions, but it’s just not the same.
My garbage disposal eats better than 98% of the world.
If you can only be good at one thing, be good at lying... because if you're good at lying, you're good at everything.
Upon hearing the news, Goldman Sachs issued this statement: "We are pleased to report that the official ban on talking in elevators will be lifted effective immediately." So who’s going to jump on Tweeting those exchanges? (Image: commons.wikimedia.org)
