7May/080
Putting a stake through Corps(e)
So. I was reading (for fun) in a cafe today. Two women were sitting at the table next to me, studying for their Corporations exam. Wow. So annoying.
First of all, they were studying out loud. OK generally, but in this case one girl was...
- Not using her indoor voice,
- Facing me instead of her study partner, meaning that she might as well have been using a megaphone on top of her already-too-loud voice,
- Absolutely dominating the conversation, Shaquille-style - I mean her study partner barely got a word in edgewise in an hour and a half, and
- Speaking with that most annoying of accents, the snobby San Franciscan, where everything? sounds like? a question?.
Second, they had no idea what they were talking about. They weren't stupid, just too intent on hearing themselves speak to stop and think for a minute.
What's that? You'd like some examples? Thanks for asking...
- They decided to "skip that, um... partnership stuff? because, um...there's like, no way? he can test us? on that like right?"
- Could NOT get their heads around insider trading. I mean, is the difference between Chessman (where the family phone trees news and someone winds up trading on the info) and the inside-trading printer really that tough to suss out? (At this point, I almost interrupted to explain because they were getting it all *wrong*. Only reasons I didn't explain were that I was really, really annoyed, and because there was a slim chance they would be competing for grades with some friends.) "But, like, what's the duty? um... how are we supposed to know what the duty is?! like, how does the um fiduciary duty? fit in here?"
- "Like, I'll like never understand how people only study? you know? for like the last week of the semmmmmmmester. in law school?"
- "What's like, the deal with reliance investor reliance? Does that put the burden on the company?"
- "I'm going to ignore this policy stuff?"
OK. Done venting. To my friends still studying and busting their behinds for their last-ever law school exam, I say best of luck on Corps. No, better yet... I want to see your impersonation of Ghandi. Well, you know... if Ghandi was really pissed off.
Kill that thing.