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The [[CEO]] is thus afforded ''Hero of the Soviet Union, First Class'' status — often he will be awarded it by himself — and his pronouncements, however banal, hackneyed or foolish, will be quietly celebrated across the breadth of the organisation as “[[best in class]]”. Until his ouster, whereupon he will acquire the status of [[Trotsky]], [[Snowball]], [[Emmanuel Goldstein]] and so on. | The [[CEO]] is thus afforded ''Hero of the Soviet Union, First Class'' status — often he will be awarded it by himself — and his pronouncements, however banal, hackneyed or foolish, will be quietly celebrated across the breadth of the organisation as “[[best in class]]”. Until his ouster, whereupon he will acquire the status of [[Trotsky]], [[Snowball]], [[Emmanuel Goldstein]] and so on. | ||
====Apocryphal story==== | |||
There is a story that a man known to all by only his [[Christian name]] at [[Goldman]] once had occasion to call the trading desk, at the time connected via a multi-line [[dealer board]]. Lord I wish it were true, but I doubt it. Let us call him [[Bob]] (not his real name, because this didn't happen, remember?). | |||
A voice — youthful, without the tell-tale timbre of age and experience — picked up and, as on a trading desk one does, said: | |||
:“Goldman.” ''(This is a statement. there is no inquiry, no rising inflection of curiousness. It's a statement.)'' | |||
:“Yeah, can I get [[Jerry]]?” ''(Now, when you are known to all by your [[Christian name]] you don't bother with formalities like politeness. Nor, for that matter to traders. | |||
:He's off the desk. | |||
~click~ | |||
bob might not bother with politeness, but he rather thinks he's entitled to it. No message, even? Perhaps this young man didn't realize to whom he was speaking. [[Bob]] calls back. | |||
:“Goldman.” | |||
:“Look, it's ''[[Bob]]'' here. Can I get [[Jerry]]?” | |||
:I just told you he’s off the desk. | |||
~click~ | |||
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