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A voice — youthful, lacking the tell-tale ''timbre'' of age and experience — picked up and, as on a [[trading desk]] one does, said: | A voice — youthful, lacking the tell-tale ''timbre'' of age and experience — picked up and, as on a [[trading desk]] one does, said: | ||
:'''Trader''': | :'''Trader''': [[Goldman]]. ''(This is a statement. there is no inquiry, no rising inflection of curiousness. It's a statement.)'' | ||
:'''[[Bob]]''': | :'''[[Bob]]''': 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, do traders.)'' | ||
:'''Trader''': He's off the desk. | :'''Trader''': He's off the desk. | ||
:''~click~'' | :''~click~'' | ||
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Now [[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. | Now [[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. | ||
:'''Trader''': | :'''Trader''': [[Goldman]]. | ||
:'''[[Bob]]''': | :'''[[Bob]]''': Look, it's ''[[Bob]]'' here. Can I get [[Jerry]]? | ||
:'''Trader''': I just told you he’s off the desk. | :'''Trader''': I just told you he’s off the desk. | ||
:''~click~'' | :''~click~'' | ||
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This will not do. [[Bob]], having dispensed with any doubt he may have been benefiting this young fellow with, calls back a final time. | This will not do. [[Bob]], having dispensed with any doubt he may have been benefiting this young fellow with, calls back a final time. | ||
:'''Trader''': | :'''Trader''': [[Goldman]]. | ||
:'''[[Bob]]''': Listen to me young man. I just called to ask for [[Jerry]] | :'''[[Bob]]''': Listen to me young man. I just called to ask for [[Jerry]] | ||
:'''Trader''': I listened. And I told you he's off the desk. | :'''Trader''': I listened. And I told you he's off the desk. | ||