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====The [[apocryphal Goldman story]]====
===The [[apocryphal Goldman story]]===
There is a story<ref>Lord I wish it were true, but I doubt it. </ref> that a titan at [[Goldman]] sufficiently important to the firmament that he was known to all by only his familiar [[Christian name]] (let’s call him “[[Bob]]”<ref>Not his real name, because this didn't happen, remember?</ref>) once had occasion to call a [[Goldman]] trading desk, at the time equipped with only a multi-line [[dealer board]].  
There is a story<ref>Lord I wish it were true, but I doubt it. </ref> that a titan at [[Goldman]] sufficiently important to the firmament that he was known to all by only his familiar [[Christian name]] (let’s call him “[[Bob]]”<ref>Not his real name, because this didn't happen, remember?</ref>) once had occasion to call a [[Goldman]] trading desk, at the time equipped with only a multi-line [[dealer board]].  


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''': [[Goldman]]. ''(This is a statement. there is no inquiry, no rising inflection of curiousness. It's a statement.)''
:'''Trader''': [[Goldman]]. ''(This is a statement. there is no inquiry, no rising inflection of curiousness. It's a statement.)''
:'''[[Bob]]''': Yeah, can I get [[Jerry]]? ''(Now, when you are known to all by your [[Christian name]] you don't bother with formalities. But nor, for that matter, do traders.)''
:'''[[Bob]]''': Yeah, can I get [[Jerry]]? ''(Now, when you are known to all by your [[Christian name]] you don’t bother with formalities. But nor, for that matter, do traders.)''
:'''Trader''': He's off the desk.
:'''Trader''': He’s off the desk.
:''~click~''
:''~click~''


Now [[Bob]] might not bother with formalities, but he rather thinks he's entitled to them. No message, even? Perhaps this young man didn't realise to whom he was speaking. [[Bob]] calls back.
Now [[Bob]] might not bother with formalities, but he rather thinks he’s entitled to them. No message, even? Perhaps this young man didn’t realise to whom he was speaking. [[Bob]] calls back.


:'''Trader''': [[Goldman]].
:'''Trader''': [[Goldman]].
:'''[[Bob]]''': Look, it's ''[[Bob]]'' here. Can I get [[Jerry]]?
:'''[[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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:'''Trader''': [[Goldman]].
:'''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.
:'''[[Bob]]''' ''(exploding)'': DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!
:'''[[Bob]]''' ''(exploding)'': DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!
:'''Trader''': Yes. You're [[Bob]]. You're the executive chairman of the firm.
:'''Trader''': Yes. You’re [[Bob]]. You’re the executive chairman of the firm.
:'''[[Bob]]''': Right.
:'''[[Bob]]''': Right.
:'''Trader''': But, Bob, you don't know who I am, do you?
:'''Trader''': But, Bob, you don’t know who I am, do you?
:'''[[Bob]]''': Ahh, ... ''no''?
:'''[[Bob]]''': Ahh, ... ''no''?
:'''Trader''': Right.  
:'''Trader''': Right.  
:''~click~''
:''~click~''
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