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Next! Hey, yeah, double espresso. Uh, I was next. You were on your phone and the line moved. I was glancing at my phone for two seconds. Yeah, well, I don't have all day why you make your TikToks or whatever. All right, some of us have to work. Are you kidding me? No, cell phones are a scourge. It should be banned in public. Keep the change. Hey, pal, I don't need an icy cold take on cell phones from some boomer dad in orthopedic sneakers. Okay, I have plantar fasciitis, and I was born in the 80s. You just told me we were born in different centuries. Sir, I will pay you $100 to not serve this woman over here. What? Are you serious? You know, actually, $500. Because this woman wasted our valuable time. You deserve to be compensated, and she should learn a lesson. Yeah, I'll take it. Sorry, lady. Just because you have $500 to throw around doesn't mean you get to be an asshole. That's exactly what it means. Cheers. Next. Welcome to our first-year analyst speaker series. We're thrilled to be talking with someone who is very hard to pin down, Managing Director Bill Gibson! So much is said about the intense lifestyle of investment bankers but at Fischerstassen we working hard to reject that old trope So let start with work balance What's that quote? No one on their deathbed ever said they wish they spent more time in the office? Yes, exactly. Total bullshit. I'm from bumfuck Oklahoma. I was nobody until I got here. You mean you found community? No, fuck community. I found power. Look, you ever close a billion dollar merger? better than the best night of sex you ever had. He's being metaphorical. No, I'm not. And it's not about the expense account or the drugs, although those are great too. It's about the leverage. That's real power. And about work-life balance, if this job were easy, everyone would do it. Do you have anything inspirational you could impart to our young people? Yeah, you're no longer young people. You're just people. And people are either productive or dead weight. So if you want to take off on a Friday to go to a music festival or if you want to whine because your boss won't let you grow a mustache, if you're not willing to sacrifice everything for this job, the exit is right there. Thank you, Bill. That was such a colorful, unfiltered perspective. But remember, that does not reflect company values. Please don't post this.