Bonus Bananas August 9, 2013

Bronze Medal Ping Pong GOD Bravely Resigns From Goldman Sachs

Well, this one isn't actually from this week, or even this year for that matter, but I think it's an appropriate Friday to drag up the resignation letter of former Goldman Sachs Exec Greg Smith. Why? Because it has lines like this:

winning a bronze medal for table tennis at the Maccabiah Games in Israel, known as the Jewish Olympics - have all come through hard work, with no shortcuts.

True Stories of Life as an Amazon Worker

If you're feeling crummy this week, this one is for you.

One worker compared their sheer featureless vastness and the rote mindlessness of the work to life in jail.

How To Survive A Sporting Event With Your Wall Street Boss - BY GS Elevator

Going to a sporting event with your boss (and presumably clients and colleagues) is a complicated, nuanced, and often conflicting minefield to navigate. If it was so easy, then everybody would work at Goldman Sachs.

The Greenest Skyscraper in NYC Eats More Energy Than The Empire State Building

Endorsed by Al Gore, the Bank of America building is only three years old.

Let's enjoy the irony of green hoopla made over a building that's a bigger energy glutton than a skyscraper built decades before the concept of green architecture even existed.

When Zuckerberg Thought His Sales Guy Was 50 Cent

TechCrunch: What makes this story even better is that 50 Cent KNOWS. Because, after Facebook got big and lucrative, Parker ended up telling him. 50 Cent is taken down as saying “Damn, should have taken the job.”

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I came across a Time Warner trailer for a movie called 'Gravity', figured it's a noteworthy share. Why not share a trailer?

 

Amazon basically has robots (literally, robots) running their warehouses. They hire humans to assist these robots.

You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake, son.
 
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The Greenest Skyscraper in NYC Eats More Energy Than The Empire State Building

Endorsed by Al Gore, the Bank of America building is only three years old.

Let's enjoy the irony of green hoopla made over a building that's a bigger energy glutton than a skyscraper built decades before the concept of green architecture even existed.

Incredible. Definitely forwarding this one around the office. We have our own "mega green" building being built here

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