Free lunch to anyone in JPM, BoA- ML or GS in Toronto
We can go below the RBC/Merrill Lynch/TD Plaza for some delicious lunch at Szechuan Express. There are many other restaurants too, so it will be your pick.
I work in the heart of the financial district in downtown Toronto, Bay Street, and I'm just looking to network. Rest assured, I will not be begging you for a job as I do not plan on going into investment banking for another 3 years. I just have a few questions that I would like to have answered in a face-to-face setting. So let's just network over a free lunch!
PM me your info and I will get in touch. Availability is anywhere between 11am-2pm.





Hahaha, yes, you won't ask
Hahaha, yes, you won't ask them for a job directly obviously. But they're not dumb. They know you're gna ask'em for a job after you established the relationship. I'm quite certain there are few question about IBD unanswerable on WSO.
Don't embarrass yourself bro
Don't embarrass yourself bro
You need to relax.
You need to relax.
Wow, just wow...
Wow, just wow...
I win here, I win there...
When did BOA join the ranks
When did BOA join the ranks of GS/MS/JPM?
I'm talking about liquid. Rich enough to have your own jet. Rich enough not to waste time. Fifty, a hundred million dollars, buddy. A player. Or nothing.
bulge4lyf wrote: When did BOA
When did BOA join the ranks of GS/MS/JPM?
These banks are all within 100 feet from where I work. In fact, I just found out that Morgan Stanley is as well. So, my invititation is open to IB employees of GS/MS/JPM/BoA- ML.
Wow... Szechuan express,
Wow...
Szechuan express, really? The chances of this actually coming to fruition are low enough, and by going there they're even lower
Wouldn't it be easier to find
Wouldn't it be easier to find people on Linkedin, bloomberg, or some other method and personally email them a note rather than sounding completely desperate and making them come to you? I mean, you offer nothing about your enthusiasm or ability and just say on a public forum " Yo Adrienne if your working around here give me a call alright" Why don't you do some leg work and find individual people yourself, rather than asking them to come to you.....do you expect them to suck their own cocks as well?
PS...coffee works a lot better than lunch,because it less time consuming, cheaper, and its a lot easier to talk while casually drinking a drink than eating a full meal.
"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
Gekko21 wrote: Wouldn't it be
Wouldn't it be easier to find people on Linkedin, bloomberg, or some other method and personally email them a note rather than sounding completely desperate and making them come to you? I mean, you offer nothing about your enthusiasm or ability and just say on a public forum " Yo Adrienne if your working around here give me a call alright" Why don't you do some leg work and find individual people yourself, rather than asking them to come to you.....do you expect them to suck their own cocks as well?
PS...coffee works a lot better than lunch,because it less time consuming, cheaper, and its a lot easier to talk while casually drinking a drink than eating a full meal.
Hmm, point taken. About the coffee thing, not the cock-sucking thing.
Perhaps the people shooting
Perhaps the people shooting your offer down are not aware of the fact that you are a Mensa member. You should bring this to their attention posthaste (better play it safe... put it in both your lunch threads).
Unreal...MENSA and buying
Unreal...MENSA and buying people lunch? Bring Meghan Fox with you and you're hired...
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
Tek wrote: So let's just
So let's just network over a free lunch!
You should have learned in grade school that there's no such thing as a free lunch. Fail.
Alright - get this straight.
Alright - get this straight. No banker or finance professional (at any level) will think you're doing them a favor by buying them a $7 lunch. It's an insult. Not because it's a $7 lunch and not a $100 meal - it's because you are assuming people are willing to give out their help, advice and time for a meal from a kid in school.
If they respond to cold emails/calls they are doing YOU a favor. The thing to do is offer to buy coffee if someone decides to meet with you (but from my past experience, they often counter-offer too). Why people help is because they may see themselves in the same spot once upon a time... or they want to pay it forward (someone helped them when they were younger), or they feel they are now in the position to mentor the inexperienced.
And another thing - I find it hilarious you're only reaching out to US based banks (and not even the whole list) given you're in Toronto. Bay Street is a pretty small place, you can easily cast a wider net.
Ah he's a kid, give him a
Ah he's a kid, give him a break.
But as douchy as everyone's being, they aren't lying to ya. Instead of offering a free lunch (which really doesnt matter that much to them), politely and tactfully beg them for the opportunity to look at your pimple-ridden face while you grill them about the ins-and-outs of their business and ask for a job.
:-p
"WSO is like the 300 for anti spamage. None shall pass." -happypantsmcgee
"You stop being an asshole when it sucks to be you." -IlliniProgrammer
Ok Tek, I feel the need to
Ok Tek, I feel the need to show you that I'm not just a troll and point out the folly in your ways, and how you managed to leave a sour taste in pretty much everyone's mouth from a short 1 paragraph post:
Free lunch to anyone in JPM, BoA- ML or GS in Toronto
This thread went sideways from the very first word you typed out: "FREE." If you were trying to pick up a carload of Mexicans at cash corner then you would be on the right track. Unfortunately you're trying to switch careers, not get a deep freezer moved into your basement.
And you're being a bit of a choosy beggar, no? Why only JPM/BoA/ML/GS? You do realize that on Bay Street RBC/CIBC/TD/BMO/Scotia are pretty big players, right? Now if anyone from a top Canadian bank reads this thread, they're going to feel slighted that their bank apparently isn't important enough for Mr. Mensa to part with 7 of his hard earned dollars, and you think they're going to give up an hour out of their 80hr work week to share a meal with you?
Ok, unfortunate subject, whatever it's done, let's move on.
We can go below the RBC/Merrill Lynch/TD Plaza for some delicious lunch at Szechuan Express.
Oh fuck, did you really open by telling your prospective lunch buddy where he will be eating? This is not Craigslist, it's not 2AM, and you're not giving out deals on handjobs... let's not start the relationship with you dictating terms.
There are many other restaurants too, so it will be your pick.
Oh phew, so I would get a say in this matter after all... I was beginning to worry that you'd order for me too. But you already made your selection known, and I really wouldn't want to upset you, honey. I know how you get when you haven't had your Szechuan Express.
I work in the heart of the financial district in downtown Toronto, Bay Street.
That's right, get it out there early: I don't want this arrangement to hassle me too much. I work in the heart of downtown Toronto, and I am willing to travel a block or two to see you.
and I'm just looking to network.
Good call on managing your lunch date's expectations right out of the gates. Remember: this is just a networking exercise. God forbid you guys get along and they want to establish a friendship of some form where you actually bring something to the table. You can quickly point out how you were never interested in anything serious. This is just networking, baby.
Rest assured, I will not be begging you for a job as I do not plan on going into investment banking for another 3 years. I just have a few questions that I would like to have answered in a face-to-face setting.
Not for another fucking 3 years?!? You mean you DON'T need to land a finance gig pronto to keep the web-of-lies you told your Russian mail-order bride in tact? [b]Then why can't you use the search button and learn through WSO like everyone fucking else?[/b] Oh, right... sorry, sometimes I get out of line. I forgot you were with Mensa. My apologies. Right this way sir.
So let's just network over a free lunch!
Great choice of wording. It never hurts to remind these muppets:
1) This is JUST networking.
2) Lunch is FREE.
PM me your info and I will get in touch.
When you're making it rain with $7 free lunches there's no need to get these dummies to tell you when a good time to contact them would be... nah, just get them to send you their info and you'll call them within a week or two, when it's good for you.
Availability is anywhere between 11am-2pm.
You are available between 11AM - 2PM? La-de-fucking-da. Thanks for telling your prospective lunch buddy not only to jump, but when.
Also, where's a fucking please and thank you? Re-read your original post. I don't see it anywhere.
In your other thread you say you have pretty good people skills... everything you've posted today points in the other direction. You need to work on your people skills.
^ oooooSnaaaaaap! Silver
I win here, I win there...
^ I went on a bit of a rant
Well, I plead for leniency
"WSO is like the 300 for anti spamage. None shall pass." -happypantsmcgee
"You stop being an asshole when it sucks to be you." -IlliniProgrammer
Fuck hypocrisy, that post
"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
God damnit, okay. +1
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"You stop being an asshole when it sucks to be you." -IlliniProgrammer
I find all this kind of
Tek wrote: I find all this
oSnap, SB for you sir, hats
NYCbandar wrote: Tek
Tek wrote: NYCbandar
I skimmed his post history,
Kanon wrote: Tek
zeeshan_13 wrote: I skimmed
zeeshan_13 wrote: I skimmed
Tek wrote: Please think
"WSO is like the 300 for anti spamage. None shall pass." -happypantsmcgee
"You stop being an asshole when it sucks to be you." -IlliniProgrammer
bump* My offer still stands
Tek.. if you can walk and