Bad Habits
What bad habits (besides lack of sleep) have you all developed since you started at a bank? For example, I started biting my nails after a month on the job but had never bit them before and a friend began to mumble random finance terms in her sleep.
I know this isn't technically a habit since it's involuntary, but some other female analysts and I have all lost our periods from stress...
We joke it's how our bank takes care of the whole kids or career thing: just takes one option away entirely
Is this sarcasm I've failed to pick up on?
I've noticed this in my friends and myself -- normally nice people can no longer tolerate delays / even tiny instances of wasted time (ex, my normally very easygoing friend getting overly pissed at an uber driver for taking the wrong way and costing us ~3 minutes)
^THIS. Patience / wasted time is a whole different ball game now.
One of my roommates isn't in banking while the rest of us are. He gets home at ~5:30p every day and I've noticed the rest of us bitch sometimes about how the trash isn't taken out, etc. etc. We just get annoyed if stuff doesn't get done, because we'd do it if we had the time. However, at the same time, it isn't his sole responsibility to do things around the apartment.
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@fuld4eva" We may know each other. I'm the normally easy-going friend who gets pissed at Lyft/Uber. Those drivers raise my heart rate with their lack of skills. Going off that, I'm much more brusque and less likely to engage in small talk/with people.
I survive on caffeine now during the work day. I'm also someone who didn't drink coffee before starting work full time. It's gotten to the point where home-made coffee is tasteless to me because my work coffee is so strong.
My snack game is also strong. Sugar is my shit. Mixed with caffeine, my mid-day crashes are something to be seen. I say that with sadness as a former two sport athlete in HS and college.
I can out-curse any sailor and rap god now. N.W.A. and Eminem ain't got nothing on me.
I used to read the news daily and smart/classic books. Now, I have to force myself to open the Kindle app to read some best-seller.
I've absolutely noticed this as well. I honk all the time, get mad at my wife/kid when they are too slow. It's like every ounce of time is precious.
The weird part is, no place I’ve worked is strict on deadlines or presents life/death situations. People roll into meetings 5-10 minutes late, it’s really chill (at some places) and being too slow isn’t a hindrance. I have no idea where it comes from.
jerking off in the handicap toilet
same tbh
Rookie numbers.
He didnt even say any numbers though
lol same
Rank: Neanderthal.
Never has a rank seemed more appropriate
Stimulants :(
Going through withdrawal while in banking is not something you want to attempt. To stop (again), I'd have to take a vacation during which I would be completely anxious and miserable.
Constantly tapping my foot/bouncing my leg; have always had "restless leg syndrome" but seemed to get exponentially worse when I started banking. Also will run/pinch leg behind my knee when I'm stressed / hyper focused on something. Weird I know.
have you tried jerking off in the handicap toilet?
If I'm pulling (tehe) an all nighter and the coast is clear post 3am, yes absolutely. It's an awesome mental reset, kind of messy though.
Technically, every toilet GoldenCinderblock uses is a handicap toilet
This thread makes me depressed... Def not looking forward to my SA stint
Surely this isn't the first time you've read about a high stress job taking a negative toll on your life
Nah - judging by your username we've had pretty similar experiences (mine was probably watered down though).
Just don't want to change permanently thanks to my (hopefully) 2-year banking stint
Having sex at work
with yourself?
Yeah in the handicap toilet stall.
I procrastinate on all life tasks (outside of work) for as long as possible... my apt is absolutely disgusting
Getting way too upset when my Uber driver spends 10 minutes finding my pickup pin.
Take yourself less seriously you’re in college
I detest waiting for anything
I naturally have a low threshold, however, I've seen the change operate before my eyes when a friend who use to be the most chill/easygoing person to the point where it gets annoying cause he's always 30 min late to everything became a punctuality/productivity nazi after a year or so in M&A.
Little patience for people just not doing. Not getting things done, not getting to the point, not moving fast enough. At work there's no choice so it carries over. I guess I've always had this habit, but it's become magnified since I'm under that same pressure and I project on others often.
Caffeine and nicotine.
All in all though, I can't say any of these are terrible habits. I just have more appreciation for time, effort, and a couple of substances.
Focusing on petty stuff that literally NOBODY cares about except bankers. Like, making sure the entire 12 person email list is in descending order by title so nobody gets butthurt.
Never cared about tiny stuff like that until I started at my BB and realized (2nd hand, thankfully) that apparently some people care about things like this.
You have your head up your ass if you think nobody besides bankers care about the order of contacts in an email.
You look like an idiot if the C level guy isn’t first and a manager, analyst, director is ahead of him.
Applies to PE (investment team, etc.) too and probably consulting.
Lol. You must be the first year associate who somehow repeatedly works into every conversation that "you're an investment banker"
This is one of the random but actually cool things that dealsite does. Pulls emails from the WGL into an outlook message in descending order of seniority.
This was the biggest initial surprise when I started my internship at an alternative AM in which the team was all ex-IB
Autoerotic asphyxiation doesn't last as long as it used to.
Well I read in another thread that some BBs have mentally handicapped VP/MDs with families that sleep with 19-21 year old female interns. Seems like a bad habit on Wall St eh?
Just Juul it
Funneling Doritos into your mouth in the break room past midnight
I can’t stop drinking sparkling water
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