Wakey Wakey, Rise and Shine, No More Sleep, ITS EXCEL TIME!

One of my buddies who is an SA at a notorious sweatshop in NYC - think Lazard/GS FIG/MS M&A/Moelis/JPM M&A/BAML HC - got an e-mail from his associate staffer with the following poem this morning...Cruel or funny? How would you react? Quit? Report to HR?

Wakey Wakey Rise and Shine No more sleep ITS EXCEL TIME

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