How Many Hours A Week Did Patrick Bateman Work??

He seemed to have a lot of free time doing crossword puzzles in the office, dropping off sheets at the drycleaners in the middle of the day, returning video tapes and of course slaying ladies (literally) in his spare time. No way he was putting in more than 20-30 hours tops! Or is this the whole premise of the movie that it was all just his imagination..... could it be perhaps that in reality that it was all just some sort of psychotic hallucination cause by sleep deprivation as he was cranking out perpetual triple digit weeks??

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StryfeDSPThat would've been the worst to be the associates/analysts that worked under Bateman.
I bet his analysts got murdered
 
Ron Paul
StryfeDSPThat would've been the worst to be the associates/analysts that worked under Bateman.
I bet his analysts got murdered

They never got to eat at Dorsia

[quote=Dirk Dirkenson]Shut up already. Your mindless, reflexive responses to any critical thought on this are tedious. You're also probably a woman, given the name and "xoxo" signoff, so maybe the lack of judgment is to be expected.[/quote]
 
DaisukiDaYo
Mr.SaxmanHis dad practically owns the company...he can do whatever he wants

But he wants to FIT IN.

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