WSO Caption Contest - Jan 23rd... Collect Silver Bananas and Win a Free Wall Street Oasis T-Shirt

We have a fun new contest each week to let our funniest members win a free WSO T shirt with their witty inner genius. All you have to do is leave a comment in this post with a caption you think is most fitting for the cartoon posted below. The winner will be determined by the community based on the number of Silver Bananas awarded to each comment. In the event of a tie, the admins of the site will decide the winner or send out multiple free shirts if we can't decide. Wall Street jokes welcomed and encouraged!




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Rules: caption must be posted before 11:59pm ET Jan 26th, winner will be announced Monday

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TwoThrones

HR Dude: "What seems to be the matter?"

Candidate: "Uh...the Loch Ness Monster is behind you."

i lol'd
If the glove don't fit, you must acquit!
 

I'd like to discuss the results of your hair follicle test and a thread you made on WSO about the same..

This to all my hatin' folks seeing me getting guac right now..
 

Well, it looks like you put in a lot of hard work throughout undergrad and we're just about ready to extend you a FT offer. What's this? I just received a copy of an email you sent to one of my colleagues at Wells Fargo regarding you no longer wanting to be considered for a spot there. Let me just open that up real quick...

"I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."
 
Best Response

HR: So what you do...is take the markups from the VP, and you bring 'em down to the analyst's desk.

ASSOCIATE POOLIE: YES, uh, yes that's right.

HR: Well then I just have to ask, why couldn't the analyst just take the markups directly from the VP?

POOLIE: Well, I'll - I'll tell you why. Because, uh, analysts, uh are not good, at dealing with VPs.

HR: So, you physically take the markups, from the VP?

POOLIE: WELL... No, mah - my secretary does that.

HR: So then you must...physically bring them to the Analyst.

POOLIE: WELL......No. YEAHH mean...sometimes.

HR: What would you say....you DO HERE?

POOLIE: WELL LOOK I ALREADY TOLD YOU. I DEAL WITH THE GODDAMN VP SO THE ANALYST DOESN'T HAVE TO! I HAVE PEOPLE SKILLS! I HAVE AN MBA, CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT??? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?

Teach a man to make a fire, he'll be warm for the night. But set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
 

HR guy - "You should be sweating. I just read the answers off the sheet, if its not exact, DING"

"The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets." -John D. Rockefeller
 

"Take them out they say....Show them a good time they say...Get them to buy they say....Do whatever it takes they say....Absinthe I say....Porn Shop tour I say.....Rave I say....Pregnant Stripper I say..."

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