We are under siege by Esquire writer Christine Flammia
"Dear Rich Young Banker Dudes, Your Bags Suck"
A snippet:
"A brief transcript of my own such story:
"So, Christine, what do you do?"
"I'm a style editor."
"Oh, that's cool. I'd like to think I'm a pretty fashionable dude."
He raises his eyebrows and demon-giggles as if to test the waters of my douche-tolerance. It is decidedly low.
"I work at Morgan Stanley."
Pause.
"It's a bank."
I fight the imminent eye roll with my entire being, like you'd fight an alarming wave of nausea in public:
"Oh, wow! Cool! Are you, like, a bank teller?"
Unidentified Banker No. 1 and I did not speak again after that. He wasn't a teller. (Of course.) He was an analyst. (Of course.) But not just any old analyst. He was a capital B Banker. He lived and breathed the lifestyle, the attitude. He was a douche bag. And, like any true capital B Banker douche bag, he carried the bag. The Douche Bag."
https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a19862416/banker-bags-are-ba…
It seems like she is using the no true Scotsman logical fallacy.
People read Esquire?
Easy target to hate but trust me it's a respected field by nearly all. Wouldn't worry about it.
Even people who say they hate bankers know you are pretty hardcore.
People respect bankers? Let me know what skittle filled fucking fantasy you live in.
1) people respect doctors. Bankers are turds.
2) this idea that bankers are all rainmen is hillarious.
3) who care what society “respects”
Not sure why such anger at my post but I respectfully disagree. Every doctor I meet says "dang you chose the right field over me." My ex was a OBGYN resident and would brag about me at parties and her doc friends had the same vibe of mutual respect.
Perhaps I was speaking too generalized but most people (who know about the industry) know 1) it pays well 2) is hard to break into 3) requires hard work and sacrifice to make it. No one thinks you are you trying to save the world but they still are impressed and pleasant.
Honestly couldn't care less what some journalism major has to say about my bag, an accessory I (again) couldn't care less about. I have shit to carry
How are any of her recommended bags less douchey than the standard bank issued bags?? This article is just a shitty ad for her bag recs
No idea, those are far more pretentious than a “Banker Bag”
People like this fucking blow. I wouldn’t be surprised if the reason they didn’t talk after that day is because they finished the deal that night. And as the above poster said, this definitely seems like an ad for her bag list.
sounds like someone caught feelings for a MS analyst and is pissed those feelings are unrequited
Sounds like some made-up horse-shit. Regardless, she prob REALLY wants the D, but she wants to posture as though she’s morally superior to “douchebag bankers.” Cake, eat it too, etc.
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