A former colleague, Jughead, suddenly called me up one afternoon. Jughead, Archie and I used to hang out together when we all started out as Credit Investigators, a job I was quite happy to leave behind.
"Lester, what's up?" Friends, some people still call me by my first name.
"I'm ok, dude. So what can I do for you?" He sounded business-like, I figured this was only a prelude to one of those networking-seminars, or he'd try to sell me insurance. I once fell into a similar trap when another office colleague suddenly became "too" nice, only to find out she was recruiting me to become a shampoo-and- lotion distributor.
"Do you know anything about the Elliot Wave Theory?" I was shocked. Elliott Wave? Of course, I used to work as a stock analyst.
I figured Jughead must be some sort of a fund manager now, investing pooled funds, say from retired people, and investing it in the booming stock market.
"Yeah, of course. Are you dabbling in the stock market right now?"
"No, not exactly, I'm participating in one of those on-line forums on stock investing you know, and the Elliott Wave seems highly-debated."
I knew it. I think he's gonna sell me insurance.
"Dude, so how's your cash flow?" I'm correct, of course.
"Huh?"
"You might be interested in personal loans. We offer attractive rates."
Not quite, but close enough.
"Let's talk after I return from China," I said.
"That's good enough for me," he said.
And then our conversation turned to his and his wife's efforts to conceive a baby.
"Lester, what's up?" Friends, some people still call me by my first name.
"I'm ok, dude. So what can I do for you?" He sounded business-like, I figured this was only a prelude to one of those networking-seminars, or he'd try to sell me insurance. I once fell into a similar trap when another office colleague suddenly became "too" nice, only to find out she was recruiting me to become a shampoo-and- lotion distributor.
"Do you know anything about the Elliot Wave Theory?" I was shocked. Elliott Wave? Of course, I used to work as a stock analyst.
I figured Jughead must be some sort of a fund manager now, investing pooled funds, say from retired people, and investing it in the booming stock market.
"Yeah, of course. Are you dabbling in the stock market right now?"
"No, not exactly, I'm participating in one of those on-line forums on stock investing you know, and the Elliott Wave seems highly-debated."
I knew it. I think he's gonna sell me insurance.
"Dude, so how's your cash flow?" I'm correct, of course.
"Huh?"
"You might be interested in personal loans. We offer attractive rates."
Not quite, but close enough.
"Let's talk after I return from China," I said.
"That's good enough for me," he said.
And then our conversation turned to his and his wife's efforts to conceive a baby.
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