Reply to: Earning £1m a year yet steals food?

[BrilloPad]

Imagine being fired for stealing a tulipty sandwich while the people next to you are rigging the LIBOR (or whatever they're into these days) and getting away with a bonus.
That definitely gets some feelings going....

But probably if he's been wise enough he goes back into his few mil £ house and retires early. Still better than the average joe.

Reminds me of the Lehmans trader. £4m house 90% mortgage. Mortgage backed by Lehman stock. He ended up living with his parents.....

[GigiBronz]

Imagine being fired for stealing a tulipty sandwich while the people next to you are rigging the LIBOR (or whatever they're into these days) and getting away with a bonus.
That definitely gets some feelings going....

But probably if he's been wise enough he goes back into his few mil £ house and retires early. Still better than the average joe.

[ladymuck]

They wanted him out and this was the cheapest way to do it.

This is probably the closest to the truth.

[Lockhouse]

They wanted him out and this was the cheapest way to do it.

[BrilloPad]

Alternative theories...

A) Someone wanted rid of him but he was squeaky clean. He slips up one day forgets his wallet. Says he'll pay back tomorrow. Bingo!

That happened at Chase(before taken over by JPM). They wanted someone out and found jokes in his inbox. Sacked him. Then realized they had to check everyones. About 10% of traders got either verbal warning, first written warning or final written warning.

[darmstadt]

Alternative theories...

A) Someone wanted rid of him but he was squeaky clean. He slips up one day forgets his wallet. Says he'll pay back tomorrow. Bingo!

B) He's broke. He had a high stakes gambling habit and was up to his eyeball in debt, paying off divorce bills, or he was being blackmailed for money and insider information. He's still got to eat so steals some crap sandwiches (egg mayo, or plain cheese).

C) He's a banker and feel it's his privilege to steal from anyone and everyone

D) Maybe because it's he's a total banker

[CheeseSlice]

Alternative theories...

A) Someone wanted rid of him but he was squeaky clean. He slips up one day forgets his wallet. Says he'll pay back tomorrow. Bingo!

B) He's broke. He had a high stakes gambling habit and was up to his eyeball in debt, paying off divorce bills, or he was being blackmailed for money and insider information. He's still got to eat so steals some crap sandwiches (egg mayo, or plain cheese).

[Anonimouse]

There was a case of a city trader/banker who dodged his train fair for years

[GigiBronz]

Some people do it for the excitement. People that haggle intensely for example...
Then the kleptomaniacs.
Maybe one of the reasons he was good at his job was because he always felt an urge to satisfy that need. Pinch a bit here and there.
We shouldn't judge, we all have our quirkiness.

If it was an isolated case, he wasn't aggressive when confronted, i'd say the true psychopath was the decision maker that said:
Meh... feeling pretty today, let me f*** up this guy's career.

[darmstadt]

Maybe the government can bail him out

[ladymuck]

I want to know just how good the sandwiches in the Citi canteen are.

Shirley we have someone around these parts who has worked there?

[original PM]

Self entitlement. At MS Cabot Square I got chatting to the garage attendant/car cleaner/driver. He had to drive someone from Cabot Square to Bank Street. 2015 so road works made it a 3 mile journey taking 20 minutes. to save a 400m walk taking 5 minutes.

Bankers live in another planet....

Absolutely this

He stole the food knowing it was someone else's but clearly has no interest in the welfare of any other human being than himself.

[PhiltheGreek]

Hmm... In a client's canteen did once put my lunch on the salad weigher instead of saying what it actually was so paid about two quid for a six quid meal. I got distracted and just absent mindedly put it there while sorting my purse out and didn't twig until I was half way back to my desk (no I didn't go back and pay the difference). All the food for takeaway was in the same boxes so it was difficult for till staff to tell without asking to see the box contents.

Which is why you now get "Show us yer box, love" so often.

[BrilloPad]

Hmm... In a client's canteen did once put my lunch on the salad weigher instead of saying what it actually was so paid about two quid for a six quid meal. I got distracted and just absent mindedly put it there while sorting my purse out and didn't twig until I was half way back to my desk (no I didn't go back and pay the difference). All the food for takeaway was in the same boxes so it was difficult for till staff to tell without asking to see the box contents.

I sense another post on the dating thread coming up....

[BrilloPad]

Maybe it was a cry for help. I mean, you might wonder why Winona Ryder would shoplift, but she did. What's more likely though is that he's just an arrogant barsteward who thought that because he was making a lot of money for the company, it meant he shouldn't need to pay for something so insignificant. Serves him right.

Self entitlement. At MS Cabot Square I got chatting to the garage attendant/car cleaner/driver. He had to drive someone from Cabot Square to Bank Street. 2015 so road works made it a 3 mile journey taking 20 minutes. to save a 400m walk taking 5 minutes.

Bankers live in another planet....