Life Stats
The following (available here) is an interesting post over at WallStreetOasis:
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Mine would be:
I could continue ...
What stats would you like to know about your life?
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If someone kept - in excruciating detail - perfectly accurate statistics about your life, what statistic would you want to know first?
Among the limitless possibilities, example statistics include:
- Hours spent doing "x" activity
- lbs. of "x" food consumed
- Number of occurrences of "x"
- etc.
"Among the limitless possibilities, example statistics include:
- Hours spent doing "x" activity
- lbs. of "x" food consumed
- Number of occurrences of "x"
- etc.
Mine would be:
- Total number of billable hours expensed to various clients
- Total number of those hours I was actually working.
- Of those hours I was working, how many hours/minutes was I being mentally challenged.
- How much time I spent thinking about sleeping with a client/colleague/random client employee
- How many times I actually slept with any of the above (Greater than 1, less than 20)
- How many times I've caught a colleage receiving carnal knowledge from a partner who is not their significant other.
- Percentage of clients that actually realise the projected cost savings/revenue growth/market share etc based on our "strategic advice" (I estimate fewer than half of the figure recited by partners and senior managers)
- Number of Senior Managers that have carnal knowledge of a partner's significant other
- Percentage of total expenses to date that are legitimate (I estimate between 30-45%)
- Number of times I've received a blank stare at a bar when telling females I'm a strategy consultant, vs. number of times my (finance related) colleagues receive a smile when they mention they're in banking/finance.
I could continue ...
What stats would you like to know about your life?
The number of contracts we have won coz the partner has basically told/made me flirt with the client "Go do your networking magic on him, we need this sale" Fucking frustrating for an intelligent woman to put up with! Plus I should so get extra bonous for doing that!
The number of times silly 'Male Corporate Whore types' have asked me out for a drink - The answer will always be no, consultants = shits, I'm not EVER going to be interested!!
The number of times I have wished a client dead coz they are the most stupid person I have ever met - well since my last project!
The number of times I worry - when it comes to 'up or out' season!
The anount to life I have wasted living out a suit case in hotles - where you have to eat dinner with colleagues - I dont relly want to be spending an evening with - the day was quite enough!
Thats all for now - Its 12:45 time to stop working and go to bed!
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The partners are likely right in recognizing that her differentiating advantage is visually based. It's definitely not her writing or critical thinking skills. (Comment this)
Booo you whore! Who the fuck can still think critically at 12:45am after working a 17hr day! (Comment this)