I worked at a prop firm with a foosball table. After about 10:30 there was almost always a game going, 2 on 2. This is in a firm of less than 20 traders. They were actually paying us a small salary to play foosball most of the day. I saw a guy pick up his keyboard and start smashing it into the table. Keys fly really far when you do that. He was getting probably 10-15 feet of air with flying keys. The funny part was later when we were brave enough to ask him out in the hallway how much money he had just lost. He was like, "Lost? Oh, I made about two grand. But I should have made twelve, dammit!"
It was a small office of Broadway Trading. The place went belly-up the same year I started. Is the NYC Broadway office even in business anymore?
Any trips to Peppers to pick up burgers?? I used to do that myself when I clerked at the CBOE... pretty greasy but possibly the best burger in town (they tasted even better on Friday's... soaked up the alcohol).
the funniest thing i ever saw was the head of a firm jumping around like a gorilla behind some guys back and then the guy pulled out a gun and shot him in the head. it was hilarious.even though the head of the firm was shot,we all kept trading.
The head of the firm gets shot in the head... was the shooter just trying to get ahead? Sounds absolutely hilarious. Do tell more.
Gun and bullet: $200 [rental] Shooting your boss in the head: 60 years. Trading in silence: priceless.