I wonder how their sphincters held up


Yesterday I ran into a friend.
An ex-banker, no less.
He used to make serious money—but ended up fed the hell up.

“A very aggressive environment,” he said.

I got mad as hell.

“Aggressive environment.” Yeah, right.

Aggressive is being in a meeting and getting spat in the face after they throw a file at you.
Aggressive is hearing “I know where you live” while staring at a tattooed guy with an Eastern European accent in a built-in wardrobe.
Or hearing “I know people” when you know his last name is Italian.
Aggressive is having to explain to a single dad fresh out of jail that you’re not going to pay him.
Aggressive is having to deal with a peaceful trucker union—ten guys or more.

I wonder how their sphincters held up in any of those situations.

You can’t be that soft. Or rather, you just can’t be.

If you want things to happen, you’ve got to do things. And sometimes that lands you in aggressive situations.

Those situations teach you things like this.

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