A Parade of Somber Whartonites

by Maureen O'Connor | September 17, 2008 at 4:47 pm

Under the Button spied a sad, prophetic — and, ok, kinda gratifying in a hideously inappropriate and schadenfreude-riddled way — scene outside Lehman Brothers, deposed financial behemoth and quondam employer of upwardly mobile econ majors across the Ivy League.

Wait, did you not catch that? Cut to the relevant portion:

Damn straight, bitch went to Wharton. Now she's so poor, she'll have to trade in that Banana Republic bag for the Gap. Or worse: the sale rack at Old Navy.

Deposed Lehmanites, allow us to bear witness to the diminishing returns on your B-school degrees. What will happen to the storied traditon of Ivy Leaguers summering on Wall Street, now that the Street's hit the wall? Rants, musings, terrifying anecdotes, and backstabbing gossip welcome always at tips@ivygateblog.com. Anonymity guaranteed.

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9 Responses to “A Parade of Somber Whartonites”

  1. y10 Says:
    September 17th, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    this post is disgusting.

    I think I-Bankers are generally tools. It doesn’t mean we should find it amusing that they lost their jobs.

  2. Cornell '05 Says:
    September 17th, 2008 at 5:20 pm

    Am I crazy, or is the first guy wearing Cornell gym shorts?

  3. Moses Herzog Says:
    September 17th, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    Psssst, Maureen. If you’re going to steal jokes from blog comments, don’t link to your source material.

  4. AJ Kramer Says:
    September 17th, 2008 at 9:11 pm

    I’m pretty sure they’re St. Lawrence

  5. Penn2011 Says:
    September 18th, 2008 at 9:19 pm

    Fairly sure you stole that line about the Gap bag from my comment, but more power to you.

  6. Cornell '06, Harvard '08 Says:
    September 19th, 2008 at 2:44 pm

    Yep, Cornell shorts. What a photo for this article.

  7. Anonymous Says:
    September 19th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    Did security at Lehman Brothers refuse to let banished employees wear shoes while gathering their belongings?

  8. Anonymous Says:
    September 22nd, 2008 at 1:59 pm

    Advice – If I was evil and single minded this is what I would do. Step number one: Find rich boyfriend. Step number two: Give in to philanderous coke-addled OCD money-dripping boyfriend. Step number three: dissolve relationship when I find a new job. Hopefully, I have not gotten pregnant.

  9. Anonymous Says:
    September 26th, 2008 at 6:01 pm

    Those at St. Lawrence shorts but the kid actually did go to Cornell, I know him

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