I’m trying to figure out if that’s the logic here? As Goldman prepares to move into its new headquarters, the Observer‘s Max Abelson looks back on the history of 85 Broad. This is what former managing director George Doty had to say of the place:
Even the toilets were placed just so. “When we set up an enormous trading room, we deliberately built it on one floor and had only one men’s room,” Mr. Doty told the writer Charles D. Ellis. Besides the excellent egalitarianism, he explained, having just one bathroom made it easier to hear rumors, “to be persistently diligent on small troubles.”
Someone tried to explain it to me that “the idea is that the important fellas like Doty would normally have their own bathroom, but instead they would hang with the plebeians and listen in.” Is that it? They pissed in the same trough so they could find out who was banging whose secretary? Otherwise I got nothing.
I like men’s bathrooms.
- Barney
sick fucks
@1. Me too.
~Former Congressman Larry “Wide Stance” Craig
Maybe they just wanted to play swords, Bess, is that too much to ask for?
Who does number two work for?
can you believe this shit? can you believe this shit!? what a bunch of assholes!!
- mike d’antoni
I’ve only had this confirmed by two sources, but supposedly Bloyd needs at least 8 helping hands to lift the ol’ “Dog Leg Left” onto the pisser, without disrupting the urinal cake. The balls rest inside the heel of a roller skate.
This is why SAC is so great, they gave me my own private bathroom, it was great.
The toilet flushed itself and could be plunged with any old office marker.
-PJ
Harvard for sure.
@CL
Well done
Great companies frequently consider this, as great leadership understands the importance of egalitarian cultures. For example, when Steve Jobs envisioned Pixar’s headquarters, a single men’s room was in the plan.
@11 they did that in congress too. i hear nancy is constantly hogging the urinal.
well, you’ll always be able to tell who’s been eating corn…