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Two weeks ago a London-based banker wrote to the Financial Times seeking help with a problem related to her hotness.
I know that you will think this problem is mad, but I fear I’m too good looking for corporate life. As a student I used my looks to make money modelling, but now that I’m in the City I feel they are holding me back. Female colleagues distrust me, while male colleagues are drawn to me, but don’t take me very seriously. My boss has told me that I need to network more. But I find networking events are ghastly, with all the eager men dribbling over me. What can I do, short of turning up to work in a bin liner? – Banker, female, 27
Many of you offered her advice. Today the FT has responded with their own, telling the girl 1) shut up 2) get over it 3) it’s true that “women don’t like you, men like you too much” and 4) you won’t be hot forever.
Sayeth columnist Lucy Kellaway:
I don’t think the problem is mad, but I do think it’s bad. Bad form, that is. When you have something that others want, it’s poor manners to complain about it…By publicising your “problem”, you make things worse. Not only do people fail to take you seriously, they fail to like you even the slightest bit…I daresay you’re right: other women don’t like you, men like you too much. Both sexes will assume that you are cold, vain and screwed up – just as the classic beautiful person is supposed to be. The only hope of counteracting this is to be as friendly and normal as you can and stop worrying about whether people take you seriously. I’ve never seen what is so good about being taken seriously anyway.
W.B. Yeats wrote a poem for a woman who sounds a bit like you: she worried that men loved her for her golden tresses and not for herself. He concludes: “That only God, my dear/Could love you for yourself alone/And not your yellow hair.” I think Yeats missed a trick here: he forgot that hair grows grey in time. Beauty doesn’t last. You will lose yours one day, possibly even quite soon. Will you be happy then?
Her business plan:
(1) Complain you’re too hot
(2) Blow everyone in sight
(3) Sue for harassment
(4) Collect the settlement
(5) Start a PE firm
(6) Blow everyone in sight
It’s already been done by Lynn Tilton, so may be “HotBanker13″ should give her a call.
Don’t worry, sweetheart. Despite FT’s advice, you’ll be back on your knees in no time.
HAH!!! I see what you did there.
- guy who sees what you did there.
I promise not to cum in your mouth
No one should be allowed to complain about being “hot” unless they supply a photo.
(1) Complaining about good looks
(2) ???
(3) Profit!!!
Here we go again with the damn Yeats…
Film your own sexual harrassement prevention instruction video?
Agreed.
4) you won’t be hot forever.
Fucking awesome. Next week some time?
DB Commentator’s “Maybe you suck at your job… ” advice was way better.
LaSalle University may have an opening….
wouldnt worry about it darling, i too have the same problem when i put on my heels and a cocktail dress at the weekend.
It’s easier to find a unicorn at the bottom of the ocean, than to find a good looking girl that works in banking.
I hear Scores is looking for a Lead Stripper
I hear Scores is looking for a Lead Stripper
I hear Scores is looking for a Lead Stripper
I hear Scores is looking for a Lead Stripper
I hear Scores is looking for a Lead Stripper
They’re called “Headliners” you heathen! Respect the art.
Also, Hot Chick, if you’re reading this, ignore the harsh words. You need a hug. Come, let me give you a nice, long hug and maybe a glass of tequila. Take off your bra if it’s easier.
They’re called “Headliners” you heathen! Respect the art.
Also, Hot Chick, if you’re reading this, ignore the harsh words. You need a hug. Come, let me give you a nice, long hug and maybe a glass of tequila. Take off your bra if it’s easier.
They’re called “Headliners” you heathen! Respect the art.
Also, Hot Chick, if you’re reading this, ignore the harsh words. You need a hug. Come, let me give you a nice, long hug and maybe a glass of tequila. Take off your bra if it’s easier.
They’re called “Headliners” you heathen! Respect the art.
Also, Hot Chick, if you’re reading this, ignore the harsh words. You need a hug. Come, let me give you a nice, long hug and maybe a glass of tequila. Take off your bra if it’s easier.
They’re called “Headliners” you heathen! Respect the art.
Also, Hot Chick, if you’re reading this, ignore the harsh words. You need a hug. Come, let me give you a nice, long hug and maybe a glass of tequila. Take off your bra if it’s easier.
Was it Yeats or Jenna Jameson who once said, “if you want to be taken seriously, or just to be taken in any way, then simply smile and offer up to your boss that you gladly do anal”
Was it Yeats or Jenna Jameson who once said, “if you want to be taken seriously, or just to be taken in any way, then simply smile and offer up to your boss that you gladly do anal”
Was it Yeats or Jenna Jameson who once said, “if you want to be taken seriously, or just to be taken in any way, then simply smile and offer up to your boss that you gladly do anal”
Was it Yeats or Jenna Jameson who once said, “if you want to be taken seriously, or just to be taken in any way, then simply smile and offer up to your boss that you gladly do anal”
Was it Yeats or Jenna Jameson who once said, “if you want to be taken seriously, or just to be taken in any way, then simply smile and offer up to your boss that you gladly do anal”
Janet Reno had a similar issue.
Janet Reno had a similar issue.
Janet Reno had a similar issue.
Janet Reno had a similar issue.
Janet Reno had a similar issue.
Those posters who feel that hotness is lacking in the banking business have not had an opportunity to review this year’s offerings from Goldman Sachs.
Those posters who feel that hotness is lacking in the banking business have not had an opportunity to review this year’s offerings from Goldman Sachs.
Those posters who feel that hotness is lacking in the banking business have not had an opportunity to review this year’s offerings from Goldman Sachs.
Those posters who feel that hotness is lacking in the banking business have not had an opportunity to review this year’s offerings from Goldman Sachs.
Those posters who feel that hotness is lacking in the banking business have not had an opportunity to review this year’s offerings from Goldman Sachs.
This may be true at UBS…but in general, firms have a strict unwritten policy about hiring only 8′s and above in Banking/trading. Unless you’re in Ops.
This may be true at UBS…but in general, firms have a strict unwritten policy about hiring only 8′s and above in Banking/trading. Unless you’re in Ops.
This may be true at UBS…but in general, firms have a strict unwritten policy about hiring only 8′s and above in Banking/trading. Unless you’re in Ops.
This may be true at UBS…but in general, firms have a strict unwritten policy about hiring only 8′s and above in Banking/trading. Unless you’re in Ops.
Henry Waxman thinks that he is too handsome to be taken seriously by his female collogues.
Guest could not be more correct. I dated a headliner once, and she insisted that her profession was an art. Just like Michaelangelo.
Naturally I became her muse.
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Looks like a lorry with damaged chassis. Human with a strained backbone at only 27. Well,she is just starting. Boy,she has a long way to go.
I know what you’re talking about! My career stalled for the exact same reason.
I tend to disagree. Don’t generalize .
I don’t know about 8s and above but I’d wager the average female banker would rank hotter than the average male banker.
Fortunately, men don’t have to be attractive to get what they want if theyr’e bankers. That’s why most of us became bankers in the first place. It’s surely no coincidence that half the titans of Wall St are roundish and under 5’5″?
Agree, and a(n) 8 is in the eye of the beholder.
I see what you did there…
she looks like the transtesticle from the entourage episode where drama wants to be zoned in 90210
Don’t know that I agree, but you do have some damn nice taters!
Dear Madam,
In our previous correspondence we suggested three career options. After further introspection and the analysis of the inane ramblings of our writing staff, we would like to re-present our initial 3 options, while adding a 4th. We hope you find solace and will one day feel normal.
1) Porn
2) Gold Digger
3) Severe Facial Trauma
4) Severe Facial Trauma, Combined with a Lion Attack.
We now suggest option 4.
-FT Editorial Staff
Ok then, Handsome. Send a pic to Bess so she can post it and we can decide if you deserve your screen name.
Wrong. All the chicks on my team are slamming and have their own debit cards.
with tits!
One shouldn’t disagree with one’s self. It is quite unbecoming…and we look schizo.
Examine your motives.
Do they like to snuggiesheeshs?
id punish that ass
Sometimes but for no more than 5 minutes.
False. Have you seen Deutsche’s gals?
fucking quit go to miami and be a stripper
Damn, I would like to fuck her so bad. I would fuck her like an investment banker fucks with his clients.
Probably Yeats. Jenna Jameson doesn’t do anal professionally.
– Not Jenna Jameson but a fan of her work.
You do know that the pic isn’t the lady in question right???
If Lynn Tilton’s looking like a $35 Jersey City whore hasn’t hurt her career, why would actually looking good hurt anyone else’s? Scarcity is valued, and the only thing I can think of that is scarcer than a good-looking woman in banking is a stock recommendation from Jim Cramer that makes money.
Why is there so much trashing of Lynn Tilton? So, she looks like an Alabama bus station whore with a spray paint tan. Okay, she has the polish of a roller derby queen. Still, she’s a woman who is self-made, and more.
Try working as a Crack Whore during your off hours, that will take some of the shine off.
two words for you: HR and PR. that is where a lot of beautiful women make great careers on Wall Street. Seriously.
It’s three words. You forgot IR…
How can she complain she isn’t taken seriously? She got a job and gets a paycheck. Maybe she ought to think about doing her work, instead of thinking what everyone is thinking of her.
P.S. NotHotAtAll: I clicked Like–I guess I’m the 61st to do so–after your comment. Your analysis by analogy is astute, and while realistic, funny. Made my California morning!
How can she complain she isn’t taken seriously? She got a job and gets a paycheck. Maybe she ought to think about doing her work, instead of thinking what everyone is thinking of her.
P.S. NotHotAtAll: I clicked Like–I guess I’m the 61st to do so–after your comment. Your analysis by analogy is astute, and while realistic, funny. Made my California morning!
How can she complain she isn’t taken seriously? She got a job and gets a paycheck. Maybe she ought to think about doing her work, instead of thinking what everyone is thinking of her.
P.S. NotHotAtAll: I clicked Like–I guess I’m the 61st to do so–after your comment. Your analysis by analogy is astute, and while realistic, funny. Made my California morning!
How can she complain she isn’t taken seriously? She got a job and gets a paycheck. Maybe she ought to think about doing her work, instead of thinking what everyone is thinking of her.
P.S. NotHotAtAll: I clicked Like–I guess I’m the 61st to do so–after your comment. Your analysis by analogy is astute, and while realistic, funny. Made my California morning!
I really think I have the best advice for you;
Take a strong stance on an issue to set your self apart.
for instance;
This week many people throughout the world commemorate
Jesus’ overturning the Tables in the Temple.
It is in this spirit that I write to you today.
I care not if you call your self Christen or not,
Democrat or Republican,
Conservative of Liberal.
I propose we should have solidarity in the ability to
be safe in our homes,
to invest in our homes,
to invest in our own lives and
invest in our children.
Therefore as a banker, I propose a recall of Gramm–Leach–Bliley
an immediate reenactment of Glass-Steagall
The nation’s future, your children’s future requires your action NOW.
Everyone can help.
Congressional Switchboard 202-224-3121
What is it specifically am I asking of you? Join me at putting pressure on our elected Representatives, in each of our own congressional districts and others as well, to demand, not simply a position statement from your elected official but a clear cut elucidation
of exactly what they are doing to drive the passage of the
Glass – Steagall Bill.
Congressional Switchboard 202-224-3121
If you are not clear about what the Glass-Steagall Act is or what good it does, by all means communicate to me and I will explain.
Congressional Switchboard 202-224-3121
If passage of firewall legislation of the proper effectiveness does not occur this month I recommend a demand for a
comprehensive total National Foreclosure Moratorium
And if that can not be had I will demand a
National Mortgage Boycott mass strike.
God help us if it has to go that far.
Tie hair in a bun, wear drab clothes, no makeup. Worked in our office for a model type that went from glam to drab–she was promoted a year later.
I am sure there is some truth to the possiblity a woman that is very “hot” is not taken seriously. However, I am sure it is this woman’s predispostion that her looks are so important that is the problem. Here is the answer.
Dress Professional not like a slut,
pull your hair back
do something of value that will show people you have a brain, if you are that smart.
Get some counseling and address your extreme Narsisitic tendency, and try to learn to live with the fact the world does not revolve around you and no really gives a shit how hot you are if you are doing an excellent job. No one can hold you back if you are good at what you do and if being good is not enough, be great.
Look at Bess, just as hot and doing very well, and not complaining………
You are definitely not too hot for the city, if you are that hot, you should just keep on modeling and stop trying to be so “special” in an field where looks do not matter……..
and I am sure you can cash in on your twitter following now that your irritation with being so beautiful has garnered so much attention.
My hope is that you were joking and you were just seeing what kind of reaction you would get from everyone. And if you were blessed with beauty it is your good fortune and a gift, something you had little to do with and it makes you no better than anyone. If anything it gives you more responsibility to not say stupid shit you have done. Be greatful for you looks and forget about them and get to work or go be a model or an actress where they actually to care about looks.
I am sure there is some truth to the possiblity a woman that is very “hot” is not taken seriously. However, I am sure it is this woman’s predispostion that her looks are so important that is the problem. Here is the answer.
Dress Professional not like a slut,
pull your hair back
do something of value that will show people you have a brain, if you are that smart.
Get some counseling and address your extreme Narsisitic tendency, and try to learn to live with the fact the world does not revolve around you and no really gives a shit how hot you are if you are doing an excellent job. No one can hold you back if you are good at what you do and if being good is not enough, be great.
Look at Bess, just as hot and doing very well, and not complaining………
You are definitely not too hot for the city, if you are that hot, you should just keep on modeling and stop trying to be so “special” in an field where looks do not matter……..
and I am sure you can cash in on your twitter following now that your irritation with being so beautiful has garnered so much attention.
My hope is that you were joking and you were just seeing what kind of reaction you would get from everyone. And if you were blessed with beauty it is your good fortune and a gift, something you had little to do with and it makes you no better than anyone. If anything it gives you more responsibility to not say stupid shit you have done. Be greatful for you looks and forget about them and get to work or go be a model or an actress where they actually to care about looks.
1.Tie your hair back
2. Wear glasses
3. Do not wear tight clothing
4. Do not put on perfume
5. Leave your personal life at the door
If this girl was really smart, she would have already adapted and altered change instead of complaining to the financial times.
TLDR
Try wearing glasses and librarian outfits
get an IR job.
It still blows my mind how anyone couldn’t see through the blatant networking and publicity scheme of this woman.
if she is being held back on her looks she should enter a profession that her current employer would pay her top $$$………stripping!
She's probably got by on her looks and used that to her advantage her whole life. I'm sure the looks helped her get this job. Now suddenly it's a major obstacle in her success. Maybe she needs to work harder and overcome her challenging life and curse of being beautiful. I'd love to work with this girl and ignore her as I walk by her each day.
She needs to dress a little more conservative and think "librarian" but not in a fetish way. I know where she is coming from. I would stay with flats instead of heels as well. If you want more respect at work, you will HAVE to de-sexify yourself. Period. You can save that crap for the company parties or your social life, not work, unless you are using your gender to get ahead. No skirts, wear your hair in a functional manner, not VS waves all in your face.. ect. You can look good and still look like a lawyer instead of a secretary.