If you took Metro North home last night, perhaps you witnessed an altercation between a fellow passenger and a train official? A conductor asked a rider, former BNP “graduate intern” Hermon Raju, to please refrain from audibly cursing, to which she responded with a variety of (rhetorical?) questions including, “Do you know what schools I’ve been to?” “Do you know how well-educated I am?” demanded someone “stop this train,” and once again made it clear, “I’m not a crazy person, I’m a very well educated person.” Raju also said she’d never give Metro North her money again and considering she rides it “to and from work and to my parents’ house,” the loss of revenue might seriously hurt the MTA.

UPDATE: According to a spokeswoman for BNP, Raju is no longer associated with the firm.

Educated Snob Berates Train Conductor For No Good Reason [Gawker]

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Comments (218)

  1. Posted by Guest | June 16, 2011 at 9:16 PM

    Well educated =/= well raised.

  2. Posted by Gusto | June 16, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    what an idiot!!!!

  3. Posted by East Texas Gas Trader | June 16, 2011 at 9:18 PM

    I take back my prior posts comment about the JPM employee and now believe that this person will ultimately work for Energy Transfer.

  4. Posted by Dr. Rosenrose | June 16, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    It’s times like these that I regret overusing the word ‘cunt’, because it doesn’t have enough meaning now.  

  5. Posted by Gusto | June 16, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    Just checked her Linked in cached account – NYU boys and girls. Holly focken sheet!!! That rant was over a crappy NYU??? Amazing – I was expecting H/S/W caliber, not a tier 1 dropout NYU!!! Come to think of it – it makes sense – she is very insecure going to a school like that and working at a bank with more greek exposure than cyprus. She is out – almost for sure!

  6. Posted by NY Banker | June 16, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    Her top-class education was at NYU in COMMUNICATION STUDIES!! You literally can’t make this stuff up LMAO.

    I found her LinkedIn profile too by a quick search – http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:a8vkuHtx0dsJ:www.linkedin.com/pub/hermon-raju/7/36/105+Hermon%EF%BB%BF+Raju&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com

  7. Posted by PasteSpecialFormats | June 16, 2011 at 9:26 PM

    This is the kind of shit that gets the BarCar taken away again, so Raju (which I prefer to pronounce like the spaghetti sauce), shut your pie-hole.

  8. Posted by Anonymous | June 16, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    I should add that while she doesn’t look too bad according to her linkedin profile, she sounds like she’s seen Wall Street II a few too many times…

    “Specialized ability to finance renewable energy projects”

  9. Posted by Gusto | June 16, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    If I went to NYU – I would not tell anyone about that. Instead spend some time thinking of what went wrong…

  10. Posted by Guesticulation | June 16, 2011 at 9:29 PM

    She was defending her space. She didn’t get her MBA/CFA to be lectured to by a normal person! She was defending her words.  She was standing up for herself. She was showing how shit runs downhill.  She is finance today.  Deal with it.

  11. Posted by Winklevi | June 16, 2011 at 9:29 PM

    A Harvard man would never take public transportation 

  12. Posted by You know it's true | June 16, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    And that’s why New Yorkers are so loved by everyone…

  13. Posted by Gusto | June 16, 2011 at 9:31 PM

    Word!

  14. Posted by Pmcosucks | June 16, 2011 at 9:33 PM

    I think that is PMCO

  15. Posted by Non-Entity Hedge Fund Manager | June 16, 2011 at 9:36 PM

    I DRIVE A DODGE STRATUS!

  16. Posted by trojan | June 16, 2011 at 9:37 PM

    “My dad totally owns a dealership”
    -H. Raju

  17. Posted by Azzy | June 16, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    Stupid cunt.

  18. Posted by Guest | June 16, 2011 at 9:47 PM

    I got the dumb-chills.  That was awesome. 

  19. Posted by Cornfield | June 16, 2011 at 9:47 PM

    Yeah, but has she ever ran naked through a cornfield backwards?  

  20. Posted by Guest | June 16, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    The interweb is awesome.

  21. Posted by Z. | June 16, 2011 at 9:55 PM

    Just shows that being ”well educated” does not save you from being royally fucked. 

  22. Posted by Anonymous | June 16, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    How do I establish short exposure to NYU?

  23. Posted by Guest | June 16, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    Raju sounds Indian. She kinda looks it too. Never heard of an Indian chick named “Hermon” though.

    -Confused

     

  24. Posted by Guest | June 16, 2011 at 10:17 PM

    I would still bang her.

  25. Posted by guest | June 16, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    Raju? Gesundheit.

  26. Posted by guest | June 16, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    With a protocol and ethics pamphlet.

  27. Posted by G_Gekko | June 16, 2011 at 10:26 PM

    Money is the bitch that never sleeps, kid.

  28. Posted by HowardDean | June 16, 2011 at 10:33 PM

    GUYS SHE ISN’T CRAZY SHE SAID SO

  29. Posted by Woot Ang | June 16, 2011 at 10:57 PM

    There’s some gold in here:
    http://weenieenema.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html

    “MyDadIsAWeenie: anthony slash hermon, do you feel that nyu prepared you for your adult shizzle
    HermesR211: yes im better prepared than others 4 the world”

    “HermesR211: either staying with lauder working my way up to something badass but for sure getting my mba and jd”

  30. Posted by Duh | June 16, 2011 at 11:08 PM

    She does appear to have a pulse.

  31. Posted by JK | June 16, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    Money can’t buy you class. 

  32. Posted by Guest | June 16, 2011 at 11:11 PM

    “HermesR211: i dont feel like i would be as savvy though if i went to say suny binghamton”

    Not going to SUNY Binghamton is the NKI.

  33. Posted by Duke | June 16, 2011 at 11:13 PM

    maybe if someone jammed her in the bathroom, the chlorine smell of the 1986 urinal cakes would sear some sense into her

  34. Posted by guest | June 16, 2011 at 11:20 PM

    “On Wednesday, the Empire Center for New York State Policy released payroll data showing over 8,000 MTA employees made over $100,000, including overtime and extra pay, and an overall average pay raise of 2.4%”

    That conductor lady is laughing all the way to the bank.

  35. Posted by danker_banker | June 16, 2011 at 11:23 PM

    Do you know how well-educated the Unabomber is bitch?

  36. Posted by Derpy McDerperson | June 16, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    Go-Go Internet lynch-mob!

  37. Posted by Bear | June 16, 2011 at 11:39 PM

    Very classy post, Bess! :) 

  38. Posted by Guest | June 16, 2011 at 11:39 PM

    By shorting UBS obviously

  39. Posted by Guest | June 16, 2011 at 11:43 PM

    Would love to know what you think isn’t classy about this post, considering all she basically did was quote the classless bitch in the video, without actually even commenting on what a bitch she is.

  40. Posted by Old One-Eye | June 16, 2011 at 11:45 PM

    Excuse me, but her profile CLEARLY STATES that she has “a passion for pushing limits on expectations”, and that she was a CONGRESSIONAL INTERN.

    No der.

  41. Posted by Bass to Mouth | June 16, 2011 at 11:49 PM
  42. Posted by Loose Weiner | June 16, 2011 at 11:51 PM

    Raju is spelled backwards is Cunt.

    / Spelling Bee Quant 

  43. Posted by Harvard_baller | June 17, 2011 at 12:24 AM

    Taking metro north to your parents house after graduating is the new killing it. 

  44. Posted by Charles Prego Gasparino | June 17, 2011 at 12:49 AM

    Herman Ragu is a friend of mine.

  45. Posted by Rick James | June 17, 2011 at 1:09 AM

    Insecurity’s a helluva drug.

  46. Posted by Code Blue | June 17, 2011 at 1:14 AM

    Why should that matter?

  47. Posted by Guest | June 17, 2011 at 1:25 AM

    OMFG!

    - Guest who just realized why the ski class was full of students with a bit of a tan!

  48. Posted by Gg | June 17, 2011 at 1:28 AM
  49. Posted by Guest | June 17, 2011 at 1:30 AM

    her linkedin account has her HS listed as well: James I. O’Neill High School
    …public school huh? yeah great pedigree hun

  50. Posted by danker_banker | June 17, 2011 at 1:32 AM

    Anyone know if there’s a groupon for Reputation Defender?

  51. Posted by Did I just "get" OUTS?? | June 17, 2011 at 1:33 AM

    Dude….  Buy “OUTS” on NYU!! 
    I got it!!  I finally got it!!!

  52. Posted by NYC Public School System | June 17, 2011 at 1:38 AM

    Hey Guest,

    GFY

  53. Posted by Seaman Bodine | June 17, 2011 at 2:13 AM

    The video is completely believable, but unfortunately the resume tips us off that it’s a joke.  Good one Bess.

  54. Posted by Kb119red | June 17, 2011 at 2:15 AM

    and…? is this what she is always like? do tell.

  55. Posted by Jimmy | June 17, 2011 at 2:47 AM

    She has money? Could have fooled me.

  56. Posted by Me | June 17, 2011 at 3:18 AM

    this is fantastic.  she’s slurring her words.  she’s definitely drunk.

  57. Posted by Guest | June 17, 2011 at 3:22 AM

    doesn’t sound drunk, just like a stupid entitled bitch.

  58. Posted by BigotryLives | June 17, 2011 at 4:01 AM

    Wow, gotta love the internet… where one can post arbitrary racist comments that have nothing to do with the issue at hand and have 20+ others anonymously “Like” them. I was under the impression that the ENTIRE culture of finance was about making people below your social standing feel like absolute shit, regardless whether or not you are Indian. I’m pretty sure that maybe a few white people who work in the financial sector have done that in the past.

    Oh and by the way, just to emphasize the fact that you have no idea what you’re saying…. Indians can’t ski for sh*t.

  59. Posted by Bubbasparks | June 17, 2011 at 4:26 AM

    what’s NFI? 

  60. Posted by Bubbasparks | June 17, 2011 at 4:26 AM

    re: the SUNY Binghamton comment? 

  61. Posted by Bubbasparks | June 17, 2011 at 4:28 AM

    what’s NFI? 

  62. Posted by Bubbasparks | June 17, 2011 at 4:28 AM

    sorry – typo, NKI*?

  63. Posted by ExtraOrdinaryPopularDelusions | June 17, 2011 at 5:13 AM

    What about a Baird man?

    -Pachino

  64. Posted by Asf2 | June 17, 2011 at 6:04 AM
  65. Posted by Longfellow Shorts | June 17, 2011 at 6:12 AM

    She doesn’t look too bad? You might need to get your peepers checked out. And that voice is the best contraceptive she’ll ever need

  66. Posted by Longfellow Shorts | June 17, 2011 at 6:15 AM

    STFU with the generalizations and quit flaunting you ignorance.

    -Guy who doesn’t live in NY but sure appreciates how awesome it is.

  67. Posted by Longfellow Shorts | June 17, 2011 at 6:17 AM

    True…but it rents you some classy ass.

  68. Posted by Longfellow Shorts | June 17, 2011 at 6:21 AM

    I was gonna write something nasty about this broad but getting ridiculed on DB is already doing heaps more damage. 

  69. Posted by Mary O'Shaughnessy | June 17, 2011 at 6:23 AM

    What is most amusing about her LinkedIn profile is that it says she _was_ an intern, not that she_is_ employed at BNP Paribas or anyplace else. So actually, she is an unemployed drain on society and the conductor is a gainfully employed taxpayer.

  70. Posted by S | June 17, 2011 at 7:51 AM

    cut her some slack, nontarget high school kids have lots to learn

  71. Posted by Guest | June 17, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    That’s racist

  72. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    Nuh uh. I am too important to ride a train.

  73. Posted by Guest | June 17, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    Somehow, UBS is to blame here.

  74. Posted by Guest | June 17, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    You can say “shit” here.  as well as “fuck” and whatever fancies your morally superior hide.

  75. Posted by Guest | June 17, 2011 at 1:05 PM

    Examine your motives

  76. Posted by Jffryhthwy | June 17, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    She sounds exactly like Pete Campbell’s wife on Mad Men. Close your eyes and listen and you’d swear it’s the same person speaking.

  77. Posted by Guest | June 17, 2011 at 1:26 PM

     fail

  78. Posted by Anon Corp Dev Guy | June 17, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    Please be kidding

  79. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    Examine your motives.

    But seriously, he’s probably an IT guy…

  80. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    L2BallGag

  81. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    Warren?

  82. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    Raju, I love dirty talk…please accept my Facebook friend request

    -Antonio Salchicha

  83. Posted by Guest | June 17, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    wow 44 likes.The most I have seen at DB. Did not know Indians were a despised race at DB.   

  84. Posted by Daniel | June 17, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    Bridge and Tunnel

  85. Posted by disappointed | June 17, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    Anybody else disappointed that PMCO doesn’t want to ride trains anymore :(

  86. Posted by Deadmau5 | June 17, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    Do you know who I am? I got a million dollars in the bank…

  87. Posted by Guest | June 17, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    Hate to break it to you, but he’s right.  People don’t like New Yorkers or NY for that matter.

    I live in NY but have no intention of  staying. 

  88. Posted by Bubbasparks | June 17, 2011 at 2:37 PM

    I’m not… what does it mean?

  89. Posted by Bubbasparks | June 17, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    ohhh, just got it. New Killing It. 

  90. Posted by Average Joe | June 17, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    “Person in public space speaks down to others with tone of superiority and entitlement”

    Metro North railroad incident, or DB commentators?

  91. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    Both. Your point is what exactly?

  92. Posted by Bill Cutting | June 17, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    This is America. This county was founded on on the principles of equality, thereofre we despise all races equally

  93. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    Ooops. I left that comment early this morning and clearly wasn’t thinking. Let’s make it “i am too important to ride MetroNorth” Woo woo…all aboard.

  94. Posted by disappointed | June 17, 2011 at 3:00 PM

    Woo woo all aboard doesn’t make this easier PMCO, you’re setting yourself up here 

  95. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    I am hoping that this is a joke but if not I hope you were able to secure a fake ID for the party at ReUnion. Good luck with your senior year.

  96. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 3:12 PM

    Some of my best friends are indians

    -Johnny Quest

  97. Posted by Hermon | June 17, 2011 at 3:14 PM

    Then why can’t you spell her name?

  98. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 3:23 PM

    Mengue! Mengue Umboku!

    -Lionel Joseph

  99. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 3:28 PM

    Man Raju you’ve really let yourself go since “Bend it Like Beckham.”

    -K. Knightley

  100. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 3:51 PM

    she was hired as an employee in 2009.

  101. Posted by HFguy | June 17, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    “Indians in finance are often really insecure”.. so true, Vickram, Anshu and Raghuram Rajan immediately spring to my mind

    “Their whole culture and caste system” .. so true bro, Martin L King immediately comes to my mind.. no wait .. that was not India but who cares

    “going skiing in fancy places” .. hmm. 

  102. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 4:45 PM

    Tip for future: if I say something that makes me seem stupid or unaware, assume it was a joke. Don’t you know how smart and funny I am? xoxo

  103. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    Please allow me to introduce myself: I’m a man of wealth and taste.

    -L

  104. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    Lionel? From the African Education Fund?

  105. Posted by Polarbear55ca | June 17, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    Prego? Ragu? Don’t you know a jarred spaghetti sauce joke when you see one?

  106. Posted by Bnp | June 17, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    so I checked w/ my friends in HR @ BNP… he left more than a year ago….

    probably because she was too busy with all her important studies.

    and even better, she was a temp worker in compliance.  quite the baller indeed.

  107. Posted by Guest | June 17, 2011 at 5:44 PM

    so I checked w/ my friends in HR @ BNP… he left more than a year
    ago….

    probably because she was too busy with all her important
    studies.

    and even better, she was a temp worker in compliance. 
    quite the baller indeed. 

  108. Posted by Andrew in SF | June 17, 2011 at 6:18 PM

    This woman is terrible.  She is exactly how we “flat landers” view all coastal people though.

  109. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 6:32 PM

    Ya mon. I was Director of Cultural Activities at the Haile Selassie Pavilion.

  110. Posted by I'm a dude | June 17, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    yea and Raj Rajarananan too!

  111. Posted by HypocrisyLives | June 17, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    Oh and by the way, just to emphasize the fact that you have no idea what you’re saying….my racist generalization is totally cooler than yours bro. 

  112. Posted by I'm a dude | June 17, 2011 at 6:57 PM

    i didnt realize hermon was black

  113. Posted by Guest | June 17, 2011 at 7:01 PM

    Sad that the funniest comment of this whole thread went so unappreciated. 

    -Guy who usually hates CG references

  114. Posted by IndoCanadian | June 17, 2011 at 7:01 PM

    Wrong.. Raj Rajaratnam (that the correct name BTW) is a Sri Lankan. You probably should have said Rajat Gupta or Anil Kumar

  115. Posted by IndoCanadian | June 17, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    Is’nt it ironic that while everybody is calling
    her a racist (which she is), her nationality/origin is being speculated
    about.. If I listen to the video with my eyes closed, it is very
    disgusting as it is. It could be a person of any nationality, and those
    statements would still be disgusting and pretentious.

    Lets refrain from dragging nationality/color into this discussion and denounce the Act.

  116. Posted by clearwatertotulsa | June 17, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    Someone’s quoting Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

    A+

  117. Posted by clearwatertotulsa | June 17, 2011 at 7:20 PM

    Dude, she looks like a fully Nair’ed Jamie Farr.

  118. Posted by SUNY-Bing Grad | June 17, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    I’m proud of my SUNY-Binghamton education. Those urinal cakes at GS HQ don’t replace themselves.

  119. Posted by General Custer | June 17, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    not mine!

  120. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 7:36 PM

    Wrong sort.

    -Lord Curzon

  121. Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 at 7:39 PM

    We had big fun there!

  122. Posted by Ugh | June 17, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    Erm, check you information. She’s not a BNP employee.

  123. Posted by HFguy | June 17, 2011 at 7:43 PM

    Please dont try to reply .. sarcasm is too difficult for your to understand … now head back to zerohedge

  124. Posted by guestttt | June 17, 2011 at 8:47 PM

     really?  its not just indians; almost every ethnicity does that.  arguably the most ridiculous comment thus far.

  125. Posted by Mary O'Shaughnessy | June 17, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    If she does get as far as the bar, I would LOVE to hear the questions that she’d be asked about her “moral character”.

  126. Posted by Sdee | June 17, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    haha, nyu is one of the most expensive schools, remember, not all southeast asians are alike. it just happens she comes out after osama leaves, so she is just making all other southeast asians look bad.

  127. Posted by Mary O'Shaughnessy | June 17, 2011 at 9:01 PM

     There is also public evidence that her mother doesn’t have much respect for authority either. http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/legal_protection_pdf/rajuo.pdf

  128. Posted by Sdskd | June 17, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    unfortunately, they would, in nyc. not all people from harvard are successful!

  129. Posted by sskf | June 17, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    it also states, “Excellent management and communication skills with knowledge of trading systems and strategy”

    Did you get that? She has excellent social skills, especially with normal world-class citizens who can maintain their patience.

  130. Posted by Sdkssd | June 17, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    too bad, she’s a upper tier educated being who can’t deal with normal people.

  131. Posted by Sdsdsk | June 17, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    unfortunately, i went out with her at nyu. well, the sex was good. but her dad always told me u are worth nothing unless you can be the MD at goldman. he was a director of corp. strategy at an BB. I felt like shit. now i am in the porn business, who dates white chicks who arent the smartest, but have respect for people of color. what a shame right for her, h  baby sorry for saying this, i know u google urself constantly, but good luck with everything, i told u u should be respect of others…

  132. Posted by Koinesa | June 17, 2011 at 9:13 PM

    Theory: Given Hermon Raju’s apparent lack of recent employment, and propensity only to attend various NYU schools, I have a thoery that the whole thing was staged in order to gain notoriety. Reason #1) the video is good overall quality and from a great angle. #2) the YouTube posting has mysteriously vanished after it went viral. #3) her background in marketing & PR. #4) No one who lives at home and has no job could possibly be this arrogant and self-satisfied…#5) Now she is “famous” !!!

  133. Posted by Trollollol | June 17, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    It is hilarious that the typically-racist online community has united on the issue of “Classism.” Perhaps it’s because that struggle is universal. Classism was the original “culture war” before “the powers that be” discovered what a useful tool racism was to keep the simpletons on the bottom infighting, while those in power conducted business as usual. At least take comfort in the fact that you are bringing people together, H. Raju.

  134. Posted by Guest | June 17, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    Not all Indians believe in the caste system. Just Hinduism. There are millions of non-Hindu Indians (including Sikhs, Budhists, Christians, etc) and some Hindus who reject the caste system. “Ghadilives” statement that “their whole culture and caste system is about… shit” is just ignorant.

  135. Posted by 18th CGtlman | June 17, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    Slaping girls without pulse is not fun at all

    - 18th century guy

  136. Posted by Coors Light | June 17, 2011 at 10:31 PM

    peace

  137. Posted by Lord Humongous | June 17, 2011 at 10:40 PM

    Leave the door open on your way out

  138. Posted by Rivoli157 | June 17, 2011 at 11:43 PM

    this idiot has blown it big time- she is all over every theatre website and blog. She is the laughing stock backstage here at the theatre I work at on Broadway

  139. Posted by Rivoli157 | June 17, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    ooh, one of the best comments i just heard upon viewing the youtube video, “well I am educated as well and I want to smack her entitled teeth right out of her mouth”

  140. Posted by Rwbinwpb | June 18, 2011 at 1:34 AM

    Another ignoramus guest referring to Hinduism, with absolutely no knowledge of the religion, just keep your bigotry inside your arse.
    Looks like you have been fed the right dose of meds to be an ignorant bafoon …

  141. Posted by Adam Hawthorne | June 18, 2011 at 3:24 AM

    “I’m very well educated’ has now become my default statement for every situation. 
    I chastised the fork that I accidentally stabbed myself with while I was doing dishes informing it how well educated I am.   

    I wrote a blog entry about her on my site, please feel free to check it out if you feel so inclined, I would LOVE the feedback.

    http://www.mynameisntmediumcoffee.com/2011/06/well-educated-woman-yells-at-train.html

  142. Posted by Hoda | June 18, 2011 at 3:38 AM

    Good riddance, the fewer of you, the better it’ll be for the rest of us!

  143. Posted by Qutb | June 18, 2011 at 3:45 AM

    In Britain she’d be, not that any black people would claim this mook.

  144. Posted by Looker | June 18, 2011 at 3:46 AM

    Inbred.

  145. Posted by Hermanhermann | June 18, 2011 at 3:50 AM

    Maybe it’s a porn audition tape? ‘Raju on the Beach’? ‘Metro North Masala?’

  146. Posted by 11106a | June 18, 2011 at 5:53 AM

    for the love of God…NYU?? really? I’m just glad people now know her by name…

  147. Posted by guest | June 18, 2011 at 6:21 AM

     She’s not indian. She’s persian, so I guess that would make her Iranian.

  148. Posted by I love Raj Raj, Anil, Gutpa | June 18, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    She’s South Asian (ie Indian, Paki etc).  South East Asians eg Indonesians, Thais, Singaporeans, Vietnamese are way cooler.

  149. Posted by Ralph Malph | June 18, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    She was on a quiet car and was not quiet.  Enough said- race has nothing to do with it. 

  150. Posted by Ralph Malph | June 18, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    She will have a hard time finding work in NYC with anyone who sees this story- who would want to hire someone with that attitude? 

  151. Posted by Ralph Malph | June 18, 2011 at 2:09 PM

    According to her  Facebook page.  She had a 4-month internship that ended in December 2009. 

  152. Posted by guest of a guest | June 18, 2011 at 4:13 PM
  153. Posted by bus jando hun | June 18, 2011 at 6:40 PM

     People should
    mind their own business. Nobody knows how it all started and clearly this video does not show how the so called “calm conductor” approached this passenger. May be the
    conductor has some hand in the video and she is acting this way to earn some brownie points. In my opinion, all of you people back off and worry about you own lives and by the way, people argue about things all the time and you don’t have stick your nose in it. Go on with your own lives …

  154. Posted by Steve Bunche | June 18, 2011 at 7:10 PM

    Impostor! If you were the real Quest, you would know you don’t spell your name with an “h.” I call B.S.!

  155. Posted by jibbajabba | June 18, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    Fail

  156. Posted by Guest | June 18, 2011 at 7:37 PM

    Easy there, Hermon. Your 15 minutes are almost over.

  157. Posted by guest of... | June 18, 2011 at 7:58 PM

    Apparently, Hermon hired a bunch of her “well-educated” unemployed NYU friends to go on PR campaign and squash these comments by saying that she is misunderstood.  1 vs 1,000,000

  158. Posted by Hondo | June 18, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    Are you also a NYU-grad? How much is Hermon paying you for posting these messages? 
    Going to NYU, graduating with a mediocre degree and getting paid hourly to post messages on chat boards is the NKI

  159. Posted by chad | June 18, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    easy lebron..

  160. Posted by Guest | June 18, 2011 at 8:08 PM
  161. Posted by NYU witness | June 18, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    I’m one of those guys that leverage his profile picture to get ass via FB.  I went to NYU as well but not her year or school; we had a lot of common friends so she readily accepted me (lots of mutual friends + hottie guy = friend request acceptance).  She’s not hot by any measure.  I’ve dated quite a lot of Indian girls in my life, and considering Ashwariya Rai/Bipasha Basu/Priyanka Chopra are 10′s on the Indian girl scale, Hermon’s more of a 3.  Maybe a 4 if she fixed her nose and got more fit.  I’m digressing, but in any case, I met her in person at her friend’s birthday party on the LES.  She has nice boobs (if you like the saggy ones -c’mon don’t be shy if you do like them a little), but when she hugged me in person, my god was she sweaty and not in great shape.  We went to her friend’s table and decided it wasn’t worth being trapped with her and her friends. I left the party 10 minutes later with my friend who I brought with me to the party so he could meet some of her friends.  But he was disgusted as well.  I felt like an idiot.  Ended up going to La Caverna to creep on NYU girls and just east village girls in general (generally easier since they’re laid-back, no pun intended).  Also disgusting in there; we left and went to midtown to get halal from THE cart.  All in all, pretty disappointing night, thought I’d get some ass that night from her or her friends.

  162. Posted by guest of a guest | June 18, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    That is what I call a Career Limiting Move

  163. Posted by Gasparinomino | June 18, 2011 at 10:35 PM

    You know this is legit when you refer to the cart.  Nice to see some people who actually know the girl in person come out and speak.  By the way, very nicely done.  Do you have a blog I can follow?

  164. Posted by Zachary Uram | June 18, 2011 at 10:50 PM
  165. Posted by Zachary Uram | June 18, 2011 at 10:56 PM
  166. Posted by 25th Hour trader | June 18, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    I see what you do there w/ the Gary Busey reference from entourage. 

  167. Posted by zam zam cola | June 19, 2011 at 12:43 AM

    Since when Americans started believing in moral policing on trains. Are the train attendants appointed to preach morality on trains. Show the complete video from the time she started talkin.Without hearing each and every word what Hermon spoke on phone dont sit on judgement.

  168. Posted by Patrick Bateman | June 19, 2011 at 12:52 AM

    Fail.  This has nothing to do with morality but common sense and courtesy.  Don’t talk loudly on trains while on your cellphone, PERIOD.  Her parents should be ashamed of her actions.  Bad parenting.  

  169. Posted by Bubbasparks | June 19, 2011 at 1:36 AM

    chill out… was just a question ABE. 

  170. Posted by Guest | June 19, 2011 at 2:24 AM

    Holy crap. Fuck off and disappear already.

  171. Posted by Guest | June 19, 2011 at 2:25 AM

    Do your parents know you’re on the computer?

  172. Posted by Mar jin Khal | June 19, 2011 at 1:18 PM

    Gentle kindness respect please Sirs, for this upper class educated lady, as with many NYU grads, was applying her restaurant delivery skill sets in helping UBS quants celebrating their new suits from Stamford’s Jos A Bank. They ordered lamb curry and bhindi masala from Darban (152 E 46), and Hermon was designated Metro North Express regular delivery lady-m’am. (Greenwich and Darien don’t make deliveries to Stamford, where diversity and low tips are the rule.) At UBS, ex-Citadel / MD ordered his usual lamb curry– his mind flashing back to U Chicago school days, making love to lamb before slaughter, a la Fama,(Lamb premum genitur survival analysis correlation is .05 in U. of Chicago post-doc population– but I digress, and bore learned reader with fill..). Bottom Line: Hermon, who once dated Paul Wilmott’s cousin, showing him what her Indian fat tail Brownian Motion could do to his face, has nothing but contempt for DB commenters from GS, MS, and especially those low-tipping creeps from SAC. And she says that ever-so-cute PMCO needs to touch up her roots then go give a few UBS quants a mercy-f(loving)k…after Bess has her fill.

  173. Posted by Guest2 | June 19, 2011 at 7:15 PM

    obviously, the classy thing in this case is not to have a post on the topic.  There is more to the topic, but not for this audience :)

  174. Posted by Arnold | June 20, 2011 at 12:03 AM

    NYU witness? How old are you? 12???????? Christ.

  175. Posted by Arnold | June 20, 2011 at 12:05 AM

    If you are loud and rude on the train, they can (and will) throw your ass off!

  176. Posted by bus jando hun | June 20, 2011 at 12:44 AM

    No, I am not a NYU graduate and no she did not pay me anything either. All I am saying is that everybody should mind there own business, people argue in public all the time. Waste your energy on your own lives and today is father’s day spend time with your dads.

  177. Posted by Jen | June 20, 2011 at 6:49 AM

    █ Hermon Kaur Raju
    █ 330 E 39th St, Apt 9J
    █ New York, NY 10016
    http://www.facebook.com/HermonRaju
    http://www.youtube.com/hermonkaurraju

  178. Posted by guest | June 20, 2011 at 8:53 AM

    from facebook… she was not ready for this kind of notoriety. omg.

    330 E 39th St, Apt 9J
    New York, NY 10016

  179. Posted by Anonymous | June 20, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    Busted…I’m actually Tin Tin.  I have a bad case of sidekick envy

  180. Posted by Wahoo | June 20, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    Dot or Feather?

  181. Posted by Observer | June 20, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    Just a simple observation- some of the comments if made in public and recorded and posted on youtube would be considered a lot worse than the extremely f*** up actions of this young lady.

  182. Posted by NYU Witness | June 20, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    26 but nice try arnie

  183. Posted by I'm a dude | June 20, 2011 at 5:14 PM

    yes, lets all be good politicians here and refrain from bringing those sort of things up on DB. we are too civil for that here.
    i see you are taking this all very personally.

  184. Posted by I'm a dude | June 20, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    just read this. looks like mom and dad own a gas station!!

  185. Posted by Abdmsc | June 20, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    Ok she was bad that night, too rude… but putting a video of that and runing here career is no good. Give her a break. It happened at 10 oclock in the night ,… may be she was drunk.. eveyone makes blunders when drunk but u cant punish her so hard. give her a break and let it go.

  186. Posted by Proud Indian | June 20, 2011 at 6:55 PM

    oh really? Thats why your president decides, that no good people walk here, so lets buy some intelligent guys from India as cheap labor for our empty colleges, (being empty because most of you are wasting and partying), and then make them work at cheap costs so that they can work all their lives to repay for the expensive education… Aww… so cool!

  187. Posted by HAHVAHD | June 20, 2011 at 8:56 PM

    Horrible Grammar, bad punctuation, must be another NYU Grad

  188. Posted by A.D. | June 20, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    That is an illegal use of the word “arbitrary”. – Grammar Police

  189. Posted by 19th&3rd | June 21, 2011 at 12:17 AM

    Ahhh NY Tower… well educated but not the greatest guarantors apparently. Murray Hill is vile.

  190. Posted by 19th&3rd | June 21, 2011 at 12:22 AM

    Most “New Yorkers” aren’t New Yorkers, but spoiled little douches from all over the country who come here to live out their mommy-and-daddy-backed Sex In The City / east coast Entourage fantasy life.

  191. Posted by Thinktank1984 | June 21, 2011 at 3:55 AM

    her mom’s a polluter to boot

    http://www.dec.ny.gov/hearings/71340.html

  192. Posted by Godfather | June 21, 2011 at 8:32 AM

    I am very impressed that you were able to find this information. How were you able to find it? I was trying to find her parents info, because Hermon disconnected her home telephone. I would love to chat sometime and exchange search techniques. You can find me on YouTube at youtube.com/Godfather

  193. Posted by Jen | June 21, 2011 at 8:36 AM
  194. Posted by Satya M. | June 21, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    Wow – this is insane and rude. Why…just why did she bring up that “school” dialogue?

  195. Posted by Guest | June 21, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    Hilarious. 

    Just for a little background, that train line (Metro North New Haven) is also known as the “banker train.”  It’s the commuter line for uber-rich suburbanites. 

    I’ve had the unfortunate pleasure of riding this train for the last three years; it’s the entitlement program on wheels, where everyone is special and no one has to follow the rules.  I’ve seen some crazy aggressive behavior, including in your face abuse toward the conductors and others deemed “beneath” the masters of the universe who live in the ‘burbs.

    I’m glad someone caught Hermon’s performance on camera.  And love to the Metro North conductors for putting little Hermon in her place, hopefully the other “well-educated” jokers on the train will take note and shape up their act.

  196. Posted by Selfrighteousstonethrower | June 21, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/HermonKaurRaju   In the captions of her video here, Hermon insists that it was the conductor who was being profane.  While it does not speak well of her capacity for self examination, you have to admire her bullheaded tenacity in maintaining her version of the story. It’s sort of like watching someone beat themselves to death.  She sounds great in her description on her Linkedin page.  Wonder what kind of boss she was to those 50 cosmetic department employees.

  197. Posted by Selfrighteousstonethrower | June 21, 2011 at 4:33 PM

    Zam Zam, don’t tell me what to think!!!  Do you have any idea how educated I am?  Do you have any idea what kinds of schools I’ve attended?  I will curse on my cellphone and talk so loudly that someone has to summon the conductor, if I so please, you sad, little man!

  198. Posted by Selfrighteousstonethrower | June 21, 2011 at 4:47 PM

    So, is her appearance the issue, or her behavior?  So, you wouldn’t have sex with her or her friends?  That is such a crushing condemnation. You may not be aware that your fixation on appearances makes you sound very shallow.  I think that the video says what we need to know about her.  I think that if you were proud of what you said here, you would post with your name and picture. And hey, being a “hottie”, maybe it would “get you some”.

  199. Posted by Selfrighteousstonethrower | June 21, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    I’ve met plenty of very nice people from New York.  19th&3rd is just one of those people who give them a bad rep.

  200. Posted by Selfrighteousstonethrower | June 21, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    I’ve met plenty of very nice people from New York.  19th&3rd is just one of those people who give them a bad rep.

  201. Posted by streethockey | June 21, 2011 at 7:10 PM

    i do not care that she is Indian. I care that she gave me something to talk about over cocktails Saturday afternoon.
    Keep up the good work, intern!

  202. Posted by Anonymous | June 21, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    So, because she’s educated she’s entitled to disturb every other person in that car with her BIG MOUTH? Please be quiet. With modern cell technology you can actually speak quieter than your normal speaking voice and the person on the other end will be able to hear you clearly. I hate cell phones on public transit. After a long day, the last thing I want to hear is some loud talker and his/her inane conversation.

  203. Posted by NYU Witness | June 21, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    Her BEHAVIOR.  I just wanted to bring up a story from my old NYU days.  It’s funny to me how you meet someone years ago, and a shock video comes out of nowhere with that same person as the star.  I didn’t care to know her.  I’m not trying to be saintly here by saying “I wanna get to know ya” (G-Unit feat Joe)” :P…I wanted what 99% of all dealbreaker bloggers (except you, since you’re obviously Hermon’s girlfriend) go after (hint:  ass – clarification:  girl-ass).

    I sure wish I met you that night, you sound fiesty…my type ;P

  204. Posted by 19th&3rd | June 21, 2011 at 11:53 PM

    more like lowermiddleclassupbringingmademedisdainfuloffamlysupportedtoolbagsfrombumfuckusa, guy.

  205. Posted by Jay | June 22, 2011 at 1:44 AM

    Where is a cell phone jammer when you need one?
    Too many “entitled 20-30 year olds” think the world revolves around them. When in buses or say a Barnes and Noble they don’t really care if they disturb anyone. I’ve experienced it many times. When asked to tone it down, they totally ignore it or mouth back. This woman got what she deserved, the viral video.Maybe she and others like her will wake up one day and realize there are others around and to be considerate. 

  206. Posted by bailpapandreou | June 22, 2011 at 2:09 AM

    nyu witness knows his shit…i’ve been to la caverna for the same reasons lol…would’ve been NICE if you got with that but itsok, she aint got no sex appppeal

  207. Posted by Margaretb | June 22, 2011 at 7:57 PM

    Is there any insult for males that reduces them to their gender and also get across that you hate and are disgusted by their gender?  Any crude word for genitalia that will alienate the whole gender?  Why not/

  208. Posted by Guest | June 22, 2011 at 10:47 PM

    dick

  209. Posted by Lucy Montrose | June 24, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    I wish the person who took the video had gotten more of her behavior BEFORE the conductors approached her, to see what was it that got their attention in the first place. I actually find her waving her education and “class” in their face more outrageous than her tone and volume. I’m curious as to what she said that wasn’t picked up, was actually worse than what was…

    Any any rate, I see a lot of YouTube videos where the vlogger has just as loud and shrieking a voice, if not more so, than Raju here. In fact, the very first YT video I watched was the equally viral “Bus Uncle” video a few years back…

    I’m willing to bet that some of those conductors may in fact be just as educated as she is. What if some of them even have master’s degrees or more! But getting a job as a Metro conductor was all that was available… or was the only thing that had decent healthcare and benefits.
    That’s the boat a lot of us are in now… and her failure to appreciate that, to not see how much LUCK in the form of her superiors actually putting up with her and hiring her, played a role in her career so far; as well as apparently being LUCKY enough to not have a chronic disease that would narrow your job search to those employers offering good healthcare… THAT is what I find revolting.

  210. Posted by Lucy Montrose | June 24, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    The bits about “communication skills” are catnip to an employer. And one person’s bullheaded tenacity is another’s self-confidence. Which right before the financial collapse, we were constantly being told was a must if we wanted a successful career. No word on HOW we got that self-confidence, or any possible side effect. As usual…

    The part I find funny is, in this job market, how her bosses just took her at her word that her communication and management skills were great, and didn’t bother to verify or even use their intuition…

  211. Posted by Lucy Montrose | June 24, 2011 at 8:10 PM

    Exactly what I was thinking. Dude, it’s NYU. I have just as good an education with my own bachelors’ degree from my own school.

    If I were going to brag about having gone to NYU, I’d brag about studying along a community of diverse, progressive, artistic intellectuals instead of having the misfortune to have to share four years of my life with a community I didn’t feel welcomed me and a school culture than didn’t stimulate my mind and imagination.

  212. Posted by Homer | June 25, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    Amazing that this miserable hubris filled cunt brought so much joy to the masses through her despicable antics . She will never get a job although it doesn’t mater. Her rich daddy will marry her off to some snob rich asshole.

    This happens in trains all the time, I guess you tube made the difference. Lucky she was not in a shit hole like Saudi Arabia or she would be honor killed by an asshole
    family member.

    She deserves this although I think the punishment was excessive. But made my day laughing at this arrogant whore of a cunt!!

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