The getting of money takes up so much of life that it seems a wonder I put so little thought into it years ago. The result is that my job, according to a former colleague, "does not make for good conversation at cocktail parties," which as an understatement is on a level with "Donald Trump should keep a higher percentage of his thoughts unexpressed." But at least I don't spend my work days figuring out how to squeeze money out of people who have sunk irretrievably into debt. That's what the business and finance majors behind the mailing to the left do from 9 to 5.
I get an offer like this at least two or three times a month. The details are purposely hard to grasp, but the idea is pretty clearly to suck in desperate people and then, later, put the hook in them. You can almost hear the MBAs in the conference room. "How can we get 'em to put us on their payroll instead of the competition? Is fifteen per cent too high? Then 14.99. Put in just enough of the unpleasantness to keep it legal."
I don't know why these guys should be the envy of classmates who read the alumni magazine while fellows selling loose cigarettes get beat up by the cops.
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