CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact
Not many genuine friendships are able to survive the tumultuous seas that come with a career working in stockbroking.
However, two local suits look like they are about the prove this theory wrong.
Jack Birmingham-Whitely and Vincent Lee, both of the Betoota stockbroking firm Ackerie & Partners, have enjoyed having the odd schooner with each other for several months now – but following a tense and risky conversation yesterday afternoon, they are now best work mates.
“How was the long weekend?” asks Vinnie.
Without giving it too much thought, Jack responds.
“Yeah not bad. Had a big one on the bags on Satur…”
Both men freeze.
“Umm. Yeah, big night on the beers” says Jack.
Vincent isn’t gonna let this one slide, and as his eyes intimately lock with Jack’s, he makes a face as to say “you too?”
Both men crack up into an obnoxious fit of laughter that both excludes and interrupts their non-cocaine-doing colleagues.
“What’s doing tonight? ask Vincent.
“Haha”
Both men continue laughing while nonverbally acknowledging that they will be doing class A drugs later at the local corporate pub, Brian’s Bar.
However, while the senior execs at the firm say it’s good to see another generation starting their own toxic boys club in their prestigious South Betoota office – they also know these synthetic feelings of corporate ‘mateship’ are very shortlived.
“This ‘workmates’ stuff never lasts” says high ranking Betoota stockbroker Jeff Ackerie (71).
“Eventually, when they have glided past all the women and blokes they don’t like sport, they’ll be fighting each other for partner. That’s when it turns sour”
“Unless it doesn’t happen earlier when they both fall in love with the same uninterested receptionist”
“But for now, I wish them luck getting to know eachother over a few bags”
