I was at the gym yesterday and ordered some scrambled eggs and coffee for breakfast. I noticed a stand full of copies of the Square Mile magazine – so picked one up to browse through over breakfast. Don’t ask me why, but I’d always been under the impression that this was a respectable publication – I’d never actually read one to be honest, but somehow I was under the impression it wouldn’t be full of mindless crap – perhaps I was being generous and giving it the benefit of the doubt?
Anyway, whilst I can’t claim to know much about the business side of things that they write about and I’ll continue to be generous and give them the benefit of the doubt here and assume it’s all well researched and “good”, one article that caught my eye that in no possible way could be called “good” on any planet was the one titles “They call it Yuppie Love” with the sub-title “Looking to make a very special “merger”? CityBird Cathy Adams reveals all the dos and don’ts of successful dating in the City“. Wow! I really really genuinely hope this article is an intentional piss-take and tongue-in-cheek and meant to be obviously funny (and that I just didn’t get that and took it too seriously due to lack of coffee in the AM) because if it isn’t and it’s supposed to be serious dating, then the City must be full of severely socially inept, self-obsessed, dumb retards and I know there are some pretty smart and very charming people in the City, so this can’t be completely true.
Whilst I can totally agree with the positive and encouraging sentiment of her last paragraph which is “You’re in the greatest city on earth, earning six-figures in the best postcode in the capital. You’re young, smart and loaded. Who isn’t going to fall for your charms? Go forth and prosper.” the rest of the article hints that the man being addressed is most definitely not smart and most definitely has no charms, which kind of makes this last paragraph quite the lie.
Or else, why would the article contain advice such as for example “Don’t turn up to the office in last night’s clothes“, “Don’t bother bragging about your business in Wetherspoons” or “Don’t get too drunk“? Anyone who needs to be told these basics shouldn’t be trusted with six-figures let alone the millions being traded to make the six-figure salary. What happened to educated, charismatic, eloquent gentlemen – has the City lost them all and is now only full of cheap sleazeballs with no manners in need of basic lessons in chivalry?! This leaves me much more worried about the City than the state of the economy – seriously.
