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In response to "In the day of laptops and blackberries, the idea that a CEO waiting for a flight can't do anything is baffling. (nm)" by musubi

This is what I'm saying. Private jets are for dinosaurs and douchebags.

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Nov 19 '08, 15:24

And businesspeople who are swayed into deals by the luxuriousness of another company's private jet? Fucking douchebags.

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not all of them are so luxurious. - b! Nov 19, 15:57 3
- Indeed. Ditto for yachts. But this hatey (and the associated misconceptions) stems from 80s-style business tactics. - Beryllium Nov 19, 16:00 2
  - ah, i get that; and it presented with some dot-coms, too. i'm not a fan of willy-nilly spending, even for successful companies. -- nm - b! Nov 19, 16:08 1
    - Indeed. While some willy-nilly spending is OK in good times, you have to prove that you're fiscally capable of withstanding bad times. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 16:10
Nothing at all like yachts, right? -- nm - Mop Nov 19, 15:29 2
- Oh, yachts are for douchebags. Perkins, Ballmer, Allen, Branson, all of them. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 15:30 1
  - ... but *most of all*, Ellison -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 15:46

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