HowardThe Wall St. Gal Said she didn't Understand
After the Goldrush
The bubble Speculators on Wall St., and even in the companies that service them don't want to face that the bubble is (nearly) over. Take Beatrice, a successful woman who runs a temp services company, and some of her recent comments to me::
When I had Howard write a sketch autobiography for me, I didn't know what to expect. It was for an article for the newsletter of AARP, of anecdotes about interesting and usually successful people. For him it wasn't a particularly high paying job, and about 1000 words long.
I have to admit, I have been quite successful. Not too many girls go from being a single mother, in the slums of Brooklyn, to owning and operating a multi-million dollar a year Secretarial and Office Skills Agency in Downtown Manhattan. And look at my huge apartment today. I have a ballroom fit for a queen, and who would imagine that I can dance like I do. I could see the incredulity on Howard's face when my dance instructor came over and he and I proceeded to dance. Oh yes, I love Mozart and Beethoven, and Strauss Waltzes, but what I can really sink my teeth into is a good tango. If I would have remembered to buy a rose, I could have literally ended with it clinched between my teeth, as I did the last dance dip.
Howard is not a bad operative, but I really don't understand him at all. When he starts babbling about politics or related stuff, I could just slap him. Of course real estate values are not going to collapse. Not in Manhattan at least.
I know that my business is beginning to run down, and I have to take some measures to rev it up again, but by September, when I hire a new salesperson, things should start moving, and the fun has just begun!!!
