Twenty Gs...

So...the twenty Gs visited London...caused a lot of hoopla, but not really...so much anticipation with all the protests and anti-everything rhetoric...but it has all seemed to go well...

m and i work right in The City (one square mile)...which is the financial heart of london...anyways, that's where the main protests occurred...right by the bank of england...but we work on the outskirts of the square mile, so we were still a brisk 10 minute walk away from where everything was happening...anyways, since m works for a bank, they were all told to wear casual the entire week...basically, to not look like a banker...my firm, like most non-banks that reside in the city, somewhat followed "suit" and just dressed down for the two g20 days...

the main jist of dressing down was more for the transit to work...where you could be potentially targeted by a protester in the commute in (e.g., they would throw paint on you or something)...otherwise, at work, you were pretty safe because security was stepped up everywhere...what this all really led to was a bunch of bankers on public transit pretending to be casual...but still looking like bankers...so, you'd see douchebags wearing their polo shirts with khaki pants and of course those dreaded loafers with no socks...uhm...mr. protester...ding ding ding...banker banker banker!

of course you had people still wearing suits...because they didn't want to give in to protesters...these guys are the old skoolers...who've never worn casual to work in their lives...and who talked tough and would say they would give any protester hell if they messed with 'em...probably an open handed slap to the face...ooooooooo...hurt me!

ok...but it all went well...the twenty g's seemed to all enjoy playing with each other...and they all played nice...as for the protesters...yeah, there was the typical violence of a supposed peaceful protest...the pushing...the disregard for public property...the loud chanting of nonsense...the lighting of bonfires...the voodoo of bankers dolls...but nothing crazy...nothing out of the ordinary occurred...

snoozefest.