It was years ago on a typical Thursday night when around 9:00 my friend Pete got a call from his wife on his cell phone. Like most of us do, he looked at his phone, saw who was calling, excused himself and ran to go find some place quiet in the bar to answer. (I don’t care who you are, you never want it to sound like you’re having too much fun – so get as far away from loud music and all female voices as you can before answering that phone. This makes it that much easier to use your ‘I wish I was home’ voice and throw out the, “another long dragged out night with a another boring customer” line.)
Ten minutes later he rejoined the crowd and shared some news. Pete Jr. had lost his first tooth. His wife was calling not only to share the news but to make sure that he brought a $10 bill home to put under Pete’s pillow. For whatever reason she got caught with no money in the house and because they also had a newborn, she didn’t want to venture out at night. An hour later she called again to see if he was on his way home yet and remind him yet again about not forgetting to leave the money under the pillow.
After couple more hours of drinking we called for cars and headed home. It was about 2am, and just three hours before Pete has to wake up to go back to work when he finally stumbles through his front door and finds a note on the kitchen table that said, “Don’t forget to put $10 under Peter’s pillow and DON’T FORGET TO TAKE THE TOOTH… He’s Soooo Excited … and BMW called said the part should be in tomorrow so you can pick up car Saturday”. So Pete, in all his drunken splendor, crept up the stairs and into young Peter’s room and like a good daddy played Tooth Fairy.
Fast-forward to the next morning at around 8:30, Pete’s wife called him at work to share the magic that Pete Jr woke up to…
The tooth was missing but there was no ten dollar bill tucked under his pillow, instead the dopey bastard left the note with his wife’s instructions.
It’s such a great typical Wall Street asshole story that could of easily happen to any one of us.
Put and nickel on it,
Dopey
