Brian Phillips

He'd been off work visiting his family in the Dominican Republic. He got back from his vacation on September 9th, but he hadn't gone back into work yet for one very good reason.

He'd been off work visiting his family in the Dominican Republic. He got back from his vacation on September 9th, but he hadn't gone back into work yet for one very good reason.

So the very good reason Mero didn't go into work on 9-11 is... I was too lazy.

So the very good reason Mero didn't go into work on 9-11 is... I was too lazy.

So the very good reason Mero didn't go into work on 9-11 is... I was too lazy.

Mero and his cousin stayed on the phone, though really, what could they say?

Mero and his cousin stayed on the phone, though really, what could they say?

Mero and his cousin stayed on the phone, though really, what could they say?

Three World Financial, where Lehman Brothers was headquartered, became uninhabitable after the Twin Towers fell. So the company reassigned Merrow to Jersey City and moved him back to the mailroom with a raise. So he was making the same money he was making in IT, but now no one would ever find out he'd been bluffing around computers for two straight years.

Three World Financial, where Lehman Brothers was headquartered, became uninhabitable after the Twin Towers fell. So the company reassigned Merrow to Jersey City and moved him back to the mailroom with a raise. So he was making the same money he was making in IT, but now no one would ever find out he'd been bluffing around computers for two straight years.

Three World Financial, where Lehman Brothers was headquartered, became uninhabitable after the Twin Towers fell. So the company reassigned Merrow to Jersey City and moved him back to the mailroom with a raise. So he was making the same money he was making in IT, but now no one would ever find out he'd been bluffing around computers for two straight years.

Mero quit Lehman Brothers pretty soon after that, though, because the commute was annoying. And the Lehman Brothers bros, the Lehman bros, bros, kept wanting him to go out with them after work.

Mero quit Lehman Brothers pretty soon after that, though, because the commute was annoying. And the Lehman Brothers bros, the Lehman bros, bros, kept wanting him to go out with them after work.

Mero quit Lehman Brothers pretty soon after that, though, because the commute was annoying. And the Lehman Brothers bros, the Lehman bros, bros, kept wanting him to go out with them after work.

And so, after two years, a major terrorist attack, and a transfer to Jersey, Merrow never got caught for lying his way into the IT department. And he'd end up quitting the bank a few years before the financial crisis burned off Lehman Brothers' wings and dropped it into the sea.

And so, after two years, a major terrorist attack, and a transfer to Jersey, Merrow never got caught for lying his way into the IT department. And he'd end up quitting the bank a few years before the financial crisis burned off Lehman Brothers' wings and dropped it into the sea.

And so, after two years, a major terrorist attack, and a transfer to Jersey, Merrow never got caught for lying his way into the IT department. And he'd end up quitting the bank a few years before the financial crisis burned off Lehman Brothers' wings and dropped it into the sea.

But he'd seen enough waste and entitlement and magical thinking and dudes barricading themselves behind multiple rows of monitors and acting like masters of the universe during his time there that when the crash did hit, he wasn't exactly surprised.

But he'd seen enough waste and entitlement and magical thinking and dudes barricading themselves behind multiple rows of monitors and acting like masters of the universe during his time there that when the crash did hit, he wasn't exactly surprised.

But he'd seen enough waste and entitlement and magical thinking and dudes barricading themselves behind multiple rows of monitors and acting like masters of the universe during his time there that when the crash did hit, he wasn't exactly surprised.