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Dec 10, 2007 6:07 pm

[quote=MISS JONES][quote=bspears]

And just think they had to get rid of the "No panties Friday" guy...assholes!!

[/quote]   I really liked NO PANTIES fridays.. When did they cancel it??? It started a trend- now I don't wear panties all weekend.. j/k  [/quote]

I knew there was some reason I liked you....
Dec 10, 2007 7:02 pm

I had planned to run out this afternoon to get a Christmas gift for my wife but I might wait, all I can think of is panties.

Dec 10, 2007 7:29 pm

What is it with Men and Panties! I swear every guy I date is obsessed with what  panty set I have for that day…  That could explain why I spend so much money on them…

  I   PANTIES!   Miss J
Dec 10, 2007 7:34 pm

…I remember hearing the Van Pearcy story…something along the lines of Van adding exotic dancers to his support staff and then instituting no-panties Fridays.  In light of revenue-sharing, etc., it seems hypocritical to show Van the door over a moral issue that a lot of his customers apparently had no problem with…

Dec 10, 2007 7:50 pm

The upper management was probably pissed they were 1 uped by Van.  They probably wrote a memo to the SEC…“see the revenue sharing is no big deal compared to “No Panties Friday” and we have let this vulgar practicioner go.  We can’t standby and have one or our own be lacking in moral and or ethical good judgement”…please go easy on us.

  How many panties can you buy on 28% payout, Miss Jones? Before you answer, think of how many you can purchase with 90%.  Your boyfriend will be happy with the extra 62% you'd be wearing or not...
Dec 10, 2007 8:04 pm
OK, this conversation is deteriorating fast.  Not as fast as spears' thought process with Miss Jones and her lack of panties, but still fast enough.  Why anyone outside of Jones cares whether Jones has an written code of ethics for the GPs is beyond me.  Why any of you care what happens at all at EDJ is beyond me.    I did a quick Jonesnet search for ethics and discovered that the GPs also have to take the ethics tests every year too.  Take that for what it's worth.   foot - I don't think the GPs are any less ethical than you or I.  Most of them have so little input on what happens outside of their individual departments that they don't make a significant impact on the bottom line.  Positive or negative.  There are sure to be some rogue guys out there, like Mr. Hood, but that doesn't have anything to do with a formal written code.        
Dec 10, 2007 8:06 pm

Actually with Van it was one of his support staff that turned him in.  The no panty day was just one in a line of many HR violations. 

Dec 10, 2007 8:17 pm

You guys are so much fun to play with… Thanks for the laughs…

Dec 10, 2007 8:51 pm

Spiff, so you have access to broker HR records?..be careful…

Dec 10, 2007 9:16 pm

No, when I was in the home office, the New IRs would get a lecture from the GP of HR at lunch on Monday of KYC.  She would tell the story, of course leaving out the name.  Didn’t take long to figure out who it was.  Later, when talking to one of the IRs in his old region, I learned it was true, not just a story HR made up. 

Dec 10, 2007 9:29 pm

Well, I still like him. I’m sure he was misunderstood…he could have meant no pantlegs…and they thought he said panties.

Dec 10, 2007 9:31 pm

[quote=bspears]Well, I still like him. I’m sure he was misunderstood…he could have meant no pantlegs…and they thought he said panties.[/quote]

I hear that the big problem was that he required proof of policy compliance…

Dec 10, 2007 10:01 pm

well...of course...wouldn't you...I mean..If I say "Miss Jones, we have a no pantleg policy on Fridays here in our Edward Jones office."  I would be checking Miss Jones on Friday, just to make sure she was compliant with office policy.  Duhh..

In retrospect, I'm sure his mentor taught him this...it might have even been in KYC training in the late 80's..early 90's.

Dec 10, 2007 10:37 pm

I’ve read through this thread and come to the conclusion that bspears is really Van Pearcy.  Spears, you’re my hero, if not my role model.

Dec 10, 2007 11:03 pm

Busted!!!

Dec 10, 2007 11:04 pm

I have a “How to” coming out soon…Miss Jones will be writing the preface…

Dec 10, 2007 11:06 pm

signing off from outside the cult camp…where green is out of fashion

Dec 11, 2007 7:50 pm

At the latest regional meeting, I hooked up with some GPs, and we went out to see the peelers. It’s always no-panty Friday there! We used up more than our share of dollar bills, if you know what I mean! When it was time to leave, and we had to figure out our cover story, we decided to tell our wives that we had been “revenue-sharing”. It felt good to tell the truth.

Dec 11, 2007 7:57 pm

Welcome canucklehead.  Join our party…

Dec 11, 2007 8:35 pm

Well Since I don’t have much going on in the office at this moment I will chime in…

  I feel I would be the BEST candidate to write the preface since I do comply with the NO PANTIES Friday's. I find it makes my conversations so much more 'loose'. It has even turn around my social life. As I previously mentioned I carry the no panty rule throughout the weekend. With much success I might add.  My date ratio has skyrocketed. Although- the dates aren't much quality they are in a larger quantity.   thanks again for the laughs.