The Banker Bag? Wall Streeters please chime in

newinny · Aug 1, 2010

Originally Posted by Rufus

there's no insecurity, I just dont like walking around with a bag that has the logo of an investment bank on it. I also dont carry a bag with a giant Nike Logo or the logo of my favorite baseball team. There also is a stereotype (based in truth IMO) that generally these bags are carried by people who think its a great achievement to be an investment banking analyst...since I have been in the business for some time and am much more jaded I find these type of people annoying.

+1

Plus I live in the Lower East Side, carrying around one of these bags would be a massive self-cock block to all the girls down here.

Troilus · Aug 1, 2010

It's the only bag that can carry all my prestige.

Rufus · Aug 1, 2010

Originally Posted by newinny

+1

Plus I live in the Lower East Side, carrying around one of these bags would be a massive self-cock block to all the girls down here.

I live in the west village so same deal..i think there is only about a 15 block radius on the upper east side where these bags wouldnt destroy your chances with the vast majority of girls.

P. Bateman · Aug 1, 2010

Originally Posted by Bull

p.s. The more I think about it, the "J. Press Banker Bag" is slightly ****. I mean, you can probably buy a real banker bag on eBay for like 6 bucks. Why anyone would buy a bag that emulates a product that you can snag for free or close to free is sort of outrageous and ridiculous, but that's just my initial thought.

I disagree. It's a canvas bag, if it has a bank's logo on it's a real banker bag, if it doesn't it's a canvas bag. The J. Press bag is obviously not a fake banker bag, it's a J. Press canvas bag.

blackjack · Aug 1, 2010

For some reason, my favorite swag is from Lehman Brothers... I still like to rock their gaudy 150th Anniversary polo shirt. Also in the same vein, I still keep old pitch books and annual reports from Enron and AIG. I am the Andy Bernard of swag.

captoe · Aug 1, 2010

but it's free. i'd use them even if i don't like them. i used to never think this way but tough times. i use gifts now that i don't particularly like. if i won esquire's best dressed real man i'd wear all that kenneth cole. har har i know!

bmf895 · Aug 2, 2010

Originally Posted by newinny

+1

Plus I live in the Lower East Side, carrying around one of these bags would be a massive self-cock block to all the girls down here.

Originally Posted by Rufus

I live in the west village so same deal..i think there is only about a 15 block radius on the upper east side where these bags wouldnt destroy your chances with the vast majority of girls.

You two are delusional. You underestimate the gold-digger in the average woman in Manhattan. Whether she's an free-spirit artist in the West Village or a hipster in the LES, she'll see the dollar signs just fine and will jump at the chance to bag (pun intended) a rich guy who works in finance. But perhaps I overestimate the suaveness of the average guy working in finance in Manhattan.

whiteslashasian · Aug 2, 2010

This thread is sad and pathetic, which includes both sides of the argument of the "banker bag".

If you have a free bag and no other alternative, by all means use the damn bag. If you feel you'd rather not use a free piece of banking swag as a status symbol, then by all means get a replacement, whether cheap or expensive.

Who gives a crap, really.

lasbar · Aug 2, 2010

A banker's bag?

I quite like this one..

whiteslashasian · Aug 2, 2010

I prefer the 1920's vintage myself:

lawyerdad · Aug 2, 2010

Originally Posted by Rufus

I live in the west village so same deal..i think there is only about a 15 block radius on the upper east side where these bags wouldnt destroy your chances with the vast majority of girls.
Then wouldn't the key be to carry it with an air that suggests the possibility -- without definitively committing to the notion -- that you're carrying it ironically?

Made in California · Aug 2, 2010

Originally Posted by whiteslashasian

This thread is sad and pathetic, which includes both sides of the argument of the "banker bag". If you have a free bag and no other alternative, by all means use the damn bag. If you feel you'd rather not use a free piece of banking swag as a status symbol, then by all means get a replacement, whether cheap or expensive. Who gives a crap, really.
Yeah, who cares about what you wear and how you look, really! What are these people doing?!?!

whiteslashasian · Aug 2, 2010

Originally Posted by Made in California

Yeah, who cares about what you wear and how you look, really! What are these people doing?!?!

Fair enough, I just feel this board is better suited (hah!) to discussing other topics rather than the possible reasons why bankers use their banker bags rather than buying a more "SF" approved bag. Just seems a bit too much, but then again this is SF....

Roikins · Aug 2, 2010

Originally Posted by newinny

+1

Plus I live in the Lower East Side, carrying around one of these bags would be a massive self-cock block to all the girls down here.

Just take a Sharpie and write "****" in front of the logo.

gdl203 · Aug 2, 2010

Originally Posted by Roikins

Just take a Sharpie and write "****" in front of the logo.

Might get a little awkward in the office elevators...

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