So I would usually consider it an affront to give a friend a secondhand gift — and to be gifted something secondhand would be equally bad. But I may have to rethink that now.
A young banker I know works in the back office of a swashbuckling firm. He’s an affable chap and easy to get along with. But just how popular he really is took even him by surprise.
A friend of his from the investment banking arm recently asked whether he would like a Mercedes sports car for free.
The poor lamb thought it was some kind of practical joke, until the colleague begged him to take the car. He had apparently just bought a newer, fancier model, and claimed it was a nightmare to find parking spaces for both.
When your hand-me-down is a sports car, it’s certainly hard to resist! Anyone want to give me one?