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Anyone know this Citigroup Intern?

Anyone know who this girl is - just got this in my e-mail and its quality!!

-----Original Message-----
From: Gao, Lucy [CIR]
Sent: 16 August 2006 12:53
To: Curwen, Phoebe Sarah [CIB-GTS]; Olea, Ovidiu [CIB-GTS]; Brennan,
Paul1 [CIB-GTS]; Cartwright, Nick James Peter [CIB-GTS]; Casey, Krystal
[CIB-CRRM]; Croatto, Marco [CIB-GTS]; Gayeva, Ulyana [CIB-GTS]; Jensen,
Kim [CIB-GTS]; Lvov, Nikolay [CIB-GBKG]; Seugnet, Sophie [CIB-GTS];
Spencer, Harry Belford [CIB-GTS]; Andrews, Edward John [CIB-GBKG];
Schwarz, Daniel Christopher [CIB-FI]; Seugnet, Sophie [CIB-GTS]; Zhuk,
Dmitry [CIR]; Chinelato, Marcelo [CIB-GBKG]; Moratti, Andrea [CIB-FI];
Butler, Rachel Louise [CIB-FI]; Lin, Jingjing [CIR]
Cc: 'Theodore Kyriacou'; Choi, Alan [CIB-GBKG];
'[email protected]'; '[email protected]';
'[email protected]'; '[email protected]';
'Gill, Sanampreet'; 'Entwisle, Sunita (IBK EMEA)';
'[email protected]'; '[email protected]';
'[email protected]'; '[email protected]';
'[email protected]'; '[email protected]'
Subject: Details and instructions for Lucy's Ritz Party


Dear Friends,

Thank you for all your replies and I am glad all of you can come this
Friday to celebrate my 21st with me.
Please read ALL the following to ensure your entry into the Ritz.

Lucy's 21st Birthday Party
at The Ritz Hotel London

Friday, 18th of August
9pm Champagne Reception
10pm Photo Shoots
10:30pm Blowing Candles

Mid-night Pangaea, Mayfair


I have arranged the Ritz to host a Champagne Reception with a selection
of Ritz Champagne for all my guests, this will be on me so please come
and indulge.

A specially made birthday cake has also been ordered and the Ritz
waiters will kindly serve you each a generous slice with Ritz cutleries,
etc...also on me.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENTRY:
* When you arrive, take the Hotel entry on the opposite side of
the Green Park tube station [Please refer to your arrival time at the
end of this email]
* When asked "how can I help you Sir/Madame?", you reply "I am
here for Lucy's Birthday Party at the Rivoli Bar"
* You will be escorted to the lounge area next to the Rivoli bar,
where you will hopefully see a gorgeous group of ladies.

If you experience any issues getting in or getting to the Ritz, please
call my mobile on 07782 205 450 and my PA Ms Gill will kindly deal with
your queries between 8:30pm to 10pm.

STRICT DRESS CODE:
Gentlemen: Jacket, shirt, and please also bring a tie (no jeans,
trainers, flip-flops, polo-shirts)
Ladies: skirt/top, cocktail dress (no denim, min-skirts, flip-flips, bad
tastes)
Advice 1: It goes without saying that the more upper-class you dress,
the less likely you shall be denied entry.
Advice 2: Photos will be taken between 10pm to 10:30pm, and these will
be distributed once processed, therefore you may want to be
well-groomed!

Finally...
I will be accepting cards and small gifts between 9pm to 11pm...<wink
wink> hehehe

I very much look forward to seeing you all at the Ritz this Friday.

Lucy

ARRIVAL TIMES: [Please stick to these as best as you can, thank you]
9:00pm: Lucy, Sophie Sandner, Kajai, Mandeep, Preet, Sanami, Su, Lisa,
Kate.
9:15pm: Phoebe, Sophie Seugnet, Theo, Dmitry, Ed, Nikolay, Paul, Nick,
Harry.
9:30pm: Marco, Andrea, Jess, Ovi, Yuki, Olga, Kim, Marcelo, Ulyana,
Krystal, Dan.
9:45pm: Sunita, Alan, JingJing, Emma.
10:00pm: Anthony, Rachel, Roger, Uli, Yogi, Gharzi


Lucy Gao
Citigroup | Real Estate Equity Research
4th Floor, Citigroup Centre (CGC1)
25 Canada Square, London E14 5LB
Direct Line: +44 207 986 4116
Fax: +44 207 986 4341
Mobile: +44 778 220 5450
Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Reply 1
This has been posted below already.
and why people find this funny i have no idea.
Reply 3
ok, so its been posted before - my bad!

but it is very funny.
Browneyedboi
and why people find this funny i have no idea.


Maybe you could so with a sense of humour then?
Reply 5
I like this version better

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'You are all cordially invited to my birthday party in McDonalds, Brixton.

Please get there early to avoid missing out on the buy-one-get-one-free cheeseburger offer (only available before 2pm)... Please purchase your own food.... I will pay for your ketchup.... you will only get one tub..... between two.

Dress code: The more upper class you dress the more likely you are to get mugged.

If you have any issues getting to McDonalds, please contact my pimp. He has several mobile phone numbers. You should try to use the word 'wicked' as many times as you can when speaking to him. That way, at least he'll understand you.

You will be welcomed outside McDonalds by a tramp sitting by the entrance, and pretending to play the harmonica...When asked "do you have any change?".... just make as if you can't speak English.... like this... "Me No Inglish", and enter. Please conserve your money for the happy meals.

Entertainment will be provided courtesy of the Metropolitan Police, who will be escorting a group of ASBO kids out on a day-trip.

McDonalds have arranged for a lovely angel cake for us to look at. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE CAKE..... You touch, you buy!

No boxed gifts.... I will, however, accept milk vouchers.

Its gonna be pukka!'
Reply 6
I also received this:
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From: David Townsend [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 24 August 2006 14:05
To: [email protected]
Subject: Your Party: Fri 18th August


Dear Lucy,

Apologies for emailing on a private email address but I am currently on
holiday in Barbados and refusing to access my Citigroup emails. However,
I have had your email forwarded to me by one of my senior colleagues
about your party this Friday. Unfortunately I will not be able to make
it as:

1. I always wear jeans and a t-shirt on the weekend (no exceptions) 2.
The ritz is SO last season. 3. I would rather not have to waste time
buying you a card and present, which you probably wouldn't need anyway
4. Your PA has advised me that most people won't be turning up so I
won't miss much 5. Like most people, I'm not very good at sticking to
arrival times and would probably miss my slot.

On a serious note, based on your email, I am quite dumbfounded with how
you managed to get a job here with us this summer and i will be having
some SERIOUS words with the person who interviewed you. The fact that
you have obviously spent a lot of our 'Work Time', planning your
birthday party and not doing the work we have given you is a clear
indication that you are not taking this internship seriously and are not
dedicated to the firm. I do not think we will be in a position to offer
you a full time graduate placement following the internship.

Kind regards,

David Townsend
Executive Director,
Global FI Trading Floor
hmm is that for real?
Reply 8
mmmh that's a fake.
1) the 1st paragraph with cheap jokes doesn't match..
2) these kind of losers exist everywhere and are detected on the long run... not when they've prepared interview answers for months. An interviewer can't be blamed.
3) everyone, especialy an intern, can work hard on the internship and find some time for planning something personal. Spending time during work time is just a vague assumption.

makes me doubt of the existence of the whole story really...
Story stands up.

The photos are out there and it links in to the facebook etc and the promo video on the Oxford webby which has people who I do know (and they are Oxford engineers).

As for an ED writing that email while in Barbados - as if.
Reply 10
It's in the papers this morning
Reply 11
Picture + story in the papers yesterday.
Reply 12
mussy1234
hmm is that for real?


It's fake definitely, sounds like a 1st year undergraduate wrote it.
Reply 13
So what? Why does this have to printed in the FT?
well i don't find it particular funny. is that such a bad thing?
Browneyedboi
well i don't find it particular funny. is that such a bad thing?


Yes. It is. You'll never get hired now. Sorry mate. But a sense of humour and some wit just got added to the core competancy list.

Between now and interviews, I'd read some Oscar Wilde and practice getting drunk in the bar.


But really, if you think that what Lucy wrote is perfectly normal, you must have some unusual mates.
Reply 16
one of the most worry parts was

"this is her best yet" !! which kinda implies that it was already noticed before she sent the email that she had a control issue