Why You Should Always Make Laura Blankfein Wait In Line
This story never gets old.
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Why...because she'll flip her lid and this will happen:
Laura Blankfein and her friend Susan Friedman, wife of another Goldman honcho, Richard Friedman, caused a huge scene at Super Saturday in the Hamptons last weekend when they arrived at the event before the noon start time and balked at waiting in line with the other ticket-holders. "Their behavior was obnoxious. They were screaming," said one witness. Blankfein said she wouldn't wait with "people who spend less money than me."
Another observer said the women were so impatient, it was as if they were waiting on line for a kidney transplant instead of a charitable designer clothing sale. Friedman shouted at the event organizer, "You have lost so much money because of this . . . Why should we be treated like the $650 donors?"
Sources said Blankfein and Friedman had bought tables with blocks of tickets going for $833 apiece, as did many of the women who were waiting patiently in line, happy to raise $3.4 million for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.
In the end, the hot-headed duo got in at 12:03 p.m., three minutes after those who arrived before them.
Lovely.







Aug 27, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Reader Comments (29)
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/item_VddIjS4IenJXTwP5ihUg1M;jsessionid=0EB58DFE272BA6437852922CF71B8977
Little doubt who they learnt their behaviour from.
And fuck you, Zelmo, for being a racist bigot.
Yours,
Dr. Pitchfork
Phew, I thought I was caught in a timewarp! LOL!
That fact is, every town in America (inlcuding Laura's) has it's local "aristocracy." A pecking order of little merchant kings, queens, dukes and duchesses that put on charity shows. We all know the pecking order at these events and there will be a squabble if someone steps out of line. Until our species outgrows our deep-rooted status-consciousness, we really shouldn't be surprised or shocked by Laura's behavior.
http://news.hedgefund.net/default.aspx?story=14079
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The New York Post reported that Falcone’s wife, Lisa Marie Falcone, was charged with "driving while ability impaired and without a license" after leaving an event in the Hamptons on Saturday.
The article also said Lisa Falcone's car hit the back of a Mercedes before smashing into a parked Verizon van, and that she told police she was “speeding to escape someone who was chasing her.” She has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Her arrest is just the latest in a series of misfortunes for the Falcones in the past year.
eVestment|HFN reported in June that the Securities and Exchange Commission filed various charges against Phil Falcone and his hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners. Also, his wireless venture LightSquared filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, and Harbinger Capital investors sued his firm to recover their money lost by Falcone in his LightSquared stake.