At a recent dinner party I was asked what I did and I said I was an investment banker. I might as well have said I was a paedophile. Suddenly the whole table – all friends of my wife from the art world – turned on me. I tried to defend myself by saying that I had nothing to be ashamed of in the work that I do in M&A, but the more I argued the more hostile the other guests became. Next time this happens should I accept guilt for what is not my fault, or should I lie and say I am a librarian?
在最近的一次晚宴上，我被問(wèn)到自己的職業(yè)，我回答說(shuō)，我是一個(gè)投資銀行家。我當(dāng)時(shí)還不如說(shuō)自己是一個(gè)戀童癖呢。突然間，全桌的人——都是我妻子藝術(shù)界的朋友——都轉(zhuǎn)向了我。我努力為自己辯護(hù)，說(shuō)我從事的并購(gòu)工作沒(méi)什么可丟人的，但我越是爭(zhēng)辯，其他客人的敵意就越重。下次面對(duì)這種情況時(shí)，我是應(yīng)該為并非自己所犯的錯(cuò)誤而認(rèn)罪，還是撒謊說(shuō)自己是一個(gè)圖書管理員？