I have to laugh sometimes at the pompous arrogance of some folks. A co-worker who has constantly identified himself over the years as a "Primerica Financial Counselor" is my subject. The fellow is a disgruntled, very intelligent, mad at the world, divorcing presently, horribly self centered (literally "I wouldn't get so mad if she just obeyed"), blaming minorities for his lack of success though he does crossword puzzles all the time at work... coworker.
Today we were discussing the Florida Retirement System which is rated the top retiremnent system in the nation according to my understanding and the grand Poobah's who dole out retirement system ratings, it is in the literature and yes they do have at last count $130,000,000,000 in assets and Enron drained them for less than 1%. It is also the system for everyone from Gov. Bush on down, so it is well tended and very healthy.
Well, to get to the story it was just funny that today he asked if i was still in the regular option opposed to the investment option (where you have more control). I explained that i have stayed in the regular plan and will go into DROP in a couple of years. He then berated, belittled and whatever all of us fools who are opting to stay in. Now, the funny part of the story is that we all work together and because of near zerop turnover know alot about each other and his most recent address after wearing out his welcome with a co-worker was "F150" NW **** Avenue Miami Florida, it just made all of us laugh. I ain't no financial counselor... but i don't pretend to be one either!
Today we were discussing the Florida Retirement System which is rated the top retiremnent system in the nation according to my understanding and the grand Poobah's who dole out retirement system ratings, it is in the literature and yes they do have at last count $130,000,000,000 in assets and Enron drained them for less than 1%. It is also the system for everyone from Gov. Bush on down, so it is well tended and very healthy.
Well, to get to the story it was just funny that today he asked if i was still in the regular option opposed to the investment option (where you have more control). I explained that i have stayed in the regular plan and will go into DROP in a couple of years. He then berated, belittled and whatever all of us fools who are opting to stay in. Now, the funny part of the story is that we all work together and because of near zerop turnover know alot about each other and his most recent address after wearing out his welcome with a co-worker was "F150" NW **** Avenue Miami Florida, it just made all of us laugh. I ain't no financial counselor... but i don't pretend to be one either!
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