Talking to Chuck
Posted by James Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:26:00 GMT
Today I went to open an investment account at Charles Schwab. Instead of opening an account online, I actually went down to their offices and talked to a real person. Since I live in San Francisco, I went down to their headquarters at 101 Montgomery Street at 8:30 am.
After I finished everything and on my way out, I took the elevator. Waiting with me, was an older man, with white hair, in a very elegant blue pin-stripped suit. We got in the elevator together.
We were the only ones in the elevator and the old man asks me, “so, how did Schwab treat you today?”
I looked at him and answer, “good, good. I just opened my first account.”
He looks at me and asks, “how old are you?” (For some reason, I get asked that question all the time)
I reply, “25.”
He goes, “ha… that’s a good time to start.”
Then we arrived at our floor (we took it for only 1 floor). We then went our separate ways. And I was thinking to myself: who was that guy? Could it be… nah… really? Did I just talk to Chuck?
So I went home and googled Charles Schwab (the man). And this is what I found. Sure enough… that was the old man I saw in the elevator.
So, I went to Charles Schwab and talked to Chuck.