The building I now work in houses a great number of financial institutions, which puts me in the enviable position of being in frequent contact with "financial types." I've spent quite a few elevator rides listening to them gab. Aside from wanting to throttle most of them for (even minutely) being a part of the industry that has brought the world economy to its knees, I wouldn't mind throwing any one of them out of a top floor window for forcing their loud stupid-ass conversations on everyone else in hearing distance.
Sample conversations include such gems as:
"...that won't be seeing any action until Q3! Haw haw haw!"
Honestly, who says Q3? Just say "third quarter" like everyone else!
"...and she asked me if I wanted any help on the Johnson account and I said 'do you need the hours?' Hee hee hee!"
I take exception to the use of the phrase "the xx account." It's just lame.
"...I am a complete douchebag and love talking in acronyms and silly buzzwords to make myself sound important! Har har har!"
Not an actual conversation...sadly.
Unfortunately I can't quite remember any of the stinkier piles of verbal doo doo, so you'll have to just bear with my lame attempts at recollecting conversations that I try desperately to sear from my mind.
Of note is the fact that when I am conversing in the elevator with coworkers, likely those finance people are thinking "What an idiot, and what stupid language does he think he's talking in anyway?"