The Prank: "The old style trading posts had spring-loaded ... The Prank: If you set foot on the trading floor with a tie, especially a college tie, you would get it cut off within seconds.

Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Jerry Useem. "Conflict on a Trading Floor (A) & (B) TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 394-194, May 1994.

But they account for the minority of workers on a trading floor and there is a healthy tension between the old guard and the new. The reality is, the workflow for most salespeople and traders ...