>>64621508The head of Saloman Brothers mortgage bond department, Lewis Ranieri, was fat and only hired fat people to work for him. They couldn’t get promoted if they weren’t fat. Every Friday, his employees would have $400 (in 1981 dollars, which is $1351 in 2023 dollars) in Mexican food brought to the office and would compete with each other in acts of gluttony for the favor of their boss.