You’re a Yuppie when …
Virtues: business, entrepreneurs, revolt against the system, technology
The term yuppie (short for “young urban professional” or “young upwardly-mobile professional”) refers to a market segment whose consumers are characterized as self-reliant, financially secure individualists. So this is an interesting list of some signs of a yuppie.
You know when you’re a yuppie when …
– you go to the club to do more networking than ‘picking up’
– you save gas & meal receipts so that you can file them for your income tax ‘business expenses’
– you have a smartphone w/ an accompanying over-priced data plan
– you switch from hotmail to gmail
– sleep starts to become a luxury
– T.V viewing is a luxury
– Starbucks becomes a place for business
– you’re at work, and all you can think about is the amount of work you have to do after work
– economics and financial markets are suddenly more interesting
– Social networking sites are more for networking and promoting your business than hooking up w/ old friends & finding new ones
– you stopped putting songs as your voice mail message
– you do your work @ work, while still doing your employers work
– you use a sick day not because your sick or to hook up with your partner, but to do work
– you feel guilty when you are doing nothing
– your only ‘downtime’ is during your commute
– your mind is always racing with new ideas and business ventures
– you consult your blackberry/PDA before you make time with your significant other, friends, and family