Oh Joseph wept...

Thanks to my Judeo-Christian upbringing I tend to still take the Lord's name in vain even though I don't believe in him as a divine being. For example, 'Jesus wept' is a go to insult for me as is 'Christ on a bike'.

Mormons famously don't swear but I suspect even they would be tempted to utter the occasional oath when circumstances dictate, magic underwear or not.

So I am reading the Time 100, the list of the world's most influential people. Mitt Romney's former boss, Bill Bain, from vulture capitalist firm Bain & Co wrote the entry for Mitt Romney.

Here's an excerpt.

When I asked Mitt Romney to join Bain & Co. in 1977, I knew he was brilliant, but there was much I didn't know. As founder and CEO, I liked being first in the office when that was practical. On Mitt's first day, he arrived first. I came in earlier the next day, and there he was again. I decided to shake Mitt up a little and have some fun. I walked out of my office, stood in front of his desk and said, "Mitt, you are beginning to piss me off." He said, "What? What?" I asked him, "Why so early?" He said that after helping Ann with the children, he would visit the sick from his church and then come to work. We all looked at one another and applauded him.

Here's the bit I took away from it.

On Mitt's first day, he arrived first. I came in earlier the next day, and there he was again. I decided to shake Mitt up a little and have some fun. I walked out of my office, stood in front of his desk and said, "Mitt, you are beginning to piss me off." He said, "What? What?" I asked him, "Why so early?" He said that after helping Ann with the children, he would visit the sick from his church and then come to work.

Just imagine. You're a poor, sick-as-all fuck Mormon where Romney is your ward president, or however they describe the leadership role in the church, and he drops in on you BEFORE he goes to work ... and he turns up at work stonkingly early.

Joseph wept, indeed.