If someone was talking shit about other people the way Arthur does in a bank, or any other place for that matter, he would be asked to leave. Regardless of age.
And I certainly wouldn't consider myself an 'earnest young man' anymore. More a cynical old bastard :)
Ha ha nothing wrong with being old AND cynical. One comes as a matter of course, the other is an acquired skill.
"A" let me down with a barrel he got in for me. Basically didn't get what I asked for in writing.