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Why does Dan make a scene when Lynch fires him?

posted 9 years ago by Matthew7819
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I always thought that this scene was strangely hilarious because the character of Dan is around 60 years of age and basically at the age of legal retirement already, could easily file for retirement and live peacefully off of that and no longer have to work hard in the office Trading Stocks anymore.

Yet he freaks out and makes a scene when Lynch fires him and gives him the boot, instead of just giving in and collecting his stuff, he makes excuses why he should not be fired and how he will be finished on the street despite being old enough to retire, and he whines and complains about how these younger men were edging him out with the computer software and new stuff in the office too.

That guy always makes me laugh, a really pathetic lazy character that is trying to cling on to his job despite being old enough to retire from Wall Street and fade away peacefully, Lynch mentions that he failed to save money and it is obvious that he wasnt selling because he was complaining every scene that he was in, never knew why he just didnt go down to unemployment and get a check or file for retirement because he could, no reason to whine to the boss.

[–] Garys1266 9 years ago

Because he can't file for SS until he is 62. I am also guessing that his multiple divorces and child support are costing him big time.

[–] Tidewatcher 9 years ago

Dan was a lazy bum, he made poor decisions in his personal life and it cost him big time, he let those decisions carry over into his job on wall street and he became a failure, Lynch even tells Dans that he has taken a lot of money out of that company despite putting a lot back in, Dan could have saved his marriages and not spent all of his money on divorces, he could have worked harder and made some money and been better off, instead he is broke and reduced to begging like a dog and a bum just to try to keep his job.

Dan was a fool and it cost him his job, he was where Bud was at in the begining, he failed to adapt and he lost everything, he would probably have to work somewhere else making $8.00 an hour and still be in debt, he was a weak person and a lazy person and it ruined his life, Dan was probably too stupid to go down to unemployment and get a check too.

[–] PacificPooch 9 years ago

You are assuming he has a comfortable retirement lined up, which all indications are he doesn't. Him begging for his job doesn't seem unreasonable at all.