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This tangent reminds me of a story.

I once worked for an internet startup funded in large part by NY private equity firm Forstmann Little. The Chairman of the Board was a seasoned, wealthy business executive who had just left a high-ranking position at the Clinton White House to become a general partner at FL. Even after he left DC, he remained good friends with Clinton. The Chairman’s executive assistant at the time was a super sweet, nice lady I’ll call Jane.

One fine afternoon, the Chairman was off seeing a man about a horse. Clinton called his office to chat with him, and Jane answered the phone. She placed the President on hold while she went to find the Chairman.

She ran to the bathroom, pounded on the door, stuck her head inside, and yelled, “You have a call, the President is on the line!”

From behind the luscious wood-paneled door of his throne, the Chairman replied, “Tell him I’m in the bathroom and I’ll call him right back.”

Jane frantically replied, “I can’t tell him that. He’s the President of the United States!”

With mild exasperation, the Chairman responded, “Why not? He goes to the bathroom too. Just like you and me!”