The Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week

1. Shoemaker Bernie's Barefoot Brood

Remember last week when we said if you want your employees to despise you, the best way to do it is to take away their coffee?

Well, we've obviously underestimated the ingenuity of America's executives.

Only minutes after we published an item about WorldCom's (WCOM Quote) new "no free coffee" employment policy -- an initiative that's been wildly successful in obliterating any trace of goodwill among WorldCom personnel -- the email started pouring in from the telecom firm's unhappy campers. ...