[wodenokoto]

Just like we pass around code-stories/war stories, I remember reading a funny story about this stuck-up senior trader who ended up having to take delivery of a shipment of coal.

Probably an urban legend, but still funny.

This thread seems to support the idea that you can't just receive your futures at home. But I guess even with a designated warehouse, you're stuck with the warehouse bill.

https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/47421/have-any-...

[gadders]

There is also this story from Bloomberg about when one of their journalists tried to buy a single barrel: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-03/that-time...

"Could a barrel of crude really kill me?" I asked a petrochemical engineer captive to my persistent, doubtlessly annoying questions. It absolutely can, he said. Hydrogen sulfide gas—H2S, for short—has a terrible propensity to evaporate from crude, knock out your olfactory capabilities, and slowly suffocate you to death.

[throwaway0a5e]

>"Could a barrel of crude really kill me?" I asked a petrochemical engineer

That's like asking an electrician if 120v will kill you. Maybe if you use it wrong enough but odds are it's just going to be unpleasant.

[Anther]

Thank you for that link. It gave me a good chuckle. I work for a lab that analyses air samples. H2S is indeed interesting stuff.

[brazzy]

> I remember reading a funny story about this stuck-up senior trader who ended up having to take delivery of a shipment of coal.

Yeah, that was cited about a gajillion times back in May.