Greed-eating White Court feeding - what's it look like?

[HobbitGuy1420]

We know that the White Court feed while the victim is in the throes of a certain negative emotion (fear, despair, and lust, from what we have seen).  Wrath has also been given as a potential White Court emotion. 

We know from some things Thomas has said that White Court feedings involve a certain amount of intimacy and trust, a lowering of mental defenses.  Lustpires, obviously, feed during the intimacy of sex.  Fear and Despair-eaters eat during strong bouts of terror and depression, both things that can A) be indulged in privacy and B) would tend to weaken the mind's defenses.

What form might a deep feeding from a Greed-eating White Courtier take?  Some interaction that involves physical contact, a certain amount of intimacy, and enough privacy that the initial deadly feeding wouldn't be immediately followed by a witch hunt?

[bibliophile20]

[Insert Obligatory Lawyer Joke Here]

One example that immediately comes to mind, although it combines greed with wrath, is a pimp beating on one of his women.  While this depends on the pimp's exact personality and motivations, a beating after a refusal to "service" a customer would combine greed and wrath.  That's what comes immediately to mind; other scenarios, after a bit of thought, could indeed count some varieties of corporate negotiation and behaviors; the stock market floor, where emotions run high (most brokers on the floor burn out within a decade and have high rates of ulcers and hypertension) is a good example of that, as are corporate or banking officials who gets people to sign Faustian bargains that will screw them over, smiling all the while.  And, of course, there's the lawyers.  98% of whom give the rest a bad name. 

[lorddrakewater]

gamblers and bookies?  though most of that is very impersonal I'm sure that it could be worked in somehow.

[Blackblade]

One of the characters I play is a greed-feeding white court grifter.  It works surprisingly well.

[Richard_Chilton]

Gamblers might be more lust than greed.  When someone is in a downward spiral it's not the money they are after, it's the feeling of winning.

Richard

[hank the ancient]

needful things by steven king?

[bibliophile20]

Thinking on this some more, you want medium- to high-stress situations where there is a gain of any sort at stake, although that gain can be material or not. 

So, possible places and situations for greed feeders:
Pretty much any area of high finance.
Hollywood, Bollywood, and other major studios around the world.
The smaller, city- and region-specific studies for news and entertainment.
Some unions; depends on the setup and the officials involved.

[Blackblade]

I think "Greed" should include the desire for power as well as the desire for money, since money is nothing more than a means to power.  With this definition, a greed-feeder could have a very easy time convincing people to make the proverbial "deal with the devil."

[HobbitGuy1420]

That makes sense, Busc - especially as, as Dresden once said, Money is usually just a path for power in any case.