And, in the crisis of 2007-8, we learned somethingelse about how modern banks can bring down themselves and the rest of us with them: in an interconnected banking world, it is uncertainty that can be the worst poison.
"If I had an option, I'd bring my own containers or get it served on somethingelse, but this is all they give you, " said Pena, who bought lunch served in a plastic foam container from a midtown Manhattan food cart.