Everyone sometimes has those jarring moments where you really have to wonder if somehow along the way, you’ve managed to lose touch with normal beliefs or behavior, which is sadly a lot more common in the age of social media. One way to test that is to compare to the truly worst takes out there.
So we’ve gathered some of the most extreme examples of folks being so deeply out of touch that people had to share them online. So get comfortable as you scroll through, prepare to look somewhat confused and bewildered, upvote the worst ones and be sure to add your own thoughts in the comments below.
#41
My very very wealthy boss was telling me about her recent vacation with a private plane to a private yacht anchored off of some beautiful island once and she looked right at me, while knowing exactly how much money i made because *she hired me* and said “if you ever get the chance to do this, you really should”
i just sort of blankly looked at her and said….you bet. 😐.
i just sort of blankly looked at her and said….you bet. 😐.
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45points
#42
My washer and dryer broke. I was complaining about having to go to the laundry matt to the doctor I work for. She replied with “why are you stressed, you just drop off your clothes, they wash it and will even will fold it for you!” She pays for the laundry service there. I obviously have to use the coin machines and wait while I do it myself.
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44points
#44
I was visiting my girlfriend's family in California in 2012-2013. Fuel was super expensive - like pushing $5 / gal, but in 2012 dollars.
Her dad said something like "I don't understand why people don't just fill up the tank. It's so much more effort to come back later!"
I believe you, that you don't understand. You own a commercial real estate business that owns over $100,000,000 of property. You retired at 52. Your parents are old money and were social elite at Stanford. It makes total sense that you have never had to choose between eating for a week and putting 10 gallons of fuel in your tank.
Her dad said something like "I don't understand why people don't just fill up the tank. It's so much more effort to come back later!"
I believe you, that you don't understand. You own a commercial real estate business that owns over $100,000,000 of property. You retired at 52. Your parents are old money and were social elite at Stanford. It makes total sense that you have never had to choose between eating for a week and putting 10 gallons of fuel in your tank.
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42points
#45
My boss, who owns the company and gains around £3 million a year, once took me out on a job with him and when I said I was going to get lunch he said " I don't know how much it costs, but get yourself something from McDonalds" and handed me a £50 note.
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41points
#46
My father-in-law, who was born in 1953, told me it would have been wise to invest in apple in the 80’s. That way I would be rich now.
I was born in 1995.
He’s a retired doctor with more money than God and lives in a massive house and buys his cars outright with cash. And has a $1,250,000 boat.
He also asked, “Are you guys maxing out your 401k’s?” To which I replied, “No, we can’t” and he couldn’t understand that we couldn’t budget in such a way to max them out without missing rent payments.
I was born in 1995.
He’s a retired doctor with more money than God and lives in a massive house and buys his cars outright with cash. And has a $1,250,000 boat.
He also asked, “Are you guys maxing out your 401k’s?” To which I replied, “No, we can’t” and he couldn’t understand that we couldn’t budget in such a way to max them out without missing rent payments.
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40points
#47
Talking to my Gen-Z niece and nephew during the time of the stimulus checks(only people who made less than $80k recieved it)
we were talking about receiving it in the mail and she made a face and says “wait you make less than $80k??”
i live in a low-cost-of-living area where the average income is like $50k. and my niece has wealthy parents who bought a business for her to “run”
i just laughed and said, “yeah, a lot of people around here make less than $80k.”.
we were talking about receiving it in the mail and she made a face and says “wait you make less than $80k??”
i live in a low-cost-of-living area where the average income is like $50k. and my niece has wealthy parents who bought a business for her to “run”
i just laughed and said, “yeah, a lot of people around here make less than $80k.”.
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40points
#48
"You're having trouble getting a job? Well, make sure your resume is printed on the nice paper, it really helps!".
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38points
#50
I was just out of college, working as a farmland for room, board, and about $100 a week. I was getting ready to start a new job across the country and saving up to pay for gas and new work boots. A couple weeks before I was planning to leave the transmission on my car completely gave up, and I was panicking.
Another one of the farmhands who was from the bay area and just passing through (when he got tired of taking trains and planes, his parents sent him money to buy a new car in cash), asked me "why don't you just get some money? That would solve everything."
I just sat and stared at him.
Another one of the farmhands who was from the bay area and just passing through (when he got tired of taking trains and planes, his parents sent him money to buy a new car in cash), asked me "why don't you just get some money? That would solve everything."
I just sat and stared at him.
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27points
