When most of us boil down an average day, a decent chunk of it is spent earning money or doing auxiliary tasks to help ourselves earn money tomorrow. But a lucky few live a life so far removed from this that our lifestyles might appear mutually incomprehensible.
A netizen was curious to hear the fabulously out-of-touch things the rich had said to people. Internet users shared all the weird, incorrect, and confusing flights of fantasy that they had heard from wealthy people. So prepare to cringe and roll your eyes as you scroll through, be sure to upvote your favorite post and comment your thoughts and experiences below.
#21
l worked for Medicaid. The big bugs at the state government level had a "poverty exercise" where they had to try to budget at poverty level and live on it for 3 days. "My, that was SO difficult!" No s**t pal - that whole idea pissed me off so bad.
Nanatomany44, https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-man-in-black-long-sleeves-counting-his-money-while-sitting-on-the-couch-6693648/
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#22
I dated a rich guy who loved my authenticity, and he would pick me up in one of his dad's cool collector cars and take me to record stores. When I went to visit him I showed up in my grandpa's old Ford f150 truck.
He asked me why I drove around in that thing.
I shrugged and said "because I'm poor."
And he said "no you're not."
It was like I ruined his whole hipster aesthetic and he realized I wasn't grunge.
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71points
#23
It’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost, ten dollars?
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67points
#24
Had some kid in his early 20s start working at the restaurant I was at, total trust fund baby but his parents made him get a job or they would cut him off (Phone, car, apartment, school, credit card, everything).
We were talking about plans for the summer, I mentioned I was gonna take a weekend to head north and visit my mom, someone else was going camping, another guy was taking a long weekend to help his brother move.
Holy f**k. "You guys have no idea what vacation means, do you? I'm taking my GF to Spain for two weeks and then spending a few days in Italy before we come back."
He got real upset when I asked him where he was gonna work when he came back. Apparently he didn't understand that taking 3 weeks vacation not even two months into a job isn't a thing, especially when part of that was during our busiest season of the year.
Even better when we all looked at him and told him we couldn't even afford a week off, let alone in Spain.
He didn't last long.
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65points
#27
My CEO’s daughter was talking to me and she now lives in the UK. She bought a place in London. I mentioned I have some family over there that I’ve always been interested in visiting, and hoped to see it one day.
Her response? Just go. Definitely, it’s as easy as buying a plane ticket. She had no idea why I hadn’t gone yet.
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59points
#28
I was venting to a school mate about not being able to have a car.
She said “why don’t you just ask your mom?”
She said “why don’t you just ask your mom?”
It literally broke my brain. Like yeah, why didn’t I think of that?
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#29
I worked for a very wealthy lady. Her son graduated college (with some useless degree) and she put him to work answering phones.
She also bought him a car.
"Can you believe it? I told her I wanted a blue car." She didnt get him a blue car *so he asked her to paint it.* She refused.
I could see his naivete as he spoke since he truly thought this was something I could relate to.
Sorry kiddo, I had to work at Chuck E Cheese as a teenager to be able to afford to buy a piece of c**p that overheated if I drove for longer than 20 minutes.
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57points
#30
They lived in Boston and we were talking about how small condos are there. They were lamenting that they had no space and, as a result, they had to buy another condo (this was Beacon Hill) because they ran out of space to store their Persian rugs.
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55points
#31
"oh yeah you can keep all of this since I'm moving out. I'll buy new stuff for my next place"
Some dude I knew who was taking classes at a prestigious university in a very nice studio apartment, whose father had just flown in from Indonesia just to help him pack his clothes.
I got a full mattress set that was about 3k, multiple leathers for carpeting, expensive looking paintings, way too much ikea stuff, and a dyson vacuum.
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55points
#32
My boomer father insists that moms should not work. When someone says that a family needs 2 incomes to survive, he insists that they could manage if they lived within their means. He always cites these examples as "extravagant choices" - cell phones, disposable diapers, and paper towels. I cringe every time I hear this.
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54points
#33
“Your house is so quaint. I didn’t know that u could live in such a small place” lol
48points
#34
“How often do you go sailing?”
Said by the guy that knows I was struggling financially.
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47points
#35
"What's your families private jet policy? They charge you?!?!?"
A friend from school had apparently grown up incredible wealthy. Freshman year we were talking about spring break and I mentioned I was hoping to afford gas money to drive somewhere. He thought I meant "jet plane" gas money and was curious why my parents would charge me to use the family jet.
We do not have a family jet....
2nd story: (years after the college one above. This was a handful of years back)
"You should join one of our golf club or country clubs this year. Initiation fees got reduced to only like $40k a person for some so its basically free the first year."
(Yes, he was members at multiples of each. I don't remember the exact cost but it was well into the 5 digits each)
(Yes, he was members at multiples of each. I don't remember the exact cost but it was well into the 5 digits each)
I should mention this person and family do not show off the money and are very free with it to friends. It just comes thru unbeknownst to them a lot of time because they think thats the norm.
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46points