“Shadow Jets”: 42 Things Poor People Probably Don’t Know Exist

Shadow Jets. The empty private jet that follows your private jet everywhere so that if there's a delay or maintenance thing you don't have to wait or resort to flying in a charter. Yes this is a thing. Some ultra rich actually take 3 jets everywhere their jet, their shadow, their cargo plane for cars.

I used to walk dogs and the dog had his own elevator to his own apartment. Does that count?

Me!
I am a house manager/personal assistant. The fact that my client pays me $60 an hour to fold her husband's underwear, cut vegetables, and handle maintenance is crazy. Obviously, I do do some other things as well, but yeah, me!
I work for lovely people and get paid well.

You can get paid well (i.e. up to a million U.S. dollars) to NOT buy a private jet.

If you have ordered one (they can take years to get built), and yours is about to get built, someone can offer you $ for the build slot through slot brokers.

Basically a big-time "line stander".

Hiring world famous bands to play full sets for ambience.

Was a waiter at an event where The Killers just casually played their entire back catalogue in the corner.

I worked for a mega-rich person as their dog concierge. My job was to provide everything their dog needed so that when they wanted to pet it or play with it, the dog was ready and they didn’t have to think about it otherwise.

Line standers. Sometimes it’s unavoidable—you need to be in long a queue, and when your time comes, you need to be there yourself.

Enter line standers.

They literally just stand in lines for whomever pays them to hold a spot. When the line gets close, they call or text the person and tell them to come on down.

That’s the whole gig.

I worked for a billionaire as an oncall handyman style person (not exclusively him, we worked for other people too), for him but predominately it was his teenage daughters who would call us to help with stuff as he was usually overseas.

The were lovely girls but they were completely lost in terms of perspective. They would frequently call us up to do stuff like mount a giant tv screen, just for one night then fix everything so there was no evidence they had done it. I got called to capture a harmless spider for her which was in their patio area. So many other things, the list was endless.

Many very rich people have large houses in foreign countries they visit once in a while when they feel like it or are on a business trip in the area. While they‘re away there is a whole staff taking care of the property throughout the year, keeping it clean for the off chance of the owner visiting. I once worked as a gardener in one of those properties. I was briefed that everything has to be perfect everyday. There was no margin for error. This was checked by a foreman every single day. I worked there for three years. The owner never visited.

Chartering a private jet to take a cat back and forth from the US to Scotland.

You can pay people to name your child for you and they charge thousands of dollars to do it.

Not my story but I hitchhiked with friends once & we met a driver who works for a company that makes impossible stuff possible for rich ppl.
Example he gave was planning a wedding - client wanted an old church in a park with very limited access (like natural conservation stuff) - then they wanted a priest from Argentinia, cause that’s where the bride came from. Then the church needed to be consecrated bc the priest wouldn’t do it in a non consecrated church. Then they wanted their guests to arrive by train, which not also had them renovate old rails in the park, but also public transportation was paid (a lot) for rescheduling their normal plan, so the special trains could use the rails… and so on… it always ended with the guy we hitchhiked with imitating a phone call with different people
: sir, I’m sorry it’s not possible
Our dude: no, you didn’t understand - how much does it cost?
: sir, we really can’t…
Our dude: yes, yes, but how much would it cost?
To the point where the person on the other end realized they could name any price & would just get it…
It was fascinating. Yet I hate every last piece of it. :D

Some celebrities will charge the Uber rich a fee to make an appearance at their parties and pretend to know them. I knew the talent agent who booked Henry Kissinger and Whitney Houston, but only for their “personal appearances”. He mentioned Whitney got 250k to attend a party, stay for a minimum one hour, and in her contract the host must not ask her to sing.

I know a family who bought a mansion… For their yacht.

They didn’t like docking their yacht in public.

So they bought it a mansion.

Nobody lives there. It’s just their private port. A couple of times per year they actually board the yacht there. Usually the crew boards there and they meet it somewhere.

I wish I had a house for my boat… Or a boat…

My horse had a passport, acupuncturist, and massage therapist. The horse world is so crazy yall it's unimaginable sometimes.

I am an architect and I have designed a couple of prime properties. They all had a WC, which was bigger than a normal family bathroom and could only be accessed from outside (no door from inside the house). This was to be used by the gardeners and/or delivery drivers. They also have a chef's or dirty kitchen. This is a second kitchen (usually with no windows) where all the actual cooking is done. The other kitchen is functional, but just to show off, not to be used.

A concierge who moves absent residents' local cars to higher ground when hurricanes strike for rich snow birds.

I know someone who hired an interior decorator to decorate their daughter’s freshman college dorm room.

There’s a person that Celebs would hire when they go to events to ensure no one is taking pics of them from the wrong angle. Like let’s say Kylie Jenner’s face doesn’t look good from the side, they’d hire a person to at least try to ensure a photographer won’t see that side of them.

I know a guy who belongs to a charter air club, it’s only for people who live in our county and who have second homes in a specific gated community in another state. They can bring their dogs on the plane too.