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People Share 30 Small Subtle Things About Wealthy People That Scream They Are Insanely Rich
The rich and the poor… there’s been a great divide between these two that is as old as history itself. And although, in the US, self-described middle- and lower-class Americans say they admire people who get rich by working hard, accomplishing their American dream, it’s when they’re at the top that it starts bothering others.
A Pew Research study found that nearly six in ten survey respondents say the rich pay too little in taxes. And this is the tip of the iceberg. So since we’re not diving deep underneath it, we’re taking a look at one very telling thread.
“What small thing screams 'I’m rich'?” someone posted on r/AskReddit, sparking more than 5k comments with eye-opening responses. Let’s see what people had to say below.
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#1
I was 17, flying home from my sister’s house and I struck up a conversation with this well dressed businessman. (My mother was a seamstress and had taught me about how to “read” people’s clothes) Dude was super cool super polite. Genuinely just wanted to chat about whatever.
We chat for like an hour, then it’s time to board. His section is called first and he sees that I didn’t get up to board with him. He walks back over, asks to see my ticket. I show him, he gently shakes his head “no” and smiles while he signals me to follow him to the gate.
We get to the gate agent, he says “this is my friend throwaway, is the seat next to me open?” “Excellent, I’d like him to have that seat please.” Hands her a black credit card and next thing I know I’m sitting in first class instead of coach. I told him that was very nice of him, but he didn’t need to spend that kind of money (if I remember right it was like $800) just so I could sit by him. He explained that that “kind of money” literally meant nothing to him, he was enjoying our conversation and wanted it to continue. It was the most surreal feeling ever. So I sat in first class, enjoying all the perks that brings, and talked to this guy about life for the next three hours. Turns out he owned several stamping companies that all had government supply contracts and he had accumulated far more than $800 while we had been sitting in the airport talking, let alone the length of the flight.
When we landed he explained that most people just fall all over themselves trying to suck up to him once they know who he is, but I just talked to him like he was a normal human being and I reminded him of his grown sons from when they were teenagers. He thanked me for the conversation, I thanked him for the great seat and we went our separate ways.
That guy had money, and he knew what has actual value.
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
Nice that a conversation with a polite and interesting 17 year old had value to him.
Martin Kaine 4 years ago
Sometimes conversations with 17 year olds are much more interesting than *anyone* above 35.
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Kevin Hickey 4 years ago
If $800 is nothing to him then his government contracts need to be re-negotiated. He probably also wrote off the $800 on his taxes.
Jill Hojnacki 4 years ago
When I was 16 you could still fly stand-by and I scored a seat to fly cross-country to get home from college (I’d graduated HS early) for Thanksgiving. Stand-by passengers got a seat; nothing more. I was seated next to a business man & we had a nice conversation. When the flight attendants came around to ask which dinner we wanted, I wasn’t asked. I didn’t expect to be; dinner wasn’t part of the bargain. He had an absolute fit. Both the flight attendant and I explained the rules of flying stand-by & I told him I wasn’t hungry. He wasn’t having it. He informed them that he had a daughter my age at home & if I wasn’t fed, he was switching airlines for himself, AND his company. I still have no idea who he was, and I still feel badly that someone on that flight crew probably didn’t get their own dinner because of me, but I got fed. (I really wasn’t hungry, but after the absolute tantrum he had on my behalf you can damn well bet that I ate every bite of that meal.)
jpaul 4 years ago
or you can see it like the guy doesn't mind showing you he has much more money that you. I'm sure it's not bad minded. but it's a biais you often see with the rich. they're not grounded anymore. They don't realize where the line of obscenity/provokation is. again it's certainly not bad minded. not bad minded but most often shocking. You know what i would have called a really cool guy. He would have purchased an economical seat. and keep being him whatever happens
ThePracticalSarcastic 4 years ago
can nothing be 'good' to people like you? Such downers.
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#2
Sometimes? Nothing.
I know a man who's the kind of rich where it took him only a day or two to convert more than a million dollars to cash (not, like, physical cash, but the liquid asset) to buy one of his kids a house.
He drives a rather beat-up old Subaru, when he's not riding his bicycle instead. He wears jeans and polo shirts. His watch is a $200 digital watch - wouldn't bother wearing a fancy expensive analogue watch, all they do is tell the time, what's the point? He's lived in the same house for 50ish years.
The only real tell is the air of total chill he has. He's not worried about much. Money insulates you from really a lot of stress.
Michelle M 4 years ago
Well, my house is quite old, cars are not new, I don't wear a wristwatch because my phone can tell the time, I wear basic clothes like worn out jeans and blouses. Does this mean I'm unknowingly preparing myself to be a billionaire? 🤔🤔
Dave P 4 years ago
I know someone who is a multi-millionaire (comes from a rich familiy) and rents a small apartment in a middle class area (says it is just him, his wife, and 1 child, why does he need bigger), drives a Nissan car, etc. Likes to live simple and be a teacher despite being rich with an open seat waiting for him in his families business. Met a different super rich man, who sold his company for $800 million about a decade ago and retired in his 40s. Lives in a middle class suburb in a larger than average house, but not a mansion, drives a 30k car, etc. He isnt flashy, doesnt spend a ton of money on himself. He does however host a free carnival twice a year with fair rides, food, games, shows, and more, for children of all economic background so low income parents can have a great experience for their children without spending any money other than getting to the fairsground he rents. He says things like that give him much more pleasure than any luxury item. He also donates a lot to charity.
Sarah Kathrin Matsoukis 4 years ago
200 bucks is so much money for me...my entire outfits dont cost that much.
WhatEvenIsLife 4 years ago
"Money insulates you from really a lot of stress." I always think something along these lines when someone says "money can't buy happiness." Maybe not, but it can buy you time and free you of the constant stress of living paycheck to paycheck. That's a lot.
Danny Ruiz 4 years ago
I met a guy one time and we came best friends. I was a Fry-Cook in a Mexican Restaurabt, and this guy would always sit at the bar and order Cheese Crips. We hit it off pretty good and became friends. He once invited me to go with him and hit the bars in Scottsdale AZ. We did that all night. Then he pulled into an Italian Restaurant where they had Car Jockeys. We got out, and I looked at him and said "I can't afford this place." He said: "I got it." For 3 years, I ate in every top restaurant in Arizona. He was a millionaire and never told me.
Devil's Advocate 4 years ago
Analogue watches don't have to be pricey, I dislike digital ones myself. Other than that, what a decent guy!!
#3
Working at a luxury resort, one thing I’ve noticed is that the people who want to give the air of being very wealthy will have lots of designer patterns on their clothes and accessories, like Louis Vuitton print, but almost all of the truly ridiculously wealthy people will basically wear nondescript leisure wear and really plain looking clothes (like plain jeans and tees with no logos).
Two_rolling_black_eyes 4 years ago
Nothing says I'm rich like a $800 plain black T-shirt that looks almost identical to the $6 Hanes one. Most people can't tell the difference(I can't) but old money wealth can and they don't need tags to tell them. Maybe its the thread count, I have no idea. I went to school with a J&J heir and he refused to wear anything with a logo and mocked me for wearing Chuck Conner's. His house doesn't have the logo of the architect, why should his clothes have the logo of the designer? They work for you, you don't work in advertising for them.
Raj Kuthrapali 4 years ago (edited)
I think the difference between rich and wealthy is the ability to see the value/ worth of something/ someone.
lailyfnoor 4 years ago
The actual rich rich people don't flex through shiny and branded material
Aunt Messy 4 years ago
And the ones that do festoon themselves in labels almost NEVER had money.
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Devil's Advocate 4 years ago
That's because REAL money doesn't waste money on what my sensei used to say was " paying more to have someone else's name on your clothes", real money and old money keeps it by only buying what they need. It's the same as the guy in the flashy car racing to *show* you how fast his car is, vs the person in the hugely powerful car that does need to because he already knows it's faster
Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
So the poor and the wealthy dress the same. The upper middle class dress like weirdos. Makes sense.
Bored Panda reached out to the author of the thread, u/_--__-__---, who posed the question “What small thing screams 'I’m rich'?” on AskReddit. The Redditor said that they were thinking of something interesting to ask people on the subreddit while browsing through some past questions. “One idea that stood out was 'What screams “I’m rich”?' so I decided to narrow it down a little bit so that the answers would be less obvious,” they told us.
“For me, a small thing that screams 'I’m rich' is not caring about the prices of things,” the Redditor said and continued: “For example, randomly paying for a group of friends’ dinners, or just casually sliding the credit card to the cashier without much thought about the price of what they’re buying.”
#4
They spend money if it saves you time. Time is more valuable than money.
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
I guess it just depends on what you have more of or consider more valuable. When I was a student I had plenty of time and no money so I was willing to spend the time doing something. Now that balance has shifted and I will pay for expedience and I am certainly not rich.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 4 years ago
Money buys time. A poor single mother rides the bus 1 hr each way to work as a waitress. After work, she has to go to the supermarket and buy the groceries because tips have been bad and today is the first time she has enough and the kids don't eat tomorrow if she doesn't The grocery store is out of the way so the time to shop and then take the bus home makes it 2.5 hours instead of 1 to get home. She gets home, cooks dinner, does laundry, does the dishes, helps the kids with their homework makes their lunches for the next 3 days to save time, cleans up after the dog. then goes to bed with no time for herself. The rich person drives the same distance in 15 minutes to work. She gets home and her cook has dinner ready. The nanny helped the kids with her homework and the housekeeper keeps the place spotless and does laundry every day. Her kids will use their debit card for lunch tomorrow. Rich - 30 ,minute commute and done. Poor mom - 9 hours of work outside of work to not die.
#5
An expensive watch that isn’t a Rolex.
Rolexes are how rich people or not even rich but “had-a-good-year” show off wealth to poor people.
A truly wealthy person will have a Patek or AP Royal Oak or a Mueller, and not necessarily even a flashy one.
beastmachine. 4 years ago
Honestly I don't find Rolex that good either, they are basically the entry level luxury watches. Majority aren't even hand assembled so I don't get the point of spending that kind of money on them
Dilly Millandry 4 years ago
A friend of mine inherited some money and treated herself to a Rolex. Keeps truly crappy time apparently!
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J. Normal 4 years ago
I do not understand paying a ridiculous amount of money for objects. Why would anyone spend 1200 for a pair of sweat pants ( for a recent example). a fool and his money are soon parted.
Dolly_of TheCowboy 4 years ago
I guess if you are making that much in a minute/hour/day you would likely think of it as not much to spend on something useful. I like the shade of blue on the watch face
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Not noticing you haven’t been paid in two months.
I work with some people that pull in 20k+ a month. We had one come in mid March and said I don’t think I’ve been paid since December.” Sure enough two months didn’t pay out for some reason.
He wasn’t even mad and just kind of mentioned it like he was talking about the weather.
If I miss A paycheck I’d notice on payday.
Lucas 4 years ago
Years ago I worked for a charity where we received monthly donations by standing order. Person had phoned because they'd just noticed their bank was giving us £400 a month instead of the £40 they had intended. This was after months of the payment being made incorrectly. They weren't cross or worried, just wanted it corrected. (Bank error, not the charity's, so they had to speak to their bank.) Not the same I know but on my lowly salary it felt shocking to me at the time. I would have noticed if it had been £40!
BigOrangeTractor 4 years ago (edited)
My uncle used to be a finance manager for high value personal accounts for a well known high street bank and once he had a client account receive £40K so he contacted them to ask where they wanted it moved. They couldn't remember what it was for, why they'd received it, etc. Just pop, £40K, such peanuts they weren't even aware of it.
Load More Replies... J. Normal 4 years ago
We recently have been blessed with a livable income. I know we would miss a paycheck, but it would not be the total crisis it would have been a few years ago. I don't mind not being rich - but I do wish the kind of stress free life that having an extra check in the bank brings for EVERYONE.
SocksNeverMatch 4 years ago
ugh, been through that and it bugs the heck out of me! If you can leave paychecks undeposited for up to 6 mos....help a sibling out!
“Another example is just being casual. Rich people tend to carry less on their shoulders, so they relax, and are usually pretty chill,” they explained.
The author of the thread was quite surprised by some of the responses. “Some people told long stories about their experiences, which was wild to me.” Moreover, “There were also other things like 'Not noticing you haven’t been paid in 2 months' from u/Graphics_Nerd. This one was surprising because I would have never thought about that.” The Redditor was overwhelmed by the idea that “you could have so much money that you wouldn’t even notice that you weren’t gaining it from your job.”
#7
Going to space for like 2 minutes in a penis shaped rocket.
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
And then suing NASA cause they chose the other guy's penis rocket to fund
Anne 4 years ago
You mean.. the tech developer vs the bragging rights guy.. Yeah.. I'd fund the tech developer any day too though..
Load More Replies... Woltax 4 years ago
1. 😂 penis shaped rocket 2. 😢 Imagine how many really usefull things could have been done with all that money.
Night Owl 4 years ago (edited)
2. and not just that, firing rockets off is also very bad for the environment (including the climate)
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Sue Hazlewood 4 years ago (edited)
Frankly, I don't think Musk or Branson qualify for this list based on their 'space' escapades
A Cat Named Dragon 4 years ago
I mean, the question is what SUBTLE ways scream rich : ) A giant penis rocket is about as unsubtle as it gets, no?
Pat Reagan 4 years ago
And then NASA moving the "space" demarcation after he proclaimed himself King Cowboy Astronaut, too funny!
Dean Garner 4 years ago
Other guy told his engineers to make his rocket pointier not for function but because 'it looks way cooler'. Gets my vote.
#8
My wife worked as a pastry chef at a very fancy NYC restaurant when we were in our 20s and just started dating. On her day off, we went to dinner there with a friend. The three of us were treated like kings: the head chef came out to see us and chat, we were served 6 desserts, etc. An older guy eating in the corner just randomly sent over an expensive bottle of wine to us. “Because we looked like we were having such a good time”. I was amazed. Having the kind of money where you can just do random acts of kindness. I’ll never forget that.
J. Normal 4 years ago
"Having the kind of money where you can just do random acts of kindness. I’ll never forget that." You do not need money to do random acts of kindness. The smallest thing can REALLY make a person's day. Compliment the cashier on.... pick something (jewelry, hair, eyes, mask, efficiency ), it is easy!
Frisinator 4 years ago
If I see an elderly couple at a restaurant I frequent, I will sometimes secretly pay their bill. I am of average income. Don’t need to be a billionaire to do small nice things.
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Lisa Whipp Myhre 3 years ago
I had finally enough "extra" money to take my two kids to Chilis to celebrate my daughter's birthday that was two months earlier and someone had paid our tab. We were having a blast up to that point and when the waiter told me it was taken care of, I burst into tears.
Eric Mac Fadden 4 years ago
I would do that easily... I just don't know how... yet...
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I have first hand experience with this. I actually work with wealthy people's bank accounts so they can't lie about what they have. Looking over transactions and stuff here's what I found.
You can't actually tell. We have millionaires walking in like they are homeless and people who spend more on fancy cars and designer goods but barely have $100k to their name. The truly wealthy don't wear brands. They are not there to advertise a luxury good. They give a CR*P ton to charity. More than I make in a year. Mostly for tax reasons but some are just that kind. We have a joke that the ones that are truly wealthy are the ones who are the kindest. They don't have to think about it and usually live low stress lives. They LIKE to take the time to get to know you and chit chat.
The aholes are always the ones who don't have to work anymore but also don't have the money to not think about it. There are also quite a few that are sweet in this category but you ALWAYS find the aholes here.
Something kind of interesting, I've never met an idiot rich person. Have definitely met some that didn't know what they were talking about or were misinformed but they have all been easily teachable. They don't forget things easily unless diminished capacity is an issue. Definitely have some offspring and spouses that were idiots. But the people who actually accumulated it all, pretty bright people.
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
There's a great book named Class that has this same take on the out of sight wealthy. Worth reading.
Deb Dedon 3 years ago
Class isn't an address or a designer label; it's not a bank account or a car. Class is how we treat other people.
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Um... The US elected a flashy not-billionaire who couldn't be taught to STFU. So..... Gonna say that his parents had the brains?
Curry on... 4 years ago
Hmm...some of these are beginning to sound like, 'let's talk about how wonderful we rich folk are so that the peons don't storm the castle and behead us.'
otplus 4 years ago
Look into the supervillain section of the comicbook and james bond section. I am still waiting for his mini-me to appear
Load More Replies... Sasha Kuleshov 4 years ago
I've actually met idiot rich people, one shelled out $10,000 bucks on a whim while being undecided on which gift would be best for her boyfriend, so she just bought all of the men's merchandise the store was offering, what the f*ck? o_o
#10
I was at a really posh restaurant (you know the kind where there are about 8 pieces of silverware?) we had saved up for months and a group of 8 of girls (nurses and CNA’s) went out. One of the recently divorced nurses was flirting with a guy at the next table. When we got our checks he leaned over and tossed his platinum card on the “I got this”. Like combined our tab was easily at least $1,000.
jk nbt 4 years ago
there are restaurants in the town I live in where you can order a $5000 bottle of wine... I wouldn't know that wine from the regular house by-the-glass wine, but the rich that dine there casually spend this because it helps the flavor of their gourmet meal... I wonder if it really tastes that different?
John C 4 years ago
I don't personally hold this judgement, but I'm surprised there's no comments here about how flirting with someone to get your check paid is an affront to the progress of the feminist movement to get women recognized as more than sex objects.
Tinykame 4 years ago
Flirting is not a bad thing. Does not make her a sex object. Doesn't sound as though she was expecting him to pay the bill.
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Aunt Messy 4 years ago
People who have money aren't stupid enough to carry cash.
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Not wearing a suit in a room full of people in suits.
A Cat Named Dragon 4 years ago
That is exactly the comment that I would expect from a rockstar!
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Frances Sones 4 years ago
I had an impromptu job interview wearing what I had on. It made me realize that people who wear suits are usually "faking it to make it". (Or Management Assistants).
#12
Perfect skin and good teeth. Rich people can afford to go to doctors and medical professionals for their appearance. I had a friend who worked for a skin doctor. He let her train on her friends with some new products and apparently, it's a thing where you go in on a regular basis and your skin smooths out, all the weird spots go away and you just glisten like Arwen or Galadriel. I did get to go in for one practice treatment and the other folks waiting in the room had amazing skin. Ever since then, I could spot moneyed women just by their complexions. Also, a good number of them.. you can spot if you know fabrics really well and how they are supposed to drape when well made.
Kat 4 years ago
I know a thing or two about fabrics. It is true. Quality fabrics drape way better and nicer than cheap ones.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Bingo. the clothes are simple, but the fabrics and tailoring are exquisite.
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Sylvanticx 4 years ago
except zuckerberg. he doesn't care about his appearance apperantly, he looks like a robot
Tami 4 years ago
No so sure about this one. I know a couple women who spend tons on their skin and have lovely skin for sure, but they're definitely not rich.
Gin 4 years ago
I suppose it depends on what you define as 'tons'. Some people are very comfortably off even if they're not rich.
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Nada Nikolić 3 years ago
Even in country with universal healthcare - you pay forcosmetic treatments and non-medical (also some medical) dentistry treatments. Apparently, skin and teeth are not healthcare
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They don't watch tv or anything like that. Lamborghini said they don't make advertisements cause their customers aren't sitting around watching tv.
Kona Pake 4 years ago
Yeah, they don’t advertise, but you’ll see their cars in movies like “ Rainman”, “The Lovebug”, “Transformers: The Last Knight “ and you can be sure all the wannabes have watch the movie and want one.
Hugendubel 3 years ago
True they advertise in subtle ways and of course not mainstream, but at Golf Horse or Tennis Events etc
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Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
This is an age thing. Teaching a class on media now and NONE of my students watch TV.
Burs 4 years ago
Depends on what you consider TV i guess. I am not even conected to the 'normal' TV but I watch a lot of netflix or disney+
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El muerto 4 years ago
commercials are to make people believe that they need something and make costumers aware that whatever you're selling exist. even pushing on impuls expending i small stuff...anybody that is rich enough, don't need to be pushed or convince like a person with a budget...expensive stuff advertise themselves by being expensive and exclusive. advertising too much takes away the exclusive part
Deborah Blair-Krosnicki 4 years ago
Well I'm sure they do watch TV sometimes, just not with commercials.
#14
They will never complain about the cost of something but will nit-pik the quality of work to death.
Kat 4 years ago
Kind of logical. If you pay, especially if you pay a lot, you certainly demand quality for that.
loopyli 4 years ago
Right? Even poor people do it! If I buy something that I consider expensive, I expect the price to reflect the quality. However, lately increased price =/= increased quality
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AnnaBanana 4 years ago
My boss is one of the super rich. But he will nickle and dime every single one of his employees as often as he gets the chance.
A Cat Named Dragon 4 years ago
I don’t know that that’s what they’re saying. I think they’re saying that the rich person will pay the money, but will demand quality work and inspect to be sure they get it.
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Not thinking twice, when making plans, about whether you can afford it.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 4 years ago
They don't think of the price so they don't realize their friends might have to. Go on cruise with your buddies. Get to the first port and they want to do the $750 swim with dolphins excursion and two of you end up eating ramen for the next 3 months because you just maxed out the credit card that was supposed to cover the bills this month since you aren't getting paid this week.
J. Normal 4 years ago
Unfortunately that is on you. You should not try and "keep up" with some one who is wealthy. Politely decline and realize you need to live your life on your budget. Of course sometimes swimming with the dolphins is WORTH ramen for a month.
Load More Replies... Denny Cwiek 4 years ago
Poor rich people. If they have old friends who are not as well off as them, it's hard to invite them along on expensive adventures, unless you pay their way. Some people are not cool with having their way paid. Others are all too willing to leech on you for the goodies. How then do rich people make true friends?
#16
Keep a business afloat for two years during a pandemic with very little income coming in. I’m grateful for my boss and I hope his vintage Rolls Royce gets finished soon.
Pungent Sauce 4 years ago
Yeah, our boss finished his $1M spec house, bought a small family-run golf course and closed on the site where he’s building the new business and getting us out of the leased building. (Golf carts were HUGE during the pandemic)
M O'Connell 4 years ago
So were kayaks and bicycles, I have friends who have been on waiting lists for months and months trying to get new ones.
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V Martinez 4 years ago
My husband's boss did this during the pandemic also. Small company, and the few who kept their jobs, took a pay cut. The money is coming back in at a moderate, steady pace, thankfully. We're so grateful for his boss, his boss spending his own money to keep the business going, and for him to even keep his job. Pay cut or not. These types of bosses are some of the best.
Sasha Kuleshov 4 years ago
At least he didn't whine the pandemic was "ruining" his income (like some rich people do here) :P
#17
I once vaguely knew a family who were very rich. Even the kids had bodyguards (kidnap-ransom risk) When I stayed at their home for a weekend on a visit, the father casually mentioned not to push a certain button in the room, when I asked what it did out of interest he explained off-hand that it was a panic button to alert security and bodyguards in the grounds, like it was the most natural thing in the world. They were impeccably polite with me but I felt like Oliver Twist wandering into the wrong home.
Denny Cwiek 4 years ago
My father always told us that we were lucky to be poor because rich people have to be afraid of robberies and kidnapping.
Adam Hendron 4 years ago
Not fear, wisdom. And from the rest of this Vine we can see they probably did not treat the help like strangers.
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#18
A friend once told me that her parents said if you had to take a loan for something you couldn't afford it. So they never had car loans or home loans.... Must be nice
Mazer 4 years ago
Once upon a time in America workers were paid a living wage, had benefits and were valued, homes were affordable as was transportation. Ronald Reagan effectively wiped that all off the map
M O'Connell 4 years ago
The way people went about purchasing homes was very different too. People bought tiny houses that they could pay for outright, and added on to them over time. Now people want to buy the house of their dreams right away, and not spend their whole life building it.
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Spork420 4 years ago
So I'm the only one who thought she was bending that old lady's leg back in some odd wrestling move at first glance?
Laugh Fan 4 years ago
Thankfully I saw the chair - but when I read your comment I went back and looked and can see where you're coming from.
Load More Replies... Two_rolling_black_eyes 4 years ago
You can be dirt poor and have your parents tell you the same thing. I rode the bus because no one in the family could get the credit to get a car loan or be able to pay it back. There are 43 million renters in the US because they can't afford a mortgage.
Kevin Erdős–Bacon 4 years ago
I know a lot of rich people that still take out mortgages/loans - why pay with your savings when you can get a loan at 2% and earn 10% on your savings instead? They also often put their children's names on the loans to help their credit scores, even though they'll probably never need it anyway.
Sonia Reddel 4 years ago
It is ok to have a home loan, as a home typically appreciates in value. Something that loses value fast, like a car or furniture, is not worth a loan. If you cannot afford it outright then you won't be able to afford the repayments and interest. Store card loans are the worst as the interest is huge. A friend worked for a large chain store and said 85% of people don't pay off their loan in the interest free year or 2 years and end up paying a huge amount extra for their item.
Burs 4 years ago
Many people need a car to be able to work so by your logic they would be unemployed forever since they cant afford a car and cant find a job. Life isnt that easy.
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The sofa that is not in contact with a wall.
Lucas 4 years ago
Wow, I have two sofas not in contact with the walls. Woohoo, I'm rich! I'm rich... oh, hang on... no I'm not.
M O'Connell 4 years ago
Is it because they're defining a "room"? My 'library' is the space between my bookshelves and my sofa. So is my 'foyer', ha.
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Mazer 4 years ago
I have a sofa, it does not hit the wall, only because the place was poorly designed not big
Anta Babb 4 years ago
I feel like whoever wrote this was just trying to get at the point that rich people don't have to worry about pushing their couches/sofas all the way back into the wall to make the most of every inch of floor space available since they can afford housing that is larger than 1000 sq ft. at the very least
ChickyChicky 4 years ago
In a book I read, a child defines "rich" to her friend as: "when you don't always have someone's bed in the living room."
Anke Dieken 4 years ago
Well, we store our folding chairs behind the sofa, so it is not in contact with a wall, but we're not rich.
D. Pitbull 4 years ago
The add-on to this is missing.... It would more accurately read like: "The sofa that is not in contact with a wall, yet is not encroaching on another room - and the living room still feels spacious"
Marlisa Flanders 4 years ago
That makes sense. We commoners normally push the sofa against the wall to undermind the furniture because the illusion of space in a common sized house is more important. The rich have HUGE square houses, so they have to throw furniture in the middle to make their guests cozy. No irony here ...
#20
Buying art. And not Instagram art, but gallery dealer art.
SealOfDisapproval 4 years ago
I'm not wealthy by any means, but I do buy gallery art. For a price of a vacation abroad - or less - I can get a piece speaks to me and will stay with me. It's an investment in my well-being and general happiness.
A Head 4 years ago
Same. My wife and I love to peruse galleries, and find something we like. Typically not super expensive, and we save up for it, but I love walking around the house and seeing original, unique art.
Load More Replies... StrawberryParfait 4 years ago
The same artists you see in galleries have Instagrams. Social media is a thing.
Jocelyn Dae 4 years ago
I'm so poor I wait until the end of January and I buy a calendar for that year. Then use the pictures as prints.
Marnie 4 years ago
I will never understand the appeal of buying art for the wall. How many times can a person look at the same thing and still appreciate it? If I saw it in the gallery, why would I ever need to see it again? How can it possibly be worth more than $20 as decoration? I honestly don't understand it.
Pungent Sauce 4 years ago
Wealthy person commissions artist, artist makes art, wealthy person has art appraised by friendly appraiser in the millions, wealthy person buys art, donates art, get massive tax write off, artist and appraiser also make bank. It’s a good racket.
M O'Connell 4 years ago
I enjoy art, but I would never buy something with its future value in mind. I'm interested in something that speaks to me. Its value can be assigned by the estate agents after I'm dead.
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I worked at a gas station in the 90s when Steve Wozniak would come in to get gas. He dressed in shorts a t-shirt and flip flops and drove a $120k car.
#22
Being completely clueless about how people who have to manage their money have to live.
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
Could just be people who don't manage household finances too. My friend's dad couldn't even balance a check book when his wife died ( he was elderly and only had a 6th grade education and the wife handled the finances) so my friend had to go once a month to pay his bills and balance the checkbook. My dad also got an allowance of 100 bucks a week and the rest went in the pot for my mom to handle finances cause he didn't want to know. And some people are just terrible at math/ money management. In undergrad our history department chair was banned from writing checks by his wife cause he kept bouncing them. It is easier now with digital apps though
Linda Rogers 4 years ago
In the late seventies I worked in a dealing room in the City. Most of the directors went to Eton or Harrow and had no concept of how ordinary people lived. There were lots of strikes and unrest at that time. Two of them were reading the paper and talking about people striking for more money. One of them said, I don’t understand, why don’t they just liquidate a trust fund. The next minute he was on the telephone ordering wine to be delivered to his country estate. Unbelievable.
Pungent Sauce 4 years ago
Lived with a very wealthy divorcée for a few years, after my mom died she was quite irritated I rented out her house instead of “just selling it so you have the money”. Fast forward and I have nice, small, place to live, by myself. Thanks mom!
#23
Affording healthcare in America
Burs 4 years ago
Or in Europe affording to go to real specialists that will take care of you and not the overcrowded poor public doctors who are overworked and underpaid and don't care anymore. My mum is getting blind and she needed to pay a private doctor (medium range not fancy private) because the public doctor had such a long waiting list that she would have been blind by then.
Hugh Willie Mungous 4 years ago
Sometimes the best consultants just work in your local hospital - not Harley Street. Furthermore, sometimes those private hospital just do not have the necessary equipment. Sometimes they use NHS facilities. Mostly they and their staff were all trained by the State and by the NHS. Paying top dollar (or £pound) doesn't necessarily guarantee you the best treatment. Neither does it guarantee you caring staff.
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ThePracticalSarcastic 4 years ago
depends on your job. mine is free...nothing more than a $50 co-pay and usually that's only $10.
#24
SORT: PRICE: High to Low.
Michelle M 4 years ago
This hits below the belt ngl. My price is always Low to High and I stop checking out the product when the price exceeds the highest amount for low.
J. Normal 4 years ago
If you can... try and go up ONE level - you will get better quality and it will last longer and actually save you money. Of Course right now with prices & gouging, all bets are off.
Load More Replies... Anne 4 years ago
This is only true for new rich (nouveau riche) that like to live the "brand name life". Really rich people do not do this. They search quality, not price.
Eglė Bukauskaitė 3 years ago
i do for the lolz to see how ludicrious, i.e., glasses or face cream, or hair dryer, or pet food can get. If possible, i try sorting by "most popular > least popular) - if anything people might've done their research
Potato fries 4 years ago
That's probably more I'm rich and dumb. People who have money will probably look at the quality of the product first.
Kirsten Kerkhof 4 years ago
I do that only for cross-stitch sets. But that is because I embroider so much that if it's not a huge project it'll be finished in negative time.
#25
Not checking the price before making a purchase.
Eglė Bukauskaitė 3 years ago (edited)
i do that, just not in premium shops. Though i did buy a coat over 100€and it was not worth that kind of money
Mazer 4 years ago
My friend is a multimillionaire, he buys all of his shirts when they are on sale. All of them.
Gin 4 years ago
Whenever I look at higher priced items that are finally in the sales all the best colours have gone and it's hard to get my size, which is just an ordinary UK size 10.
Load More Replies... Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
I do that all the time because usually I have a ball park idea of what things cost and money set aside. Plus I do my big shopping when I have gotten my summer bonus or paid for side work and know there is plenty of money on the card. I also hate doing math
#26
They have connections. These don't have to be crazy let me call the mayor type of things but if you say your looking for a job or something and they offer to put you in contact with people they probably are doing well
Two_rolling_black_eyes 4 years ago
That's the ugly secret they don't teach you in high school - its more important who you know than what you know. Both the owner of a garage and the guy running a hedge fund are more likely to hire a friend or someone they met at a tailgate party than a random person with a great resume because they've passed the eyeball test. That's also how the guy whose family makes enough money that he can do an unpaid internship goes to work at the hedge fund of a former fraternity brother and then gets hired over the guy who graduates top of their class at State U but had to work summers to make money instead.
Denny Cwiek 4 years ago
If you are having a hard time finding a job: Network, network, network! People are much more likely to hire someone connected to someone else they know than a complete stranger. Don't forget to remind your interviewer of the contact who referred you.
Dave P 4 years ago
Lot of non-Rich people have connections. back in college AOC got her professors to recommend her for an internship with Senator Ted Kennedy, two years that internship got her a job in a major progressive political org, which resulted in being poached by a different org where at 26 she was their North East Regional Director (her part-time weekend bartending for fun, because part of her myth that she was a simple bartender who became a congresswoman) and from there she ran for congress and had built up connections which resulted her in having a bigger campaign war chest and more help than a DNC Vice Chair and multi-Term incumbent in her primary and won, and being a 10:1 Democrat district, won her race, and now is in congress. You dont have to be rich to get contacts.
Janice Blaufox 4 years ago
My father used to say that it wasn't what you know but who you know.
Pamela Blue 3 years ago
I was lucky when I was younger and job hunting. My best friend's dad was the HR manager of City Hall, and he loved me. LOL! It didn't matter what job I went for, he always gave me a glowing reference and I got the job. However, I didn't take that for granted. I always made sure my work ethic was top notch because I didn't want to prove him wrong. LOL!
iluvanimals 4 years ago
I got a wholesome story to share. About 25 years ago I went to college program for Occupational Therapy Assistant. It was very tough to get in, I even had to volunteer at a hospital before being allowed in program. I quit three months into the program. The two teachers were brand new at teaching, and took the jobs only because they were burnt out. I did really well in some areas like medical terminology, but it was pure chaos with no direction and their teaching skills were horrible. Truthfully, they both should have just left the field. We were given a tour of the part of the hospital OTA worked in, because we be part of legit medical field, and one of them turned around and... It's not what you know, it's who you know. Half of the class dropped out at the same time I did.
#27
Minimalism by choice
Dilly Millandry 4 years ago
Me. My husband is the opposite and seems to just naturally create it wherever he goes.
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Jackie Porter 4 years ago
Poor people cannot afford to be minimalist. They'll never know when they need something and can't afford to buy it so hang on to everything 'just in case'.
Pungent Sauce 4 years ago
Even with a now-steady income I have a tough time not hoarding food items “just in case”.
Pilot Chick 4 years ago
Very true. If you have money you don’t need to keep things just in case and anything can be replaced quickly.
#28
Through my work as a lawyer, I have a number of wealthy clients. The most common trait between them is an easy-going demeanor along with a bit of a sense of entitlement, though not so much in a rude way. They are used to getting their way and are usually able to accomplish it through some combination of charm and money.
A likeable charmingness is another common trait. It may be that most of the wealthy people I know are business owners, and their good manners and conversation skills go a long way in their course of business. There could be a bit of a bias here just because I don’t really know any really wealthy people other than “small” business owners, but I have scarcely met a brash or rude person with real wealth so far as I know.
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
Go hang out a high end horse farms if you want to see rude and entitled.
Pungent Sauce 4 years ago
Yep, had a friend who had “pet” horses. Insanely expensive to maintain, and the other people in that social circle were (generally) insufferable
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Ross Duncan 3 years ago
oh the entitlement is real! I had a client whose boss came from insane amounts of wealth. She wanted someone to deliver some mental health first aid courses at her business so contacted me. She got realy, really pissed when I refused to do a slap dash job. My initial client tried explaining... she always gets her way... not this time. The concept of someone saying no had never occured to her.
Black Karen 4 years ago
He has never met a surgeon then. My god they think the world of themselves.
Mazer 4 years ago
I’m sorry this is rubbish too. Go down to the local pharmacy when your client picks up their monthly meds and see how well things go when they are told it isn’t available. I live on the wrong side of the tracks in a very affluent area, I see what happens when the entitled are denied. It isn’t pretty
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
Arseholes are arseholes. It has nothing to do with how much money they have.
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Shadow Phillips 4 years ago
There's a difference between being rich, and being wealthy.
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Buying specialty equipment for a new sport or hobby. Poor people rent or buy used stuff for their hobbies, and if they do buy supplies get the low end version rather than the fancy stuff.
John C 4 years ago
investing in a sport/hobby you enjoy often is a way to SAVE money on rental equipment. I know the scuba pic above probably wasn't sanctioned by the submission author, but it's a great example: if I hadn't bought my BCD, weights, regs, tanks, suits and other ancillary equipment early on, I would have paid many times that amount by now renting the stuff.
Thomas 4 years ago
Yes, if you enjoy it "often". If I understood OP correctly, they're talking about those who "oh, never did scuba diving before, let's buy ten grands of gear first, then we'll see if I like it".
Load More Replies... Deborah Blair-Krosnicki 4 years ago
Yes. This. I had friends growing up who were really into skiing. I'm like I don't even have money to rent the skis let alone get the pass to go up the hill.
Potato fries 4 years ago
And this is why I don't own ice skates-ice skates cost 300 plus dollars, cheaper ones are non existent same with second hand, so I use the rented ones.
Mazer 4 years ago
Not true, I wait until people tire of the fad, put up the item for half of its cost new. Going out after a storm has resulted in one good quality kayak, the other top line kayak I got for a steal. It was a rental, the rental upgrades every two years. Now I can kayak with friends who can’t afford to rent
Gin 4 years ago
Sorry, but isn't that what it says? You are buying used and they said 'poor people rent or buy used stuff'. 😕
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Not having a case on your phone.
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
I don't have a phone case. Nothing I do would require one as its always either in my pocket or on a desk/ bed. Though I did buy a waterproof pouch for rafting
Henry Halliday 4 years ago
You don't take it out of your pocket outdoors? Whenever I drop mine, it's usually because I've mishandled taking it out my pocket. My £15 case has saved me so many cracked screens!
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Pungent Sauce 4 years ago
Weird flex but true. Premium Apple Care will have a new phone FedEx’d to your house immediately, friend got hers replaced in less than 8hrs, living out in the boonies.
Aunt Messy 4 years ago
I did that recently as well. My old phone threw a fit over a software update, so I ordered a new one and they sent it with an UberEats driver. It was slick. They also sent a recycling box so I could send them my old phone for recycling and a discount. ....///.... I ALWAYS put a borosilicate glass screen protector on my electronic devices, plus a slim flip case (that is NOT a wallet). ...///... Yes, I can afford to replace my stuff when I need to, but I always protect it. Comes of growing up poor. ...///... The rich don't stay rich by spending money unnecessarily.
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Raven Reeves 4 years ago
I have a very thin minimalist case on mine for the purpose of the ring on the back. It serves 2 purposes. 1) the metal ring connects to my magnet phone holder in my car. 2) the ring serves as a stand as I read my book on Kindle.
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
I never have. I love the look of my phone. Best of all, the screen never breaks.
#31
I had a friend at university about 25 years ago who I'd assumed was from a similar background to my other friends and mine — middle class. The only thing that gave him away eventually was when I saw a letter he had written to his parents. In addressing the envelope, he had only needed to put the name of his house and the county it was in. No other details required. Turned out, his parents basically owned most of that county, and he was a viscount.
#32
Dressing like a hobo inside exclusive clubs and be served as the most important person there.
#33
The family is well traveled. Travelling can be done cheaply on an individual basis but that takes a lot dedication and planning. If the whole family is well traveled they probably are just well off
#34
“Hey, do we have any milk in the fridge?” “Which one?”
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
Plenty of poor people have a basement or garage fridge they got from some relative/ the curb
DuchessDegu 4 years ago
I have two fridge-freezers plus one fridge and one chest freezer 😆 One fridge-freezer and stand alone fridge were left by the previous owner and I already had a small fridge-freezer and a chest freezer! They all work but just one in use so the rest will be donated at some point!
#35
One weird detail that I've noticed about the wealthiest people I've known is that they minimize their assets. They don't own their house, they've formed a trust fund that does. They don't own a car (or jet, or yacht), a private LLC does (that leases to the individual for $1 a year or something).
Chris Freeman 4 years ago
No, its lawsuit avoidance. An asset is not taxed, income is.
Load More Replies... jk nbt 4 years ago
trust funds are the way the rich preserve wealth that goes to the next generation... it survives the death of the owner intact, no inheritance taxes, ownership transfers to heirs without a hitch... you have to be super-rich (in 2021 the federal estate tax exemption amount is $11.7 million for an individual) to need this in the first place since the beginning point for inheritance taxes is high... state inheritance tax laws vary
#36
Not knowing how much basic things cost. When you're living paycheck to paycheck you know exactly how much you're going to need to buy groceries or pay bills. Rich people have everything on autopay, because they always have money.
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
I know plenty of poor people with autopay too. F****d me over royally when my friend died and autopay paid out but her work refused to deposit her last paycheck without a huge amount of paperwork. God it was such a mess to fix. I do not use autopay
#37
Being unreasonably cheap with really weird and specific things.
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
Worked for a super rich lady, importing $50-100,000 dollar horses from Germany. She would buy new lux leather halters and then forbid us to put them on the horses, so they sat in a cupboard and grew mold. She also left the horses in the care of highschool students and a potsmoking hippie paid minimum wage. At least one horse got seriously injured when it pushed past a girl and got his leg caught in the manure spreader. Tore half his hoof off.
#38
Having no clue what a gallon of milk should cost. $1? $5? $10?
Chris 4 years ago
A GALLON of milk?? That's like 5 litres... why on earth are you buying that much milk?!
digitalin 4 years ago
I live in America and regularly buy 2 gallons of milk on a shopping trip. I think that's roughly 7.5 litres. We put it in dry cereal for breakfast, we drink it by the glassful, we dunk cookies in it, we put it in tea. Very rarely does it go bad before we get more. But that's just our household-- a lot of people don't regular drink milk with meals.
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Cactus McCoy 4 years ago
Actually, i don't know how much a gallon of milk is. Main reason: I don't know how many liters are in a gallon. I cannot remember that for the heck of it.
beastmachine. 4 years ago
In India milk barely costs 70 cents a litre and is almost never UHT, fresh every day
Lucas 4 years ago
It doesn't mean that though. It means they don't actually buy it, paid staff do and if you told them milk was £10 a litre they wouldn't know if you were lying.
Load More Replies... Monday 4 years ago
I have no idea what a gallon of milk should cost either....partly because the litre/gallon conversion escapes me and partly because I buy long-life milk in bulk and thus never see the price for each individual box.
over it already 4 years ago
In North Carolina (US,) currently am paying something like $2.75 per gallon.
Load More Replies... Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
Well that could also be living in countries that don't sell milk in gallons or just not drinking much of it
Two_rolling_black_eyes 4 years ago
Replace milk with the local staple in your markets. The US uses milk as our base commodity because its almost a universal item. We get milk with our pizza or goulash in school lunches. The point is when you can afford to have a fund set aside so someone else can buy all your food for you, one never has to learn the cost of bare necessities. A poor person doesn't know the cost to charter a flight because they never have to do it. A 22 year-old bartender knows the cost of a bus pass but not how much car insurance is. You learn the price of things when you have to pay for that item. You can tell someone's economic bracket on what they do know the cost of.
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Properly tailored clothing.
Hugh Willie Mungous 4 years ago
Always watch out for the shoes - the shoes are the biggest giveaway of all.
#40
Where I live if you don’t have someone living in your garage I’d say you’re pretty rich. (Silicon Valley)
#41
I work in a library and suggested teaching basic car maintenance to teens and 20 somethings…how to check your oil, top off fluids, change a flat, etc. My coworker remarked why? Everyone’s parents buys them triple A… I was so shocked I just stared
over it already 4 years ago
Checking oil, fluids, etc is important so you don't kill your car completely, not just about getting stranded. And I have AAA (courtesy of my anxious mother even though I'm 40+) but just yesterday stopped and helped a man who had no jack change his flat tire. Skills are skills and you should learn all you can.
Frisinator 4 years ago
Pretty sure AAA doesn’t pay for blown engines cuz you never check the oil. Just sayin.
M O'Connell 4 years ago
Particularly if you're towing a trailer. Trailers up to a certain size are covered with AAA, but if you were paying cash you would effectively be paying for two different tows!
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Tami 4 years ago
Having AAA is no a big deal. My folks, upper-middle class, started me on it when I started driving, and I've kept it since then. We've used it many times for towing, as our camper vans have been American vehicles and have broken down several times. Also, I've locked my keys in the car a couple times and AAA got me in. As for flat tires, changing them yourself is usually faster than waiting for a AAA service to come, although if you're in a dangerous place, such as on the side of the freeway or in a bad neighborhood, it's nice to have a pro come help.
Alex Bailey 4 years ago
Is AAA the only national roadside assistance company in the US? It's the only one that I've ever seen mentioned.
Load More Replies... Carrie de Luka 4 years ago
Only is relative. Maybe that is still a stretch for some people who need a vehicle for work but are only just getting by? My husband has Green Flag and that's £12.22 a month in the UK.
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#42
Gear. Went on a hike/bike/kayak tour or the Sipan islands and my wife and I got to know this slightly older couple that was with us. As other posts will say they wore very non descriptive clothes. Upscale leisure athletic, I would call it, but what screamed "rich" to me were the little things. Dudes watch was super high end, their equipment was top notch and their custom bikes were easily 5K each. Turns out they are both lawyers making oodles of money and travel when they get good deals.
#43
Spending hours researching a product so you can be certain you’re buying the absolute highest quality that money can buy.
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
OMG, I think I just met my doppelganger. I'm also an assistant to a multimillionaire and my name is Anne. How weird is that?
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A rich kid at university once asked me with a straight face why I was working over the summer instead of going abroad to have a break.
#45
Buying new furniture, not from ikea or the like. That stuff is expensive.
Ragnhild Nilsen 4 years ago
Most (or at least many) don't have to buy new if they don't want to. The ancestral home of the Old Money brigade is filled with high quality furniture that's lasted for decades and generation. They don't buy new Corbusier chairs for thousand of dollars, they take the one their great grandfather bought in the 1930's down from the attic
Burs 4 years ago
It angers me because often the 'expensive' furniture stores (again not for billionaires but expensive) sell the same crap as ikea (and looks like ikea) but for ten times the price. At least in the past they sold good quality pretty furniture.
M O'Connell 4 years ago
Good quality furniture is often assembled with much higher quality methods, regardless of what the upholstery looks like on the outside. I trash-picked some moderately-priced dining chairs, they were made of solid wood, but many small pieces of solid wood laminated together. The front legs, seat and rear frame were held together with bolts. It looked alright, but was not very solidly constructed. Good furniture built using traditional joinery techniques would be much more stable and last much longer, but it can't be flat-packed for overseas shipping. Good furniture is unlikely to be shipped across an ocean.
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#46
I don’t know if this is “small” but Steve Jobs never had a license plate on his car. He’d always lease for five months and 29 days, because in California you have to get a license plate within 6 months. His assistant would drop off his lease and pick up a new one. I used to live in the Bay Area and saw him leave Apple and head straight into the carpool lane at full speed. He never cared about getting ticketed.
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
That's cause fines only punish the poor, unless its a country that makes fines income proportionate, which the US does not
Just JoLynn 4 years ago
Serious questions: How would a country go about making fines income proportionate? Does every person that receives a fine have to go to court and have their household income assessed by the government before assigning an amount, if so how does this benefit the lower income people who can't hardly afford the fine let alone to time off to deal with the courts? Also, are their any countries that actually do this?
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Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
The police wouldn't stop him? You don't need plates to be pulled over.
Dave P 4 years ago
They get a temporary plate which is a sticker in the back window. Since his changed every few months, he did it for security.
Load More Replies... Mazer 4 years ago
Your information is incorrect. “ Drivers are responsible for putting those plates on their newly purchased or leased vehicle within 90 days of their purchase date. On average, license plates are received between 14 and 30 days after the sale goes through” PS - Leasing can be cost effective, depending on the lease.
#47
If they pay with a black card, the rewards on those things are ridiculous and the criteria to get one is also ridiculous
Aunt Messy 4 years ago
If you qualify for a black card you never pay interest. It's paid in full every month (or week) out of a bank account.
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In high end stores or high ticket price item places they walk in and are clearly confident they are supposed to be there. I don't mean in the cliché holiday were are the peasants to wait on me kind of way just that they know they belong. Someone who is there to make their "first big purchase" or whatever often looks nervous. The people window shopping look awestruck
#49
Lack of stress, eat out a lot, are never phased by surprises like “oh my tires punctured” “ovens broke” “I need a new boiler”. They can just get them
#51
A friend of mine from Catholic school where they wore uniforms said expensive belts and shoes were rich kid indicators. I guess it was a matter of degrees, it was an expensive school so everyone was doing ok, but if a kids rocking To Boot New York kicks, their parents are balling
Burs 4 years ago
This. A lot of people claim that uniforms make students equal and prevent classism. It is not true at all. I went to a catholic school and the rich ones showed off with their jackets, backpacks and shoes so at the end it was the same plus not being able to express yourself
#52
Not bragging about how rich you are
Michelle M 4 years ago
Not true. The d**k race between Bezos and Musk is the highest form of bragging ever.
#53
Having legit wealth tends to create an entourage. I had a relative who had not only money but a certain degree of power. He was able to give relatives jobs. Some for actual qualifications, some made up. He had legit goons who would take shots at you if you messed with their meal ticket.
#54
2 sheets of 1/2” plywood just stored up in a shed
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
Seems weirdly specific. And most people I know with farms have a woodpile somewhere that has plywood and a bunch of other stuff just hanging around
Chris Wade 4 years ago
It's probably a joke on how bloody expensive wood has become after the pandemic.
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John and Brandy Keippala 4 years ago
That's the truth right there!!!! And I bet they don't even browse the cull lumber, much less determine what gets repaired at home that week based on what is available in cull.
#55
Pumping gas at the empty 76 station rather than the Arco across the street that's $0.35/gal cheaper.
#56
Had to teach my fiancee how to use a broom, and how to wash dishes.
Burs 4 years ago
I had a 31yo man (not rich) who didn't even knew how to do laundry because mummy and mummy 2.0 (aka exgirlfriend) did everything for him. He pretended that i would do these things for him and I told him to f**k off. He never cleaned, stole our stuff (shampoo and so) and never payed rent (but had money for partying, weed and cocaine). Parasite...
#57
The size of the bathtub. Us normies can enjoy the luxury of a bath but in a tub that is just a little too short or too narrow, noone in their right mind would spend an extra few thousands to get a slightly bigger bath... Unless...
Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
A bath and a separate shower in the same room screams wealth. Add a heated towel rail and maid rolled towels and you know you've made it.
Aunt Messy 4 years ago
I haven't seen a house built in the last 20 years that DIDN'T have a separate shower - at all price ranges.
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Van life. I saw someone who did the math and just the basic necessities to set it up was over 30 grand. I think that wasn't including the actual camper. So not only would you need lots of money to even start it, but you'd need a pretty stable job to sustain it. Note I'm talking about when they're constantly traveling the country in a large camper.
Burs 4 years ago
Right? I follow some youtubers who do van life and their expenses are incredibly high for a ridiculously small home. For that money they could own a nice place near their family and travel abroad from time to time. Its ok if they want to be nomadic but they sell it as 'simple living'.
Aunt Messy 4 years ago
It's certainly simpler than having family around all the time
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This is not necessarily specific to being wealthy but often correlates and that is they expect to be listened to. Again this isn't the pretentious talking down to kind of thing so much as a confidence thing. Wealthy people typically have jobs with influence and other people working for them. They are used to having people expect direction from them, providing it and being listened to.
#60
I was walking around San Francisco with some friends from work late at night after drinking. One of them, who was the daughter of a member of the board of our very big company, was walking the same direction as me so I offered to walk with her a while. I live fairly far from SF and I had to catch an Uber home. She asked me why I was walking the several blocks with her and I said “to get out of the surge zone.” It was very clear that she likely either doesn’t know what a surge zone is with Uber or that it absolutely has no impact on her choice in taking one.
#61
Here in the UK, if you wear a pair of mustard coloured corduroy trousers and a red jacket, or a similar combination
Aunt Messy 4 years ago
I swear the British don't know how to dress themselves. It's the home of the most wonderful bespoke tailoring in the world, and even the extremely wealthy go around looking like an unmade bed.
#62
When they have an accountant rather than a "guy who does my taxes".
M O'Connell 4 years ago
What about of they call the "guy who does my taxes" their accountant, even if taxes is all they do?
#63
If you've ever been on the campus of a prestigious college or university in the U.S., everyone is in shape and gorgeous. Well, almost everyone.
#64
Having a couple of rental properties
ThePracticalSarcastic 4 years ago
um...you dont have to be uber rich to have this. just smart.
#65
Gartered dress socks. Completely invisible status symbol. Totally unnecessary. Gives the fat cat an edge in negotiations, knowing that their silk stockings are buttressed by a rarely donned anachronistic garment, and that their opponent is relying on a cheap elastic weave to keep their trashy blended socks affixed to their calves, strait and tight.
Just JoLynn 4 years ago
Yeah, the military does this for their dress blues and once you get used to it it's comfortable and you keep it going when you get out and you're most likely not a wealthy person.
What do you think ?
Burs 4 years ago
I would add buying apartments for their kids so they don't need to worry. Giving somebody a house for free is definitely giving them a fortune since they will never pay a loan. My aunt is rich (family money she is hardworking and normal) and gave both my cousins a really nice apartment. I will never be able to own a home.
Anne 4 years ago
I am a personal assistant to someone wealthy of the old wealth kind. I think the most important one is that they outsource tasks that give them time to do other things. A driver so you can do business while traveling, a PA (hi) to make sure your life is scheduled properly, maids to clean, a gardener, stylist for clothes shopping etc.
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
Yep. My boss outsources EVERYTHING and spends all his time building and flying model aircraft (yes, really).
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All's Gravy 4 years ago
When one's "estate" means your own house, outbuildings and grounds and doesn't refer to a square mile of hundreds of other people's houses. 😄
Steve Wilson 4 years ago
I worked for a software company that sold a special type of manufacturing software that was very expensive & usually purchased by a factory. So it’s unusual when a private individual buys it but that’s what happened & I was sent to train the guy “on site”, which turned out to be a huge mansion with a large garage that contained several vintage race cars & a couple of expensive CNC machines in the corner. The guy I taught the software to was one of the guys who worked in the garage of this mega-estate. He was a very good student & after the last training session was over as I was leaving the estate I asked “who owns this place, anyway?”. He looked kinda sheepish & said “I do”. The guy was retired from a “data collection company”. (Yep, just what you think. A company much like Ross Perot’s EDS). After my initial shock & amusement I asked him “So how much do you know about me anyway?” He chuckled & said “more than you know about yourself “. I thought he was one of the mechanics.
ric carter 4 years ago
Location, location. In USA we're middle-class retirees. When we visit family in Central America, who'd be middle-class in USA, we and they are filthy rich. It's disconcerting to vacation at a resort with impoverished peasants standing outside, glaring at los ricos.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
That only works if you have the salaries from USA. If you have the salaries of CA you would be as poor as them. You are just benefiting from their poverty.
Load More Replies... Burs 4 years ago
I would add buying apartments for their kids so they don't need to worry. Giving somebody a house for free is definitely giving them a fortune since they will never pay a loan. My aunt is rich (family money she is hardworking and normal) and gave both my cousins a really nice apartment. I will never be able to own a home.
Anne 4 years ago
I am a personal assistant to someone wealthy of the old wealth kind. I think the most important one is that they outsource tasks that give them time to do other things. A driver so you can do business while traveling, a PA (hi) to make sure your life is scheduled properly, maids to clean, a gardener, stylist for clothes shopping etc.
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
Yep. My boss outsources EVERYTHING and spends all his time building and flying model aircraft (yes, really).
Load More Replies... All's Gravy 4 years ago
When one's "estate" means your own house, outbuildings and grounds and doesn't refer to a square mile of hundreds of other people's houses. 😄
Steve Wilson 4 years ago
I worked for a software company that sold a special type of manufacturing software that was very expensive & usually purchased by a factory. So it’s unusual when a private individual buys it but that’s what happened & I was sent to train the guy “on site”, which turned out to be a huge mansion with a large garage that contained several vintage race cars & a couple of expensive CNC machines in the corner. The guy I taught the software to was one of the guys who worked in the garage of this mega-estate. He was a very good student & after the last training session was over as I was leaving the estate I asked “who owns this place, anyway?”. He looked kinda sheepish & said “I do”. The guy was retired from a “data collection company”. (Yep, just what you think. A company much like Ross Perot’s EDS). After my initial shock & amusement I asked him “So how much do you know about me anyway?” He chuckled & said “more than you know about yourself “. I thought he was one of the mechanics.
ric carter 4 years ago
Location, location. In USA we're middle-class retirees. When we visit family in Central America, who'd be middle-class in USA, we and they are filthy rich. It's disconcerting to vacation at a resort with impoverished peasants standing outside, glaring at los ricos.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
That only works if you have the salaries from USA. If you have the salaries of CA you would be as poor as them. You are just benefiting from their poverty.
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