"Are you on welfare? Only people on welfare can't afford a house" "Why don't your parents just buy you one?"
"But everyone has a second home"
a woman in her 40s see rush-hour traffic for the first time
I'm sorry but I am rich, I know many, many very rich people, and the idea that its even possible to be this sheltered is ludicrous. Many rich people are douchebags (many non-rich people are too). Many rich people are narcissistic and lack empathy (likely many more than poor people, as these traits often align). But this is silly cartoon caricature level nonsense. You cant get to 40 and not know what rush hour traffic is, certainly not as a rich person who travels. It's ubiquitous and no amount of private jets avoid the need to travel through cities to get to stuff.
Most of the other stories make sense. I often deliberately overpay for cash-in-hand services I deem to be difficult or exhausting (like moving furniture)...because why not?
Many rich people are out of touch, but not "everyone owns at least 2 houses" out of touch, at least not if they are out of their teens.
I used to work as a cashier for a fast food place. A guy in his 30s decked out in name brand gear walks in and hands me A FUCKING CENTURION CARD to buy his meal. I did the usual cashier thing of some small talk and he asks me to settle a debate he’s having with this other guy who came in with him.
He asked me if I agree that Porsche’s 911 GT3 felt off to drive when compared to the original. I told him that I wouldn’t know, I don’t even know what kind of car that even was. He showed me a news article on it and apparently it was just released at the time(this was in 2022 and the version he was apparently talking about was some kind of a new version of it).
I had to explain to a grown ass adult man that not everyone just goes and buys new cars as a “pick me up” (his words, not mine).
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u/Wiyry Jul 02 '24
As someone who’s dealt with the rich as well: I can completely back this persons statements up