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Some Rich People Are Quite Clueless About How Regular People Live And Here Are 40 Stories Twitter Users Shared That Prove It
We all live on the same planet, but it is so diverse that it might seem that we are living in a different dimension. It can depend on the nature that surrounds us, what natural disasters occur, our country’s economic state, the government, the education system and other aspects.
But even people living in the same geographical and political space might not share the same reality. Like how rich people and poor people experience a totally different life. What is the most interesting is that one is not aware of how good or how bad the other’s life is.
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One Twitter user might have had her eyes opened to this phenomenon because she asked “You ever watch a rich person's expression change when you ask a question that's too poor?” People had some very amusing and quite concerning stories about the wealthier part of society that are clueless how the majority of the world lives.
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The person who asked the question is Akilah Green, a writer-producer, recovering lawyer and an Emmy loser. The tweet got 58k likes and a lot of people joined the conversation. They not only shared the questions they asked the rich that exposed them as being poor, but also various stories of wealthy people not realizing they are living a privileged life that not many experience.
A screenshot of the tweet with Twitter user Grace Kelley’s answer was posted on Reddit a few days ago and it has already been upvoted over 34k times. The viral story was about a time she was proud of her outfit and bragged to her coworker that it was actually thrifted. Her boss heard that and told her to not say such things as it makes him look bad: her thrifting her outfit means he doesn’t pay her enough.
For real. Work at a grocery store. 8 or the 10 managers have unused degrees that are still being paid for. College does not equal great paying job.
Shock horror, he didn’t pay her enough. We got to know more about the story as the Twitter user saw the Reddit post and commented saying “It was a fashion company that paid $45k/yr in NYC, so I couldn’t afford to get work clothes from anywhere other than a thrift store. The Devil Wears Prada is a documentary lol. Same guy used to pick on me for bringing my lunch from home and go on rants about ‘entitled Millennials’ who wanted too much money.”
Shock horror, he didn’t pay her enough. We got to know more about the story as the Twitter user saw the Reddit post and commented saying “It was a fashion company that paid $45k/yr in NYC, so I couldn’t afford to get work clothes from anywhere other than a thrift store. The Devil Wears Prada is a documentary lol. Same guy used to pick on me for bringing my lunch from home and go on rants about ‘entitled Millennials’ who wanted too much money.”
I don't think it's a "rich people not understanding" in this case. Sounds like gaslighting. I remember in my first job they wanted to not pay me for the first week of work because it was "nothing" and would make the finances "complicated" because it wasn't at the first of the month and some b.s (of course i said no). A few months later when I asked for a raise for an amount less than a week worth work, it wasn't "nothing" at that time...
If $7 isn't an issue to the landlord then he won't mind taking a $7 decrease in rent each month until it's fixed, just saying. Legally you can refuse rent payment if you document your interaction and your broken toilet. Just keep the rent money saved aside in order to win your case. Or document, fix and sue for reimbursement- there are some lawyers that will take these cases pro bono if your case strong.
My mom used to budget to the penny. For about three years in my childhood, we got one loaf of bread a week (roman meal wheat and it like always had hair in it), 7 cans of devilswood potted meat, one package of bologna, one box of non-sugar cereal, and one package of powdered milk. Once a month when my dad (loved him but he could be an ass) paid his $71 in child support, she would sometimes buy some mac and cheese (no butter, but sometimes margarine ) or chef Boyardee if there were no medical bills (and there were always medical bills). That was the food for the week for four of us. So, yeah, sometimes the $7 matters a lot.
When I first moved in to my current place I had the best landlord ever. The toiletseat was one of those flimsy things, installed by the previous tenant, it broke after 2 or 3 months. Where I live normally toiletseats aren't the landlords responsibility, you just buy a new one yourself -they are cheap unless you want a fancy one-. I contacted them and they said I could buy a new one and deduct the cost from the next months rent. There was a leak and they offered to send an emergency crew in the middle of the night (wasn't necessary at all). When the water heater broke they had a company install a new one within 48 hours. And when the initial new one turned out to be too small (maximum of 2 minute warm showers) they had it replaced that same week. Now I feel incredibly lucky for having had such a great landlord. On the other hand, stuff like this should be standard. Sure buy your own 10 euro toiletseat, but anything else should be taken care of
Did you suggest deducting the $7 from your rent, and if that would concern him ?
No matter how much you have, everyone should be concerned about efficiency and waste.
Sounds like someone just got permission to short their rent checks $7.
Am reminded of one George H.W. Bush, who had no clue how much a quart of milk cost.
Reminds me about a guy at university who told me he tried out working and found it to be very pointless and draining and its not for him. Lol.
It wasn’t the only time the boss showed how cheap he was, but the woman isn’t working there anymore and she says that she is making a lot more money in a different state.
The Twitter thread has many more similar stories and it is quite concerning that rich people are almost like a secluded society, not knowing what goes on in regular people’s lives as according to Statista, 37 million Americans, which is about 11 percent of the whole country’s population, lived under the poverty line in 2020.
That means that a family of 4 was earning less than $26,200 or a single person was earning less than $12,760. And even if you are a little bit over the threshold, it is not a lot at all.
37 million is the same amount as it was in 2007, just before the economic crisis in 2008. Between the years of 2009 and 2016, the number was always higher than 40 million, however, it has been decreasing ever since 2014. In 2019, just before the pandemic came, almost 34 million people were living in poverty and the number increased in 2020 when a lot of people lost their jobs due to businesses closing as a measure to fight the virus.
Oh you sweet, innocent, entitled little loaf of a child. You are in school but have so much to learn that schools can't teach you.
If we go outside the US, the numbers are even scarier. In many African countries, more than half of their populations are living in poverty. The global average was 9.3 percent in 2017, according to the World Bank data. That means almost a tenth of the world’s population don’t earn more than $1.9 a day.
We know things best that occur in our reality, but it is important to be curious and learn about the world and be compassionate to those who are less fortunate. But for now it’s just fun to read about how the wealthy receive a reality check. We also would like to hear your stories, so put them in the comments!
And now EVERYONE is too poor to go to Disneyland. Thanks heaps, Bob Chapek!
Wow, hope they got wiser. I was lucky my only friend in primary school was loaded but understood my family was the complete opposite, she was never mean about it, but always tried to help, like I couldn’t afford things at sleepovers the rich kids could, so she would spot me etc.
Goodness. This reminds me of the time my college friend's parents visited my home and the first question out of their mouths is 'how many square feet is it in here' as though that mattered more than us as humans. The mom proceeded to ask my mother if she had a 10 year plan for me. During my mother's stunned silence, the mom cluelessly proceeded to offer to make one for me if I didn't have one?????
If I wrote a book of the DANIELLEISMS...anyone who knows me, knows they are true..hilarious, sad, ironic...but true..lol id be a gazillionaire
That's when u say u don't pay me enough for my own living let alone someone's else! Or two someone else's. Edit yes wrote that like that on purpose
You should have said" I have a very similar one from Target..." lol
This honestly explains a lot about how big news papers/magazines end up writing completely out of touch editorials.
You know, at least they made an effort. So many people get immediately offended by stuff like this, but sometimes rich people are people too and they can be awkward in some situations same as poor people. If they're not being condescending or malicious, then why should it put a fn chip on somebody's shoulder? Maybe, in turn, relate to the awkwardness and both people could wind up with an enriching and rewarding friendship or, at least, experience.
What job do you have that only provides $90/week? I assume this is part time or something since it's a student?
This one isn't entirely accurate. I grew up poor in another country and often had mint jelly...with any meal, really. Yes, that includes free lunches and such. In the country I live now, mint jelly is only found in the foreign food aisle, and mostly purchased by people who think they are high class and 'sophisticated'. It's not about being rich or poor...it's simply where/how the food is marketed.
Oh! The humanity. Dear God how does she find the courage to get dressed each day.
Reminds me of that annoying interview question: dO yOu HaVe ReLiAbLe TrAnSpOrTaTiOn??
If she's a goth I could imagine why she would find a beautiful sunny tropic resort lame. In other news rain is wet.
My bil just got engaged to a rich girl l. She loves all our new furniture and is getting allot of the same stuff for them (not even sure why as she had nice furniture B4 he moved in) thing is she is making him take out a loan to buy all this while mine is all second hand. I find this even more hilarious as her favorite piece is my grey loveseat I got at goodwill for $20
While living in New York City after the Wall Street Crash, I was financially struggling and my friend got me a gig for a repeat client of his on Long Island.The job was to build a PowerPoint for the clients son for a school experiment. The experiment was this: in his father's office building he set up cameras that video taped the kid dropping $5 bill. His hypothesis was that rich people would give the money back to him and poor people would keep it because they are struggling and therefore less honest. I was supposed to build a PowerPoint that stated his experiment worked and clearly poor people did not return the money. The footage showed nothing of the sort, and was just crap all together. I politely tried to explain. Economic status doesn't translate into honesty, and that his assertions were offensive but he did not care. He was a rich brat and believe poor people were scum. There were so many things wrong with the whole situation.
Ha! How many people didn't recognize that scene from Karate Kid (original)???
I've had rich people surprised that I couldn't afford things, such as buying my wife a $600 dress or jetting to Las Vegas for a quick night of gambling. On the other side of the coin, I have little idea of what it's like not having access to potable water or sanitation. So, I guess, everybody has blinders on when it comes to the struggles of poorer people.
Definitely the most sensible comment I've seen so far. Although many are quite funny!
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One time a few people in my class were talking about where they were going on vacation and they said they were going to places like Spain, Greece, Norway etc. They asked me what country I was going to for vacation this year and I said "Um, well we're planning on going to the museum in [very nearby city]..." Then they made a face and started ignoring me.
well at least you know who isn't worth socialising with.
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When people ask, why I don't have a drivers license yet (pretty expensive here in germany, around 2000-3000€)...well, my parents are hardworking but also on almost minimum wage working people and I can't s**t gold either. 🤷🏼♂️ It's not that I don't WANT the drivers licence, finally. But I have to work for it and it will take me some months to get the money together.
Wow, that's a lot. That seems like a great way to prevent poor people from having reliable transportation to work. I know you guys have better public transportation than we do here, but I'm pretty sure our society would just fall apart if we did that in the US.
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Nothing about the US politicians saying "Just buy an electric car" when asked about the increased price of gas.
US politicians can somehow afford multi-million dollar mansions on a $250k annual salary. I'm pretty sure they're getting more money in kickbacks and bribes than their paycheck.
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One of my college roommates is an heiress. She couldn't understand why the other two of us couldn't just go skiing in Colorado one weekend (no notice...she just walked in and asked us if we wanted to go skiing) when we said we couldn't, she became visibly mad at us.
My boss overheard me talking about my three hour round trip commute and asked why I didn’t just move closer to work. The average rent in the area is $1500 a month for a studio and houses are $500k. I was making $15/hr.
I’ve worked for and with some stupidly rich folks, some more stupid than others but my favourite moment was accidentally knocking my Breitling watch on my directors Breitling watch at the bar in the hotel he owned, his words? ‘Jees Gav we MUST be paying you way too much money if you have one of those’, my reply ‘yeah my mate brought it home from Singapore, I think it was about 10 dollars’ he takes his off and compares the two, mine was a halfway decent copy but clearly not as robust or well honed as his, he replies ‘yeah my mate is in the England polo team, they get them FOC ‘cause they are sponsored by Breitling, really good of him to give this to me’. Yeah, that’s not wrong, your mate GIVES you a £7,000 watch for NOTHING, my mate charged me $10 for my knock off 😂😂😂
I struggled for years to try to get a college degree, mostly due to cost, and this was when they were a fraction of the cost they are now. And lost count of the number of people who thought I didn't have a degree because I was "lazy" with absolutely no concept that not everyone just gets their lives handed to them on a platter by their comfortably wealthy parents.
Someone whined to me about being so poor that he had to borrow €60000 from a family member. He genuinely didn't seem to understand that most people don't have relatives who can just hand them that sort of money out of their pockets.
I had just graduated college and found my first career job. I hadn't been there two weeks when the rich owner came to visit the facility. Me being polite, stepped up to owner, extended my hand and said "hello" while introducing myself. This guy literally ignored me like I wasn't even there, stepped around me and kept walking. I looked at my boss, who commented the owner doesn't acknowledge people like us. Later on, I seen him walking back through the facility. I walked up to him again, and told him he put his f*****g pants on the same way I did, and he was nothing special to me. An upper manager immediately walked me out while the plant manager kept apologizing to him. It was so worth it though.
It works the other way around too. My fiancée wanted to buy a suit for my dads wedding. Were not rich but he makes good money. Came in in a band shirt, shorts and sneakers. They didnt want to help us. I told him we could go to the tailor where he got the custom tailored suit last time. When they realized we had money they all of a sudden were willing to help us.
All these stories about being poor. I grew up , upper middle class. When there was a middle class. These days 50, single, no kids. I went broke rescuing dogs. But I still live in a more wealthy area. Even when I go to the gym no matter which one, I have the oldest , biggest POS car in the parking lot. Walking into the gym I pass, bmw. BMW. BMW. Benz, Jaguar , Porsche, Benz. Saw a New vet last week . Even the teens getting out of a bmw 7 series. By the time I get to the gym I'm so depressed I want to go home . Lol
I worked in Vaughan Ontario Canada, very well off area. I drove a 6 year old car I financed straight out of college. I had a coworker ask me why my parents didn't buy me a newer car. When I told her I had to buy it myself she looked as though I was speaking another language.
I have lost so much money before trying to buy blank ATM card and they took my money and run away knowing that they were fraud. Mr Wesley Mark helped me a lot and delivered the card to me through DHL delivery service to my house without any issue. Email him now wesleymarkhackers@gmail.com and get yours or WhatsApp via +1 (928) 272 7056
My friend briefly dated girl from very rich family. I talked with her and once I mentioned I would like to visit Japan someday. She asked: "Why don't you just go?" I told her I don't have money for that. "Just ask your parents, silly"
I've had rich people surprised that I couldn't afford things, such as buying my wife a $600 dress or jetting to Las Vegas for a quick night of gambling. On the other side of the coin, I have little idea of what it's like not having access to potable water or sanitation. So, I guess, everybody has blinders on when it comes to the struggles of poorer people.
Definitely the most sensible comment I've seen so far. Although many are quite funny!
Load More Replies... One time a few people in my class were talking about where they were going on vacation and they said they were going to places like Spain, Greece, Norway etc. They asked me what country I was going to for vacation this year and I said "Um, well we're planning on going to the museum in [very nearby city]..." Then they made a face and started ignoring me.
well at least you know who isn't worth socialising with.
Load More Replies... When people ask, why I don't have a drivers license yet (pretty expensive here in germany, around 2000-3000€)...well, my parents are hardworking but also on almost minimum wage working people and I can't s**t gold either. 🤷🏼♂️ It's not that I don't WANT the drivers licence, finally. But I have to work for it and it will take me some months to get the money together.
Wow, that's a lot. That seems like a great way to prevent poor people from having reliable transportation to work. I know you guys have better public transportation than we do here, but I'm pretty sure our society would just fall apart if we did that in the US.
Load More Replies... Nothing about the US politicians saying "Just buy an electric car" when asked about the increased price of gas.
US politicians can somehow afford multi-million dollar mansions on a $250k annual salary. I'm pretty sure they're getting more money in kickbacks and bribes than their paycheck.
Load More Replies... One of my college roommates is an heiress. She couldn't understand why the other two of us couldn't just go skiing in Colorado one weekend (no notice...she just walked in and asked us if we wanted to go skiing) when we said we couldn't, she became visibly mad at us.
My boss overheard me talking about my three hour round trip commute and asked why I didn’t just move closer to work. The average rent in the area is $1500 a month for a studio and houses are $500k. I was making $15/hr.
I’ve worked for and with some stupidly rich folks, some more stupid than others but my favourite moment was accidentally knocking my Breitling watch on my directors Breitling watch at the bar in the hotel he owned, his words? ‘Jees Gav we MUST be paying you way too much money if you have one of those’, my reply ‘yeah my mate brought it home from Singapore, I think it was about 10 dollars’ he takes his off and compares the two, mine was a halfway decent copy but clearly not as robust or well honed as his, he replies ‘yeah my mate is in the England polo team, they get them FOC ‘cause they are sponsored by Breitling, really good of him to give this to me’. Yeah, that’s not wrong, your mate GIVES you a £7,000 watch for NOTHING, my mate charged me $10 for my knock off 😂😂😂
I struggled for years to try to get a college degree, mostly due to cost, and this was when they were a fraction of the cost they are now. And lost count of the number of people who thought I didn't have a degree because I was "lazy" with absolutely no concept that not everyone just gets their lives handed to them on a platter by their comfortably wealthy parents.
Someone whined to me about being so poor that he had to borrow €60000 from a family member. He genuinely didn't seem to understand that most people don't have relatives who can just hand them that sort of money out of their pockets.
I had just graduated college and found my first career job. I hadn't been there two weeks when the rich owner came to visit the facility. Me being polite, stepped up to owner, extended my hand and said "hello" while introducing myself. This guy literally ignored me like I wasn't even there, stepped around me and kept walking. I looked at my boss, who commented the owner doesn't acknowledge people like us. Later on, I seen him walking back through the facility. I walked up to him again, and told him he put his f*****g pants on the same way I did, and he was nothing special to me. An upper manager immediately walked me out while the plant manager kept apologizing to him. It was so worth it though.
It works the other way around too. My fiancée wanted to buy a suit for my dads wedding. Were not rich but he makes good money. Came in in a band shirt, shorts and sneakers. They didnt want to help us. I told him we could go to the tailor where he got the custom tailored suit last time. When they realized we had money they all of a sudden were willing to help us.
All these stories about being poor. I grew up , upper middle class. When there was a middle class. These days 50, single, no kids. I went broke rescuing dogs. But I still live in a more wealthy area. Even when I go to the gym no matter which one, I have the oldest , biggest POS car in the parking lot. Walking into the gym I pass, bmw. BMW. BMW. Benz, Jaguar , Porsche, Benz. Saw a New vet last week . Even the teens getting out of a bmw 7 series. By the time I get to the gym I'm so depressed I want to go home . Lol
I worked in Vaughan Ontario Canada, very well off area. I drove a 6 year old car I financed straight out of college. I had a coworker ask me why my parents didn't buy me a newer car. When I told her I had to buy it myself she looked as though I was speaking another language.
I have lost so much money before trying to buy blank ATM card and they took my money and run away knowing that they were fraud. Mr Wesley Mark helped me a lot and delivered the card to me through DHL delivery service to my house without any issue. Email him now wesleymarkhackers@gmail.com and get yours or WhatsApp via +1 (928) 272 7056
My friend briefly dated girl from very rich family. I talked with her and once I mentioned I would like to visit Japan someday. She asked: "Why don't you just go?" I told her I don't have money for that. "Just ask your parents, silly"
