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Growing up, most of us thought that money basically existed to buy things and snacks. As we started to become independent, we began to learn about things ranging from insurance to dog-walking services. So if you think you have seen it all, keep reading.
Someone asked, “Those who have worked for the rich, what is a product or service we would never guess exists?” and people shared their best examples. So if you have ever wondered, “What would I do if I was rich?” Now is your chance to update your notes. Be sure to upvote your favorites and share your own ideas in the comments section.
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#1
I worked in a house once in the fancy parts of Oslo, at the time i was a telecom technician and was called out to fix internet issues.
He had his main connection going into the basement and from there got split up to the rest of his house.
While working in the basement i noticed big tanks with the word VOSS on them, for you guys not familiar with VOSS its a brand of super expensive "natural spring water" and i thought it was only sold on glass bottles in the store.
Suddenly this big a*s tanker truck comes up to the house and i see it says VOSS in the side of it and i see the trucker start pulling a hose out and connecting it to a pipe going into the house.
Of course out of curiosity i go and ask the trucker what he was pumping into the guys house.
Turns out apparently VOSS offers a service where they send a plumber to disconnect the main pipes (except for floor heating, toilet and some other pointless stuff) and set up refillable thanks instead which gets connected to the house for basically everything, shower, washing machines, sinks, dish washer, basically any water that gets in contacts with humans and they have level readers of the tanks and will send a truck automatically when they see the water level going low in the tanks.
Absolutely one of the most mind boggling things i've ever witnessed, especially since i live in Norway which probably has one of the worlds cleanest and definitely tastiest waters i've ever come across directly from the sink.
BeepBoop is Lonely (she/they) 1 year ago
okay but what's the point of this??? To shower in expensive water? lmao
Boris Long-Johnson 1 year ago
Try living in England after Scotland. Generally English water is very hard, full of minerals like calcium and lime, where as Scottish water is not. It affects your appliances as they get scaled up, your clothes, hair and tea just doesn’t taste right. Of course you can get water softeners to put in line but this seems like just a fancier more wasteful version.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Penn And Teller used to have a show on HBO calles Bullsh*t. They did an episode about bottled water. They opened a bottled water "boutique" in Manhattan with water Somalies and everything. They were filling all the bottles with the fancy labels with a garden hose out the back door. With bottled water, 99% of the price is that label and container. The water only costs 1%.
Pferdchen 1 year ago
Excellent show. I even bought the DVDs back in the day. It was hilarious watching people offer differing opinions on the exact same hose water based on how it was presented. The episode on how crazy lawns are was fantastic, too.
Load More Replies... CaptainSlapNTickle 1 year ago
Why? It's his money and health. So, why can't he do as he pleases?
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Guðrún Sveinsdóttir 1 year ago
I wouldn't change the water i get for free in Iceland for anything in world. Even our coca cola tastes better because we use icelandic water in it.
Auntriarch 1 year ago
I was on holiday in Sweden, the water was from the Torne river, the best water I've tasted in my life, even better than Welsh water used to be. If they bottled that, I might be tempted (but only to drink)
Load More Replies... Saint_Zipcodus 1 year ago
If you think this is a good investment for your money, you're either malicious towards the environment or pointlessly paranoid.
TheAmericanAmerican 1 year ago
Yet another of COUNTLESS examples of why Billionaires and multi-millionaires should be taxed out of existence! They are literal cancer.
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#2
I used to walk dogs and the dog had his own elevator to his own apartment. Does that count?
Mrs Irish Mom 1 year ago
My dog would think hes being punished if he went in a seperate lift 🙈
Donald Crocker, Jr. 1 year ago
Not rich, but I've always been in the position of having to take care of pets people didn't want that were gifted to them, so I guess that they don't want the pet but they also don't want to put it down or have it suffer. Please never give pets as gifts, it's the one thing I hate about movies like John Wick.
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Vera Diblikova 1 year ago
MAybe is someone in that house allergic to dogs, perfect solution, when you have enough money.
Diemond Star 1 year ago
Dogs are special to me. I would have this for my very special dog if I could afford it .
#3
Shadow Jets. The empty private jet that follows your private jet everywhere so that if there's a delay or maintenance thing you don't have to wait or resort to flying in a charter. Yes this is a thing. Some ultra rich actually take 3 jets everywhere their jet, their shadow, their cargo plane for cars.
CouchChihuahua (He/Him) 1 year ago
IKR, like there r people sweating their a*ses off in their companies struggling to pay for one flight, then theres these mfs with three damn jets
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Jerry Diplo 1 year ago
I was thinking the same thing. The gall, the GD entitlement, that it takes to feel like it’s okay to take such a large dump all over our environment just so your pampered a$$ can travel like this is just infuriating! This is criminal level douche baggery.
Load More Replies... Mrs Irish Mom 1 year ago
And im looked down on for buying a plastic bottle of water because my dog was thirsty on our walk... i usually bring his own reuseable drinking bottle/cup
Lyoness 1 year ago
I love that your dog has his own water bottle. I'm guessing he doesn't like to share. 😁
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rorschach-penguin 1 year ago
Repeat after me: your personal carbon footprint is not the problem. This is a scam sold by oil companies and billionaires.
Ni Na 1 year ago
it's not a secret and even the data from all private jets are online (there is a twitter/X account from a bot where you can see all private jets and how long the flight was).
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Cosmetica Solist 1 year ago
And this is why the richest 10% is responsible for 47% of the worlds CO2 emissions. They are literally killing us all
John Dilligaf 1 year ago (edited)
They do this with yachts too.,....... Yacht Support Vessels (aka shadow yacht or shadow vessel), are specialized ships which provide support and auxiliary functions for the main yacht. ............ They're often used to maintain and transport items that you want close by but don't want cluttering up your main yacht. Such as larger pleasure watercraft (jet skies, sailboats, etc), helicopters, automobiles, motorcycles, etc
In case some of these sound too far-fetched, it’s worth noting that kidnapping and ransom insurance is a sizable industry. While often we think of it as a service for rich families, a common use case is a company buying a policy for valued employees who have to travel to high-risk zones. Interestingly due to moral hazard and risks of fraud, some companies don’t actually tell the employee about the policy.
Interestingly, it’s not actually that expensive on the face of things. Investopedia reports that many policies range from $500 to $2000. This is assuming the person is not a high-profile target and most of these policies have rules that make them void if you travel to high-risk areas. While this isn’t a negligible cost, it’s not nearly as unaffordable as it might seem.
#4
Me! I am a house manager/personal assistant. The fact that my client pays me $60 an hour to fold her husband's underwear, cut vegetables, and handle maintenance is crazy. Obviously, I do do some other things as well, but yeah, me! I work for lovely people and get paid well.
Hey! 1 year ago
Watch Two Weeks Notice before you decide you want that. Starring Hugh Grand and Sandra Bullock. You might change your mind...
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Fabian Bernard 1 year ago
I'm gardening from times to times for a nice wealthy couple, they pay me 41€ an hour ( what a medium lawyer earns there in France for reference) Sadly it's not full time, but it pays me an annual nice travel
YetAnotherSarah 1 year ago
She's paying for a person she can trust. It's not just the tasks. OP is obviously reliable.
Saint_Zipcodus 1 year ago
I'd probably find it easier to do this kind of work for somebody else than for myself. As long as the employers are decent people.
Lupita Nyong'heaux 1 year ago
when i tell you i would fold those drawls and cut them veggies with the UTMOST care and precision, so much so that it would prolly take me a full 8-hour shift... LMAO
#5
Sat next to a guy on a plane who travelled the world creating holiday plans for ultra-wealthy client. He had to go stay at each hotel to test them out and try the activities and everything. He loved travel and organizing anyway, so he just upgraded and got paid for it.
But after a few years it got lonely because you’re always on the move and in new places.
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago (edited)
I'd LOVE this job!!! It might be lonely for some but I'm... I like engaging with people but I also know that I'm fine on my own. I've books, films etc to watch on my phone... But you've a totally new place to experience and explore, new shops... Where can I get the best for the cheapest type thing! (Well... If they're rich they probably won't care about the best for the cheapest thing! 😄)
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
Plus, he got hired to do Boston Legal and still does a ton of Trekkie conventions. (Priceline negotiatior!!! Doesn't exist any more.)
Bored Trash Panda 1 year ago
"had to" doesn't seem like it should be in this.. more like "got to"
CaptainSlapNTickle 1 year ago
Bet he knew tons of local escorts and prostitutes. It's good that he's helping those communities, also.
#6
I’ve made hats for a billionaire’s horse, just because they wanted to take cute selfies of their horse in weird hats. I also made hats out of literal reclaimed garbage that I’ve sold for thousands to the 1%. I’m sorta known in those sorta circles for my bizarre hat designs. Plus I treat my celeb & wealthy clients normally, with no b******t. So I got an established clientele base. Edit: I primarily make custom headwear for humans (primarily inspired by surrealism, CAMP, or drag). I’m Fab Hatters if anybody wants to check out some of my work.
Midwest Mike 1 year ago
YES!!!! THIS I SUPPORT!!! TAKE STUPID RICH PEOPLES MONEY WITH GARBAGE HATS FOR HORSES!!!
rorschach-penguin 1 year ago
I mean, I would buy my cat a hat so I could take cute pictures of my cat. Is this different?
TheAmericanAmerican 1 year ago
Well done, Fab Hatters! Take the rich suckers for everything they're worth!
N.m. Fang 1 year ago
Thanks a BUNCH! 🍌 Our designs are very FRUITY 🍏🍌🍉🍍, in a number of ways! 😉
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#7
The rich moms in my city hire people to get through every “unpleasant” milestone for their children. Did you know there’s companies you can hire to potty train your kids? Or teach them how to ride a bike? There’s even people they will hire to meet with their kids and find a sleep away summer camp to match their kids’ personalities.
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
If you have that much money, it has been branded into you since birth that you must have an heir to carry on the family name. I'm sure it's not true in all cases, but many care less about the child than they do the lineage.
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BarkingSpider 1 year ago
Imagine having to hire someone to get to know your kid to pick a camp for them. Like instead of having a conversation with them yourself and actually being aware of your kid's interests, you just hire a service. This is crazy.
Rahul Pawa 1 year ago
A parent would hopefully know their kid, but researching summer camps or whatever takes a lot of time.
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JenC 1 year ago
It's been a long tradition for wealthy people to have someone else take care of the difficult parts or having kids. You remember in Downton Abbey the nanny took care of the kids. The parent would see them for an hour or two at tea, dressed up and well behaved. Then nanny would tak them back to the nursery.
Natalie Kelsey 1 year ago
I would have had so much less stress and anxiety if I could have paid someone else to potty train my kids. We had so much trouble in this one area. Everything else we had normal amounts of joy or pain or everyday life stuff but potty training was years of mental and emotional anguish on our end and indifference, annoyance and puzzlement on our kids' end.
Dina Jones 1 year ago
Wasn't it 2 months before Paris Hilton learned to change her child's diaper from her sister and the nanny?
#8
You can get paid well (i.e. up to a million U.S. dollars) to NOT buy a private jet.
If you have ordered one (they can take years to get built), and yours is about to get built, someone can offer you $ for the build slot through slot brokers.
Basically a big-time "line stander".
Fabian Bernard 1 year ago
Same thing in the late 80's with Ferraris. You had to wait sometimes 18 months to get a brand new one, so ( rich) people who ordered one and were about to have their car delivered sold their order papers for sometimes twice the buying price ,depending on the model. My father former business partner, who did well in business did this. He had ordered a 328 , sold the papers for 50% more
Gavin Johnson 1 year ago
Pretty much every new top end Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Zonda etc has a waiting list, often you have to be invited by the manufacturer to just get on the list, they try to make people sign deals that stop them from selling the car for 12-24 months after delivery. Brokers have obviously worked their way around the legal bit and massive payments await those who are willing to sell their slot.
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BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 1 year ago
If they don't want to be paid a deposit this will become my retirement plan
Steve Hall 1 year ago
During the slot market crash of 1929, many slot brokers ended themselves by jumping out of jets.
#9
Hiring world famous bands to play full sets for ambience.
Was a waiter at an event where The Killers just casually played their entire back catalogue in the corner.
DB 1 year ago
I knew a guy who saved Brooke Shields from drowning, but he blew the reward money hiring Van Halen to play his birthday party.
Saint_Zipcodus 1 year ago
I once attended a Genesis gig (minus Phil Collins, though) for the company I worked for. Let me tell you, basically nobody in the audience was paying attention.
#10
I worked for a mega-rich person as their dog concierge. My job was to provide everything their dog needed so that when they wanted to pet it or play with it, the dog was ready and they didn’t have to think about it otherwise.
Michelle my Belle. 1 year ago
I agree. One of my favorite parts of my day is when it time to go out and one of my dogs acts like it's the first time she's ever run out into her yard. EVERY SINGLE TIME. 4 times a day every day of her life. She has a zest for life some us could really use sometimes. I would hate to outsource that.
Load More Replies... BarkingSpider 1 year ago
As long as the dog is getting loved on by someone, this is not nearly as bad as the rest. They probably have all the best food, beds, med care, and someone who takes care of them, then a rando ("owner") that visits and cuddles them once in a while.
Saint_Zipcodus 1 year ago
Offspring nurses, dog nurses... Any chance anybody needs me to nurse their big comfy bed in exchange for money?
Griffy 1 year ago
I take care of a lady's dog 3x a week while she's at work. Also open the house if needed for bug guy, etc. She's works from home the rest of the week. The dog is adorable, except she got it from a pet store that got a defective pup from a puppy mill. When the dog was still a pup, he almost died from kidney problems. Had to pick him up daily from the vet. Lady is nice, but can be a bit eclectic.
PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago (edited)
So they liked the idea of having a dog, not so much actually having a dog !? Mind boggling
Barong 1 year ago
So I met this woman who had previously worked for a Royal family to take care of their monkey. Yep. She was the Royal Monkey Tender. Ok I don’t think she had an official title but I told her I would use that on every resumé and LinkedIn if I was her. I guess she met them while working at a restaurant and the monkey liked her and so the former tender (who was not getting along with the family) was let go and she got the job. She traveled with them and lived in the Royal household.
#11
Line standers. Sometimes it’s unavoidable—you need to be in long a queue, and when your time comes, you need to be there yourself.
Enter line standers.
They literally just stand in lines for whomever pays them to hold a spot. When the line gets close, they call or text the person and tell them to come on down.
That’s the whole gig.
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
yeah even companies who do this for you, like q-for-you and so on.
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Golpandoodle 1 year ago
Brazil took this to another level. Instead of being paid by one person, line standers are "freelancers" in here. They just stand in line and, when there's just 2 or 3 persons in front of them, they turn around and ask "who wants to buy my place in line"? After the sale, they go back to the end of the line and start all over again.
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
Oh, it's worse than that! LIne standers in Washington, D.C., whose only purpose is to keep committee hearings secret from the public. By law, committee hearings must allow the public, at no charge. But there's no rules as to who constitutes "the public." So if you want to do some nasty business, hire a ton of line standers so you get all your buddies in AND NO-ONE ELSE.
pineapple87 1 year ago
How do I get this job? I hate standing in line, but if I was paid to do it, why not? Could just read my book while I do it
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
Because of my disability? If I knew I might have to be in line for hours? I'd see if I could hire one to take my place. There's only so long that I can stand up for with my crutches and calipers. Plus? It's a way for people who might be waiting for benefits to come through or literally just lost their job to make a bit of cash for food and bills... So long as noone is hurting anyone? Who cares? 🙂
#12
Worked for a family that was ungodly well off. Matriarch had a woman whose only purpose was to help her get dressed and manage this woman's "closet." Her office was in the closet. there had to be millions of dollars of clothing in there, so understandable.
RapidUnscheduledDisassembly 1 year ago
In the olden days, wealthy men had a valet and the wife had a lady's maid. Same thing. Not surprising this still exists.
Kathleen McGann 1 year ago
Yeah but nowadays they get paid a living wage and can go home at night, unlike valets and lady's maid who lived on site and made peanuts.
Load More Replies... BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 1 year ago
Queen Elizabeth II also had her dresser/maid wear her new shoes to make them comfortable for her. They had the same size
Sunshine 1 year ago
That is absolutely useless and ridiculous. I can't imagine spending money on something like that when there are so many people who suffer.
CaptainSlapNTickle 1 year ago
TO YOU. It's obviously important to that lady. You have no idea any of the other information and just attack some random rich lady? She could have donated half her fortune to literal immigrant children who feed blind pangolins. 🙄
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Miliukov Oleksandr 1 year ago
Fun fact: ungodly well and godly well are about the same amount of wealth
#13
I know a family that had a high-functioning autistic child, and in order to help them function better in a normal classroom, they hired a specialist who befriended their child and escorted them around and advised him all day about which of his responses were good, and what responses would have been better.
Cidre&Galettes 1 year ago
Excuse my question, and also if I don't use the right words in that sensitive topic, not a native speaker. But I am curious. Here, people with special needs are guaranteed support by law, and this includes "helpers" for autistic children in school. So you can ask for a "school accompanist" for few or more school hours, and when you meet the requirements, it ist free. I never thought about it, but what is this support like in other countries?
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Belladonna Wexhome 1 year ago
This is parents who are using their money to help their child - the only thing sad is that this isn't available to everyone - but good on their parents for using resources that they do have access to.
Jill Bussey 1 year ago
This surely is a good thing? Help the child to function better in a social environment and be more at ease.
Johnny Rodriguez 1 year ago
That is what every parent with a child on the spectrum would LOVE to have..... but not many can afford. Basically it's like having a one-on-one teacher for the entire day. My wife has been a special education teacher for over 15 yrs. and this is what all parents are wishing for in order for their kids to have a chance to succeed in life.
Matthews 1 year ago
Not just kinda. I’d love having had this opportunity.
Load More Replies... YetAnotherSarah 1 year ago
Some public schools have this. This is meeting the needs of the child.
#14
I worked for a billionaire as an oncall handyman style person (not exclusively him, we worked for other people too), for him but predominately it was his teenage daughters who would call us to help with stuff as he was usually overseas.
The were lovely girls but they were completely lost in terms of perspective. They would frequently call us up to do stuff like mount a giant tv screen, just for one night then fix everything so there was no evidence they had done it. I got called to capture a harmless spider for her which was in their patio area. So many other things, the list was endless.
A. Starhawk Hunt 1 year ago
I am sure it wouldn’t have taken long for me to be okay that job….
Sand Ers 1 year ago
I once got called at 9:30PM by a customer in a near panic, because he'd seen a "huge" rodent in his daughter's bedroom, and he needed me to come capture it. When I got there he'd blocked the bottom of the door with a towel so it couldn't escape the room. He sent me in to find it. I was able to chase it into the corner of a 2'x3' closet, doubled up on rubber gloves, and scooped it into a bucket. "It was huge!". It was a mouse that barely filled half the palm of my hand. Cute little bugger. I turned it loose in a field to take its chances.
Sven Grammersdorf 1 year ago
My dad has a job like this. He's a carpenter and a rich guy pays him to do home improvements for him and sometimes his friends. He's basically been renovating this guy's house for like ten years straight. The dude will be like, "I'm sick of this kitchen you installed two years ago, tear it out and redo the whole thing." He's a super nice guy, though. He pays all my dad's medical bills, too.
He's a nut 1 year ago
I think I'm too dirty minded to process this comment normally
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 1 year ago
Sounds like something a teenager would do if they could get away with it LOL.
scteach87161921 1 year ago
My dad did this for a little while. Super rich guy and he paid my dad a monthly retainer to be his on-call handyman whenever he needed.
#15
I’ve now met 3 people in my lifetime (2 wealthy, one not) who paid pretty good money to have prosthetic testicles surgically inserted into their dog’s empty scrotum after having them neutered. Just so the dog doesn’t feel “emasculated.”
Sexual Harassment Panda 1 year ago (edited)
You mean so the owner doesn't feel emasculated because the doggo don't give a sh!t.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Audi is a cat, but he's never once been bothered by the fact that his sacs are now a no ball zone. He washes them just the same as he ever did.
PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago
Every male I’ve had except one didn’t care, he was so pissed off for days, it was kinda funny (he wasn’t in pain etc) he was a weird deaf ragdolll I rescued, he was full of personality.
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Nina 1 year ago
So you made your dog go through anaesthesia and a surgical procedure again to make YOU feel good? With all risks that come with such a procedure? And now your dog has synthetic balls that in no way benefit his body? Dang.. I've got no words for this level of selfishness..
Herefortheparty 1 year ago
I'm guessing they did it at the same time as the neuter. Either way to this doesn't come close to declawing a cat for selfish reasons.
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Frunkadunk 1 year ago
Neuticles 😂 My ex got these for his dog, but they used a size too big and they just looked ridiculous. It was kind of hilarious.
UpQuarkDownQuark (he/him) 1 year ago
That dog is wearing a brand of harness called Easy Walker. They’re terrible. You can see the front strap drapes down across their forelegs, and it hampers their free range of motion.
LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
Your dog doesn’t give a s**t. Your purebred Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is too busy sniffing other dogs’ butts.
CaptainSlapNTickle 1 year ago
They're called "neuticles". I told my buddy to do that when he lost a nut to cancer. https://neuticles.com/
#16
Not me but a family member; they had 4 huskies and they hired 4 separate caretakers for each dog. This was in the tech boom way before crypto. They are broke now….
Btsquestrian 1 year ago
Huskys are high energy dogs that have been bred for extreme cardiovascular endurance. I'm glad that their owners cared enough to make sure that their dogs' needs were met
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Imagine, taking care of your own dogs! Seriously, I'd have enjoyed watching them figure out how to be normal people.
#17
I used to be a corporate pilot. The guy said he hated owning a jet, but it was worth it because Delta quit letting him smoke on the plane in the 90s. I always thought that was funny. He was actually a super nice guy. His wife was the sweet “everybody’s grandmother” type. She was always bringing me chocolates or donuts from her favorite shop.
Kelly Scott 1 year ago
Might not have passed his medical one year. That will stop you from piloting.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 1 year ago
I find it sad and infuriating smokers just don't get how secondhand smoke is a hazard to other people's health, and think it's just the "smell" people are bothered with. It's not about the smell.
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
I find it sad and infuriating that some non-smokers don’t get how smoking is an addiction and it’s both physically and mentally painful not to feed the addiction. (Besides, there’s equipment smokers can buy to filter the smoke so they don’t affect others if they smoke in a sealed room by themselves.)
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Jill Bussey 1 year ago
This may have changed now, as no-one is allowed to smoke on an aircraft.
Shark Lady 1 year ago
I doubt the rules will stop anyone who owns their own plane doing exactly what they want.
Load More Replies... CaptainSlapNTickle 1 year ago
Nice story, but if poor people aren't aware there are private pilots in the world, they have a lot more problems than not knowing this list (of which the majority shouldn't have made the cut because they're obvious).
#18
Many very rich people have large houses in foreign countries they visit once in a while when they feel like it or are on a business trip in the area. While they‘re away there is a whole staff taking care of the property throughout the year, keeping it clean for the off chance of the owner visiting. I once worked as a gardener in one of those properties. I was briefed that everything has to be perfect everyday. There was no margin for error. This was checked by a foreman every single day. I worked there for three years. The owner never visited.
Saint_Zipcodus 1 year ago
I think about that sometimes. Blows my mind how many resources are being spent on this kinda thing.
Midwest Mike 1 year ago
Yeah. I feel this. My old job (that I left due to Ethical/Moral Issues) the Billionaire owner has a house in California. Him and his 4TH WIFE visit it maybe once a year. Well every year his assistant has to fly there to upgrade the TV's to the latest BIGGEST MODEL because...well they might visit it this year. The stories from his assistant only make me believe BILLIONAIRES....need to be illegal. And they DO NOTHING FOR SOCIETY!!!
YetAnotherSarah 1 year ago
It occurred to me one day, years ago, that what this kind of thing means is a whole lot of people are being given employment. I'm pro the rich spending their money on employing people.
Wes Ouzts 1 year ago
My uncle ran an old style plantation in Georgia. The only purpose of a thousand + acres (400 hectares) was to support bob white quail. Full staff with costumes, mules, painted wagons to go and hunt quail like it was merry old England. She (lawyer) only visited Thanksgiving and/or Christmas Holidays. As she got older, she would skip some years but kept the entire staff employed.
Happy to be a wallflower 1 year ago
I housesat for a mansion one time and it was SO COOL! They had like 3 seperate houses all in one and they let me ride around their lake in their boat. So cool
Anna Meyers 1 year ago
Nobody should have houses they never visit while there are homeless people in the world.
iseefractals 1 year ago
So....what? It's not taking housing from anyone as almost no one could afford these properties anyhow, and they're employing a huge number of average people with relatively cushy, high paying jobs.
#19
Chartering a private jet to take a cat back and forth from the US to Scotland.
StrangeOne 1 year ago
I feel so bad for the animals that have to endure being put in a separate compartment, and having to hear other animals scared. Having to go through many hours without water and food, dealing with the pressure. Being tossed and thrown around by careless baggage handlers. Some pets don't make it.
Saint_Zipcodus 1 year ago
I love love love cats - while yes, you may train them from a very young age, generally they are more imprinted on a location than on a human. Switching locations usually is quite stressful for them. If you want an animal travel companion, please consider a (well trained) dog.
SadieCat17 (she/her) 1 year ago
Ms. Worldwide (Sadie), would like to disagree. Some cats have personalities that just won't work with travel and no pet likes an airport, but they can be pretty resilient. In my experience, they'll always choose their tribe over their home. Although you can make it a lot easier for them if you get your cats out of the house occasionally. One of my cats is possibly a golden retreiver shoved into a little cat and loves going to pet friendly cafes and my aformentioned international traveler is the most introverted thing you'll ever meet, but will never turn down a car ride to get starbucks with me (in return for some whipped cream of course).
Load More Replies... Steve Hall 1 year ago
I bet that doesn't happen too often considering international animal quarantine laws.
#20
You can pay people to name your child for you and they charge thousands of dollars to do it.
Bell-icose 1 year ago
Years of training. You have to go learn from an old master high in the Japanese mountains. His name is Poop-a-Saurous Rex. Terrible name, I know. I think that’s how he got into this business in the first place.
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StrangeOne 1 year ago
The amount of time and effort we put through to naming our daughter, I can see why a busy couple who can afford to blow money on something like this would do so. We bought a name dictionary of 1000 names, that included variations, meanings and origins. We went through every name in that book. It has to be something neither of us associated with anyone else in our lives (including family), has to sound beautiful, not trendy or too common, didn't rhyme with anything embarrassing, have a lovely definition/translation, easy to pronounce, and flow well with her last name. There's the middle name we also had to consider. That was easier, as her dad already had a name he liked and wanted for his child. So the name we both chose also had to fit well with the name he wanted. We weren't sure what was going to be the middle name and first name. When we picked a name we sounded out the names together in both orders, the name he wanted became her middle, and the name we chose became her first.
StrangeOne 1 year ago
We didn't know which gender we were having so we had to go through the process again with a boys name. I don't think we had one down pat. But she was born a girl. When we told the family her name we realized how fitting it was to us. Our daughter is now an adult and we just learned more information about her name. I thought it was a purely Latin name meaning glowing, or light. But it's also got a Hindu background that refers to the moon. The moon card is without fail always a card that I get when I'm using my tarot cards. My daughter loves her name. Everyone does. It looks cute in writing and sounds sweet. The only drawback is because there are other names that are more common and sound similar, but not the same, she gets miscalled: Chandra, Cassandra, Canada (seriously), Condra, Kendra, Sandra. We get a rise out of it. Even my very common name gets miscalled, and I have to spell it out for people who are not native English speakers. So, that's just how the world is now.
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Chronically Online Panda 1 year ago
This is common in Asia. I'm Chinese and the amount of time it took for my parents to name my sister... You have to count how many strokes are in each character of the name and make sure the number of strokes is a lucky number, and the meaning behind it should match the lunar calendar and all that
Michael Largey 1 year ago (edited)
"Call it Rumpelstiltskin. Yes, I realize you would never have occurred to you."
#21
Not my story but I hitchhiked with friends once & we met a driver who works for a company that makes impossible stuff possible for rich ppl. Example he gave was planning a wedding - client wanted an old church in a park with very limited access (like natural conservation stuff) - then they wanted a priest from Argentinia, cause that’s where the bride came from. Then the church needed to be consecrated bc the priest wouldn’t do it in a non consecrated church. Then they wanted their guests to arrive by train, which not also had them renovate old rails in the park, but also public transportation was paid (a lot) for rescheduling their normal plan, so the special trains could use the rails… and so on… it always ended with the guy we hitchhiked with imitating a phone call with different people : sir, I’m sorry it’s not possible Our dude: no, you didn’t understand - how much does it cost? : sir, we really can’t… Our dude: yes, yes, but how much would it cost? To the point where the person on the other end realized they could name any price & would just get it… It was fascinating. Yet I hate every last piece of it. :D
#22
A guy I went to college with was employed for a number of years in Dubai as an automotive caretaker. His whole gig was to wash, drive, and maintain the billionaires collection of super exotic cars, motorcycles and other toys.
Robert T 1 year ago
My great uncle did that 70 years ago, but in the UK, not Dubai. Had a Rolls Royce and Bentley to looks after. Lived in a flat above the garage.
TheAmericanAmerican 1 year ago
Dubai is a blight of a city. A soulless, cultureless playground for the ultra-rich in the desert all funded by oil money.
Sand Ers 1 year ago
I'd do that job for an efficiency apartment above one of the garages, and pocket money. Where do I apply?
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Dolly_of TheCowboy 1 year ago
I have looked after people, as a private nurse, who have had jobs like that for extremely wealthy people with collections of (vintage) vehicles and they did not want their staff to have to attend emergency departments if they were injured. I have been part of dedicated medical teams for their staff members and teams for the families. I was not the only nurse and they had full med-surg teams and private operating theatre on standby. It is a definite eye opener the first time but once you have done contracts like that really well you get networked around the other wealthy families (so to speak) because they all love having their own private hospitals and medical teams for stuff like that. There are different teams for the staff and the family and you know how you are considered depending on if you are on the staff or the family care teams. The ultra wealthy rarely use normal medical facilities and money really does talk when specialists are being flown wherever for whatever is required
#23
I do criminal defence, had a client who told me it was very important that he avoid a criminal record for a minor offence (a stupid fight) so that he could travel. He was paid by a rich guy to fly to locations in advance and try out restaurants so that the rich guy (who was a picky eater) would know where he might like to eat and what dishes. So he'd walk into restaurants in strange cities, order eight dishes and eat a couple bites of everything, and then do this at another dozen restaurants. I was actually getting pretty pissed off with the file, because the rich guy was super particular about who could do this for him, and had his personal assistant calling me every other day demanding an update (with client consent). The pissed off went away when I told them I'd need to charge extra if they were going to keep riding me like that--and they just sent a "now you can't complain" amount of money without blinking an eye. Dude was making more money (not counting free air travel) than I was.
Sharon Gibson 1 year ago
One needs to have a particular set of skillz & a clean record . In a wealthy community it becomes a word of mouth situation. Wealthy people can be extra demanding because $$$$$ talks & BS walks. If you can resist the urge to be bribed with money, you become very in demand.
Susan BetzJitomir JD DM 1 year ago
Actually no. We can tell stories if we give absolutely nothing that identifies the client or if we have the client's permission. We don't need permission if the details are non identifying.
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Some celebrities will charge the Uber rich a fee to make an appearance at their parties and pretend to know them. I knew the talent agent who booked Henry Kissinger and Whitney Houston, but only for their “personal appearances”. He mentioned Whitney got 250k to attend a party, stay for a minimum one hour, and in her contract the host must not ask her to sing.
CaptainSlapNTickle 1 year ago
Everyone knows this. Comedian's/musician's do it all the time. Celebrities' are just whore's who do anything for the spotlight and $.
#25
There's brands of food that you don't know exist, because they're not sold to you. Because they're not sold to anyone. Rich people have their own drinks, snack foods, candy, et all, that were made *just for them*. It's actually not even that expensive. For about $15k (starting) you can work with a drink lab who will make you the actual chemical formula for the drink you want, copyright it, and send it to their manufacturing partners, who will send you a pallet of your drink every month. In bottles you designed. With professional labels designed by a marketing team. For literally one customer. They even help you incorporate. Nobody can use that formula, logo, tagline, design, etc. Even though it'll never be up for sale. It's a flex. They can hand out bottles of "FizzyBi**ch!" soda to friends and family that you literally cannot get anywhere else.
Donkeywheel 1 year ago (edited)
People are delusional to believe that. That may exist occasionally for random brainless YouTubers and influencers but the huuuge majority of wealthy people would evidently prefer hiring personal chefs and eat healthy with the best products rather than a s****y lab drink with a chemical formula..
Johnny ro 1 year ago (edited)
it does not have to be a bad formula. Think, 15 gallons of artisanal gin martini, with unique vermouth. And you have a lot of friends to entertain. And the chef is pleased to not also be a bartender which you also have a bartender.
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UpupaEpops 1 year ago
Tbh if that's what is needed for me to get back the old Coke Zero that didn't taste like the regular.... I used to love Coke Zero precisely because it wasn't so damn sweet.
Jen 1 year ago
I was thinking the same thing, but for Snapple Elements from the late 90s early 2000s particularly Air and Rain.
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Stephanie Goadsby 1 year ago
I like the idea that you know exactly what you are putting into your body. You may like "junk food" but now have it made in the least chemically processed way. Certainly a healthier way while still being able to indulge.
Theora Fifty-five Johnson 1 year ago
Or you get promotional companies to make a label for water, soda, whatever.
#26
I know a family who bought a mansion… For their yacht.
They didn’t like docking their yacht in public.
So they bought it a mansion.
Nobody lives there. It’s just their private port. A couple of times per year they actually board the yacht there. Usually the crew boards there and they meet it somewhere.
I wish I had a house for my boat… Or a boat…
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I can fold up a piece of paper into a boat shape.
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Aidan Campbell 1 year ago
I am not anti wealth but i am anti-greed and stupidity. This is definitely stupidity.
TheAmericanAmerican 1 year ago
Tax them. Tax them until they are not capable of buying any of these worthless wastes of resources!
Michael Largey 1 year ago
They will sell that house - or their hers will - for a fantastic profit. The rich aren't just rich - they also get paid to be rich.
TheAmericanAmerican 1 year ago
Exactly. It's really expensive to be poor :(
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Barong 1 year ago
I have a friend that did this. The dock fees were were insane, it’s a really big yacht and needs a deep water berth of which there aren’t many, plus power and utilities. When you factor in that the home is used for the crew to stay in when the yacht is chartered..well, the whole thing is a business. With all the expenses, maintenance, and refits every so often to stay competitive, it doesn’t make a whole lot but it at least isn’t loosing. It’s amazing how many high paying jobs are involved in the yacht and marine industry though.
Duuuuuuude 1 year ago
Totally get this. I wouldn't want to dock my yacht in public either. Before I knew it, the girl scouts would have a table set up at the gang plank and I'd be guilted into buying thin mints.
BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 1 year ago (edited)
Working as crew member on a private boat, many years ago, I talked to the crew of a much bigger boat moored close to ours. The only passenger (and owner) was an elder very rich pakistani man. We were in Sanremo, Italy, where there is one of the few casinos allowed in Italy. They just sailed him from casino to casino in Italy, France and many other places. He lived on board during these trips and only left to go gambling. He had a crew of about 12 people
#27
People in the wealthier neighborhoods here pay professionals to set up their Christmas decorations.
Mabelbabel 1 year ago
I'm not rich but I've paid for Christmas lighting outside-I get really scared up ladders and I'm very clumsy anyway, and I absolutely hate the cold(which makes me even clumsier), so the last few years I've paid someone to come and put up all the fairy lights and decorations outside the house for Christmas, and take them all down again afterwards. It's a student who advertised on FB Marketplace, and he carried on after graduating doing it after hours on top of his normal job. It cost me £50 last Christmas-well worth it because I know I'd have fallen off the ladder or thrown the lights out in frustration at them being tangled.
Mrs Irish Mom 1 year ago
One of the fun parts of christmas is putting up the decorations with the family
Maisey Myles 1 year ago
I am one that is paid to do this. I set up and take down Christmas for 3 separate families. For one family, they want to tree down and out on Christmas Day so they can leave for their island the day after- although it pays well, it sucks to work on Christmas Day.
Sharon Gibson 1 year ago
That is an old one. It's been going on for years. I have been paid to take down all of the interior decorations while the family is in Hawaii on vacation until the new year.
Riche White 1 year ago
I do this every year for 14 of my clients, then come back in January and pack it all carefully away for next year.
#28
Yard vacuuming service.
The billionaire owners of the company I worked for hired the most expensive landscapers in town to vacuum the yard on the day they let go an entire department of the company a few years ago.
So as people literally bawling their eyes out carried their s**t out to their cars, they had to walk past the people literally vacuuming the lawn.
PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago (edited)
Not for a rich person but I had to once for a mentally ill person I briefly cared for, he adamantly had to have it vacuumed, and I felt like a nut case vacuuming grass beside a busy road
Hey! 1 year ago
It's not even the same department that takes care of those. It might just be a coincidence.
Tamara Augustine 1 year ago
The department was probably laid off as a cost saving measure.
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I'm guessing the idea was for the noise to drown out other sounds from the yard or to distract employees from what was happening.
#29
We knew a guy with a big lot of land with its own vineyard. He bought it with the vineyard and had no plans for it. Someone comes regularly to collect the grapes and turn them into wine. He gets a cut of the sales and doesn’t have to do anything.
Donkeywheel 1 year ago (edited)
Written by a urban person surely. That’s extremely common almost everywhere and for every type of agricultural product. And completely unrelated to wealth. Just fyi, even in Bordeaux, France the starting price (no designation) for vineyards is 12,000 euros for 1ha (10,000 m2 or 2.5 acres). And that would give you around 7000 bottles every year. You definitely don’t need to be rich to have your own vineyard and make (or have someone make) your own wine.
Fabian Bernard 1 year ago
I can confirm, but it's mainly because there is an overproduction crisis in Bordeaux wines domaines
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rorschach-penguin 1 year ago
This is how owning businesses works. You buy the capital, and you hire employees to create productive outputs with it.
Lorenzo 1 year ago
My sister had a house in Mesa, AZ, in a development that was built among orange groves. The developers left as many trees as possible. Jobbers came through with teams of pickers when the oranges were ripe. A share of irrigation to keep the trees alive was included. So, not unusual, and not just grapes.
#30
Used to work as a roadie for a labour hire company (we’d get hired to move heavy things during set up/pack down for large festivals and concerts). One time i was part of a crew hired to set up for a bank ceo’s annual christmas party (one of the big 4 australian banks), we built a whole goddamn temporary restaurant on his tennis court. Floating wooden floors, timber framed ‘tent’, the lot. With enough money you can have the party you want.
Danish Susanne 1 year ago
But with good company you can have a wonderful birthday party without using a lot of money.
Bree 1 year ago
Why would you censor the bank name. Nobody cares nor would anything come of it irregardless
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
NDA, maybe, or if other rich people see them blabbing, he won’t be hired for having “loose lips.”
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#31
My horse had a passport, acupuncturist, and massage therapist. The horse world is so crazy yall it's unimaginable sometimes.
Verena 1 year ago (edited)
My horses, all of them rescues, have them, too. I am not rich, muck the stables myself, including all stable and horse chores. A passport is mandatory for all horses in Europe, travelling or not. I have a friend who does horse therapy, so she does massage them. It is €35 per session, twice a year. As every creature with muscels and tendons, they enjoy it, especially my old lady. They do get a lot of (self) excercise, they live on a giant pasture, and can roll and play as they like. But they are happy to see her and now show her the places she should tend to. The acupuncture I am doubtful about, so did it only once. The horse was okay with it, otherwise we wouldn't have done it.
Btsquestrian 1 year ago
This is normal for high-performing and very valuable equine athletes. Chiropractors for horses have been common in the US for at least the last thirty years.
CaptainSlapNTickle 1 year ago
If it's a thoroughbred/racing horse , that's pretty standard. No need for this listed.
PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago (edited)
When I visited my mum once in the country, you drive past all these super old houses as it’s a poor town and then a stable for racehorses, which is a mansion with aircon everywhere and indoor pools 😂
Load More Replies... Margaret Shannon 1 year ago
I once knew a woman who was a professional past life therapist for horses. Some of her equine clients competed in the Atlanta Olympics, so she and her son were given free tickets.
Btsquestrian 1 year ago
It's more to make sure that the horse is free from communicable disease. There are a lot of equine diseases out there that can't be treated or cured. A certificate of health from a veterinarian that was issued within the last 30 days is a requirement to be able to bring your horse to our state fairgrounds for a horse show.
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I am an architect and I have designed a couple of prime properties. They all had a WC, which was bigger than a normal family bathroom and could only be accessed from outside (no door from inside the house). This was to be used by the gardeners and/or delivery drivers. They also have a chef's or dirty kitchen. This is a second kitchen (usually with no windows) where all the actual cooking is done. The other kitchen is functional, but just to show off, not to be used.
Verena 1 year ago (edited)
Maybe not the size, but many people living in rural areas do have a "garden toilet", which can be used without having to take off working shoes and working clothes.
Johnny ro 1 year ago
And for some rural people, the garden toilet is carefully crafted to look like a clump of bushes.
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Nikki Gross 1 year ago
When my parents first met and married my Dad was a roughneck in the oil fields. He moved to brick laying and construction when the oil bust happened and did that until he died. Between the oil and brick laying my Mom had a helluva time cleaning oil or concrete dust out of my Dad's work clothes. He came home completely covered every day and Mom had to be very careful when cleaning the clothes or it would clog up the washing machine.
Just-4-2day 1 year ago
We had a separate WC / Laundry in the garage so workers always had access to WC. Husband would strip in there after work because his clothes were nasty.
Barong 1 year ago
I’ve seen these and the kitchen is a newer trend and has some similarities to the Butlers pantry. I suppose if money was no object. A commercial kitchen is functional but not pretty and quite noisy. For frequent large parties and entertaining it makes sense. Ther was a house that one of the casinos had to house the entertainers that played at the theater. The house had a commercial kitchen and a small casual kitchen and that home was built in the ‘70s. Before it’s time. It also had 20,000 square feet 2 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms . A real party house.
#33
Electrician based in Noosa, Australia.
Elevators (or multiple) in 2 or 3 story houses.
F*****g elevators.
Yes, I know this is a common piece of equipment but in a house is wild.
Ali H M Salehuddin 1 year ago (edited)
Elevators can be useful if you have an elderly or disabled family members. They aren't super expensive to install either.
Natalie Kelsey 1 year ago
My friend's husband had one installed when his mom moved in because she was in a wheelchair. They're comfortably off but not 1% or anything, it was just a necessity for Grandma to get around
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I am actually contemplating which option would be better for my standard house and comparing prices. A chair going up the stairs, which can carry only a person, or an elevator, which could carry the laundry and other stuff as well. Sounds crazy, but is cheaper than finding a one-level house and moving.
Libstak 1 year ago
No brainer, do the elevator. It will cost a bit more but those chair things can do real wear and tear damage on your stairwell over time.
Load More Replies... RapidUnscheduledDisassembly 1 year ago
If I were rich and having a house built, I would absolutely have at least one elevator even if it was only two stories, because of looking ahead to the golden years when I or my spouse may not be able to climb stairs easily.
lawrence Andrew 1 year ago
As people age in their homes I am surprised this is not more common.
Barong 1 year ago
They seem to be coming more prevalent here for luxury homes. It makes sense with people living longer and people considering whether they themselves or future buyers will be able to handle the stairs. Of course home prices have sky rocketed and the cost of elevators is relatively inexpensive compared to some of these houses. It’s a different world.
iseefractals 1 year ago
You are aware of the fact that some people have disabilities that prevent them from being able to use the stairs, right? My dad was a paralyzed in Vietnam, his brother spent 40 years in the tech industry, VP at AMD and Microsoft and sat on oodles of standardization boards and worked with every big name in the tech industry. The list of personal phone numbers in his cell was staggering.. He not only installed an elevator, just so my dad could get upstairs to play pool, but also had his pool rebuilt to have a giant ramp so my dad would be able to get in the pool. The elevator cost $20k to install in the late 90's, redoing the pool was considerably more expensive (i think the final tally was over $70k but that was mostly because the contractors f****d around) both were undertaken when my uncle was making about $300k a year.
Angie Falzarano 1 year ago
My great uncle (usa) had an elevator on his 3 story house. Always thought it was neat as a kid
#34
Until I met my wife, I didn’t know that rich people pay others to shop for fashion goods abroad. They get to travel, all expenses paid, to basically spend other people’s money at some of the most prestigious fashion brands.
Midwest Mike 1 year ago
Got to say....don't hate on the Players of the Rich....HATE THE GAME OF THE RICH...EAT THE RICH!!!
CaptainSlapNTickle 1 year ago
You are so angry at nothing that inhibits, nor benefits your life. Simmer down Beavis.
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BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 1 year ago
Until he met his wife... Was she the personal shopper or the very rich lady?
#35
I once did some work for a couple who own a yacht building company. In their master bathroom there was a closet with seven shelves, one for each day of the week. On each shelf there was a pair of pajamas and a matching set of towels and a washcloth for each of them. It was something my middle class self would never have thought of.This was years ago and I have never forgotten it. A small example of having exactly what you want, perfectly organized by someone else.
Bryn 1 year ago (edited)
nah, just someone with a particular sense. not all old money is comfort, not all new money is flashy.
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Ultra-wealthy families have a family office that takes care of everything across the globe. At the bottom end this may be a single full time person who supervises part-timers and contractors. The larger offices have multiple full-time staff who handle finances, real estate management, travel, social obligations, charitable giving, etc. There are actually trade association conferences for the people who work in this field. Wild, isn’t it?
Zadigrim 1 year ago
According to my source at ChatGPT, one is "Family Office Association" (FOA).
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Bespoke eye glasses that are completely custom crafted to suit your face and comfort level. It actually sounds amazing as a person who wears very strong prescription glasses that get kind of heavy ( even with thinned lenses). However aside from the cost, I change scripts too often to be worthwhile.
Tiny Dancer 1 year ago
As if the rest of us have never heard of Elton John! He didn't get those things from Lenscrafters, ya know. Elton-in-f...0a10e6.jpg 
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
There's this thing called a 3D printer, and people do know about them. If you have the dimensions of the lenses, you can make any frame you want.
Susan Reid Smith 1 year ago
Because glasses from Walmart can be $300+ per pair with their displays of frames where one picks whatever is best. Not necessarily good, just good enough.
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Ransom insurance.
whineygingercat 1 year ago
This is actually rather common among diplomats in certain countries.
#39
My uncle was a corporate pilot for most of his career. When he was a few years shy of retirement, the company axed their in house pilots and everything related to them as a cost savings. However, one of the owners(I think, might have just been a rich guy) hired him and one of the other pilots to be his personal on call crew for his personal jet. For the next few years, he would fly for him pretty regularly to various places that were usually fairly exotic. Most of the flights were actually for the rich guys adult son and his family. The son was a "professional" sailboat racer... of some sort and my uncle would fly him to some tropical island and then get put up in a nice hotel with the copilot for a couple weeks with all expenses paid and he'd just hang out while this dude raced boats. It paid well enough he was able to retire earlier than expected. I'm sure many people expect some rich people to have private pilots but the job always sounded ridiculously laid back and lucrative for bringing some guy to the Bahamas/wherever to play with his boats... which I'm sure had even more staff.
Florence O'Grady 1 year ago
I am seriously wishing God had given me those skills. I would love to visit places where beaches are.
CaptainSlapNTickle 1 year ago
1) there's no god, you're wasting your breath, 2) you can take pilot lessons, even into late adulthood. Seems like some luck played into his circumstances, also.
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#40
A concierge who moves absent residents' local cars to higher ground when hurricanes strike for rich snow birds.
Kenneth Smith 1 year ago
It is, but it's definitely one of the more reasonable examples of it on the list. The extra cars are an extravagance. Wanting them to be cared for is certainly not.
Load More Replies... Robert T 1 year ago
My parents apartment block could do with that. They are next to a river and it has previously flooded the garage. When there is a flood alert people move their cars out. The only car that was lost during the flood was one who's owners had gone away on holiday and not left a key with someone.
#41
Probably not a big shock, but I met a girl once who was a personal assistant. She was one of a team of three for a very rich couple. When she said personal assistant I assumed it was at a business, but no. It was all just personal stuff. They organised every aspect of the couple’s day-to-day life. If you were “friends” of the couple, you even called one of these staff to invite them around to your house for a friendly casual dinner, as any group of friends might. But they went through the staff to book it. Wild.
#42
My partner's brother is a tennis coach and one of his clients is getting taught to cook by a Michelin star chef just for fun. I think he said it was £20K.
Natalie Kelsey 1 year ago
Isn't that about the price for a year of cooking school? Sounds like a bargain to me if the instructor is Michelin starred
CaptainSlapNTickle 1 year ago
Why did this make the list? There's nothing shocking about that.
#43
Earbuds that are custom molded to your ear for greater comfort and excellent noise isolation. Not that expensive actually, but still rather unheard of. I believe Etymotic are one brand that does them.
Verena 1 year ago
They are part of the standard personal safety equipment in many factories in Europe. The complete set, including safety shoes, trousers, various jackets, eye protection, computer glasses etc etc has to be paid for by the employer. It is mandatory to wear them in certain areas, when standard mufflers won't do.
marcelo D. 1 year ago
You are confusing earbuds with earbuds (headphones) with ear plugs
Load More Replies... Sharon Gibson 1 year ago
Professional musicians have been using molded ear plugs for many decades.
Midwest Mike 1 year ago
Ehhh.....this isn't that uncommon. Worked for "Starkey Hearing Technologies" for about 16 years. We made Ear Molds for Airpods when they first came out. They are not that spendy. You just have to know a place to inject goop into your ears and then make an impression that will fit what you want. They even make "Monitors" for bands/singers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-ear_monitor This is not that expensive. Its just unknown. Makes a HUGE difference.
CaptainSlapNTickle 1 year ago
This is absurd how that's listed on this. Skullcandy had that option on $60 earbuds 10 years ago. 😳🙄
Midwest Mike 1 year ago
Ohh should add....that maybe the company I worked for IS HUGELY UNETHICAL AND IMMORAL....just saying......left because of that.....
#44
I know someone who hired an interior decorator to decorate their daughter’s freshman college dorm room.
CaptainSlapNTickle 1 year ago
You took the time to write this absolutely non-shocking addition?
#45
There’s a person that Celebs would hire when they go to events to ensure no one is taking pics of them from the wrong angle. Like let’s say Kylie Jenner’s face doesn’t look good from the side, they’d hire a person to at least try to ensure a photographer won’t see that side of them.
Přemek Marek 1 year ago
Then you probably do not have to worry about somebody taking a photo :-)
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#46
There was service which delivered current movies in the theater via a courier on a hard drive, for you to play at home in their proprietary player. I know one went belly up and another one popped up. Not sure if the new one's lasted given how quickly movies come to digital these days.
#47
I just read about a service that would help your kid get into elite colleges for $120k per year. Examples of advice they gave included nuggets like “get at least 1560 on your SAT” and “start a blog so you can say you’re passionate about environmentalism,” so all I can say is I respect the hustle.
LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
Didn’t the C list American celebrity, Lori Laughlin, do this and end up with a nice lil’ jail sentence? No, I don’t respect cheating your way to the top. That’s not hustling- that’s flat out freaking lying.
Molly Whuppie 1 year ago
no, she bribed college officials. this sounds more like its an advice thing, like hiring a career advisor to tell you what you need to get into college. Its not illegal to fake your way into uni/college by pretending you are interested in the environment, but is illegal to bribe college officials.
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Beth H 1 year ago
A standardized test we use in the US for high school seniors that gets submitted to universities they are applying. A 1600 is the highest score, at least it used to be.
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Marykay Klim 1 year ago
They were caught. some were jailed and some were fined. There wasn't even a movie about it I just don't remember what the title was.
Joanne Earle 1 year ago
Felicity Huffman and Lori Laughlin did time for that, so yeah, don't go that route.
#48
I know a guy who belongs to a charter air club, it’s only for people who live in our county and who have second homes in a specific gated community in another state. They can bring their dogs on the plane too.
#49
When they sell a house they get someone in to remove all personal effects and furnish it. I see so many comments online complaining about how a home for sale looks like a hotel or bland and that they couldn't live that way but people don't realise that it isn't how the owners actually lived - it has purposely been made like that for the selling process.
YetAnotherSarah 1 year ago
Staging is common. There are businesses just for it. Hell, some realtors do it in their own. Not just fresh flowers and cookies in the oven- furniture, art, "family" photos. Occupied but spacious and perfectly kept is the goal. It costs the realtor one set of furniture and a storage unit.
sdorph 1 year ago
If you ever view a house that's been staged like this be sure to sit in the chairs and lay on the beds, sometimes smaller than standard furniture is used to make the rooms look bigger.
Load More Replies... Bell-icose 1 year ago
This is commonplace for many home sales. You don’t need to be rich, you just need a good realtor.
Marykay Klim 1 year ago
Some Realtors will tell you How you have to remove personal pictures and other items. The home is supposed to look completely uncluttered.
#50
An uncle of mine is pretty rich, not super loaded but solidly upper middle class. Back in the very early 2000s he was due for a colonoscopy, and his doctor's office offered the option of buying a recording of the procedure on DVD. My uncle was just as confused about this as I assume everyone reading this comment is. Apart from possibly being of some use as a record of the procedure, the only possible explanation for this situation is just because DVDs were still new and cutting edge at the time and it was just a novelty thing.
Natalie Kelsey 1 year ago
In the US you have the right to ask for a hard copy of any of your own or your child's medical imaging. (I'm pretty sure offices have to give you a copy any of your personal medical records) Our family asks for a copy any time we get an ultrasound or MRI or x-ray or anything like that. The six of us have amassed quite a fascinating collection over the years. No radiology office or doctor's office has ever charged us for the copies or told us no.
Adrian Price 1 year ago
These recordings can actually be very useful if you need another test say 5-10 year later or with a different specialist. They can see how things used to be and can more easily see changes.
Midwest Mike 1 year ago
COLONOSCOPY......IN HIGH DEF!!! Its a wet ride!!! Enjoy the polyps!!!!
#51
My auntie was a private vet in Dubai for a very rich family. Her job was basically to keep the 10 horses alive. Paid her 1.3 million a year + a villa and a G-Class.
#52
VIP airport greeters. Essentially a personal escort with access that will get you to the front of the check in and security lines, even immigration upon landing. They can also meet you on the tarmac and drive you to your connecting flight. This is something I thought most people knew about but you would be surprised how many angry people we encounter everytime our greeter gets our travel party to the front of the line. Little do they know it’s a service that anyone can purchase when booked ahead of time. (I’m not rich but work for and travel with rich people)
Rachknits 1 year ago
In the UK you can access this for free if you're disabled, it's a really good service
Anyone-for-tea? 1 year ago
And a lot of people abuse this service. It’s only meant for a small party of people, such as a family of four, but some people travelling in groups of 10+ abuse the system to do exactly that, and get through the lines quickly. I wish you needed proof, such as a disability letter, or benefit etc.
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Stacy Parker 1 year ago
There is a service at LAX called PS, which stands for private suite, for people that are traveling commercial, but want to feel like they are flying private. Your driver drops you off at a different place than the poors, and you are whisked through to your own private suite to await your flight. They check you in and deal with your luggage. You can order room service, have spa treatments, take a nap in a bed. You have a private bathroom. Once it is time for your flight, a chauffeur will take you across the tarmac to the plane to board. You can do the reverse when you land, waiting in your private suite for your luggage or for customs.
Saint_Zipcodus 1 year ago
I was wondering how rich/ famous people deal with security and immigration! After all, one just cannot stand in line with the plebeians. Might catch the scabs or something.
#53
Light switcher for Shabbat. Generating electricity (turning lights on & off) is prohibited during Shabbat. My friend spent Friday-Saturday doing this every week when we were in college. I remember them saying they were paid pretty decently too
BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 1 year ago
Once people were paid to turn the fire on for Shabbath. And there is a non-hinduist butcher in many indian villages and towns (so I've been told) because they cannot kill a cow but eating them is not forbidden.
Beth H 1 year ago
So if someone else turns the lights on and off it's permitted to use the light? Seems like gaming the system. Lol.
Bookworm 1 year ago
This is not unique to the Jewish people who were paying these college students. The rules in some Amish communities allow them to ride in a car if someone else is driving, or have a phone as long as it's in the barn, not the house. I suspect that as long as there's been religion, there's been a subset of people who are more about the letter of the law than the spirit, because gaming the system is pretty much what humans do.
Load More Replies... Donald Crocker, Jr. 1 year ago
I'm just imagining OP tucking them in at night and saying "Night night, don't let the bedbugs bite" before turning off the lights.
#54
A separate room dedicated to wrapping gifts.
#55
The owner of the company has three assistants, one of whom is a man who mostly runs the owner’s errands and hauls his dogs around for him. He’s got 3 bottles of the medicated shampoo one of the dogs needs for when they go get bathed (and groomed if they need it) every Tuesday. (Sometimes the dogs really need the bath after being on the ranch all weekend). I’ve also heard stories of the owner’s favorite dog (seriously…the man has companies named after the dog) being flown to or from the ranch alone on the plane.
Birgit Sommer 1 year ago
There is one thing every dog needs and it's free. It's called leadership.
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#56
I worked for a guy who flew in, housed, covered all expenses and paid salary to a dude who exclusively restores vintage teak yacht decks. He’s super in demand too, schedule filled for multiple years.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
That's protecting an investment. The rich can be counted on to do that.
#57
for 12 years i was the personal driver for a coo of states bank, everytime they visited scotland i was hired for the day/week as their driver, 24 hours a day, should they call for the car or walk out the hotel, i was there with the merc warmed up and fueled for any trip in the uk. If there was any mechanical problems with the car there was a helicopter on standby the pick everyone up and deliver them to the destination.
#58
Total furniture revamps in the 'entertaining' sections of large houses. A friend of the family was an antique dealer in a fairly well-off area. One of his services was that he would kit out the entertainment and guest sections of houses with a complete set of new furniture... from specific historical periods and locations. As in, apparently Louis XIII was "in" this season, so he'd haul out a houseful of Louis XIII furniture to someone's place and set it all up to look amazing. And then he'd take whatever they had sitting around from last season (because it was no longer in fashion), and haul that back to his shop, where it would go into circulation in some kind of back-room antique-dealers' shuffle. Either it was sold off piecemeal to people who didn't know what was fashionable in historical furniture this week, or it went to other areas where the fashion was different (this was largely pre-Web), or it went into long-term preservation/storage until the fashions rolled around again. All so that people with more money than sense could spend gobsmacking amounts on a regular basis to have the 'correct' fashionable type of historical furniture in case they had guests or did entertaining of other more-money-than-sense people.
Johnny ro 1 year ago
I once serviced the sound system of a home in Southampton NY owned by a corporate raider from NYC. He imported three shifts of construction crew staff in March each year, put up in a motel, and they took the large party house interior back to the naked wall studs, then installed new interior. Six weeks. Annually.
#59
Activism manager. An A-list actor I worked with had one of these. They worked with Disney so had to be cautious around their radical political beliefs. So they had a person who managed how they engaged with activism.
DC 1 year ago
But, don't that make us cannibals? I'm like pretty convinced that I should be, pretty much, the furthest possoble opposite thereof, ... but, regardless of that - taxing them would be sufficient to me, and generally holding people AND companies responsible for their social purposes. An insurance, for example, is not only there to earn money and offer something appearing worth what's paid, but also it prevents people from being broke all their life by a single mistake, as, nowadays even more so, you can easily cause a damage worth more than a lifetime of work without any intention to do so. Any manufacturer of cars or other vehicles not only is there to earn money for the shareholders, but their puprose also includes technological progress, within given types of machinery (here, the increase of efficiency of Otto and Diesel engines is a prime example), and in introducing promising new ones (Wankel, electric, hybrid, gas turbine), same for safety towards pedestrians or cyclists, too, ...
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I know someone that has born and mothered babies for a rich guy. I think he has several of these unofficial wives in different countries.
A. Starhawk Hunt 1 year ago (edited)
I know it happens, my mother believed my father had a “Thai” wife when he was stationed there. I remember my mother showing me a picture of them, the woman rather defeated, several feet behind my father. I also remember that they were trying to get me a sister (mom wanted girls, got me and 3 boys), told me so. From Thailand. It didn’t go through, but I realized only this year, that I probably do have a sister. I don’t know how I feel about that. Especially as I’ve no idea about, or can afford dna questing to see.
#61
For wealthy people with property around the country (and the world), they often pay an accountant or assistant to track the time they spend in each location so they can travel as needed to reduce their tax liability as much as possible.
#62
Someone I know works for a guy who had his three hounds sent to Ireland to be trained over a period of months, then sent back.
Birgit Sommer 1 year ago
Dogs don't need to be trained. The owners do. They need to learn the needs of a dog and how they actually work. Unfortunately, the vast majority of dog owners don't.
ispeak catanese 1 year ago
I exchanged "hounds" for a Chihuahua and an old beagle and laughed.
#63
I used to work in private aviation and one of our plane owners has a ranch with its own runway. She also has a separate plane she uses only to fly to the ranch because the runway is too short for her main plane to land on. The plane’s pilot has to stay on the ranch while she’s there in case anyone needs to fly in or out so there is a separate apartment just for the pilot.
#64
Someone who wipes them off of the internet.
#66
Hiring former Olympians to coach youth sports.
A rich friend of mine was telling me how his daughter's mogul team fees went up $2,000 because they landed a new coach who won a medal at the Olympics. That's on top of the old fees, and membership at the private ski resort, a resort that you need to own a chalet to be a member.
Pretty sweet job for the coach. He's probably making $75,000 a year to work weekends for 3-4 months a year.
His sons baseball is even crazier.
He plays for an academy team. They have an indoor diamond, state of the art weight room, dieticians, statisticians, movement experts that 3-D map the kids, and pretty much anything you might expect an MLB team to have. He's been with the academy since he was 8.
Saint_Zipcodus 1 year ago
It's never too early to install body dismorphia and a deep seated fear of failure into your little precious. /s
#67
I have to squeeze my lady’s toothpaste up.
#68
When you see rich old retired people zooming around in golfcarts in their gated communities, often those carts are not owned by the retirees. They are leased and maintained by companies set up explicitly for that service.
#69
I don’t know if this counts, but a buddy of mine used to work for a ‘books by the foot’ company. People would order a certain length of random books to fill certain lengths of shelves in their libraries. He figured the purchasers were borderline illiterate rich people, so he would always sneak in as many books on Hitler n s**t as possible to f**k with them.
A. Starhawk Hunt 1 year ago
Even reading that story, I want to help find books of similar caliber!
Michael Largey 1 year ago
Considering how right wing some of the truly rich are, the Hitler books would not be inappropriate.
René Sauer 1 year ago
Har har, how funny. Until someone notices and grabs that company by the balls who in turn then grabs this buddy´s jewels.
#70
I once drove gourmet food delivery and visited an estate with groves of olive trees, several worker houses, and a massive mansion a mile off the main road. Once I got there I delivered a single box. Within the box was a specific kind of hot sauce we offered. I reflected a lot on the sort of person who gets a delivery service to bring them a bottle of hot sauce.
A. Starhawk Hunt 1 year ago
One with much money. Less sense. But,………hey? Gives delivery man a job👍
#71
My Brother works in a company that provides provisions to Super yachts. Mega rich people has 75 meters support yatches yo their 150 meter mega yatch so they can keep the jet skis and helicopters and savages which bring provisions far away ..
Just-4-2day 1 year ago
Mega rich people have smaller support yachts for their main yacht. The support yacht keeps their jet skis, helicopters and support staff and supplies for the main yacht.
#72
i saw this on instagram but at LAX they have private suites you can rent out at the airport, you go through private TSA security, hang out in this fancy hotel room stocked with amenities and then are driven to the tarmac. and this is for commercial flights! it costs $3k a visit plus you have to be a yearly member.
#73
Boot caddy. Someone to do the buckles up on your ski boots in the morning.
#74
Their own fancy bathrobes that had to be folded differently than the ones for average Joers.
#75
Don’t know if this qualifies as a product or service, but the ability to destroy places of historical significance. I visited my boss’s mansion in Beverly Hills. There were several marble steps in her backyard leading nowhere. She casually explained that they were part of a grand staircase leading up to Buster Keaton’s villa, which fell into disrepair and was just recently restored. AFAIK the last owner of the enormous estate chopped up the property into tiny parcels, with mansion after mansion sitting practically on top of one another.
Papa 1 year ago
Maybe I'm missing something, but is Buster Keaton's house really a "place of historical significance"?
Just-4-2day 1 year ago
Buster Keaton's house is a place of historical significance according to this website. - https://thelegendaryestatesofbeverlyhills.com/blogs/excerpts/37195013-pamela-drive-buster-keaton
#77
My mom used to work at property owned by a family of billionaires. The family had a version of Monopoly (as in, the board game) themed after the family and their businesses.
#78
Car park savers. In India where you have lots of cheap labour, the middle classes without their own parking facility sometimes pay people to reserve a car place where you rely on street parking.
#79
Most of them own the same normal stuff you'd find in a middle class home, just more of them. They usually have the top tier cable/internet plans and subscribe to all the streaming services. They have very very expensive dogs and entertainment equipment. They live in excellent neighborhoods and have several luxury cars (one is usually a Lexus, of all things) They have a cleaning team come in several times a week. Like mentioned above, it's really just like a middle class home, but a little bit more and little bit nicer. This is my experience working for wealthy actors, producers, and directors.
#80
Was walking around this weekend at an exclusive resort in Hilton Head, SC. There's a big security gate and you can only get through if you are a resident or if you are staying at one of the associated hotels. Inside the development, there's shops and restaurants that rely solely on the residents, not the general public. They're a little upscale, but nothing you wouldn't see at any nice beach town -- ice cream parlors, bakeries, places selling local art. People walking around with their exclusive clothes, eating their inaccessible ice cream cones.
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Steve Hall 1 year ago
We can take away all the privileges and do away with all the rich people, then we can all starve in peace because there won't be any jobs.
Kathleen McGann 1 year ago
I'm not rich and my company provides jobs. We need to get rid of billionaires and keep hard working business owners
Load More Replies... Pinkslip Moonshine 1 year ago
This has been without doubt the most boring and unsubstantiated, false, baseless article I've ever read on BP. Seriously, half of it is just ROT, the other half boring
Richard Ross 1 year ago
Having so much money and not knowing what to do with it while giving zero regards to the environment as well.
Verena 1 year ago
People get rich because: 1. They exploit cheap workforce, sell the produced items cheap and because "it's sooo chiiiiip" masses of people buy stuff they don't need. 2. They invent a gadget, get some people with a huge fanbase to promote it as an "it"-thing, and can sell this for an ridiculous prize until the product itself gets a fanbase. 3. They invent something useful and sell it for a price which gets everybody in the production, transport and sales process fairly paid and the customer is willing to pay this price. Everybody who is buying stuff at chinese webshops, uses Amazon, buys Apple, or any expensive product hyped by "stars" and influencers is making this people even more rich. Don't complain, give your money to local shops and buy reasonably priced items which last longer, too. "But the poor can't!!!!!" If you are poor, you won't buy a $1.500 smartphone. Being poor is hard, however, they didn't make Bezos & Co rich.
Steve Hall 1 year ago
Every item and every step you mentioned provides a job and income for someone else.
Load More Replies... Steve Hall 1 year ago
We can take away all the privileges and do away with all the rich people, then we can all starve in peace because there won't be any jobs.
Kathleen McGann 1 year ago
I'm not rich and my company provides jobs. We need to get rid of billionaires and keep hard working business owners
Load More Replies... Pinkslip Moonshine 1 year ago
This has been without doubt the most boring and unsubstantiated, false, baseless article I've ever read on BP. Seriously, half of it is just ROT, the other half boring
Richard Ross 1 year ago
Having so much money and not knowing what to do with it while giving zero regards to the environment as well.
Verena 1 year ago
People get rich because: 1. They exploit cheap workforce, sell the produced items cheap and because "it's sooo chiiiiip" masses of people buy stuff they don't need. 2. They invent a gadget, get some people with a huge fanbase to promote it as an "it"-thing, and can sell this for an ridiculous prize until the product itself gets a fanbase. 3. They invent something useful and sell it for a price which gets everybody in the production, transport and sales process fairly paid and the customer is willing to pay this price. Everybody who is buying stuff at chinese webshops, uses Amazon, buys Apple, or any expensive product hyped by "stars" and influencers is making this people even more rich. Don't complain, give your money to local shops and buy reasonably priced items which last longer, too. "But the poor can't!!!!!" If you are poor, you won't buy a $1.500 smartphone. Being poor is hard, however, they didn't make Bezos & Co rich.
Steve Hall 1 year ago
Every item and every step you mentioned provides a job and income for someone else.
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