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People Who Work For Or Interact With The Rich Describe The Weirdest Things They’ve Seen Behind Closed Doors (30 Stories)
Everyone has quirks, be it your mother, your next-door neighbor, your postman, the lady that works at the corner shop, Hollywood A-listers, whatever – it is undeniable that we all do things that others might find a little odd.
Beethoven, for example, had a coffee-counting thing where he had to have exactly 60 beans for his beverage each morning, and Kesha allegedly rolls in glitter naked before every gig.
Chances are, these statements have raised an eyebrow or two, and although it’s not news that rich people are a tad different than us simple folk – have you ever thought about what goes on behind closed curtains?
“Maids, au pairs, gardeners, babysitters, and other domestic workers to the wealthy, what’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen rich people do behind closed doors?” – this internet user turned to one of Reddit’s most thought-provoking communities, asking individuals to spill some tea on their experience with working for the rich. The thread has garnered over 7K upvotes, as well as 5.1K comments discussing the secret habits and oddities of moneyed folks.
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#1
My sister is a nanny for an NBA player and his wife. The wife called my sister at 9 PM to come to their house for an "urgent" matter. When my sister gets to their house, the wife tells her take the trash out. That's it. My sister drove an hour round trip to take out the trash.
She has so many ridiculous stories about this family, but that one is my go-to.
Edit: My sister signed an NDA, so I'm pretty sure I have to keep his name under wraps unless I want a shake-down. Let's just say he's in his 20's and he seems like a decent guy. His wife is just an entitled, raging b**tch.
Nightshade1972 2 years ago
I wouldn't be surprised if it's something like a trashbag full of dirty diapers, and NBA Wife literally thinks that her s**t doesn't stink and she's too good to throw it out herself--that's what the nanny's for!
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Hobby Hopper 3 years ago
Have you ever heard the philosophy that it's a wealthy person's moral duty to patronize service professionals to help support those professionals? I'm not saying I agree with that idea, but I find it interesting. If someone believed that, it would justify, in their mind, what might look like very entitled behavior to the rest of us.
Mr Jumbarrawa 3 years ago
snoop dog hires someone just to roll him a smoke .. seems likes she needs to up her game ..
Mel Colley 3 years ago
I believe that 80% of NBA players go broke shortly after retiring from the game
Marie Claire Lafreniere 3 years ago
Sounds like she wasn’t supposed to tell you with this viral she can kiss her job good bye
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#2
I know a lady who's discreetly rich. One of those that unless you knew the more expensive but quiet brands, you wouldn't be able to place her. She would wear designer jewellery sets to the gym. Anyway, her quirk was she liked Costa coffee, so she'd get one one day, drink half of it, let it cool and then put the rest of it in the fridge, and reheat and drink the other half the next day. When she told us that she does this, and we asked her why, she laughed and said: I'm just frugal.
Emiloy 3 years ago
This seems sensible - sounds like she’s choosing where to splurge and where to save, and doesn’t waste money on things that don’t matter for her.
Emily 3 years ago
Reminds me of an old saying I heard before: "rich people stay rich by acting like they're poor, poor people stay poor by acting like they're rich"
Andrea Schultheiß 3 years ago
Another saying goes: You can learn how to cook from the poor and how to save money from rhe rich."
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clist414 3 years ago
I nannied for two University big-wigs in Boston . The wife, a mathematician who had two PhDs by 21 and works on cancer cures was very nice, and one day we were chatting. I was a couple years older than her, and she asked if I was going to have kids. I said something along the lines of, I'd like to, but they are expensive. She was like, "oh, it's not much! It's really affordable actually!" Did I mention they paid me $750 a week and spent $30k a year when this 2.5 half year old was in infant daycare. I just smiled.
Richard Smith 3 years ago
One typically does not become wealthy by spending money, but by saving it. Smart lady.
#3
My dad is an electrician and has worked in some very rich houses. He did a job in one where the couple only drank very posh fresh coffee. Fair enough, who wouldn't? But they had a cleaner who was permitted one cup of coffee each day, but not their coffee. She had her own separate coffee, but it wasn't even a decent, if cheaper, brand. It was the cheapest possible sort to buy, Asda smartprice instant or something. If a person comes to my flat, whether they are a friend or the plumber, they are a guest and they will drink whatever tea or coffee I drink because I see them as equals. My dad has told me that some of the stingiest people he knows are also the wealthiest.
kitten levels tokyo 3 years ago
It would have been cheaper to just pour warm water through their used coffee grounds and give that liquid to the cleaner. I should consult for these people.
Minath 3 years ago
Probably would have tasted better than the Asda smart price stuff as well.
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Steve Hayward 3 years ago
That why they've become rich and they never want to lose it, they think money IS who they are..
keighterz 3 years ago
Being wealthy can actually alter your brain chemistry. You lose empathy and any understanding of other people. There have been studies done.
Pamela Blue 3 years ago
That may happen to some, but not all, by any means.
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Luis Gomez 3 years ago
This is so true. I work at people's houses and rich people are the cheapest ones. One time I asked to use the bathroom, it was an all day job and we were in a skyrise. So it's not like I could easily leave to a gas station and come back. The dude said "sorry, we only let white collar people use the bathroom".
María Hermida 3 years ago
You see other people as equals, but snobbish people think the rest of us are inferior and we don't deserve the same things they deserve. That's the difference. It's deeper and more dangerous than being more or less generous. For these people we are a different species, almost sub-human.
Spittnimage 3 years ago
I read once Rose Kennedy used to make her employees pay for a cup of coffee.
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
Wow. The cleaner was allowed a whole cup of cheapass coffee? Every day?
Jessica butts 2 years ago
My parents are like this. They will Buy a 3,000 lamp from Ethan Allen but will Refuse to buy my son crayola crayons. Only stingy when it comes to everyone else but they spoil themeselves. Boomers.
#4
I used to be a live- in nanny for the CEO of a major German investment bank in Berlin. They were a lovely couple with a sweet baby girl, and they made me feel like part of the family from day 1. They paid me well, had a separate car for me and weren't concerned by what I did in my spare time. They were very generous, lovely people.
My only gripe is that they had strange eating habits- some days they would have three enormous meals, and other days they would 'forget' to eat all day. I was often too shy to say that i was hungry
Deborah Harris2 3 years ago
Surely the children were fed properly? I would have told them the kids needed to eat on a regular basis and then ate with them.
LAS 3 years ago
It could be that the child had their own eating schedule and foods which were not appropriate for an adult. For example bottles and baby food
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Gin. No tonic 3 years ago
They could just be busy people. On busy or stressful days I forget to eat or even drink before I'm done with work or chores, even if I work from home. I know it's not healthy, but it happens. My whole family is that way - we have to remind each other to eat. I always have breakfast for this reason (often skipping lunch and dinner). I actually put Lunch on my phone as a reminder, but I ignore it too often.
Dav Carro-Ripalda 3 years ago
If they paid you well, surely you could ask for a take away, or make an omelette for yourself?
#5
I've only babysat one time and it was for a friend of my grandparents. All I really had to do was hang out with their 8 year old grandson for a night. Overall it was a pretty cool night. All we did was play 2K and Madden all night so it wasn't bad.
But anyway, this family wasn't like billionaire wealthy, but wealthy enough to where they left me an envelope with $500 in it and told me whatever I don't spend on food, I can keep. Wealthy enough to have sped off in a Maserati for the dinner they were at. Wealthy enough to have a pool, jacuzzi, and nice BBQ builtin to the backyard out back. You get the idea, they were just an old couple with some money, and they were taking their grandson's parents out to dinner one particular night. Leave me with $500, so I think to myself, I might as well splurge like 30 or 40 bucks on a meal for 2 and pocket the rest. I was like 17 or 18 at the time so I can't say it was a negligible amount of money. Anyway, I take the kid outside to my car across the street, which, at the time, was my older brother's 2005 Toyota Corolla.
He gets in, takes a look around, and goes "Where's the button that moves the roof back?" Sorry kid, no convertible here. He tells me that his parent's only have convertible cars and that he's only been in one other car that isn't a convertible, and that "he isn't my friend anymore."
I thought that was pretty weird. Throughout the night, he did also make some interesting "rich kid" comments, such as asking if we could go to a restaurant that had steak on the menu. He revealed an interesting bit about his parents, saying that they keep talking about bringing him a sister when "the time is right." Apparently the kid asked the dad when the right time was and he said when "mommy stops being afraid."
I then learned that the kid's mom and dad divorced about a year later. Felt bad. He was a cool kid, didn't really have that shi**y spoiled vibe. More like an innocent, curious, steered wrong by his parents vibe.
kitten levels tokyo 3 years ago
Steered wrong by his convertible-loving, childbirth-fearing parents.
Violet Jensen 3 years ago
I work for $13 an hour and I think convertibles are cool and fear childbirth
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Natalie H 3 years ago
“You’re not my friend because you don’t have a convertible” is, in fact, a shitty spoiled vibe.
Jessica butts 2 years ago
You don't know that is the reason, just a possibility. He was child, give him a break.
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Hobby Hopper 3 years ago
Because they're expensive. As a kid, I was always aware of the price of things, and I would regularly order the least expensive thing on the menu, especially if someone outside my family was paying for it. Asking for steak shows the kid never had to think about the price. I do enjoy a good steak now and then, but they're a treat.
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K.A. Hansen 3 years ago
Maybe they lost a baby, an adoption fell through, or invitro wasn't working. These are all very traumatic situations.
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#6
Worked for a beverage distribution place in a very ritzy resort area for awhile. Guys assistant shows up and says he needs a pallet of Evian for his bosses house. No problem. We load it on the truck and drive it up to his house.
After unloading we ask him where he wants it and he leads us into the garage and asks if we can help unload it. So we start downstacking and carry cases of this s**t into what I thought would be the kitchen or pantry. Nope. Straight through the house to the back deck.
He was filling his hot tub with Evian.
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
A shame there's no other way to get water in a swimming pool. Imagine the ad campaign Evian would come up with. Our water is so pure you can even swim in it.
Gin. No tonic 3 years ago
You CAN swim in Evian - just take a dip into lake Geneva or any river in the Alps.
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MimSorensson 3 years ago
Oh dear. That’s truly, thoroughly pathetic. I’m sorry, but that’s just… pathetic.
Henry Russell 3 years ago
why does that suddenly get me the idea to fill a hot tub with coke even though i know i shouldnt if i had enough money i probably will cause im stupid
Proverb Woman 3 years ago
Soda eats through nails because of the carbonic acid etc, so you would have the softest skin after a few soaks!! LOL
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#7
Totally forget how they got their start in life.
I used to work for a guy who ran his businesses into the ground and declared bankruptcy (more than once I believe). He then married rich and his wife paid for him to go to school for a decent certification. He now owns a business that's slowly failing because of how he runs it, but he and his wife still have plenty of family money, and they're well-respected in the community.
He complains nonstop about "lazy millennials" who are so "entitled" and "think they deserve free stuff from the government." It bugged me so much to see how he was so dependent on grace and luck that just doesn't exist anymore, but he thought he was so much better than anyone who wanted a leg up.
Sweetpotato314 3 years ago
My brother married a relatively wealthy woman and instantly started giving us financial advice. He tells my sister she's stupid for renting instead of owning her house, when he's never owned a house himself, either. He says, without a hint of irony, that my other brother is stupid for working to support his disabled wife who can't work. He says I could make so much more than I do as a schoolteacher, when he knows I made my money before I changed careers and am quite financially stable, thank you very much. Dude has a credit score in the 400s, has never held down a steady job. He owned a restaurant that she bought him but ran it into the ground in 2 years. He's a musician but makes no money doing that because he gets fired from all of his gigs for being an a**hole. He berates me for investing in bonds instead of crypto. It's ridiculous.
FABULOUS1 3 years ago
My brother didnt marry rich but in his head he has all the answers, I dont even know where or who he is living with now. However he is always trying to tell me I need to buy a house, or how I can make my small business go bigger. Even after telling him multiple times that its just a hobby and a way of making a little money back off my hobby. I have a good job that pays me good and a good amount of money stashed away. But the guy with no stability and who has never owned anything in his life to my knowledge is giving me advice on money. I had to tell him on his last visit that I appreciate him but come back when he has is own sh** figured out then maybe I will consider his suggestions
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Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
Ah, how Donald Trump started, failed, started again, failed, etc, etc, became US President, failed, then failed to be credible in any way - hopefully the authorities will just chuck him in jail eventually and throw away the key .... here's hoping.
Hagen Radcliffe 3 years ago
From your lips to the ears of all the gods of COBOL !
Load More Replies... Hobby Hopper 3 years ago
I'd actually *love* to get a huge inheritance and use it to start businesses (non-profits really) that slowly lose money, because then you're providing opportunities to people that otherwise wouldn't get it. One idea I had is to start a fast food restaurant that specializes in very high quality, healthy food, sold for the same or less as traditional fast food, so that people that want the healthier option and only have a few bucks in their pocket, absolutely can have that better option. Or, another idea is to build beautiful homes that people would actually want to make their forever home and sell those homes to qualifying families for a fraction of the cost of market value. It might even drive down the price of real estate locally, which I think most of us know, has gotten completely out of hand. Ride that money train as long as you can, do the most good you can, and when it's gone, you close shop and move on.
Spinstapink 3 years ago
I was a renter before I moved in with my boyfriend, who 'owns'. I swear, every time we build up a little cash, something goes wrong with the damn house that absolutely must be resolved immediately or the bank freaks out. A storm comes, ruins the roof. Another storm- water in the basement. A sinking driveway- thousands of dollars. The heater, then the AC. The drain plugs up and has to be drilled? Thousands more. I had more money when I was making less money and renting. This sh*t is exhausting, and at least you can move if you're renting. We're stuck here until we die.
Saint Thomas 3 years ago (edited)
When reading the second paragraph i couldn't help but picture Michael Scott screaming : "I declare... BANKRUPTCY !!! "
#8
I was a babysitter for rich people once.
Their silverware was constantly filthy and caked in what resembled peanut butter and regret.
Their children were pleasant, but refused to brush their teeth more often than their hygiene-impaired parents until I told them gross stories about gingivitis.
The mom had a small Buddhist altar in the living room, but was also extremely vocal about her Christianity.
Would repeat the experience. It was mostly getting paid to help with homework and watch Voltron in pillow forts.
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Let me tell ya, peanut butter and regret ain't just for them rich folks. Been there and barely survived on that.
Donny Bereznak 3 years ago
I would love to get paid to watch Voltron in a pillow fort. I did that same thing as a child.
MimSorensson 3 years ago (edited)
“Peanut butter and regret”!! Oh my god, that made my WEEK!! I’ve got coffee up my nose now and it’s your glorious fault, you beast of words!
Jackie Lulu 3 years ago
I guess we think that rich people are clean, because they can afford fancy soap.
ZebraFromTheMoon 3 years ago
I don't see how being rich makes them different to any kind of people beside the silverware.
#9
Growing up my mother would clean houses for wealthy individuals. There was an elderly widowed woman with large all white poodles. She insisted that my mother clean them with bleach. She would provide 2 gallons of bleach each week.
My mother never did bleach them, she just poured out the bleach in the tub.
Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
You do not bleach white animals...you use perfectly safe bluing fluid to brighten them up after normal soaping...humans, oi ... Good on their mom.
Sarah Schumm 3 years ago
I’m going to be charitable and assume that it must have been a symptom of dementia. Why else would anyone suggest such an awful thing?
Hagen Radcliffe 3 years ago
Silly! The help don’t have specific jobs, they simply do what their told by the overseer oops I mean the housekeeper!
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XRaine 3 years ago
you're going to kill somebody with this terrible advice! dont bathe in bleach, that will give you skin poisoning!
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Skeeter 3 years ago
FTX just collapsed. I wonder what your bro would say about that? So many lost so much. I do not follow crypto, I have only heard about bad returns for at least a year in the news, (but I could be wrong in the time period, or there may be more to crypto), or am I missing something here?
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
It really peeves me when ignorant people have pets (or children). Would you wash YOUR hair with bleach, dumba$$?
#10
My mom first came to germany as an au pair for a family of 5, the mother was a doctor and the dad was an engineer and they had three teenage boys, they were not insanely rich but my mom grew up in a village in rural Thailand so it was definitely a different dimension for her. She got up every day at 5 to make breakfast for the whole family when one morning, the father comes down the stairs butt naked, followed by the mom, fully nude as well, and the kids who were also wearing nothing. They apparently spend a couple of days like this in the summer, imagine how shocked my mom must have been being a little 21 year old asian girl in a foreign country, having to serve a fully naked family...
Zedrapazia 3 years ago
The majority of us people in Germany, Switzerland or Austria dislike those weirdos too btw. They're not a common thing here.
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wifeofweasley 3 years ago
It's called FKK in germany. There are beaches, resorts and camping places you're just naked. It's nothing sexual or weird. The people who like it are usually just naked in their own home or on spots where it's appropriate (like FKK areas). I'm not a big fan of it myself but my mom grew up in the DDR (eastern part of germany) and her and her parents always went to nude beaches.
Mr Jumbarrawa 3 years ago
nude but not crude is the take home from this - ok folks .. you telling me you sauna dressed?
kitten levels tokyo 3 years ago
Nudie breakfast with the fam sounds pretty normal. Maybe Thailand just filled your mom’s head with weird clothing ideas.
Well-Dressed Wolf 3 years ago
My parents had no nudity taboos in our house - they’d be naked before/after a shower etc. But I’m pretty sure “nudie breakfast with the fam” is not pretty normal. Just thinking about the bare genitals pressed to the kitchen chairs - no thanks. Plus, if you drop any food, it’s going straight onto your body/into your hooha/into your short hairs.
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Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago
For me to rent a place, need to pass the "can i walk around naked" test or at least in panties but bra free.
#11
Im an assistant to a rich guy, i help him run his business. Most of the ones i know are very entitled, they dont understand no. I have know idea how some of these people got rich. I watched my boss have a full blown temper tantrum because a customer called him 40 minutes before he was leaving on vacation. Full blown melt down, this guy barely does anything and goes on vacation at least once a month, screws over his customers on a regular basis. We ordered a burger one day and they used a seasame seed bun, he does not like seasame seeds so he threw the burger at the cook and basically lost his s**t. Always complains about how shi**y his life is, even though he buys anything and goes anywere he wants. Its hard to explain until you see it, but money and greed really screws people up, once he gets back from summering in LA, im looking for something new as i just dont care anymore.
kitten levels tokyo 3 years ago
It seems that riches impart two gifts, the ability for adults to act like bratty children, and the ability to be spectacularly wasteful. Yay.
Hobby Hopper 3 years ago
A friend of mine, a lawyer, talks about a boss he had once. He said the guy from the outside looked extremely successful, financially, as he owned multiple houses, nice cars, and boats. But really, he was in a huge amount of debt and extremely unhappy. For whatever asinine reason, the bank kept approving loans for him to buy more toys, and he just kept digging himself into a deeper hole, thinking it would make him happy.
Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago
I guess consuming can be an addiction just like so much else? I've seen many people in my old job in a store (jewellery and accessories) who definitely couldn't afford to buy anything, but still did so to feel better about themselves.
Load More Replies... María Hermida 3 years ago
If you want to know what god thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to (Dorothy Parker)
Pamela Blue 3 years ago
Wrong. God said it's the LOVE of money that is the root of all evil. Not money itself. Money is just a tool. What you do with it is the issue.
Load More Replies... Richard Smith 3 years ago
Money magnifies personality. If you're a jerk already, then more money will make you more of a jerk. If you're nice already, then money will make you better.
Jasmine 3 years ago
Nope that's not how it works. I know people that where nice and humble but after their success they grew so tall they couldn't be bothered for anything except for their own interests. Like everyone else was just living to serve them
Load More Replies... Hagen Radcliffe 3 years ago
I think very few of these rich aholes made the money. I’m ready to bet that most of them inherited from Gramps or Daddy. Folks made a lot back in the day and lived well but saved saved saved. Then ALL that lovely $$$ got dumped into juniors sweaty, stupid, entitled, ignorant mitts. That’s the rich people we’re dealing with now. Big Daddy tRump gave hot shot Jr. enough money to lose business after business. The idiot banks give him more, and he’s just slimy enough to figure out how to play the cheatin’ game for decades. How do you stay “rich”- never pay your bills! Sue everybody! Never pay the lawyers! Insist on special deals & freebees! See, it’s easy… if you’re pond scum with no soul.
Gregg Bender 3 years ago
Money doesn't mess people up. The love of money does that. The reason you don't hear about the people with money who are level headed and kind is because they don't do anything newsworthy and don't act like entitled AH everywhere they go.
Pamela Blue 3 years ago
It's a bit unfair to label ALL the rich with these traits. There are quite a few very rich and very lovely people out there who don't treat people like dirt and are very generous with their wealth.
#12
The most bizarre was this newly rich young family in Vienna. The bed time routine for the kids (aged 3 and 7) included basically a spa treatment for both. I haven't seen that amount of products in a child's bathroom (they each had their own) in my life. The poor 7 year old girl had next to no hair on her head but I was required to slather her in the most expensive adult shampoo, conditioner, hair mask, hair oil, and some other things I didn't recognise - every night.
They only had one tiny box of toys and time spent playing was set up for 30 minutes after they brushed their teeth. Dinner was normally a bland fish fillet and a ton of salad. Not a grain of sugar anywhere in the house. Hot cocoa was made with skim milk and pure high quality cocoa - no sweetness to it whatsoever, it tasted awful.
They had time to explain EVERYTHING to me the first time I was there and I received an inch thick file with lists and procedures to follow. What they didn't mention was that the older girl was still wearing diapers at night. It made for a very awkward conversation with the child and I only hope I was sensitive enough to not cause her any future trauma.
Very, VERY weird.
B-b-bird 3 years ago (edited)
Diaper for 7 year old might be wayyy more concerning than anyone would think.
Natalie Kelsey 3 years ago
My otherwise normal kid wore nighttime diapers/depends until 11 because they were an incredibly sound sleeper with weak bladder control. 🤷 Every kid is different
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Delta Dawn 3 years ago (edited)
Kids NEED healthy fats for brain development, among other things. And no kid should be on some extreme keto diet. Probably explains the kid’s lack of hair.
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
It's not that rare for older children to have bladder issues while sound asleep.
Mr Jumbarrawa 3 years ago
I think the diet and regiment would be a bigger hint .. reasons go deep ... strange to me that your duty of care did not question ANY of this to be assured of your quality of care capacity.
Iva Kazalova 3 years ago
This regimen screams child abuse hence the diapers from the psychological impact, horrendous
Hagen Radcliffe 3 years ago
Did they shave her head or what? Why was she almost bald? I really need clarity.
#13
dog walker here. one of my clients only lets her dog drink smart water.
GirlFriday 3 years ago
Brand of bottled water that allegedly has some sort of magical properties, like make you pee liquid diamonds or some nonsense, so that consumers can be charged $4-$5 per bottle.
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FlatEarf 3 years ago
No the dogs were each teaching 3 college level classes the next year
Load More Replies... Well-Dressed Wolf 3 years ago
That’s not necessarily good for a dog. Smart Water is just distilled water with electrolytes mixed back in - and a dog’s daily electrolyte needs are different than a human’s. If Smart Water has too much calcium for the average dog to drink it exclusively, for example, that pupper is gonna end up with kidney or bladder stones :/
UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
Meanwhile, they’re eating cat poop off the ground when you walk them.
ThatBiBookLover 3 years ago
I’m so sorry for your loss… I don’t know what you’re going through and that these words might not mean anything but I am so sorry… hearts ❤️
Load More Replies... Frando Bone 3 years ago
not abnormal...my pup drinks the same filtered and or bottled water that I drink.
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#14
Wasn't really behind closed doors or anything but I delivered furniture to a very rich person's mega-house once only to discover, as we were going from room to room, a few rooms were completely bare and empty. I didn't really register it at first because I figured we would be putting furniture in there with the load we were delivering but that didn't happen and I mentioned to a co-worker how the one room was bigger than my living room and completely bare and he said "maybe they're getting stuff during another round?" and the guy heard and said "nah that room is staying empty - I have no use for it. Same with the others too." I couldn't really wrap my head around a lot of things after that. First off to be rich enough to afford a house like that, then on top of that, purposefully have parts of your house go completely unused because you don't care about them. Like...why even buy a house that big then? Why overdo it and leave some of it unused? Why not just buy what you need and use it all? Rich people are weird.
Duesvolent90 3 years ago
Makes you wonder if this is a normal thing. People buying 12 bed 12 bath with a 2 person family.
James Edwards 3 years ago
Look at me! I own a 12 bedroom 12 bath house for a 2 person family! Jealous yet?
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KING ILLEGAL FOREST 3 years ago
We have family friends who are super rich, and every house they've lived in, most of the rooms were left unfurnished while they just lived in like 3 rooms. I never understood it. Like why not buy a smaller house and then spend your money on like awesome vacations or something?
Albino 3 years ago (edited)
I doubt they would get a lot of use, but I'd have plenty ideas for rooms. Crafting room, woodworking, gaming, library with the most comfy couch ever,...
Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago
Yeah, if I could afford it, I'd at least have 2 master bedrooms (we'd usually sleep in one bed, but some nights my husband snores too much), 3 children's rooms plus a spare in case we have an "accident", living room, kitchen, dining room, at least 2 if not more bathrooms, 1 or 2 home offices, laundry room, storage room, at least one guest room, hobby room for sewing etc... I guess we could have used that 13 bedroom house in our neighbourhood, despite all the necessary repairs! What we have is: 1 master bedroom, 2 rooms for 3 children, living room, kitchen, bathroom, hallway and a storage room in the cellar...
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SealOfDisapproval 3 years ago
Maybe they bought it because of the location? Or, maybe, they were just pulling your leg...
oktopus 3 years ago
In odd moments I work on a design for my "dream house" for my family of 3 (just in case I ever win the lottery) - first draft came in at around 300m2, which turned out to have waaaay too much space which would realistically never get used . Down to about 180m2 now, just need that lottery win...
Mr Jumbarrawa 3 years ago
why is that your problem ?? he could be making a cult ?? don't judge ..
#15
I nannied for a New York City power couple in 2014. Both were corporate lawyers for national banks. The husband owned more socks than I had ever seen at one time in my life. Drawers upon drawers of them, all navy blue, black, and grey.
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
Rule 34: and there's videos of it on P0rnHub.
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Tatjana P 3 years ago
Maybe i can help with that. Socks are pretty important in a high powered male wardrobe. Also, they get ‘eaten up’ quite fast in business shoes if the person is not very thin (very). The problem is, not having the right socks for an occasion is pretty awful in those circles. I am not joking, its real - you will be deemed disrespectful to the event if you wear the wrong socks, and the ‘right ones’ are not available to buy at 9pm when you get dressed. My husband is a business person and he cares about his outfits only to the point of them being right for the occassion, and he has masses of socks which is really not down to him having any interest in them.
Hagen Radcliffe 3 years ago
Holy mother of god. This is just nuts. I sincerely hope they pay him very well for this tomfoolery
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Natalie H 3 years ago
And here I am, sitting in a recliner under a pile of cats & dogs, wearing 2 footie socks that don’t match & I just picked a cat hair out of my coffee and continued drinking it. I live a high falutin’ lifestyle. 😉
The Starsong Princess 3 years ago
He liked what he liked and could obviously afford it. I approve.
#16
I grew up in a middle class family living in of the richest parts of the country, a lot of my friends had incredibly rich parents. What I remember most of all was how weird some of them can be with money, they'd spent big money on some things then turn around to be incredibly frugal on something else.
I knew people that wouldn't think twice about dropping €300k on a new car or putting in a sauna and swimming pool in their basement but who wouldn't allow us more than half a bag of chips between the three of us.
2WheelTravlr 3 years ago
I actually have no problem with someone spending big on things which offer long-term comfort, safety, and happiness. Frugality with ephemerals like potato chips? Yeah, I'm good with that.
Dacă nu pierdeam, câștigam 3 years ago
Ok, but they're potato chips, not truffle chips. Very cheap product, and it's not like the kids ate 20 bags in a day
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María Hermida 3 years ago
It sounds a lot more like: we spend a lot of money on whatever we can show off, but then we don't have enough food in the fridge. There are so many of those in my city! Three cars, expensive holidays, designer clothes... And no food in the fridge.
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ARCH-201 3 years ago
Breathing these days isn't healthy. Realistically we live past the age that we're supposed to so eating badly is a blessing if anything
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Helped my mother in law who was a maid once with a very large mansion in NC. Beautiful house, amazing architecture. They traveled the world all the time. The kitchen had old old appliances from the 70's, the wife's bathroom had a broken toilet seat that was duct taped together. The wife did not rewear her underwear. We were not to go in the basement. I peaked down there, there were clothes three foot deep in the basement where she took off her clothes and just threw them down there. Thousands of pairs of underwear. Very weird people.
kitten levels tokyo 3 years ago
It is possible the cracked toilet seat gave her a bloody pinch every time she used it. And she then did not want to deal with blood-soaked undies. But she also didn’t want to just throw them away, thus the basement grungie graveyard. Rich folks aren’t so different from you and I.
Sheila Stamey 3 years ago
If they had cats, and she was the epitome of a "Karen", in or around Harnett County,I know this person. She used to donate her clothes and my lady insisted on full retail records. Too bad as it's a limit of $500 for tax credit per day. Plus I had to throw the stuff away! What hadn't been cat urinated on, had this degrading of the fabric from deodorant and being worn and rehung for a long time. Ewww.
Robin Childers 3 years ago
Maybe she collected the underwear and sold them to fetish weirdos??
#18
I was a nanny for an affluent family. They had a beautiful home and nice vehicles and the kids all had lots of toys and new clothes but while doing laundry one day I had to take a load of moms cloths out of the dryer and every single pair of her panties had multiple holes in them. Not like gnaw holes lol but worn out most tattered panties I've ever seen holes.
Got curious and looked in her under garment drawer and this was par for the course and not just period panties. She was like a major high up in a huge company and her panties looked worse than I would imagine a homeless person wearing.
The Radio Demon 3 years ago
I've got a pair of shoes that are the most tattered things you can imagine, holes all throughout and patches galore, but they're comfortable and well-loved.
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Persephone 3 years ago
She was likely taking care of everyone else's clothing needs before her own.
Bubs623 3 years ago
I'm not rich by any stretch, but I can buy all the nice panties I want. My fav two pair are basic cotton with holes in the waistband where I would put my thumbs to pull them up. I won't get rid of them. They are comfy.
Angelica Lynch 3 years ago
I repair mine until they can't be repaired any more
Load More Replies... Brindle Nutter 3 years ago
I mean, I can afford new undies but I don't, I wear such homeless panties. I loathe buying that stuff
LinkTheHylian 3 years ago
This stock photo was taken in Ireland's biggest lingerie section, I understand.
#19
The family that regularly bought complicated Lego sets for their five year old, and then assembled them for him because they were too complicated for a five year old, while he looked on and complained they weren't doing it fast enough, still receive periodic installments of my pity and contempt. Like, dude: he's not learning anything except that Mommy and Daddy were put on the planet to please him, and he's not actually learning anything from the toys. They also bought the kid new toys once a week or so. I just...I can't with some parents.
Kiss Army 3 years ago
If I had that much disposable income, I would buy some of those expensive Lego sets for myself but I would claim loudly and proudly that they were for me and not try to play it off like they were for my kid... although my kid is 21 now and he would probably want some too! LOL!
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Sarah Schumm 3 years ago
My brother got a very high paying tech job and buys two of the biggest Lego sets that come out each year, one for our niece (other brother’s daughter) and one for himself.
HELIKOPTER HELIKOPTER 3 years ago
GIVE ME THE LEGOS IN THAT PHOTO. As a collector, I NEED those. If anyone is selling a set, let me know.
#20
Gosh, where to start?
The wife was driving through the home improvement part of the city and saw a sale on bathtubs. So she popped in and bought three. As she was leaving, she saw another tub she liked and simply had to get that one too. She wasn't renovating a house at the time.
They refuse to throw away food. Used by and best before dates are completely ignored, to the point where I found a tin of seafood marinara which was 15 years out of date.
They have a holiday home in the south pacific and have a housekeeper clean it three times a week yet they only visit 3-4 times a year. When they're not visiting, no one lives there.
When the family go out for dinner, the father will happily pay for the expensive meals but not the drinks. The kids (who are all teens or older) have to pay him back for the drinks and he will send reminder messages about the amount. Yet when any of the kids offer to pay for the meal, he won't accept.
The wife is a hoarder and will often take way more samples than any normal person. She always makes sure to take all the shampoo/soap etc from hotel rooms and if she passes the housekeeping trolley, will grab as many as she can from there too. Yet she never uses them. They have a whole bathroom cupboard dedicated to samples.
GirlFriday 3 years ago
When I stay in hotels, I always collect the complimentary toiletries, as many as they will give me. I do this with cosmetic samples that are given out in department stores, etc, too. Upon my return home, I donate them to a shelter for those escaping domestic violence. I have also been known to talk the receptionist at my dentist's office into giving me 50 or 60 toothbrushes, too. They go to the same place.
Unknown 3 years ago
Nice:) I take them too, and keep them in my car for (not too excited) homeless people on corners. Not cash, but not something they can't use.
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Henry Russell 3 years ago
honestly if i was the housekeeper i would just live there what are they going to do to stop me
Richard Smith 3 years ago
Or post it on AirBnB and make a living off of it. ;)
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Mrs. EW 3 years ago
I just went glamping with my hubs for our 18th anniversary. This is only the second time in our relationship we’ve gotten to vacation alone for a few days. Didn’t even have a honeymoon, as I was 8 months pregnant and we weren’t financially well off. We shared a bathroom/ shower with another glamping couple, that were obviously much more well off than ourselves financially. The bathroom/ shower were stacked with homemade soaps and other nice toiletries. I wanted to take back a bit to fam and myself, not much mind you, but the day we all were checking out; they had taken every bit of the massive stack. Except for a few damaged and cracked soap bars. Thank you, rich spoiled couple, for leaving me a couple crappy looking soaps! And yeah, I did take the leftovers lol
#21
My friend works for a tax lawyer for the obscenely wealthy. Their firm is one of those go to places when you want to take advantage of tax havens. Think Panama-Luxembourg.
He tells me he one of their clients had an issue and called the people he always turns to for help. His lawyers.
The problem? He bought a new jet and only just realized its entertainment system doesn't have a blu-ray player (this was 5 years ago). Find someone that can fix it. Today.
He had lawyers at 3 different firms searching for a solution that afternoon, all billed him for it of course.
#22
Technically behind the garage door...
Neighbor won the lottery. Nothing huge, but nice. He took the lump sum, and upgraded his little ranch to have a big a*s garage and in ground pool and cabana. Never was anyone there prior, but after, he had SO many friends. One of the first things he bought was his DREAM car, a red Lamborghini.
One day in the summer, he was having a party, and his "friends" wanted him to show it off, so he started it up, and was revving it in the garage when ... it caught fire. Burned the house to the ground, taking half the money he had in cash in duffel bags with it. Turns out, he didn't have insurance. Ended up using the rest of the winnings to rebuild his old house, but lost everything. Somehow he managed to push the Lambo out of the garage, and to this day, there's a half burnt Lamborghini under a tarp in his backyard, 20 years later.
Elle 3 years ago
Right... from the point where fake friends entered to him losing it all. People take getting insurance for granted but I wouldn't wish this type of luck (or lack thereof) on anyone... unless they deserved it lol
Load More Replies... FlatEarf 3 years ago
Anybody else think it's weird to keep half of your lottery winnings in duffel bags?
BasedWang12.5 3 years ago (edited)
nope.... wait.... depends on what the amount ACTUALLY was.. But I would keep a buncha cash handy
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UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
Hundreds of thousands of dollars for a piece of shìt car. Every time I see one of those stupid things I can’t help but roll my eyes. You know, my $12,000 used Toyota has never caught fire.
Jenny McKenna 3 years ago
If you're going to make up a story at least try to make it believable 😂
#23
There was a serious lack of showering on the father's part. He worked from home 95% of the time and his office stunk.
They also had absolutely no clue that I lived a 50 minute drive away (without traffic, up to 2 hours if there was a wreck) in a town they had lived in all their lives. I lived on a base, so it's not somewhere off the beaten path. They finally realized about a month before I moved away and were shocked at how far I drove. No clue. Made my day almost 13 hours for less than minimum wage.
But they loved their kids and so did I, so what's to complain about?
eta: they were good employers, just clueless. I was also young and didn't really realize my worth. When I left, they were extremely sad to see me go. They did give me some high ticket items after a few months, including a plane ticket for my own personal use. A few months after I left, they said they really didn't realize how awesome I was. They were quirky, but not terrible.
Con O Cuinn 3 years ago
I'm reminded of Richard Pryor talking about picking up a hitchhiker in Africa, thinking he stunk awfully. When he looked in the rearview mirror, the guy was clearly thinking they stunk with all their perfume and stuff.
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#24
I work at a ski school office at a fancy ski resort in Colorado. I've had guests come in and get a private instructor just for them for 3 weeks straight at a grand a day and then throw the biggest hissy fit when their credit card declines a 20k charge. Trying to explain that their card company might think it's fraud and they lose their minds. "I have a 200k limit it shouldn't decline!"
kitten levels tokyo 3 years ago
The most fun part is announcing in a voice that carries to the far corners of the ski lodge, “I’M SORRY MADAM, YOUR CARD WAS DECLINED.”
KING ILLEGAL FOREST 3 years ago
LOL when I worked retail, I used to love the opportunity to loudly announce a declined card when the customer had been a huge a$$hole during their time in the store.
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Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
I understand a bank card being declined for suspected fraud, but why doesn't someone contact the card holder & inquire first?
E Hall 3 years ago
I worked as a server at a pretty upscale restaurant The cash register was in the back next to a large drink cooler we kept the fancy a*****e bottled water in. When we would have douche bag customers, we would run their credit card, and then stick their card to the cooler with a big a*s magnet while we finished up the transaction.
#25
Once when I was a nanny, I was housesitting while the family was out of the country. The refrigerator in my apartment broke, so I packed up some perishables and brought them to the family's house to store them until the landlord could fix it. When I brought my groceries back to my place, I realized I had accidentally grabbed something that wasn't mine from the cheese drawer.
It was a gallon ziploc bag. Inside that was a smaller ziploc bag. Inside that was a bundle of wax paper. Inside that was a bundle of plastic wrap. Inside that was another bundle of plastic wrap. Inside that was a bundle of tinfoil. Seven layers deep, I found an old lump of fruitcake.
#26
I make travel plans for the wealthy. One guy always pays for an extra night before he arrives at any hotel. He doesn't want a room that someone else has slept in the night before...but the day after, that's apparently okay.
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
Well, yeah. Doesn't matter if the guy there the day AFTER you shits the bed. Only the guy before.
The Radio Demon 3 years ago
Also, if the room smells at all, it gives it time to air out.
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Biofish23 3 years ago
I can see this really making sense if you arrive early in the day. Most hotels won't guarantee your room will be ready until at least mid afternoon. It would be nice to get off a plane at 9 am knowing you can go right to your room.
DeoManus Argentem 3 years ago
Definitely! I've done this occasionally myself - especially a good idea if you're travelling with valuables! They're way safer in your hotel safe than on your person, rental car, or airport locker!
Load More Replies... Spinstapink 3 years ago (edited)
Personally, I would pay for the night after, if I could afford it. Just so I could sleep in and not have to worry about being out by 11 am. It takes me a while to get moving in the morning.
kitten levels tokyo 3 years ago
Bed germs can only survive for 23 hours without a host… so, makes sense.
#27
I was a nanny for a pretty affluent family for a summer and on the whole they were really nice and great parents. Two things stood out to me:
On one occasion, they had family friends visiting with their three children, so I worked a full day taking care of the five kids while the four adults just hung out in the house, ostensibly working from home but really just drinking wine and hanging out. I understand occasionally having the nanny come while you're there so you can work well from home, but nannying five children whose parents were ten feet away was a little absurd.
The second thing is that they reused ziploc bags. I honest to god probably spent at least 45 minutes a day washing, drying, and organizing their ziploc bags.
kitten levels tokyo 3 years ago
“Reuse a ziploc bag, save a dolphin from torture and death.” - Mahatma Gandhi
Deborah Harris2 3 years ago
lmao he didn't say that, but hey you got top votes 🤣
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Dietcocoabean 3 years ago
Perhaps you are not aware that there is a global crisis in part caused by plastics that don't biodegrade? Please do reuse your ziplock bags.
Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
Quite right too - very responsible. Possibly the OP needs to review how they view their ideas about saving the planet .....
Michelle Carlson 3 years ago
I reuse ziploc bags all the time. Never if they have meat in them, but otherwise, why make them single use?
Susan Reid Smith 3 years ago
I reuse zipper type bags, but only for sewing projects. For food we use rubbermaid dishes we've had for 30 years, and semi-disposable if we care about losing the nice ones.
Angelica Lynch 3 years ago
We call ours Giveaway Rubbermaid, we wash and save containers from sour cream ,butter, etc . when we have a gathering we get the dishes out, masking tape, and markers and everyone packs up and labels what they want to take home. Those pie Tina with the clamshell cover from the deli also, so everyone can take home a collection of pieces. We use the same bags for frozen items over and over- it open the bag of for example chicken strips from the bottom then put them in the zitbag upside down, that way when I roll the open end down inside the zip bag then fold the zipper under I can easily see what is in each one and nutrition info usually also
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#28
During the summer while I was on vacation from college, I helped my mom at her first landscaping/greenhouse job. We went to this particular lady's house in the rich part of town, big Antebellum home, she was a realtor and all that jazz. We called her Dragon Lady because a) she looked like a wrinkly old Dragon and b) she hoarded the most ridiculous jewelry and always wore it. Even in her "pajamas".
We were taking a job to fix up (replace nice shrubs and flowers that she was just tired of) her back yard. She was a terrible excuse of a human. Mean spirited, snide comments, the works. But she had an inordinate amount of fresh young men always in and out of her house. Like the entire time we were there. Quite the variety. And if we ran into one she always introduced them as her "cousins" and we were like yeah ok sure you old crusty bag.
She would flounce around in sheer robes with little to cover anything underneath. The guys followed her around the house like they were on a leash, it was like she WANTED us to see her because she was always in her sun room being doted on by her "cousins". Putting lotion on her reptilian skin, bringing her drinks, food, etc.
Then when she was done with them a slick nice Mercedes would pick them up. We only witnessed the car a couple times but man she was weird. And gross. She's probably a fossil by now I guess. She was a relic then and that was only like 7 years ago.
María Hermida 3 years ago
Would you think the same of a disgusting old man always surrounded by very young girls?
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Chylon Brigham 3 years ago
You certainly sound mean spirited yourself in the manner you described your mother's employer.
#29
I once assisted a Country manager of a big MLM company. He wanted me to book him a rental car until he gets his own car. He got so stressed out that the rental car can't accommodate him (it was last minute).
His place was less than 5 minutes away from his work, if you walk.
Antz Online 3 years ago
I don’t see anything wrong here, especially if you have company data on your electronic devices, you really don’t want to expose yourself.
Kate 3 years ago
What does that have to do with being able to walk two blocks?
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#30
Well I've been in a couple really rich peoples houses who have had fires.
One is a semi famous boxer, 2 world championship belts, which he had sitting on his kitchen table. The weird part was, he had pictures of himself hanging all over the house. Not with his kids or his wife in the pictures mind you. Just of him. It was weird.
And another couple full on screamed at their kid because he allowed smoke to get into his trombone case. Not sure how he was supposed to prevent that but whatever. They also lost their minds because the insurance company wouldn't pay to get them brand new "handmade cabinets imported from Italy."
One family lived in the middle of nowhere. Huge house, had a hot tub room, every bedroom had a walk in closet and a bathroom suite, crazy stuff like that. But this guy absolutely loved his four wheeler. He told me he paid to add an attached garage specifically for his four wheeler. And the four wheeler was the only thing allowed in the garage.
Sally Barry 3 years ago
I knew a woman who worked for a famous star, and he had all his magazine covers and a fashion shoot or two, framed , hanging on the walls of a long hallway. There were dozens of pictures, just of him. Some so flattering you wouldn't recognize him in real life, lol. But they weren't 'all over the house', just a hallway of fame. Nothing wrong with that, they could have been in a scrapbook, I guess, lol
#31
Didn't work for them, but went to school with their son.
The daughter was 19 and had gotten married, so the couple decided to have a test-child that was a small monkey. That was already pretty weird, but then I learned that they also had a previous monkey before that. It had been playing in the laundry while the maid was loading clothes in the washer. Poor thing died. Makes me wonder why they didn't call the test-child thing off after the first one died.
Amy Taylor 3 years ago
WHYYYYY do people have monkeys for pets?? They belong in the jungle, not in someone's home. Then they age out of babyhood and become violent and end up being killed or sent to a sanctuary. There's a reason why they are illegal to own as pets.
Elle 3 years ago
My first thought was that since science claims that monkeys are more directly related to humans, that owning one or parenting one will give a now realistic feel or capability of developing a bond with another closely linked sentient being. Just my immediate thought process & not based on any article or theories
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So back in the day I was working for a 1%er who lived in this HUGE mansion he inherited from his parents. This guy was all over the place and lived everything to the extreme. Women, expensive cars, luxury travels...your typical rich guy living the dream. I knew that he had something going on behind closed doors. Late at night this guy used to dress up in a Bat-shaped gimp-suit and beat up a mentally challenged guy who he called 'The Joker'. Later he got some orphans into the manor to 'train' under him. What a sicko. Glad I don't work there anymore.
Jul Chv 3 years ago (edited)
Yeah. Do you realise this is a litterally a testimony that could come from Alfred?
Load More Replies... Historyharlot93 3 years ago
At first I thought this guy had a sick Batman fetish, then got the joke.
Dietcocoabean 3 years ago
In the U. S. "orphans" are in foster or boarding homes. You can't just get a group of orphans to come over. This sounds more like sex trafficking and he should definitely be reported.
ButterflyMcQueen 3 years ago
Big thumbs-up to the people with a sense of humor and critical thinking skills. The rest may need a surgeon to have that stick removed 👊💥🤘
#33
I can't think of anything particularly scandalous, but there seemed to be a really disproportionate number of uncomfortably close relationships between meek, grown sons who still lived at home and their domineering mothers.
#34
Former nanny for a very wealthy Silicon Valley family. The mom had recently married her new husband when I was hired. Husbnd was an older, wealthy lawyer and wife was in tech consulting. They were always really kind to me and the kids were good despite having insane privilege. Honestly the only weird thing was that the parents were addicted to Five Hour Energy and Coke Zero (I assume because they were total workaholics and needed the caffeine). I'd get texts at random hours just begging me to bring over Coke Zero and Five Hour Energy... I'd purchase cases at a time and it would all be gone by the end of the week. The kids didn't touch the stuff, they made sure of it, so I know it was pretty much all the mom and step dad.
kitten levels tokyo 3 years ago
“Coke Zero and Five Hour Energy: For Those Times When Cocaine is Just Not Available “ would be a good slogan.
#35
My husband used to work for a landscaping company. There was one lady he would always come home with crazy stories, like they paid a pilot year-round just to be on stand by in case they wanted to fly somewhere. Also, they apparently paid Google a fee every year to keep their property off of Google Maps? Also, if this is the same woman and I'm remembering correctly, she had two solid platinum reindeer for Christmas decorations.
#36
The family I worked for had a nanny. Youngest daughter forced her nanny to push her around the entire property while she just emitted a high C note. The property was hundreds of acres and they were at it for quite a while. The breadwinner is the husband. Can't say what he does as I believe he wouldn't like that. Either way he was a menace to the trees. Would need work breaks so he'd grab a pole saw and go to town on random trees. Then he'd get bored and tell me to clear the piles he made and "pretty the trees back up". This was also their 365 acre weekend home complete with dam generated power that took them off grid. They had a mansion in the big city, cottage in cottage country, and this property in farm country.
kitten levels tokyo 3 years ago (edited)
And they probably have a giant mud hut in mud hut country.
#37
I have two jobs like this, and two stories.
Job A I'm a nanny. Family isn't overly rich or anything, really down to earth but the dad keeps complaining on the down low to me whenever he has to see his in laws it's actually pretty funny.
Job B I guess I'm a PA for this woman who runs her own business, she just keeps buying things. Like she straight up bought me a new MacBook, then a surface to use as the work computer, thinks $3000 for website redesign is cheap and paid it up front.
Maybe I'm just poor though who knows
kitten levels tokyo 3 years ago
I would weed her flower beds for $10,000 if she’s interested. (As long as they are not too big.)
#38
When in my late teens I did baby sitting work for my Uncle and Aunts children. Bit of context, both of our families came from basically nothing both my mum, dad and uncle worked their assess off in their 20s-30s to get to were they are, uncle ended up with the more lucrative business. My parents also want to ensure that me and my sisters didn't grow up to be entitled s**t heads, so if we wanted something that didn't directly relate to our education or wellbeing we were paying for it (we were all employed by the family business by the time we were 13). What I learnt doing baby sitting for my young cousins that they were experience the complete opposite, they got what ever they wanted when ever, it was so surreal to interact with these kids who casual talk about and showed me toys, phones, watches and various other items that my uncle and aunt got them on basically a whim. Who randomly spends thousands of dollars on ultimately useless things for their kids regularly like this? As a result 2/3 cousins grew up to be self entitled assholes. Edit: words, rip large thumbs small phone.
keighterz 3 years ago
I don’t mind getting my kids a <$5 toy like a HotWheels car or a little rubber ducky or a ball from the Dollar Store or the check out line if they behaved well in the store, but even that I make sure to keep in check. It’s amazing though how media makes kids think they need so much and that we need to give them everything. Not good parenting.
#39
I was a nanny for a rich family in Vegas. The amount of food they wasted was crazy. One instance I can remember is the woman buying Monster energy drinks for her nephew who only visited her house maybe twice a year. The garage was stocked with cases of the stuff for the kid. When it went bad, they threw it out and bought more. Oh there was also the time they had me run around and buy 25 dollar gift certificates for their annual company Christmas party from 25 different places... in Las Vegas... two days before Christmas. That was fun.
Edit: woke up to questions about Monster drinks going bad. They maybe didn't "go bad" but they had a drink by/expiration date. The kid never went to their house enough to drink them all or even put a dent in the stash. They just tossed them and bought more.
#40
My sister used to be a nanny for a very famous former F1 driver. I'm pretty sure the kids outdoor playset (jungle gym, castle-like playhouse etc.) cost more than my sister's apartment. On the plus side, him and his wife are apparently the most down-to-earth, sweet people.
Tony James 3 years ago
Once worked for a landscaping firm that was hired by a then-world champion F1 driver. My g*d but he was the cheapest MF on the planet. Bought a plot of land on a headland overlooking a bay - beautiful. Built a house on it. Told the local carpet guy that instead of paying him he'd put the shop name on his overalls next season. "Jog on, pal - you think anyone in Buenos Aires is going to shop at Dave Hudspeth Carpets? Pay up, or the carpets come up. Your choice."
Tamsin Far 3 years ago
Sounds nice to me... Jungle gym seems to be the better idea than just electronics for kids.
#41
There was one woman who would wear her brand new Apple Watch on her shoe because she thought it tracked her steps better oml
kitten levels tokyo 3 years ago
She probably breathes hard on her MacBook Air to make that work better too.
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Wysteria_Rose 3 years ago
I have a friend who gives music lessons to some children from affluent families. She says a couple of them have historic houses with servant entrances on the sides...and that they make HER use them instead of the front door like a normal person.
Maple Porkly 3 years ago
My mother worked as a cleaning lady and I'd often go with her as a kid. I remember one person had a door at the back for "the help" to enter the house. Another person screamed at me for cleaning the tops of the washer and dryer because he's allergic to the chemicals I was using. I was 12 and it was water.
wifeofweasley 3 years ago
I was once out with this stupid rich guy (all daddys money ofc). I suggested a restaurant he never heard of. I was confused because it was a known place in the city (great food, fair pricing and amazing drinks) but appearently he never heard of it because it was just not fancy enough. We instead went to that super fancy upscale place. Everyone in this restaurant looked super rich and I was the only one wearing a no name dress (I looked appropriate, just not as fancy). He was nice and respectful but so over the top and in his own world it was unbelievable. He paid for my food and drove me home in his luxury car. Where's the catch you might ask? He later texted me that he would like me to lick his feet when we're having sex..NOPE Nice guy, way to spoiled and has a feet kink so it's a no for me
Got Banned But Now I'm Back 3 years ago
A lot of these people sound bitter and jealous. If you take a job for a seriously rich person, you will find that they have the money to pay for all of the mundane tasks we regular peasant-type people do without thinking twice. They don't cook or clean or watch their own kids. They don't drive themselves or mow their own lawns. They don't clean their pools and they spend money on things we could never even dream of. If it bothers you, don't work for the extremely wealthy. I was a nanny for a celebrity, and babysat for many other celebrities. Were they quirky? Yup. Were they out of touch with reality for most people? Yup. Did they take really good care of me? Also yup.
Wysteria_Rose 3 years ago
I have a friend who gives music lessons to some children from affluent families. She says a couple of them have historic houses with servant entrances on the sides...and that they make HER use them instead of the front door like a normal person.
Maple Porkly 3 years ago
My mother worked as a cleaning lady and I'd often go with her as a kid. I remember one person had a door at the back for "the help" to enter the house. Another person screamed at me for cleaning the tops of the washer and dryer because he's allergic to the chemicals I was using. I was 12 and it was water.
wifeofweasley 3 years ago
I was once out with this stupid rich guy (all daddys money ofc). I suggested a restaurant he never heard of. I was confused because it was a known place in the city (great food, fair pricing and amazing drinks) but appearently he never heard of it because it was just not fancy enough. We instead went to that super fancy upscale place. Everyone in this restaurant looked super rich and I was the only one wearing a no name dress (I looked appropriate, just not as fancy). He was nice and respectful but so over the top and in his own world it was unbelievable. He paid for my food and drove me home in his luxury car. Where's the catch you might ask? He later texted me that he would like me to lick his feet when we're having sex..NOPE Nice guy, way to spoiled and has a feet kink so it's a no for me
Got Banned But Now I'm Back 3 years ago
A lot of these people sound bitter and jealous. If you take a job for a seriously rich person, you will find that they have the money to pay for all of the mundane tasks we regular peasant-type people do without thinking twice. They don't cook or clean or watch their own kids. They don't drive themselves or mow their own lawns. They don't clean their pools and they spend money on things we could never even dream of. If it bothers you, don't work for the extremely wealthy. I was a nanny for a celebrity, and babysat for many other celebrities. Were they quirky? Yup. Were they out of touch with reality for most people? Yup. Did they take really good care of me? Also yup.
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