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My dad always told me, making generalizations about anything is a bad thing to do. Take everything on a case by case basis. You might just learn something B)
I’ll say this: I was always in love with the look of the GT40. When Ford announced they were coming out with a reproduction of that famous car I was thrilled. My wife bought me a model of the car which I adored. Well, finally, one was on display at the local Ford outlet. I took one look and headed for the door. It was a ridiculous looking giant of a thing I knew would never be a driver. I used to see some of the original GT40’s on the road. I was right, I have never seen a Ford GT on the road. Like the Porsche, it is just an exhibit.
My sister raises fancy pigeons and hauls them all over the country for display. I don’t understand that either. Every time I see a pigeon I think shotgun.
The only thing people care about is what they can get out of others. In rare cases, what they want is friendship.
Nobody really cares about anyone else. No one cares what kind of car you drive, how big your house is, etc.Eric’s question answered –
I have dealt with only a couple “rich” people. Worked for them. Not mega-wealthy, probably low 7 figure net worth. Both of them had reputations for being real pricks. They were hard to work for and greedy. I imagine trying to maintain an affluent lifestyle is stressful. They cannot just punch the clock and go home after work like the rest of us.I could care less if someone has more or less than I do. Their wealth doesn’t effect me. I know there are people who are fascinated by what others have, I am not one of them. I don’t have much. I await my tax return so I can get the parts I need to fix the Acura.
On the subject of cars –
In 2005, my (now ex) and I bought a 1999 Buick Lesabre, it was like-new. One night at work, I was standing there looking at my car through the window and thinking of how nice it was to own it (was the nicest car I ever had). THEN a yellow Lamborghini pulls up and parks next to my car. Just a customer stopping in. I told him how I was feeling good about my car until he pulled up. His remark – “That piece of shit isn’t worth what I am paying for it!” So I was thankful for my Buick and he seemed to hate his Lamborghini. That was a serious lesson about “be thankful for what you have”.My main car now – 1997 Acura CL that I have sunk about $2,000 into for the car itself and some repairs. It needs more work. That is fine. It still gets me around, I am thankful.
Here’s something , if I stop someone in say a , Mercedes S Class , for speeding they are far more likely to fail what we call the “attitude test” , than say someone in a Honda , the guy or girl in the Mercedes will sadly more often than not come across arrogant , aggressive and try to spout off about “why can’t I catch real law breakers “, well going 130 in a 100 KM/hr zone is breaking a road law , the Honda driver while they won’t be happy about being stopped , will usually take in their stride , quite often depending on the circumstances , if you co-operate you might just get a warning , the more wealthy the person is however, the less likely this will happen , sadly .
Wow, that’s a large sense of entitlement! Does it matter if they’re in a brand new S Class versus a 12 year old S Class?
Poverty builds character. People who learn to make due with limited resources often times find satisfaction in simple things. I thank for rich people for providing jobs and have zero animosity towards anybody, however, buying something with no effort is never as satisfying as building it or sweating for it. We churchmice people have experiences that no rich people could imagine. Think of this, I was travelling one time outside Edgemont South Dakota, and I had a mustang convertible 5.0, and I wrenched on it alot to keep it running, it was worn out but knew that car inside and out. Anyway, it was in the Winter and it was -30 outside, and this was 50 miles from anything. Had I been a wealthy guy who relied somebox else to fix it, and it would have broken down, I would have frozen to death, but because of all those years under greasy ford trucks making ends meet , working in gravel at night to get to work, making due with what I had (assuring it was up to my standards for reliability, not another person), there was no way that that car was going to cause me to die out there because I was empowered to keep it running myself due to years of hard work that a richer person may considered themselves above.. What I lack in financial resources I, and others have on here have is self reliance, which if often more important that money. Had that car failed me out there, all the money in the wouldn’t have saved me, but self reliance and experience sure would have. Growing up poor and on a farm made me like this.
[quote=”andrewbutton442″ post=130928]Poverty builds character. People who learn to make due with limited resources often times find satisfaction in simple things. I thank for rich people for providing jobs and have zero animosity towards anybody, however, buying something with no effort is never as satisfying as building it or sweating for it. We churchmice people have experiences that no rich people could imagine. Think of this, I was travelling one time outside Edgemont South Dakota, and I had a mustang convertible 5.0, and I wrenched on it alot to keep it running, it was worn out but knew that car inside and out. Anyway, it was in the Winter and it was -30 outside, and this was 50 miles from anything. Had I been a wealthy guy who relied somebox else to fix it, and it would have broken down, I would have frozen to death, but because of all those years under greasy ford trucks making ends meet , working in gravel at night to get to work, making due with what I had (assuring it was up to my standards for reliability, not another person), there was no way that that car was going to cause me to die out there because I was empowered to keep it running myself due to years of hard work that a richer person may considered themselves above.. What I lack in financial resources I, and others have on here have is self reliance, which if often more important that money. Had that car failed me out there, all the money in the wouldn’t have saved me, but self reliance and experience sure would have. Growing up poor and on a farm made me like this.[/quote] True, I can relate, a proper upbringing also helps character, as well as hard work in general. Self reliance is the single most important thing one can learn. Kids today are too reliant on technology and the more tech does for them, they more and more dependent they get. Just stating from observations what I see, it doesn’t apply to all of kids today, but most of them.
Kids today — just don’t know about them. Without getting to specific I worked for a man who bought his son for a first car an almost new European car performance sports model. I dont mean a regular model, I mean the top line one with the biggest engine that one hardly sees ever.. rare exotic, they had lots of money, so whatever the kid wanted, he got, anyway, to make a long story short, when he turned 17 he got a newer model same car,, this one was newer, faster, whatever, so he sold the older European Hi po car to his friend who also had money, and this kid ended up driving this car off a bridge and he and his passenger died. I saw the car on its roof on the front page of the paper and knew it was the car because it had some 7000 dollars wheels from Italy on it. First kid says to me when talking about it later that week, oh yea, those are the wheels I put on it and moved on with the conversation about something else. My generation was just happy have something to drive to school and work. Different time. Not unusual to see a kid in a new Shelby, Range Rover or something like that around round here. Old working guys like me drive ancient ford trucks or $350 civics we patched back together. I would rather have nice tools to fix old junky cars from the 60s than a nice car somebody else gets to work on.
ah the spoiled rich kids , very hard to deal with , often with large chips on their shoulders , to go with their egos , when they have their cars taken away from them for driving infringements on the back of a low loader to see the looks on their little faces is almost enough to make up for the language they use when they get pulled over for speeding or sustained loss of traction , ( doing a burnout ) 👿
If i had a $1 for everyone who said ” My dads a lawyer , and you are in trouble now ” I’d be well no better off actually , but its a line we hear often .I bought a computer at Sam’s Club. Right out of the box the CD player didn’t work. So, I got on the tech line and waited five hours to talk to a real person. They said take it back to Sam’s Club but by this time I was cranky and said I have a warranty, send someone out.
Well, this kid showed up and I learned he had to drive 150 miles to arrive at my house. That made me feel bad. He came with a replacement drive but that didn’t work either. So, he got on the tech line for his wait to talk to a real person. While we waited I saw this little crappy Chevy compact he had come in I asked if it was a company car. No, he said, it was his personal car. Now I really felt like a heal.
I said, while we wait, lets go look at your car. He raised the hood and I was surprised. It looked like something that should be in a car show. The little 4 cylinder engine block was painted white – looked like some sort of epoxy and not a drop of oil or dirt on it. He said, “I built it myself.”
On the pay of a copy machine repairman, I don’t suppose he could afford much more car but still he had a beauty. So, my hat is off to this kid, not the couple with the Porsche.
[quote=”Commodore665″ post=130951]If i had a $1 for everyone who said ” My dads a lawyer , and you are in trouble now ” I’d be well no better off actually , but its a line we hear often .[/quote]
Do you ever feel like waving your hands and saying, “HUUUUUU! I am scared!”
Their uncle is the chief of police, their big brother is the county sheriff, their cousin is a judge, their sister is the D.A., and their mom works a security job at the local tavern.
With the burnouts, they would not be doing those if they knew the damage that can do to the drive train. Fixing that is HELL of a lot more expensive than any single citation a police officer could write. AND – when a drive train part fails, it doesn’t “let someone off with a warning” Getting pulled over for peeling out is a blessing compared to what could hjappen
Rich people…where to start….well in a sense I am one of those “rich” people, rich with both money and kindness, granted we have two volvos and Ford truck and Mustang, and even had a Jaguar and a Roles Royce, but personally I am the type of person who you would find driving a avrage mans truck (The Ford F150) and most people when they figure out the fact im “rich” look at me with suprise and usually ask “why arn’t you driving a Jaguar or something like that if you have the money…” usually to that I prefer to answer honestly with “I like to help others so therefore I try to donate when I can to others and orginizations that help others. Money isn’t what makes me happy, its the ability to help others and fix cars and trucks and just make others feel better by helping them when I have the abilities to do so!! So not all Rich people are your “usual snob”!! I believe Eric managed to hit on that as well!!
It’s been my experience, people that don’t make enough money don’t want to work to better themselves.
That’s just my experience, and I’m not rich by a long shot.
I do find it funny that people who work for what they have appreciate it more, unless it’s money then you are just greedy.
My wife is a nurse and the cooks in the cafeteria complain that’s nurses make more than them. They gloss over the fact 3 out of 5 nurses suffer from a form of PTSD, severe physical injuries and emotional distress.
In a perfect world people that want more money understand you work for it. The owner of my last dealership was a asshole. But he was also personally responsible for the payroll of 100 people. So I cut him some slack if he was in a bad mood.
The parts manager was an asshole and he was responsible for nothing, and had far less zeros after his name on his bank account. Needless to say I never felt empathy for him……
I too have friends who are wealthy, and your description is dead on. I’ve been screwed by both types, and helped by both as well (as you might expect, more often by the non rich and family). But I do have a rich friend who’s always been there for me and other friends, and always did it with respect and class.
Money only intensifies who they already are
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