It's because they treat the socioeconomic classes like separate species. Old money does, at least, and some "new money" types who are just shitty people who like to punch down, to make themselves feel better about themselves. Predators don't converse with their prey, and parasites don't converse with their hosts.
That’s why within the first minutes of meeting you they ask you, “So what do you do?” They are gauging how much respect they should give you. There is a lot more to me than how I make money. I have interests, hobbies, skills and crafts that don’t necessarily pay the bills. I love to talk about those things. I can spend hours talking to my friends about philosophy, books, tv shows, games, etc, without ever bringing up work. But if you are going to judge me solely based on how I make income, then I’m assuming that your career is how you solely define yourself, that it is all there is to you, and frankly I find that incredibly dull. So I try very hard to avoid people who start conversations this way...
This rich kid at my school was was like "the fact that you work instead of partying with your friends surprises me. don't your parents give you allowance?" I lost brain cells trying to explain to him that my parents don't pay me to exist and that I do go out with friends, as his reply was "yeah but having a job makes you unattractive." I had no words for that stupidity.
Thing is, they don't even see you as a human being. Unless you are as wealthy as they are, as far as they are concerned you are dirt! Yup, I've experienced this many times!
@@ChupeTTe and be arrested and get sent to the US’s fucked prison system for 2 years because when white guy v white guy, richest white guy always wins, atleast in court.
I know billionaires that talk to cleaning staff. I also know uncivilized jerks who happen to make a lot of money who don't. If you treat someone like an animal because of their job you have a bad character, period.
if a person value is based solely on their money they are worthless to society, if they have value other then the money then they probably have worth to society. (self made rich people are probably alright, though I may give that a 70-30 split on good to bad due to some assholes who cut every corner and throw aside every person just to get rich)
Most people from old money are kind to their staff, call them by their first names, and treat them as extended family, because they want to keep them around for a very long time. It's considered classier to be kind and well-mannered. Not to mention that super rich people have to be careful about privacy issues, and creating high turnover just because you're mean is actually a stupid thing to do to yourself. It's only 'new money' who are usually rude to their staff and other people, because they think they have something to prove.
That's a lot less relevant when your bodyguards have something with a bit more stopping power than a musket. You know, something that can fire more than once every ~30 seconds?
@@ccggenius a fella named P.A. luty wrote a book on how to make automatic submachine guns with hand tools and bits from a DIY store. a little bit of reading, 30ish dollars and a week later, and you've already outgunned them.
Also the Russian revolution, my great great great grandfather was an aristocratic whose letters denounced the serfs(system not people but it was removed by the last czars grandfather Alexander the 2nd) and the czarist autocracy but publicly had to do his duties otherwise they’ll harass you a lot but after the revolution they dissolved into the union fine till my parents emigrated to the United Kingdom and we still have money but yeah that’s my story not sure if anyone cares.
I came from a rural county in the U.S. with 15,000 people in it. Every year, the richest family in the county would host a rodeo for teenagers, supply all the prize money, rent the arena, didn't charge admission or participants' fees, and supplied 4 free meals, lunch & dinner, for as many people who wanted to attend. And, the rich couple, their nephews, nieces, children, cousins, uncles, aunts, grandchildren, brothers & sisters, did all the serving in the chow line. Incredible family.
One of the teachers on my uni few years back: Me: "I am really sorry, but would it be possible to give me consultation prior to the rest of the students? Its already getting really late and I have to go to work really soon." (Mind you, these consultations didnt have reguired time schedule and most students really didnt care about the order they were in, unless they had somewhere to be, cuz they would just sit there and continue working on their project before and after anyway, so its not like I would really inconvenience someone.) The teacher: "Are you serious? How dare you ask me that! You are a student, you are supposed to concentrate on your studies 100% and not working! Your parents are supposed to take care of the working! So no!" Anyway, I left without consultation and went to work, cuz fuck you dude, someones gotta eat and pay for bed.
Going further into adulthood, I’m realizing more and more how thankful for my upbringing I am. Pertinent example - the wealthiest kid in my school (not mondo stupid-rich but he drove a new Cadillac as a high school car) was also one of the loveliest people I had the pleasure of growing up with. He now has a fancy job with a marketing firm in NYC.
Third answer to "Do you know who I am?": You ring for security and tell them "We need assistance for a man who doesn't know who he is." Got this from a guy who worked customer service in an airport.
When I first moved from the USA to the uk one of my first jobs was a bartender at a large entertainment venue that held conferences, events, bands, stage shows ect...and I was often tasked with getting the dressing rooms prepped for the bands/acts. Most “celebrities” I met were generally decent people but I came across a couple a-holes during my time the biggest being comedian Jim Davidson. I had prepped his room as instructed for his arrival and then went about bar prep and such and a little over an hour later I get told to go back to the dressing room area. So i get there and all of a sudden I’m being absolutely chewed out by some asshole because his ice cubes for his drinks were half melted. Now by this point already knew he was almost an hour late arriving because some of my bosses were panicking but no one told me to refresh the room because I was busy. So halfway through this ass chewing I put my hand up to stop him and ask who he is and I honestly thought he was going to explode started lecturing me on who he was and he’s the star tonight and I just went sorry I’m from the states and I’ve never fucking heard of you (which was true) and told him his room was prepped for his arrival time and he was late and that I didn’t get paid enough to put up with his shit and walked away. My boss was around the corner hiding and heard the whole thing and just winked as I passed and back to work I went.
I'm from the UK, I'm familiar with Jim Davidson although he's from another generation. I would like to think a comedian with a working-class upbringing would have a bit more humility, which is often the case.
Ben M yeah this happened around 95’-96’ when he was in the height of his popularity so maybe he let it go to his head. One of the nicest I met was ronan keating in his boy zone days who I only really knew of because I had a 12 year old niece lol.
I am British I know who he is and he is a sexist racist prick comedian who steals most of his material and still isn't funny if you had slapped him in the face most British people would have given you a standing ovation
I from the states too so I had no clue and looked him up. I'm guessing he hasn't changed because last year he caused a scandal saying that something called Diversity should make a skit about black men mugging people when they made something about George Floyd.
I heard a story from a receptionist who had to deal with a famous German comedian. That comedian made a huge scene over the need to walk up a couple of stairs to some other part of the hotel. That comedian left the hotel and then complained to the management about it a while later. Weird story.
Reddit is the most pretentious forum I've ever seen. They're literally pretending to know the definition of a word or even pretending they don't know just to get into the circle jerk.
So glad i was taught I needed to work for something if I wanted to buy it, I just bought my first console a month ago, a Nintendo switch, but I remember back when I was in school a lot of kids got the video games they wanted as soon as they were released, so many kids had multiple playstations and DS’s and they’d brag about how many more they had than another kid, it took me a summer of working for my parents that I could buy my own DS and game and I was very proud of myself
I work at a restaurant and today we had a potential investor come in. We had just opened and he was talking about what he was willing to invest VERY loudly. There was no music playing and not a soul in the place except me, the owner, and the chef. He kept looking over at me while speaking as if he hoped I was impressed and proceeded to talk himself up loudly more aggressively still trying to catch my gaze. I could tell it made his skin crawl that I had no interest in him or his accomplishments. It’s amazing that gross middle aged men think they have a chance with pretty young girls just because they have money.
Funny thing with pretentious snobs: It is usually people with slightly better income than others the most pretentious, most actual millionaires/people with exorbitant wealth kinda realize the responsability so they behave accordingly and treat everyone equally and some even try to hide their wealth so they don't feel intimidated
Oh yeah, I think too its the difference between new and old money Old Money people tend to not just be more frugal (the money's stayed in the family for one of many reasons) but are less flashy and more grounded and know politeness goes a long way
2:08 - The wrinkly bills thing sounds like an excuse to me. I think the pretentious guy is trying to do OP a favour, but doesn't want to embarass him or hurt his pride. When I was helping a buddy get back on his feet I'd find excuses to give him money. Stuff like paying him to do jobs that I was perfectly capable of doing myself but "didn't have the time." I think he knew what was going on, because he wasn't a stupid man, but I think it made us both feel better to play along with the ruse.
I live in Chicago and my friend had piano lessons on the north east side (rich people area). Her piano lessons were in this studio in this mall type thing (I've been through it like once when I had to drop my brother off at a birthday party). She was walking by and saw a woman carrying a small dog in a sweater yelling at some dude carrying like nine shopping bags for high end stores.
@@wcotton I'm aware highland Park exists, but no one calls them "Northeast suburbs" because the only thing Northeast of Chicago is lake Michigan. They're just called "North suburbs". Also, have you ever been down to the Northeast side of Chicago? Near the lake? It's big fancy apartments, tennis courts and a lack of parking. Maybe we have a different definition of rich but let me tell you those people aren't exactly struggling to pay bills
We once had neighbours that were very 'entitled' or you might say 'plain inconsiderate'. They twice built extensions to their house which abutted out house. The law said we were entitled to have the services of a surveyor, paid for by them, to check the building works were safe and sound, and did not adversely affect our property. The wife screamed at me down the phone when she realised we wanted to take up this right, rather than just waving the work through without a check. The cost was a tiny fraction of the cost of the extension. One of the extensions had an attic window that overlooked our pitched roof at the side and also gave access to our flat roof. Their teenage son climbed onto our roof from this window, broke and knocked tiles off our roof, left empty beer cans and pornographic magazines up there and also threw beer cans and cigarette butts into our garden. The father put a fence up at the front between our properties, where there had been no fence before. It was a border that we were responsible for fencing, if need be, not him. He never consulted me and when I came back from work one day I found the fence erected on our side of the border affixed to our house. Regarding the same side border at the back of the house, without telling anyone he changed the design of their extension, the plans for which had previously been approved by the local council. This introduced a large glass concertina door at the back of the property and he didn't want to look at the end of his fence through the glass door, so he asked to put the fence on our property against our back kitchen wall. When I said no he continued to pressurise me. I didn't give in, so out of spite, where it adjoined our house, instead of a fence panel, he stuck the gable end of a shed there, unfixed, so it frequently blew over onto our garden. While the works were going on they thought our drain was leaking into their property. We went round to discuss it with them one morning before work. The builder had disconnected the wiring for their doorbell. The builder had also left their front door wedged wide open for easy access, and the noisy traffic in the road meant they could not hear us knocking. We walked slowly into the house and kept calling on them. It wasn't until we were near the back where the 'drain problem' was that anyone heard us, and that was their builder. The neighbours then came downstairs and we had a civilised discussion about the drain problem, or so we thought. (It wasn't a big problem and we fixed it subsequently). After we left the house they sent their builder after us to tell us how abominable they thought it was for us to walk into our house and to tell us never to do that again. The guy's wife followed this up with a nasty unfriendly letter basically saying the same things in writing and warning us never to call round their house again without their permission. They suggested we get our chimney fixed (repointed/rebuilt) on the wall which faced their house and overlooked their extension which featured a glass roof so access for doing it would be difficult later. They suggested we get a quote from their builder. He came and looked at it but never responded further or sent us a quote. He wasn't interested. The neighbours blamed us for not getting the chimney done before their work was finished but apart from having little time to do so, there was the issue, as we explained that 2 different workers working on the same areas was not a situation that was good for insurance purposes, as it can be difficult to establish where blame lies if any accidental damage occurs. The neighbours used to say they were doing all this work because it was their 'forever house' but the guy had an affair with another woman, their marriage broke up and they had to sell the house. At that point they were forced to replace the gable end of the shed with a proper fence panel but he affixed it on their decking rather than to the ground, so that it left a large gap underneath on our side. We were relieved when they moved out. Neighbours before and since them have always been o.k.
According to the book, don't they get into heaven tho, so as long as they repent/ask for forgiveness? before they die? Along with serial killers that do same? Along with the victims of aforementioned serial killer? 😭
Angelica Darlin I’m no expert but the saving grace, to my mind, is that God understands the WHOLE human heart. HE is not a pushover, HE can NOT be duped. True repentance is the only thing that will save a soul, certainly not just lip service.
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11:17 reminds me of a story: a man at an airport said "do you know who i am?" to the ticket seller, and she grabbed a microphone and ANNOUNCED over the PA system: "there is a man here at the ticket counter who DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. can anyone help him?" definitely the best retort to that i've ever heard! runner-up: "no, but if you're shopping HERE, you must not be very important."
I once heard from my mother, that an elder couple she knew were celebrating the birthday of the husband. Their two sons came and of course with gifts - one is middle class and gives hid father a nice shirt. The other one, who is really rich, gives him a Tesla, just like that.
The sad thing is, I have family like this. My cousins had a pool and half pike growing up and full arcade-grade video games. Their parents especially were always full of it. They treated chefs and cleaners like crud. Meanwhile, I say say sorry when I even think I’ve said something rude. We grew up very differently.
In the 70's my father worked as a painter and his boss took on a large interior painting job. The price was high because of the square footage, the owner a douchè AND the owner said "...spare no expense. I will pay in full upfront but I want it done in a week". No problem. They show up Monday morning and start unloading their ladders when douche comes out saying they can't work in their house with those dirty paint filled coveralls and tarps. Dad and boss both say "Are you going to buy us new coveralls and tarps that will have paint on them by the end of the day?" Of course, it's a sound "NO!" They argue a bit and say if they can't start the job, they will leave and try again tomorrow. Next day, same thing...and need the next. Finally they don't show up on Thursday and the guy calls asking where they are. The boss tells him "Look. You wanted your interior painted by the weekend and we tried to start for three days and you wouldn't let us. It's now impossible to get it done in less than two days even if you allowed us in to work 24 hrs a day until the weekend. You paid up front and gave us a full week off and we thank you. Should you decide to actually let us work, we will be more than happy to do the work, but it will have to be scheduled for a different time and with our current equipment since it's the same that every painter uses and we don't buy new coveralls and tarps for each job. Have a good weekend!" and hung up. Never heard back from him and I don't think his house got painted for another two or three years and it was from another fly by night company who were friends with my dad and boss. Every day they went to the bar and drank beer until quitting time on that guys dime AND had a three day weekend to recouperate. It was his favorite story.
My brother is a carpenter and he has done jobs for some of the flithy rich people, and he hates it. The best (or worst) one was a lady who wanted a swimming pool in her house. When they arrived, she complained loudly that the company van wasn't clean, like *clean* clean, and there was a bit of visible rust. Then she yelled at them for walking on the gravel driveway with their work shoes. After all that and much more she wanted a specific place for the swimming pool.....right where the staircase was. My brother tried to tell her that wasn't really possible to build a swimming pool without having to knock down several walls and re-build most of the foundation of the house. She kept nagging and nagging how useless this company was. In the end she didn't get the swimming pool, as it would cost way more than what she had paid for the entire house only a few years earlier.
Yeah, that bothered me too. I clicked on this expecting actually pretentious behavior and not just rich assholes being rich assholes, the title and thumbnail didn't even mention the wealth aspect of the topic.
@@TheSquareOnes Got you, pretentious is where you're trying to impress someone that you have more good qualities than you really do. Usually done to people in a class higher than yours. That's why we all loved The Clampets, so rich and it never occurred to them to try to either impress anyone higher up or kick someone lower down on the income scale.
I worked in reatil.The shop was at the city center and we were selling imported sweet things,some pastry things etc.Prices were low. So one morning two women came.Their total was about 2.3-2.8 levs,which equals less than 1.5€.One of them insisted on paying.She gave me a 100 levs bill.I asked for a smaller bill like 50 levs, so I can give her change.She said no.I explaind to her in an apologetic manner and tone I just recieved some goods and I had to pay dem on the spot.She replied I had to have the money by law.Once again I explained to her the situation to which her friend offered to pay so that they can go and the first one said I have to break thet somewhere anyway... So the friend gave me 50 levs bill,I gave them the change and they left.The bi*chy one gave me a disgusted look and left...Mind you she is from the upper class and boasts around being good to people...yeah right...
I worked for a well to do couple once. A very prominent member of the community died. I over heard the wife insisting that they attend the funeral. Her husband was flabbergasted! He argued that they didn’t know the man. She said, it doesn’t matter. We have to be there. That all the best people would be attending! He just shook his head, but they went!
i work at a coffee shop, and once i had a man come in who seemed alright until he got to the handoff space. i forgot that he asked for his cream on the side, and when i noticed i instantly turned around to make a new one. this man made me turn around again like a child "no no no. we're going to start this over. turn around." i was fuming, but did anyway and remade the drink instead of kicking him out. he also left practically his whole wallet by our register, all business cards. super weird and pretentious
As someone who also grew up in North Scottsdale and worked at the Fry's there doing the same thing. There is a very good reason it's called snobsdale. I am glad I moved away from that terrible place.
the parking guy reminds me of another story i read somewhere. Rich guy said nowhere is a no parking zone they just cost different amounts to park in them. This gem would park wherever he wanted and would pay the fines
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@7:04 with people like that you do something really simple; you film them having a fit and send them to their parents. If it doesn't produce any results, you post it on social media and enjoy the show of seeing the daughter bringing down her precious daddy...
16:51 hahah reminds of the time I went to a Wigan vs QPR match- I don't remember the chant exactly but the QPR side was going on like "we pay your benefits". My dad's a londoner (QPR supporter obviously, [yes, i know]), my mum's a manc and I grew up in the north. I found the whole thing hilarious
When I was in high school, a girl I was seeing broke off with me, saying her Dad disapproved of me. Later on, a friend of hers told me it was because I took her to Sizzler for dinner, and she thought it was trashy. That dinner cost a full day's wage from my service station job.
I don’t think many of these Redditors knew what ‘pretentious’ means. These stories are mostly about arrogant rich people being twunts. Pretentiousness is inflating something or someone’s sense of importance or merit. It’s rife in the art community. Pretentiousness is embodied by the guy in the turtleneck jumper in the art gallery bloviating on the pathos concealed in the piece. You then look at the piece and see it’s 3 lines dashed in paint on a canvas. The clue to the word’s meaning is in its make up “PRETENtious”/PRETENd” - revering something that isn’t there.
I e worked for rich people in the DC area where they had a “servants entrance” which all workmen must go in and out of leaving their shoes and boots at the mud room and working in socks in the house
I was working as a security in a beach tent for a pivate club on miami beach two years ago, one day they organized an event for KOHL'S it was only for the people with the KOHL'S invitation, but since so few people showed up the lady for the tent told us to just let in people if they seemed to fit the mood (i.e. if they were well dressed).
living in Wisconsin, where you can buy handmade Amish butter locally made, and buying very expensive butter imported from IRELAND, and making sure other people see you do it.
McCarthy Sally Anne -Please.. Its not just dairy, lots of American stuff tastes nasty, and I'm American saying so. (P.S. assuming that comment was toward me, the Irish butter wasn't bad, just different, i.e. "funny")
Not my proudest moment, but at one point someone called a co worker of mine "the help". I don't have patience for this so I ask them, "how much are you worth?" and when they said a number that sounded too big for one person my response was just to repeat saying, "You think that's rich?" and laughing at them.
There’s a well known story in my hometown. A restaurant there was famous for a dessert (chocolate cake or sticky date pudding or something). Some guy in the city, which is 2 hours drive away) sent his limo driver to get it. They were out. The limo driver was given some coffee before he had to drive back again. From what I heard they didn’t even call ahead to order or reserve it. If that’s not insane I don’t know what is.
OMG So one time at school we had a question of the week and this week it happened to be what is something on your bucket list. Everyone’s going around saying the usual until it gets to G. G says he wants to fly on a private jet. And all is well until he then stop again and says “wait, does it have to be something I HAVEN’T done before?” And everyone would bring it up here and there for the rest of the day bc that was too much even for a school of rich kids.
The wealthy millionaires couple that pretended to befriend me on a language course, and who in reality tried to convert me to the cult they were running (the "Christadelphians", a cult for which they were ministers). I'm from a family of millionaires myself but had been so betrayed that everything I owned and the estates I should own had been stolen from me by my own so-called "parents", who then had me trafficked to the UK. So, I was not just desperately poor, I was destitute by the time this couple forced their way into my life. And they made it clear that, as far as they were concerned, I was dirt! They accused me of being a "schizophrenic lunatic", of "fantasizing" about my story, of "having hallucinations", they accused me of being "stupid" and of "low intelligence" and made derogatory comments such as "just work in a factory that's all you can do". When I expressed the fact that actually I have several degrees in business and finance studies, they accused me of "just imagining that". When I explained how I had come to the UK, they accused me of "imagining" that as well. When I explained that my so-called "parents" had sold me into a forced "marriage" with a guy I didn't know, couldn't communicate with on account of him not speaking any language I speak, and have never lived with, they - of course - knew better than I do what's going on in my life and claimed "you must have liked him or you wouldn't have married him". Erm - look up the definition of "forced marriage"... Since I had had everything, including my identity, stolen, I was obviously standing there with nothing, destitute and as a result of that unable to get employment (nobody will give you a job when you turn up in charity shop rags and with broken teeth and scruffy hair - like I said, everything had been stolen from me, and I do mean everything) - so, they literally watched me starve, freeze in winter, suffer severe malnutrition and dehydration, hypothermia and subsequent serious health problems which were life threatening - but do you think they ever gave me a bite to eat, a few dollars to buy food, maybe an old blanket or some of their old clothes so that I could have something to wear? Huh - if you think that, then you don't know rich folks - they gave their old clothes to charity shops and then bragged about what "good people" they were and how much they "did for charity", whilst I stood next to them in rags many sizes too big, freezing. When I was so desperate that I even asked them if they could lend me a few dollars, it was "whoever doesn't work shouldn't be eating either" and "we are not made of money you know"! They destroyed my reputation by engaging in a smear campaign (ie they spread lies about me), they accused me of being depressed, lying in bed all day, being from a poor and rundown background, being uneducated and of low intelligence. I later found out that the wife had only married the guy for money and was - from a poor and VERY rough and rundown background, depressed, spent her days in bed feeling depressed, schizophrenic, suffered hallucinations, was uneducated (no qualifications whatsoever), was of low intelligence (she tried college but soon gave up as she didn't understand anything), and had ensnared and married the guy purely for money!!! So, like all narcissists do, she had projected, ie accused me of the very things that were in reality true of herself! Indeed the accusations that they threw at me had come from her, the guy only went along as he was totally obsessed with her (this later changed when she got fat and chopped her hair off). They berated me for refusing to join their cult, saying things like "we will be saved but you won't, you won't even go to hell but you will just disappear into non-existence"! I think we will let God decide that shall we... The worst thing they did - I once went to another city for a few days and trusted them to look after my cat, which they promised they would. When I got back, my cat was screaming his tiny lungs out with his last bit of strength after having been left for an entire week without water or food, he was despairing and in despair screaming as loud as his weakend state would allow him!!!!! He was close to death!!!!! I still have nightmares about this and that was 20 years ago!!!! I have cursed them for that and hope they will rot in hell for all eternity!!!!! Here's a few more: the numerous men that have used me for emotional manipulation, wasted my time and effort pretending that they were friends or potential future romantic interests, whilst in reality laughing at me, amusing themselves over my story (see above), laughing their heads off at the fact that my cat got brutally murdered by my stalker, laughing at my deep pain over what happened to my cat, laughing at the fact that I actually believed they were friends and cared about them, and was worried sick when they ghosted me, not knowing if something had happened to them! They all told me, directly or indirectly, that they were ever such "good people", that I was "not good enough for them" as a friend/girlfriend/wife/mother of their children, amused themselves at my pain when I suddenly didn't hear from them and thought it hilarious to make a girl who is all alone and who has been through hell suffer even more. All this whilst they were married or in relationships and lied that they were single - but then made it out that it was ME that was of low morals!!! the numerous men who chased me away as "not good enough" because of what I've been through the numerous men who expected sexual favors because of their wealth and then hit the roof when I refused, with many of them saying "other girls agree, what's wrong with you, do you think you are something special". I could go on and on...
That cat one hit me hard because it reminded me of when I trusted my neighbor to watch my kitty when I was on an oil rig and he left her alone for a week without telling his fiancee about her and she had no food or water. Thankfully I took her to the vet immediately the next day and a wonderful woman would watch her who used to work as a vet aid. I thank God for watching my little girl who is still my best friend. I hope you are better off now.
@@DemitriVladMaximov Oh gosh, so sorry to hear the same thing happened to you! This is so so distressing! Glad your kitty is alright now! I have cut all contact with these people who did that many years ago, sadly I'm not better off though as someone else, my stalker, brutally murdered my cat in 2009. My cat must have had a lot of guardian angels when this happened with these people leaving him without food or water, but why there were no guardian angels when the murderer broke into our house I will never understand. I'm not the same person since this tragedy, I only live now to look after my cat's grave, have done nothing but survive more abuse for the last ten years (since the tragedy) - and it seems I won't have long to go now. Ah well, at least then I'll be with my cat again, and then nobody can ever hurt or abuse us ever again!
I had a friend who was the house painter for WILT THE STILT (famous NBA player), Wikt would always give him gifts. One day gave him a gold ring with diamonds worth 20,000. This was in the 1960’s.
I've always maintained there's 2 types of rich people; those born into wealth who rarely emphasize with those less fortunate, and those that earned their money and knew what growing up poor/ middle class is like (those are the types more often that will volunteer and give to charity.)
As someone who’s a rich kid and classy(some view that in a negative way but I’m neutral because it’s how I was raised) this kind of behaviour disgusts me, I also went to private school and met loads of spoiled brats but I am thankful that my parents while wealthy for generations weren’t like this and raised me alright and treated the staff in our house with respect and dignity, I do believe rich people need to be taught to respect those less fortunate and treat them as equals.
I once had to make a delivery to a posh country club and they wouldn't let me in or even allow me to explain myself. I dumped everything at the gate and left. Luckily my boss was a total bro and told them to fuck off when they wanted to order again.
Yup - I work on the railroad, and comments that I have heard include "but trains drive themselves now so there's no need for your job". Interesting how people who don't know the first thing about trains seem to know better than I do what's going on on the railroad...
Mmmmmmm bacon sandwiches on wonder bread toast with tomatoes & lettuce you grew in your own garden with our own hands is something that the poor rich will never experience. Pity them.
Some are elitist & indeed pretentious, & some are downright abusive/slave-master behaviour. Sociopaths & narcissists, these bunch. Edit: & some of them practically begged to be kidnapped, robbed or plainly killed because they're too rich to be -humble- normal.
Its extra stupid cause you are literally relaying on them to do things. Treat people good and if the times hit hard you will be treated nicer, treat them bad and they will jump on you or just leave you to suffer.
I don't get why people are such assholes to maids, gardeners, etc., Like I just had a landscaper trim a palm tree I had because I'm concussed and sensitive to heat, and I'm just so massively grateful to him because I didn't have to do it.
I realise growing up it’s always the borderline upper middle class people who behave this way (they are not poor or not extremely rich either). They sell the idea about how rich and spoiled they are, real rich people are generally good mannered, polite and quiet about their wealth.
She honked at the cart. honked at an object. 150 a day! I've met rich people, baby sat for them a few times. They had us pick up their dry cleaning and do their dishes etc. I didn't mind bc it paid. Ya just kidding I totally did mind. It boggles my mind how people can think so much better of themselves because of money. I secretly hope they get depressed and I know NO amount of money can help depression. I'm not a mean person, I just like justice.
Many people like that do not keep their riches. It's much harder to become rich than to lose it all. There are so many stories of people losing everything because they are like this.
Okay I agree with most of this but it is totally weird to show up to a (assumably) nice party with paint on your hands, and I say this as someone who regularly has paint on their hands. Is it hard/ annoying to get off? Yea, but it’s not exactly impossible lol
Most of the actions described in this video are not actually pretentious. To be pretentious is to put on a pretense, like using unnecessarily obscure words to appear smarter. This is a catalog of rich people who are either obliviously rich or just see you and me as less than human, and couldn't care less how we perceive them. A basic requirement of pretension is concern for how one is perceived.
I thought this thread would be stories about guys in college who didn't know any current rock or pop bands because they only listened to Miles Davis, or people who said they didn't own a television, but these are just stories about rich people being assholes...
Certain people complaining that their kids can’t play sports during lock down. I get it, it’s disappointing. However, I have trouble feeling sorry for rich kids and their parents who choose to sit in their basements and pout, rather than make the best if it and go play outside or take advantage Zoom.During this second wave, as soon as we went on partial lockdown we bent the curve (the case rate dropped straight down almost immediately). Most kids, before the pandemic couldn’t afford to participate at all anyway. Sorry your kid’s ballet class interferes with public health. I know a lot of people are sick of lockdowns and are angry at the time it’s taking to get a reasonable solution, but the curve here bent immediately and lightning fast. Our health care system was close to collapsing and now a very low case rate is well within reach.
Jesus I didn’t know people like this exist either. Me and my friend aren’t rich but we pretend to be super pretentious to each other as a joke. Like holy fuck man “doesn’t talk to the help” are you serious? God damn.
I have some rich relatives who got there via patents, and who's family was previously in poverty. They are generally very nice people, only 3 of them are ever condesending, but good lord are they ever disconnected from reality and normal people's problems
Most of these people don't seem to actually know what "pretentious" means, it's about placing unwarranted importance on something rather than just being a spoiled piece of shit. So refusing to talk to "the help" is pretentious but having the money to regularly splurge on absurd expenses isn't, that's just being wealthy. If someone looks down on you for watching english dubs of anime instead of the original japanese or insists that you can't enjoy a jazz album before memorizing the biography of every musician involved then they are being pretentious, even if they're a dirt poor NEET on the brink of homelessness.
The only time I've seen "do you know who I am" have any positive results is in Warband if your character has enough renown and gets yelled at by a belligerent drunk
Imagine being so self absorbed that you won't talk to someone because of their job. That actually fills me with rage.
I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS ,BUT U SAY IT NICELY
It's because they treat the socioeconomic classes like separate species. Old money does, at least, and some "new money" types who are just shitty people who like to punch down, to make themselves feel better about themselves. Predators don't converse with their prey, and parasites don't converse with their hosts.
I get this all the time - that, and assumptions that I must be illiterate, of low intelligence and antisocial. All because of my job.
She should have said,' oh, I don't talk to unemployed people who leech off daddies wallet.'
That’s why within the first minutes of meeting you they ask you, “So what do you do?” They are gauging how much respect they should give you. There is a lot more to me than how I make money. I have interests, hobbies, skills and crafts that don’t necessarily pay the bills. I love to talk about those things. I can spend hours talking to my friends about philosophy, books, tv shows, games, etc, without ever bringing up work. But if you are going to judge me solely based on how I make income, then I’m assuming that your career is how you solely define yourself, that it is all there is to you, and frankly I find that incredibly dull. So I try very hard to avoid people who start conversations this way...
This rich kid at my school was was like "the fact that you work instead of partying with your friends surprises me. don't your parents give you allowance?" I lost brain cells trying to explain to him that my parents don't pay me to exist and that I do go out with friends, as his reply was "yeah but having a job makes you unattractive." I had no words for that stupidity.
Having a job is super attractive in my opinion.
Having a job means that you can support yourself lmfao
And having that attitude makes you a dickhead.
You shouldve said being a pansy little mamas boy is unattractive too but here you are
Did you tell him you didn't "swing that way"?
How dare you greet a fellow human being? Disgraceful
Thing is, they don't even see you as a human being. Unless you are as wealthy as they are, as far as they are concerned you are dirt! Yup, I've experienced this many times!
Oh Im sorry my mistake I thought I was greeting a human being, not a bag of shit
@@LittleKitty22
Just grab the cigare and push it into his/her skin and watch if the person still talks garbage.
So ez
@@ChupeTTe and be arrested and get sent to the US’s fucked prison system for 2 years because when white guy v white guy, richest white guy always wins, atleast in court.
I know billionaires that talk to cleaning staff. I also know uncivilized jerks who happen to make a lot of money who don't. If you treat someone like an animal because of their job you have a bad character, period.
if a person value is based solely on their money they are worthless to society, if they have value other then the money then they probably have worth to society. (self made rich people are probably alright, though I may give that a 70-30 split on good to bad due to some assholes who cut every corner and throw aside every person just to get rich)
Most people from old money are kind to their staff, call them by their first names, and treat them as extended family, because they want to keep them around for a very long time. It's considered classier to be kind and well-mannered. Not to mention that super rich people have to be careful about privacy issues, and creating high turnover just because you're mean is actually a stupid thing to do to yourself. It's only 'new money' who are usually rude to their staff and other people, because they think they have something to prove.
When I was at school in the 50s, an older teacher often stated that the height of bad manners was to be rude to a servant.
All the condescendingly wealthy should do some historical research on the French revolution. Even whipped peasants have a limit.
That's a lot less relevant when your bodyguards have something with a bit more stopping power than a musket. You know, something that can fire more than once every ~30 seconds?
@@ccggenius a fella named P.A. luty wrote a book on how to make automatic submachine guns with hand tools and bits from a DIY store. a little bit of reading, 30ish dollars and a week later, and you've already outgunned them.
@Handsome Jack I don't know were you got that information but it's a minimum of 6 magazines plus one in the rifle.
Also the Russian revolution, my great great great grandfather was an aristocratic whose letters denounced the serfs(system not people but it was removed by the last czars grandfather Alexander the 2nd) and the czarist autocracy but publicly had to do his duties otherwise they’ll harass you a lot but after the revolution they dissolved into the union fine till my parents emigrated to the United Kingdom and we still have money but yeah that’s my story not sure if anyone cares.
@@ccggeniusbolt-action rifles and machine guns didn't save the Romanov family.
Day 18, the shopingcart is showing signs of fetige, the honking lady however is still going strong
Lol. Mine is, legend has it the lady is still honking for the cart to move to this day.
I came from a rural county in the U.S. with 15,000 people in it. Every year, the richest family in the county would host a rodeo for teenagers, supply all the prize money, rent the arena, didn't charge admission or participants' fees, and supplied 4 free meals, lunch & dinner, for as many people who wanted to attend. And, the rich couple, their nephews, nieces, children, cousins, uncles, aunts, grandchildren, brothers & sisters, did all the serving in the chow line. Incredible family.
How utterly refreshing! Thank you for sharing!
Bill Olsen How utterly refreshing! Thank you for sharing!
Imagine people like that suddenly lost all of their wealthy, it would be satisfying to watch lol
The end result to that is usually suicide.
marieabner
So... very satisfying to watch, then.
1917 intensifies
It is indeed
That was the idea behind the comedy "Schitt's Creek"
One of the teachers on my uni few years back: Me: "I am really sorry, but would it be possible to give me consultation prior to the rest of the students? Its already getting really late and I have to go to work really soon." (Mind you, these consultations didnt have reguired time schedule and most students really didnt care about the order they were in, unless they had somewhere to be, cuz they would just sit there and continue working on their project before and after anyway, so its not like I would really inconvenience someone.) The teacher: "Are you serious? How dare you ask me that! You are a student, you are supposed to concentrate on your studies 100% and not working! Your parents are supposed to take care of the working! So no!"
Anyway, I left without consultation and went to work, cuz fuck you dude, someones gotta eat and pay for bed.
Going further into adulthood, I’m realizing more and more how thankful for my upbringing I am. Pertinent example - the wealthiest kid in my school (not mondo stupid-rich but he drove a new Cadillac as a high school car) was also one of the loveliest people I had the pleasure of growing up with. He now has a fancy job with a marketing firm in NYC.
Yea It's all about the connections you have not necessarily merit like they'd have you believe unfortunately.
Third answer to "Do you know who I am?": You ring for security and tell them "We need assistance for a man who doesn't know who he is." Got this from a guy who worked customer service in an airport.
i wish someone would hand me wrinkly money o.o i would so take it
I'm not rich but when I get a twenty I give it away
Ugh... peasant
When I first moved from the USA to the uk one of my first jobs was a bartender at a large entertainment venue that held conferences, events, bands, stage shows ect...and I was often tasked with getting the dressing rooms prepped for the bands/acts. Most “celebrities” I met were generally decent people but I came across a couple a-holes during my time the biggest being comedian Jim Davidson. I had prepped his room as instructed for his arrival and then went about bar prep and such and a little over an hour later I get told to go back to the dressing room area. So i get there and all of a sudden I’m being absolutely chewed out by some asshole because his ice cubes for his drinks were half melted. Now by this point already knew he was almost an hour late arriving because some of my bosses were panicking but no one told me to refresh the room because I was busy. So halfway through this ass chewing I put my hand up to stop him and ask who he is and I honestly thought he was going to explode started lecturing me on who he was and he’s the star tonight and I just went sorry I’m from the states and I’ve never fucking heard of you (which was true) and told him his room was prepped for his arrival time and he was late and that I didn’t get paid enough to put up with his shit and walked away. My boss was around the corner hiding and heard the whole thing and just winked as I passed and back to work I went.
I'm from the UK, I'm familiar with Jim Davidson although he's from another generation. I would like to think a comedian with a working-class upbringing would have a bit more humility, which is often the case.
Ben M yeah this happened around 95’-96’ when he was in the height of his popularity so maybe he let it go to his head. One of the nicest I met was ronan keating in his boy zone days who I only really knew of because I had a 12 year old niece lol.
I am British I know who he is and he is a sexist racist prick comedian who steals most of his material and still isn't funny if you had slapped him in the face most British people would have given you a standing ovation
I from the states too so I had no clue and looked him up. I'm guessing he hasn't changed because last year he caused a scandal saying that something called Diversity should make a skit about black men mugging people when they made something about George Floyd.
I heard a story from a receptionist who had to deal with a famous German comedian. That comedian made a huge scene over the need to walk up a couple of stairs to some other part of the hotel. That comedian left the hotel and then complained to the management about it a while later. Weird story.
It's not pretentious. It's called entitled
Yeah, other than the "no wine because we don't drink sav blanc out of chardonay glasses," these are just "asshole" actions - not pretentious.
@@Visplight Dude, they're missing out. There's alcohol there in that wine.
Reddit is the most pretentious forum I've ever seen. They're literally pretending to know the definition of a word or even pretending they don't know just to get into the circle jerk.
So thats why im confused lol
@@Kenwood709 exactly
So glad i was taught I needed to work for something if I wanted to buy it, I just bought my first console a month ago, a Nintendo switch, but I remember back when I was in school a lot of kids got the video games they wanted as soon as they were released, so many kids had multiple playstations and DS’s and they’d brag about how many more they had than another kid, it took me a summer of working for my parents that I could buy my own DS and game and I was very proud of myself
I work at a restaurant and today we had a potential investor come in. We had just opened and he was talking about what he was willing to invest VERY loudly. There was no music playing and not a soul in the place except me, the owner, and the chef. He kept looking over at me while speaking as if he hoped I was impressed and proceeded to talk himself up loudly more aggressively still trying to catch my gaze. I could tell it made his skin crawl that I had no interest in him or his accomplishments. It’s amazing that gross middle aged men think they have a chance with pretty young girls just because they have money.
Well I reckon he has at one point had success with that strategy. Today's system reduces people to "accomplishments" like that sometimes
The wife not speaking to the help story, I actually know someone who overheard a man say this to a cashier.
When they need to be reminded who dies first in a revolution
My baby is the wrong color! Return it, NOW!
The Lohan’s mom story doesn’t surprise me - she also got Lindsay’s Free Carvel Ice Cream card revoked because she used it too much.
Funny thing with pretentious snobs: It is usually people with slightly better income than others the most pretentious, most actual millionaires/people with exorbitant wealth kinda realize the responsability so they behave accordingly and treat everyone equally and some even try to hide their wealth so they don't feel intimidated
Oh yeah, I think too its the difference between new and old money
Old Money people tend to not just be more frugal (the money's stayed in the family for one of many reasons) but are less flashy and more grounded and know politeness goes a long way
Around here they tow you for parking in a no parking zone. He would be an ideal candidate with all that money for them.
I always act as if I'm pretentious but I'm really not, I guess I'm pretend-tious
So this is how the Karens are born - learning entitlement from a young age from their rich parents who coddle them. It all makes sense now
It's more like being given everything and never told no. Karens don't have to have money to be Karens.
2:08 - The wrinkly bills thing sounds like an excuse to me. I think the pretentious guy is trying to do OP a favour, but doesn't want to embarass him or hurt his pride.
When I was helping a buddy get back on his feet I'd find excuses to give him money. Stuff like paying him to do jobs that I was perfectly capable of doing myself but "didn't have the time."
I think he knew what was going on, because he wasn't a stupid man, but I think it made us both feel better to play along with the ruse.
I know right!!
I know most the youth in my school don't do well so I usually act sneaky and toss a 10 on the floor and tell them they dropped it
I live in Chicago and my friend had piano lessons on the north east side (rich people area). Her piano lessons were in this studio in this mall type thing (I've been through it like once when I had to drop my brother off at a birthday party). She was walking by and saw a woman carrying a small dog in a sweater yelling at some dude carrying like nine shopping bags for high end stores.
No "rich people areas" on the northeast side of Chicago. Northeast suburbs, yes.
@@wcotton The Northeast suburbs is lake Michigan.
@@dumpstercub2902 Lake Michigan is not a suburb. I'm talking about suburbs like Highland Park, etc.
@@wcotton I'm aware highland Park exists, but no one calls them "Northeast suburbs" because the only thing Northeast of Chicago is lake Michigan. They're just called "North suburbs". Also, have you ever been down to the Northeast side of Chicago? Near the lake? It's big fancy apartments, tennis courts and a lack of parking. Maybe we have a different definition of rich but let me tell you those people aren't exactly struggling to pay bills
We once had neighbours that were very 'entitled' or you might say 'plain inconsiderate'. They twice built extensions to their house which abutted out house. The law said we were entitled to have the services of a surveyor, paid for by them, to check the building works were safe and sound, and did not adversely affect our property. The wife screamed at me down the phone when she realised we wanted to take up this right, rather than just waving the work through without a check. The cost was a tiny fraction of the cost of the extension. One of the extensions had an attic window that overlooked our pitched roof at the side and also gave access to our flat roof. Their teenage son climbed onto our roof from this window, broke and knocked tiles off our roof, left empty beer cans and pornographic magazines up there and also threw beer cans and cigarette butts into our garden. The father put a fence up at the front between our properties, where there had been no fence before. It was a border that we were responsible for fencing, if need be, not him. He never consulted me and when I came back from work one day I found the fence erected on our side of the border affixed to our house. Regarding the same side border at the back of the house, without telling anyone he changed the design of their extension, the plans for which had previously been approved by the local council. This introduced a large glass concertina door at the back of the property and he didn't want to look at the end of his fence through the glass door, so he asked to put the fence on our property against our back kitchen wall. When I said no he continued to pressurise me. I didn't give in, so out of spite, where it adjoined our house, instead of a fence panel, he stuck the gable end of a shed there, unfixed, so it frequently blew over onto our garden. While the works were going on they thought our drain was leaking into their property. We went round to discuss it with them one morning before work. The builder had disconnected the wiring for their doorbell. The builder had also left their front door wedged wide open for easy access, and the noisy traffic in the road meant they could not hear us knocking. We walked slowly into the house and kept calling on them. It wasn't until we were near the back where the 'drain problem' was that anyone heard us, and that was their builder. The neighbours then came downstairs and we had a civilised discussion about the drain problem, or so we thought. (It wasn't a big problem and we fixed it subsequently). After we left the house they sent their builder after us to tell us how abominable they thought it was for us to walk into our house and to tell us never to do that again. The guy's wife followed this up with a nasty unfriendly letter basically saying the same things in writing and warning us never to call round their house again without their permission. They suggested we get our chimney fixed (repointed/rebuilt) on the wall which faced their house and overlooked their extension which featured a glass roof so access for doing it would be difficult later. They suggested we get a quote from their builder. He came and looked at it but never responded further or sent us a quote. He wasn't interested. The neighbours blamed us for not getting the chimney done before their work was finished but apart from having little time to do so, there was the issue, as we explained that 2 different workers working on the same areas was not a situation that was good for insurance purposes, as it can be difficult to establish where blame lies if any accidental damage occurs. The neighbours used to say they were doing all this work because it was their 'forever house' but the guy had an affair with another woman, their marriage broke up and they had to sell the house. At that point they were forced to replace the gable end of the shed with a proper fence panel but he affixed it on their decking rather than to the ground, so that it left a large gap underneath on our side. We were relieved when they moved out. Neighbours before and since them have always been o.k.
I can't even listen past a 1:20 this is so disgusting. They will all get what they deserve.
Neither their silver nor their gold will save them on that Great Day.
The lesson of Lazarus and the Rich Man is lost to them, let them learn it the hard way on that Blessed Day.
They probably won't though. Life isn't fair, you might as well come to terms with that sooner rather than later.
According to the book, don't they get into heaven tho, so as long as they repent/ask for forgiveness? before they die? Along with serial killers that do same? Along with the victims of aforementioned serial killer? 😭
Angelica Darlin I’m no expert but the saving grace, to my mind, is that God understands the WHOLE human heart. HE is not a pushover, HE can NOT be duped. True repentance is the only thing that will save a soul, certainly not just lip service.
11:17 reminds me of a story: a man at an airport said "do you know who i am?" to the ticket seller, and she grabbed a microphone and ANNOUNCED over the PA system:
"there is a man here at the ticket counter who DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. can anyone help him?"
definitely the best retort to that i've ever heard!
runner-up: "no, but if you're shopping HERE, you must not be very important."
I once heard from my mother, that an elder couple she knew were celebrating the birthday of the husband. Their two sons came and of course with gifts - one is middle class and gives hid father a nice shirt. The other one, who is really rich, gives him a Tesla, just like that.
Well, that's nice? If he can affort to his his parent a new car, then why not? I would do the same.
Alternative title: the rich show their true colors
Except that's not how all rich people act.
2 kids fighting and their bodyguards also fighting is just... chefs kiss
The sad thing is, I have family like this. My cousins had a pool and half pike growing up and full arcade-grade video games. Their parents especially were always full of it. They treated chefs and cleaners like crud. Meanwhile, I say say sorry when I even think I’ve said something rude. We grew up very differently.
In the 70's my father worked as a painter and his boss took on a large interior painting job. The price was high because of the square footage, the owner a douchè AND the owner said "...spare no expense. I will pay in full upfront but I want it done in a week". No problem. They show up Monday morning and start unloading their ladders when douche comes out saying they can't work in their house with those dirty paint filled coveralls and tarps. Dad and boss both say "Are you going to buy us new coveralls and tarps that will have paint on them by the end of the day?" Of course, it's a sound "NO!" They argue a bit and say if they can't start the job, they will leave and try again tomorrow. Next day, same thing...and need the next. Finally they don't show up on Thursday and the guy calls asking where they are. The boss tells him "Look. You wanted your interior painted by the weekend and we tried to start for three days and you wouldn't let us. It's now impossible to get it done in less than two days even if you allowed us in to work 24 hrs a day until the weekend. You paid up front and gave us a full week off and we thank you. Should you decide to actually let us work, we will be more than happy to do the work, but it will have to be scheduled for a different time and with our current equipment since it's the same that every painter uses and we don't buy new coveralls and tarps for each job. Have a good weekend!" and hung up. Never heard back from him and I don't think his house got painted for another two or three years and it was from another fly by night company who were friends with my dad and boss. Every day they went to the bar and drank beer until quitting time on that guys dime AND had a three day weekend to recouperate. It was his favorite story.
My brother is a carpenter and he has done jobs for some of the flithy rich people, and he hates it.
The best (or worst) one was a lady who wanted a swimming pool in her house. When they arrived, she complained loudly that the company van wasn't clean, like *clean* clean, and there was a bit of visible rust. Then she yelled at them for walking on the gravel driveway with their work shoes.
After all that and much more she wanted a specific place for the swimming pool.....right where the staircase was. My brother tried to tell her that wasn't really possible to build a swimming pool without having to knock down several walls and re-build most of the foundation of the house. She kept nagging and nagging how useless this company was.
In the end she didn't get the swimming pool, as it would cost way more than what she had paid for the entire house only a few years earlier.
"if you deport foreigners then who is going to clean your toilets Donald Trump" lol that girl on the view
Pretentious, entitled, wealthy liberals are just as bad as pretentious, entitled, wealthy conservatives.
Can't believe that's Ozzy Osbourne's daughter. Guarantee she got that shit from Sharon.
I guess Beauty will have some Chinese for lunch today.
And this is why i prefer the company of blue-collar guys.
9:10 that last sentence.... wtf.
And I thought they only said shit like that in the movies.
Pride is a willing blindness.
I feel like most of these stories dont know what the word "Pretentious" means. being out of touch or just a douche is not being pretentious.
Yeah, that bothered me too. I clicked on this expecting actually pretentious behavior and not just rich assholes being rich assholes, the title and thumbnail didn't even mention the wealth aspect of the topic.
@@TheSquareOnes Got you, pretentious is where you're trying to impress someone that you have more good qualities than you really do. Usually done to people in a class higher than yours. That's why we all loved The Clampets, so rich and it never occurred to them to try to either impress anyone higher up or kick someone lower down on the income scale.
I hope the concrete construction guys added a charge to the homeowner for the lunch and hardships associated with replacing everything
I worked in reatil.The shop was at the city center and we were selling imported sweet things,some pastry things etc.Prices were low.
So one morning two women came.Their total was about 2.3-2.8 levs,which equals less than 1.5€.One of them insisted on paying.She gave me a 100 levs bill.I asked for a smaller bill like 50 levs, so I can give her change.She said no.I explaind to her in an apologetic manner and tone I just recieved some goods and I had to pay dem on the spot.She replied I had to have the money by law.Once again I explained to her the situation to which her friend offered to pay so that they can go and the first one said I have to break thet somewhere anyway...
So the friend gave me 50 levs bill,I gave them the change and they left.The bi*chy one gave me a disgusted look and left...Mind you she is from the upper class and boasts around being good to people...yeah right...
18:52 is it me or is the robot voice gaining sentience??
Managers who tell you to do something you're blatantly already in the middle of doing.
I worked for a well to do couple once.
A very prominent member of the community died. I over heard the wife insisting that they attend the funeral. Her husband was flabbergasted! He argued that they didn’t know the man. She said, it doesn’t matter. We have to be there. That all the best people would be attending! He just shook his head, but they went!
i work at a coffee shop, and once i had a man come in who seemed alright until he got to the handoff space. i forgot that he asked for his cream on the side, and when i noticed i instantly turned around to make a new one. this man made me turn around again like a child "no no no. we're going to start this over. turn around." i was fuming, but did anyway and remade the drink instead of kicking him out. he also left practically his whole wallet by our register, all business cards. super weird and pretentious
As someone who also grew up in North Scottsdale and worked at the Fry's there doing the same thing. There is a very good reason it's called snobsdale. I am glad I moved away from that terrible place.
the parking guy reminds me of another story i read somewhere. Rich guy said nowhere is a no parking zone they just cost different amounts to park in them. This gem would park wherever he wanted and would pay the fines
@7:04 with people like that you do something really simple; you film them having a fit and send them to their parents. If it doesn't produce any results, you post it on social media and enjoy the show of seeing the daughter bringing down her precious daddy...
16:51 hahah reminds of the time I went to a Wigan vs QPR match- I don't remember the chant exactly but the QPR side was going on like "we pay your benefits". My dad's a londoner (QPR supporter obviously, [yes, i know]), my mum's a manc and I grew up in the north. I found the whole thing hilarious
I think the best response to any of these is pointing and laughing.
When I was in high school, a girl I was seeing broke off with me, saying her Dad disapproved of me. Later on, a friend of hers told me it was because I took her to Sizzler for dinner, and she thought it was trashy. That dinner cost a full day's wage from my service station job.
I'll take wrinkly money!
I don’t think many of these Redditors knew what ‘pretentious’ means.
These stories are mostly about arrogant rich people being twunts.
Pretentiousness is inflating something or someone’s sense of importance or merit. It’s rife in the art community. Pretentiousness is embodied by the guy in the turtleneck jumper in the art gallery bloviating on the pathos concealed in the piece. You then look at the piece and see it’s 3 lines dashed in paint on a canvas.
The clue to the word’s meaning is in its make up “PRETENtious”/PRETENd” - revering something that isn’t there.
I e worked for rich people in the DC area where they had a “servants entrance” which all workmen must go in and out of leaving their shoes and boots at the mud room and working in socks in the house
Had a friend who would drop litter on the sidewalk to 'make sure the sanitation workers have something to do and don't get laid off'....
I was working as a security in a beach tent for a pivate club on miami beach two years ago, one day they organized an event for KOHL'S it was only for the people with the KOHL'S invitation, but since so few people showed up the lady for the tent told us to just let in people if they seemed to fit the mood (i.e. if they were well dressed).
I really hope that beauty's lunchbox had its name on it, because i'm picturing it.
Once a politician asked if I knew who he was at work, and I said “no, but why would that matter right now?” And I thought he was going to punch me
living in Wisconsin, where you can buy handmade Amish butter locally made, and buying very expensive butter imported from IRELAND, and making sure other people see you do it.
Shit, I get my butter from Walmart. Not sure where it's made lol.
Had some of that Irish butter before. Tasted funny, 5/10 would not repeat.
In fairness if you're raised on Irish dairy products, American stuff tastes nasty.
McCarthy Sally Anne -Please.. Its not just dairy, lots of American stuff tastes nasty, and I'm American saying so.
(P.S. assuming that comment was toward me, the Irish butter wasn't bad, just different, i.e. "funny")
This entire thing is convincing me 'Eat the Rich' is a pretty sound solution.
Not my proudest moment, but at one point someone called a co worker of mine "the help". I don't have patience for this so I ask them, "how much are you worth?" and when they said a number that sounded too big for one person my response was just to repeat saying, "You think that's rich?" and laughing at them.
There’s a well known story in my hometown. A restaurant there was famous for a dessert (chocolate cake or sticky date pudding or something). Some guy in the city, which is 2 hours drive away) sent his limo driver to get it. They were out. The limo driver was given some coffee before he had to drive back again. From what I heard they didn’t even call ahead to order or reserve it. If that’s not insane I don’t know what is.
I was at a dinner party. The man bragging that his wife painted a couple of rooms. Turns out -- she HIRED someone to do it. To them that was the same.
Deny the services to the lunch box dog
I'd be great to disclose where these are happening. You know, just to stay away from these places
OMG So one time at school we had a question of the week and this week it happened to be what is something on your bucket list. Everyone’s going around saying the usual until it gets to G. G says he wants to fly on a private jet. And all is well until he then stop again and says “wait, does it have to be something I HAVEN’T done before?” And everyone would bring it up here and there for the rest of the day bc that was too much even for a school of rich kids.
The wealthy millionaires couple that pretended to befriend me on a language course, and who in reality tried to convert me to the cult they were running (the "Christadelphians", a cult for which they were ministers).
I'm from a family of millionaires myself but had been so betrayed that everything I owned and the estates I should own had been stolen from me by my own so-called "parents", who then had me trafficked to the UK. So, I was not just desperately poor, I was destitute by the time this couple forced their way into my life. And they made it clear that, as far as they were concerned, I was dirt!
They accused me of being a "schizophrenic lunatic", of "fantasizing" about my story, of "having hallucinations", they accused me of being "stupid" and of "low intelligence" and made derogatory comments such as "just work in a factory that's all you can do".
When I expressed the fact that actually I have several degrees in business and finance studies, they accused me of "just imagining that". When I explained how I had come to the UK, they accused me of "imagining" that as well. When I explained that my so-called "parents" had sold me into a forced "marriage" with a guy I didn't know, couldn't communicate with on account of him not speaking any language I speak, and have never lived with, they - of course - knew better than I do what's going on in my life and claimed "you must have liked him or you wouldn't have married him". Erm - look up the definition of "forced marriage"...
Since I had had everything, including my identity, stolen, I was obviously standing there with nothing, destitute and as a result of that unable to get employment (nobody will give you a job when you turn up in charity shop rags and with broken teeth and scruffy hair - like I said, everything had been stolen from me, and I do mean everything) - so, they literally watched me starve, freeze in winter, suffer severe malnutrition and dehydration, hypothermia and subsequent serious health problems which were life threatening - but do you think they ever gave me a bite to eat, a few dollars to buy food, maybe an old blanket or some of their old clothes so that I could have something to wear? Huh - if you think that, then you don't know rich folks - they gave their old clothes to charity shops and then bragged about what "good people" they were and how much they "did for charity", whilst I stood next to them in rags many sizes too big, freezing. When I was so desperate that I even asked them if they could lend me a few dollars, it was "whoever doesn't work shouldn't be eating either" and "we are not made of money you know"!
They destroyed my reputation by engaging in a smear campaign (ie they spread lies about me), they accused me of being depressed, lying in bed all day, being from a poor and rundown background, being uneducated and of low intelligence.
I later found out that the wife had only married the guy for money and was - from a poor and VERY rough and rundown background, depressed, spent her days in bed feeling depressed, schizophrenic, suffered hallucinations, was uneducated (no qualifications whatsoever), was of low intelligence (she tried college but soon gave up as she didn't understand anything), and had ensnared and married the guy purely for money!!!
So, like all narcissists do, she had projected, ie accused me of the very things that were in reality true of herself!
Indeed the accusations that they threw at me had come from her, the guy only went along as he was totally obsessed with her (this later changed when she got fat and chopped her hair off).
They berated me for refusing to join their cult, saying things like "we will be saved but you won't, you won't even go to hell but you will just disappear into non-existence"!
I think we will let God decide that shall we...
The worst thing they did - I once went to another city for a few days and trusted them to look after my cat, which they promised they would. When I got back, my cat was screaming his tiny lungs out with his last bit of strength after having been left for an entire week without water or food, he was despairing and in despair screaming as loud as his weakend state would allow him!!!!! He was close to death!!!!!
I still have nightmares about this and that was 20 years ago!!!!
I have cursed them for that and hope they will rot in hell for all eternity!!!!!
Here's a few more:
the numerous men that have used me for emotional manipulation, wasted my time and effort pretending that they were friends or potential future romantic interests, whilst in reality laughing at me, amusing themselves over my story (see above), laughing their heads off at the fact that my cat got brutally murdered by my stalker, laughing at my deep pain over what happened to my cat, laughing at the fact that I actually believed they were friends and cared about them, and was worried sick when they ghosted me, not knowing if something had happened to them! They all told me, directly or indirectly, that they were ever such "good people", that I was "not good enough for them" as a friend/girlfriend/wife/mother of their children, amused themselves at my pain when I suddenly didn't hear from them and thought it hilarious to make a girl who is all alone and who has been through hell suffer even more. All this whilst they were married or in relationships and lied that they were single - but then made it out that it was ME that was of low morals!!!
the numerous men who chased me away as "not good enough" because of what I've been through
the numerous men who expected sexual favors because of their wealth and then hit the roof when I refused, with many of them saying "other girls agree, what's wrong with you, do you think you are something special".
I could go on and on...
That cat one hit me hard because it reminded me of when I trusted my neighbor to watch my kitty when I was on an oil rig and he left her alone for a week without telling his fiancee about her and she had no food or water. Thankfully I took her to the vet immediately the next day and a wonderful woman would watch her who used to work as a vet aid. I thank God for watching my little girl who is still my best friend. I hope you are better off now.
@@DemitriVladMaximov Oh gosh, so sorry to hear the same thing happened to you! This is so so distressing!
Glad your kitty is alright now!
I have cut all contact with these people who did that many years ago, sadly I'm not better off though as someone else, my stalker, brutally murdered my cat in 2009.
My cat must have had a lot of guardian angels when this happened with these people leaving him without food or water, but why there were no guardian angels when the murderer broke into our house I will never understand.
I'm not the same person since this tragedy, I only live now to look after my cat's grave, have done nothing but survive more abuse for the last ten years (since the tragedy) - and it seems I won't have long to go now. Ah well, at least then I'll be with my cat again, and then nobody can ever hurt or abuse us ever again!
I had a friend who was the house painter for WILT THE STILT (famous NBA player), Wikt would always give him gifts. One day gave him a gold ring with diamonds worth 20,000. This was in the 1960’s.
Yes, Wilt Chamberlain was a real human being.
Bill Olsen a guy with a real heart and as famous as he was he was still a regular joe not a pretender or elitist
I've always maintained there's 2 types of rich people; those born into wealth who rarely emphasize with those less fortunate, and those that earned their money and knew what growing up poor/ middle class is like (those are the types more often that will volunteer and give to charity.)
As someone who’s a rich kid and classy(some view that in a negative way but I’m neutral because it’s how I was raised) this kind of behaviour disgusts me, I also went to private school and met loads of spoiled brats but I am thankful that my parents while wealthy for generations weren’t like this and raised me alright and treated the staff in our house with respect and dignity, I do believe rich people need to be taught to respect those less fortunate and treat them as equals.
$35,000 tuition for an elementary school?!! Horace Green before Dewey Finn arrived!!
I once had to make a delivery to a posh country club and they wouldn't let me in or even allow me to explain myself. I dumped everything at the gate and left. Luckily my boss was a total bro and told them to fuck off when they wanted to order again.
i don't know about you...but those people who think that they know everything are especially irritating to those of us who do...😁
you know everything?
@@Cris00900340 damn straight, except where the g-spot is. i thought i knew everything when glen quagmire revealed the location of the fourth hole...
Yup - I work on the railroad, and comments that I have heard include "but trains drive themselves now so there's no need for your job".
Interesting how people who don't know the first thing about trains seem to know better than I do what's going on on the railroad...
Spoken like a fellow know-it-all!
@@bradmowreader5983 ikr?
Can we talk about that sea of bacon
Mmmmmmm bacon sandwiches on wonder bread toast with tomatoes & lettuce you grew in your own garden with our own hands is something that the poor rich will never experience. Pity them.
the one about sending a car to check on her house periodically while she grocery shops....THATS MY TOWN OMFG PEOPLE ARE SO ANNOYING HERE
Some are elitist & indeed pretentious, & some are downright abusive/slave-master behaviour. Sociopaths & narcissists, these bunch.
Edit: & some of them practically begged to be kidnapped, robbed or plainly killed because they're too rich to be -humble- normal.
I would never have a servant, much less treat them that way...they are people...i'm so sad =(
Its extra stupid cause you are literally relaying on them to do things. Treat people good and if the times hit hard you will be treated nicer, treat them bad and they will jump on you or just leave you to suffer.
And who wants someone in your home that isn't friend or family, anyway. I like my private home private.
I don't get why people are such assholes to maids, gardeners, etc., Like I just had a landscaper trim a palm tree I had because I'm concussed and sensitive to heat, and I'm just so massively grateful to him because I didn't have to do it.
I'm not sure any of these posters have ever looked up the word pretentious in a dictionary.
I realise growing up it’s always the borderline upper middle class people who behave this way (they are not poor or not extremely rich either). They sell the idea about how rich and spoiled they are, real rich people are generally good mannered, polite and quiet about their wealth.
She honked at the cart. honked at an object. 150 a day! I've met rich people, baby sat for them a few times. They had us pick up their dry cleaning and do their dishes etc. I didn't mind bc it paid. Ya just kidding I totally did mind. It boggles my mind how people can think so much better of themselves because of money. I secretly hope they get depressed and I know NO amount of money can help depression. I'm not a mean person, I just like justice.
I forget where I heard this, but what in the rich people $#!+ is this?! o_O
Many people like that do not keep their riches. It's much harder to become rich than to lose it all. There are so many stories of people losing everything because they are like this.
Well, if a dog pissed on my lunch box,odds are the shithead has a pool. Take a wild guess where I'm gonna piss??
I really don't want to live in a world that has to have a "no bodyguards in class" rule...
Okay I agree with most of this but it is totally weird to show up to a (assumably) nice party with paint on your hands, and I say this as someone who regularly has paint on their hands. Is it hard/ annoying to get off? Yea, but it’s not exactly impossible lol
Most of the actions described in this video are not actually pretentious. To be pretentious is to put on a pretense, like using unnecessarily obscure words to appear smarter. This is a catalog of rich people who are either obliviously rich or just see you and me as less than human, and couldn't care less how we perceive them. A basic requirement of pretension is concern for how one is perceived.
I thought this thread would be stories about guys in college who didn't know any current rock or pop bands because they only listened to Miles Davis, or people who said they didn't own a television, but these are just stories about rich people being assholes...
French Revolution 2: Electric Boogaloo HERE WE COME!!
Certain people complaining that their kids can’t play sports during lock down. I get it, it’s disappointing. However, I have trouble feeling sorry for rich kids and their parents who choose to sit in their basements and pout, rather than make the best if it and go play outside or take advantage Zoom.During this second wave, as soon as we went on partial lockdown we bent the curve (the case rate dropped straight down almost immediately). Most kids, before the pandemic couldn’t afford to participate at all anyway. Sorry your kid’s ballet class interferes with public health. I know a lot of people are sick of lockdowns and are angry at the time it’s taking to get a reasonable solution, but the curve here bent immediately and lightning fast. Our health care system was close to collapsing and now a very low case rate is well within reach.
Think twice before you run your mouth because some people will go there. It's worth it, I don't care what they say
Jesus I didn’t know people like this exist either. Me and my friend aren’t rich but we pretend to be super pretentious to each other as a joke. Like holy fuck man “doesn’t talk to the help” are you serious? God damn.
I have some rich relatives who got there via patents, and who's family was previously in poverty. They are generally very nice people, only 3 of them are ever condesending, but good lord are they ever disconnected from reality and normal people's problems
My cousin said, Im not gonna buy a built car with high horse power. Im just gonna get a GTR R35 and build it my self. He is 16-17.
Most of these people don't seem to actually know what "pretentious" means, it's about placing unwarranted importance on something rather than just being a spoiled piece of shit. So refusing to talk to "the help" is pretentious but having the money to regularly splurge on absurd expenses isn't, that's just being wealthy. If someone looks down on you for watching english dubs of anime instead of the original japanese or insists that you can't enjoy a jazz album before memorizing the biography of every musician involved then they are being pretentious, even if they're a dirt poor NEET on the brink of homelessness.
So i don't think i've been so upset from a UA-cam Video in a while i wouldn't be bothered if these people turned up dead somewhere
This video made me lose faith in humanity
The only time I've seen "do you know who I am" have any positive results is in Warband if your character has enough renown and gets yelled at by a belligerent drunk