23 Laughably Unrelatable Comments That Rich People Have Actually Said Out Loud
There are two types of rich people: the grounded wealthy people who go about life quietly and the flamboyantly rich who make their affluence known to everyone. So redditor u/MonthIcy1 asked, "What's the most out-of-touch thing you heard from rich people?" Here's what people said, including a bunch of BuzzFeed Community responses.
1."A coworker asked me what bank I use for my safety deposit box. I told her I didn't have a safety deposit box. And she responded, 'But where do you keep your jewels, then?'"
2."I was told my degree was worthless because it was from a public university and 'they don’t teach stuff over there.'"
3."My favorite has got to be when my younger cousin said, 'Hawaii is my favorite place to go when we want to go on a quick, cheap vacation.' My sister and I just looked at each other like…???"
4."Being told by a guy who has not worked a day in his life and living off of inherited money that 'poor people are poor because they don't invest their money right.'"
5."'You've never been to Disney? Did your parents not love you or something?' Bitch, my parents were raising three kids working two jobs on poverty wages."
6."I was venting to a schoolmate about not being able to have a car. She said, 'Why don’t you just ask your mom?' It literally broke my brain. Like yeah, why didn’t I think of that?"
7."'You should just do what we did and buy a house in cash. We don't have any mortgage payment, and then we'll sell it for more!' — a former coworker of mine whose in-laws bought her house for her and her husband and paid for all the renovations and for her to switch careers at 40. I legitimately felt my body move into fight mode."
8."'It's just so easy just to drop a grand at Target, you know?' —my coworker in Calabasas (Kardashian-land), after he spent $983 on toys for his four-year-old nephew's birthday."
9."Her dishwasher broke, and she complained about washing her dishes by hand. She even said that she felt like a poor person. Then I had to tell her I hand wash all my dishes..."
—Anonymous
10."A friend's sister told me how hard it is to live in Jackson Hole because 'you have to fly in your help (cleaning, yard work) from Salt Lake.' I had no words."
11."For my job as a dog walker, I buy multiple pairs of $10 sweatpants at Walmart because I get slobbery, furry, and sweaty in the Florida heat. A rich client told me I should get Lululemon sweats for work. Sorry, not in the budget!"
12."I grew up comfortably middle class but far from wealthy and was on a significant scholarship at my expensive private school. In my senior year of high school, a girl in my math class bragged that 'Daddy bought me a Range Rover for my birthday, but it wasn't the right color, so I made him buy me another one,' and several people nodded in agreement as if that were reasonable. Up to that point, that seemed like a wild thing people said on My Super Sweet Sixteen. Nope, real life. I almost walked out of class."
13."I worked in a very upscale women's clothing store last year and always had tons of women coming in to buy their 'holiday clothes' for cruises, European tours, things like that. When I would comment on how I wish I could travel like that, I always heard, 'Oh, NOW is the time; you should go, travel when you're young.' Yes, travel when you're young while working two part-time jobs, cannot afford a car, and live paycheck to paycheck."
14."'How could your family's accountant let that happen?' This was the response when we discussed how growing up, we couldn't pay the bills and had our water/electricity shut off multiple times.
15."A rich person once asked me, "Why don't you just buy a second house for your vacation getaways?" As if owning one house wasn't already a huge financial stretch..."
16."A friend's dad once casually said, 'They say you need six million in the bank to retire, but I think you can get by with a little less.' My partner and I were stunned and silent as we thought, 'Oh, cool, so I guess we'll never be able to retire.' ??"
17.“If you can’t afford childcare, just hire a nanny. We love ours!”
18."'How do you only have one dishwasher?' Imagine their shock when I told them the apartment I had just moved out of and lived in for 14 years didn't have one at all."
19."In my last job, my boss came to a meeting with all of his direct reports. He was a VP. He started the meeting by stating his BMW had been run into by a patient and had done a lot of damage. He was upset with his insurance because they would only provide him a Toyota to drive while his car was being fixed. He went on for 15 minutes about how embarrassing it was to be seen in a 'poor person's car." At least 10 of us drove Toyotas..."
20."I was complaining to my coworker and her husband that I was having a hard time finding a two-bedroom apartment because my income was about $200 less than the requirements of the apartment complex I liked. Her husband looked at me seriously and said, "Why don't you open a credit card with a $20,000 limit and pay the whole year upfront?" I was like, dude, WTF are you talking about?"
21."My coworker, fresh out of school, was confused about why so many people took public transportation to commute into the city. Her parents paid for a personal driver, and that's how she got to work and back. Not an Uber — a car service. She had no idea what it cost, probably never thought about it, and just figured everyone else preferred the subway and bus to have a personal driver."
22."My coworker once told me, 'You'll be able to buy a home once you get your inheritance.' I said, 'I won't have an inheritance; my family isn't well off.' They replied, 'Of course, you have an inheritance. Everyone's parents leave them an inheritance. I'm sure they're just keeping it a secret from you to surprise you.'"
23."Being asked why I still have my wisdom teeth at the age of 31. Well, maybe because my parents were poor??"
So, what's the most out-of-touch thing that you've heard a wealthy person say out loud? Tell us in the comments or drop your response into this anonymous form.
Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
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