People Who Work With The Super Rich Call Out The Wild Things They've Seen

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Mayarey
Jul 31, 2021 10:00 AM EDT

Most people end up surrounding themselves with people of a similar social class to them. Not because we get along with people who make as much as us, but it's just more likely to find ourselves in similar circumstances as them. Those who work in luxury businesses have the unique experience of seeing people who have a completely different lifestyle. And even if we're happy with what we have, who isn't interested in getting a sneak peek into the super-rich?

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    Font - r/AskReddit u/NeighborhoodTrolley · 6h 1 2 4 e 6 3 3 2 People who cater to the super rich; What things have you seen? 11.3k 3k T, Share
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    Font - circleinsidecircle · 4h I used to 'work' for an Arab billionaire's son, a Daddy's money guy, terrible garbage human being. Once saw him spend $16 000 on a wallet, was a fancy one with little gold spikes on it and stuff. He had shoes with gold on them. I remember one year for his birthday he received like 30+ cakes, big fancy cakes and he told us to leave them on the floor in the hallway outside his room. We walked by those cakes every day for two weeks waiting for instruction, after the t
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    Font - Saltyballs2020 · 3h I worked at a resort & marina that dealt with high end boats; from mega yachts to brand new cigarette boats. Always assume the quiet dude with the stained shirt is the owner of the performance boat. Never expect tips from mega yachts. The most narcissistic guests were always surgeons. The angriest guests were lawyers. (No offense to attorneys, I am one). The richest were in construction & commercial real estate. The best tippers were guys entertaining their side pieces
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    Font - skell15 · 4h 1 Award I'm a driving instructor and one group rented the track to drive their supercars for the day. At the end of the day they all partnered up and got into the cars to leave. After they were gone we realized that they had forgotten their Lamborghini Aventador at the track. G Reply 1 7.9k 3 ...
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    Font - TexasFordTough · 5h 2 Awards Old high school teacher of mine is an extremely successful private tutor and does a lot of work in the wealthy neighborhoods in the area. He told us once he was tutoring a kid and helped him get prepared and pass his college level physics class and at the end of their last session the kid told him to wait there and went into his dad's office and came out with his payment and an extra $1,000. My teacher tried to deny it, saying it was too much but the kid said
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    Font - weriup · 6h Have the money to support their eccentricity. One guy I cook for wanted his house built so that his bedroom was right above the cow barn, with a retractable spot in the floor so he could fall asleep listening to (and smelling, I presume) the cows. G Reply 1 5.1k 3 ...
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    Font - grouchyclownposse · 4h My wife's aunt and uncle were busy the entire day of their 25th anniversary and returned home at about 21:00. Decided that the kids needed a bit of fun and booked a private jet to Moscow( they live in paris) and spent a week there. Money- gotta love it. 6 Reply 1 3.2k 3 ...
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    Font - waterloograd · 4h 3 4 Awards Family friends were having marital issues. Their marriage counselor figured out a lot of their problems were over cooking meals. The counselor reminded them that they are rich and can just cater all their meals, and it would be cheaper than getting a divorce. They listened to the counselor and now are happily married again. 6 Reply 4 14.2k 3 ...
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    Font - undefined_protocol · 3h 2 Awards My great uncle was VERY well off. He did not have a guest house. It was a guest mansion. Separate from his mansion. In case his kids dropped by. This does not include the olympic sized indoor pool. That was a separate building. He bought a cannon. He used it to shoot the mountain behind his house. He shot brand new special bowling balls out of it. They cost 100 bucks per ball. Reply 1 1.6k 3 ...
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    Font - sunlitglo · 4h Client was a mega millionaire in the 60s so even richer when I met him. He'd ride the bus to the office to have free coffee. Every day. G Reply 4 1.6k 3 ...
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    Font - II_Confused • 5h 1 Award I work at a university offshoot, where a billionaire has donated a few buildings. He'll drive through every now and then to take a look at them. He'll stop and chat with us lowly workers, and occasionally give us tickets to the games in the arena he donated to the university. G Reply 6.1k ...
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    Font - blitzbom · 3h 1 Award Ohhh, My grandpa was a piano tuner. He couldn't drive due to epilepsy so family would take him to jobs. One day dad took him to a job and got talking to the owner. He said the guy lived in the biggest nicest mansion he had ever seen. Everything in the house was crazy expensive. But the owner and his wife were very down to earth and normal. If not a bit rough around the edges. Finally his curiosity got the better off him and dad asked how they made thier money. The gu
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    Font - Lazyassbummer · 3h I became personal friends with my boss and his wife; super nice people. The wife turned out to be an heiress and would buy me whatever I mentioned, like in passing during a conversation. I learned gifts were how she was raised to show love. I've trained myself to only talk about things already own, unless I find something useful she might like and suggest it for her. G Reply 1 1.5k ...
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    Font - tobias269 · 3h Have been working for the super rich for sometime. Craziest thing l've seen - brand new 90 metre multimillion pound (GBP) yacht was built in Netherlands. Maiden voyage to Antibes in France. Owner came onboard and left after a few hours. Next week we get sent to Genoa Italy, where all the bathrooms onboard were ripped out and upgraded. That doesn't sound like a big deal but I'm talking about brand new marble sinks, showers, floors and lobbies all crowbarred out chucked in sk
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    Font - Prune_the_hedges · 4h I used to work for a company that modified aircraft for really rich people. I'm talking 747s, not gulfstreams. This company had made several aircraft for this one customer, who I was told had purchased a new one solely because his spiritual advisor had told him that one of his current planes was bad luck. He still let his wife use it for her personal travel. To me, one of the most exquisite features of these planes wasn't the gold plated everything, or rare wood vene
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    Font - aticho · 8h S A woman who owned a small private jet business told me one time someone paid them to fly their dog (by itself) to NY for about $45,000 for some training. No other passengers.
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