'Why don't you just live off of your savings?': 20 out-of-touch comments from bosses, parents, and Karens

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Feb 22, 2024 8:00 AM EST

One of the common threads that unite the horrible bosses, entitled parents, and over-the-top Karens of the world is the wildly out-of-touch remark they are wont to make on a daily basis. Nine times out of ten, these comments have something to do with privilege and/or money because of course they do. It's remarkable how people with all the opportunities at their fingertips can forget what it's like to not have those opportunities. Surely, not all of these individuals have had that level of wealth and privilege their entire lives (though I'm sure we've got a few nepo-babies on this list).

This list was compiled from the following r/AskReddit thread and varies from comments by your boss's out-of-touch spouse, your spoiled and rich friend, and even your parent who can't seem to understand the plight of your generation. Keep scrolling below and feel free to share your own stories about the people in your life who desperately need to sit down and be humbled. For more compilations like this, check out this list of top embarrassing moments.

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    r/AskReddit. Posted by u/Yiga_Blade_Master 21 hours ago What is the most out of touch thing you have ever heard? And how did you respond to it?
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    zulutbs182 20 hr. ago I was in a local sub shop waiting for my order. A guy and his I assume girlfriend come in and start reading the menu. The cashier asked what they wanted. Girlfriend: "Yeah what's a portobello mushroom burger?" Cashier: "Oh.. well a portobello is like an extra large mushroom roughly the size of a burger patty." Girlfriend: "So... portobello means mushroom? And your sign says portobello mushroom? Mushroom mushroom burger? That's redundant. I won't eat here." She literally sto
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    39 ThinkFish5023 20 hr. ago I once wanted to gift a friend a gig ticket. She was a young mum at the time and she didn't have any spare cash to spend on herself or to go out and do anything fun. She was very hesitant to take it and it was 100% my idea. My other friend who was in her 30s at the time; "I think she's manipulating you, I just don't believe she can't afford a ticket! I mean there's ALWAYS money!" This woman had never lived away from her parents and was from a relatively wealthy backgr
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    Orange Kid 18 hr. ago My coworker, fresh out of school, was really confused why so many people took public transportation to commute into the city. Turns out her parents paid for a personal driver for her 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, just figured everyone else preferred the subway/bus to having a personal driver. 4.0k Reply Share
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    ewing666 20 hr. ago someone i shared a house with in college, who was either not-yet or barely 21, complained about her peer not being educated in wine, that there is "no excuse" i asked her what she was up to once, she was flipping through Vogue and she answered "shopping" so i guess she was rich rich 3.5k Reply Share
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    ExtremelyRetired 18 hr. ago . Many years ago, I was living in Philadelphia. I had a very nice colleague at the office, a young woman from a very privileged family. She'd lived all her life downtown (at least when she wasn't summering in Bar Harbor or spending weekends at their place in Bryn Mawr). One weekend, we were going to meet for lunch. We spoke on the phone and I said I'd see her soon. I was out in West Philadelphia, so I grabbed the subway and got off a block from her apartment. "You got
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    TattooedJedi81 - 19 hr. ago I'm a deaf teacher and college professor with five college degrees. I've owned my house for 20 years and my neighbor still lives next door to me. He sees me leaving for work every morning as well as arriving home. I'm dressed work casual and I always have a work bag along with a lunch container. 20 years of this. He's seen the work I've done to my house ($$) as well as the vehicles I've purchased over the years. Plus supporting a family and three dogs. As recently as
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    azulweber 18 hr. ago at an old job, i had a breakdown because i had not been paid in six weeks and literally was unable to eat and was walking to work because i could not afford gas. boss found me crying and told me i was being "petty" for wanting my money and asked me "why don't you just live off of your savings?". i was a 21 year old recent college grad who wasn't getting my paychecks, what savings??? 2.9k Reply Share
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    Flailing_Aimlessly. 20 hr. ago My boss's wife is the child of millionaire who married an "heir to the throne" of a multi-million dollar a year organization where I was working for $10 an hour. Her: "You - where are you planning on taking your honeymoon when you get married?" Me: "I dunno, a week on the beach or maybe a quiet cabin in the mountains." Her: "Pfff. No one will ever marry you if you refuse to take them to Hawaii for a honeymoon!" ✩ 2.8k Reply Share
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    Peg__Leg__Meg - 18 hr. ago When I was interning at a museum early in my career, my husband and I were house-hunting and put an offer on our home. One of the interns I worked with came from a very very rich family (think old money oil baron type). He didn't have to work, he just enjoyed learning history and traveling around to different internships for fun. He asked me what steps I needed to take to buy the house and I mentioned our mortgage paperwork. He sneered and looked at me like I was the d
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    Remote_Bumblebee2240 17 hr. ago My mom's ex bf was making jokes about some of the physical things my mother's body deals with after having 4 natural births, so I said, "well yeah, she has had 4 kids". HIS (I can't stress enough that he's male) response was "well, I'VE had 2 kids and i don't have any problems". "Well Bob, it's not really the same thing" This mf replies "how would you know, you don't have any kids". ..... reddit, I had no response to this. 2.5k Reply Share
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    razcalnikov 20 hr. ago edited 7 hr. ago I used to work in a QA department with two teams, each 7 people. At this company, it was HEAVILY encouraged to work through lunch (you'd be docked an hour pay even as a salaried employee if you left) so we did. This was among other insanely overbearing rules. Anyway. One day, investors are visiting to check out our company. Our HR is giving them a tour, this happens to be during our lunch. When giving his speech about the lab, in front of all of us, he goe
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    Floozerz 20 hr. ago Woman tried to tell me farms are unethical and we don't even need farms or farmers anymore anyway because everyone can just go to the store to get their food. I just had to walk away. 2.5k Reply Share
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    trollsong 19 hr. ago My inlaw grandparents when we we negotiating to buy our house. Note:they are retired and her grandfather was a new York lawyer. GP: "they are asking 400? Just offer them 200k cash they'll take it" We informed them we don't have 200k in cash 2.5k Reply Share
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    wannkie 19 hr. ago I was a teacher making $35k before taxes, and one of my students' parents was a stay-at- home wife whose husband made over a million dollars a year as an energy company CEO. She came in one afternoon and told me about how stressed she was over renovating their home's 3,000 sf BASEMENT...a basement that was 3x as large as my entire home. In my effort to connect with her, I told her I was so sorry and that I was also dealing with some stress, having to replace all the exterior p
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    blackday44 20 hr. ago My parents (boomers), were very confused for a long time why us kids were having trouble finding places to rent/buy. Then last year they helped my sister look at houses, and reality gave them a nice smack in the face. They were absolutely shocked at prices. I just smiled and nodded. 2.4k Reply Share
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    Fluffy-Hotel-5184 - 20 hr. ago I was visiting my aunt. she and her husband both had very good jobs. she kept her bills pinned to a bulletin board so she would remember to pay them. I says to her "Auntie, your car payments alone are more than we make in an entire month and we are supporting 2 kids on it". She looked at me stunned with her mouth open- "How do you kids LIVE?" 2.1k ↓ Reply Share
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    loritree 21 hr. ago My dad - "I read it's good to be in more debt from college because it relates to getting a better job once you graduate." Me (who literally took 15 years to pay off 70k in loans) - "No dad, just no." 1.7k Reply Share
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    Broadway 18 hr. ago I bought my first condo (one bedroom, pretty small, in a city) in my early 30's. My uncle made a comment about how he bought his first place - a house! with multiple bedrooms and bathrooms! - a year after he graduated college, and how mind-blowing he found it that my generation was so behind compared to his. Ridiculous enough when you consider inflation + the average salary at the time (1982 vs. 2022), but even more ridiculous once my grandma told me that she and my grandfath
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    vendettamoon 21 hr. ago Had a friend group that lasted about a decade, two of us were low-income (I was lower middle- class, the other was in borderline poverty) and the others came from extremely wealthy families. One day we were talking about income and I mentioned that anyone who made above 100k was rich in my eyes, and one friend laughed at me and said yeah but all of us here make over 100k. I had to stop in stare in absolute shock. My family collectively barely made half of that. I realized
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    Didntlikedefaultname 20 hr. ago It's a fairly small example but I was in 8th grade and talking about levels of wealth or lack thereof with a couple friends. My family didn't have money growing up, but we're never poverty level or anything. One friend I guess didn't want to be seen as affluent and said his family is actually poor because they have a mortgage on their house
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