'My CPA was laughing so hard he almost fell out of his chair':"Fake engineer" buys entire meal for bragging dinner guests to prove a point

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Nov 16, 2024 3:00 PM EST

Talking about money can be so gauche. It depends on the circumstances. Should you talk to your coworkers about how much they're making? Yes, you absolutely should. But is it the best thing to talk about at a dinner party? Not so much. 

They say that money talks and wealth whispers, and this is a great example of it. Some people get their paychecks and just have to buy designer clothes, expensive cars, or the best new tech just so they can show it off to everyone around them. It's the kind of person who will wear Gucci to lunch, then sheepishly ask you to pay for the meal. It's the attitude of the person who is paying an outrageous amount of money for their car each month, which is stopping them from having any extra cash on hand. While people can do whatever they want with their money, they can't force the folks around them to be impressed. 

Wealthy people are often very hush-hush about their money. They'll have multiple homes, but they don't brag about it. Their kids probably wear nice clothing, but it won't be covered in brand tags. There's nothing cool about loudly bragging about how much money you're bringing in. Why not just let everyone wonder about it instead? 

After you read this story, read about the reasons people cannot stop rolling their eyes at their coworkers, like one person who shared that a coworker "Staples everything… just for fun." 

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    Friends called me a Fake Engineer, I bought their dinner
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    My daughter 17, asked me to post this here. And Im the Dad who does as the women in my life tell me, which is how I ended up in a restaurant tonight with snobs. So the characters, my wife, wife's coworker 1 and her husband arrogant engineer 1(AE1), wife's coworker 2 and her husband my CPA, and Lastly AE2 and his wife.
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    Each couple has two teenage children with us. We are at a Japanese steakhouse in America where the chefs cook in front of you. CW1 and AE1 invited all of us for their youngest daughter's birthday. Since their daughter is close with our daughter. So the parents are at one table and the teens at another.
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    At the teen table my daughters (17 and 14) order sushi appetizers, mocktails, and shrimp with scallops. At our table the Sake is flowing along with a few top shelf drinks. My wife and I order our appetizers, drinks and dinners. We are all paying for ourselves and I see AE1 and AE2 seem to in competition for who can spend the most. My CPA and I chuckle at them and stay out of
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    the fray. Until AE2 hears my daughter order and says to her, "careful now your daddy is only and agricultural engineer. He doesnt make as much as us real engineers." For context they are structural engineers with Bachelor degrees, Im an agricultural engineer with a PHD.
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    I work for governments, private investors, and several agro corporations. I own my own consulting firm. I help build sustainable reusable gardens. And this work allows me to travel to poorer countries and help them use what they have to start growing their own food.
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    Apparently these men thought All I did was travel to impoverished places and teach people to dig in the dirt. They believed I did all this work for free and therefore made very little money. Im not "rich" by any stretch, but Im comfortable. We dont do extravagance, so we have savings and my wife works.
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    However in 2023 I was awarded a handsome contract to design tower gardens in several states. Its a seven figure contract over three years. Back to dinner These guys ask me about the most ridiculous things. Like "is it good to grow onions and carrots in the same garden?" And were laughing at me and my work until their wives told them to stop. I chalk it up to
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    drunken arrogance and dont even bother to answer. My CPA was laughing so hard he almost fell out of his chair. Apparently, he is AE1's CPA as well. And knows the ins and outs of both our finances. AE1 taunts CPA to tell the table what he brought home last year after bonuses. CPA pulled up the figures on the phone and tells us. Its about 1/3 of what I brought home in 2023. The CPA says "I have yours up want me to share?"
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    I decline. And he nods. Que another round of taunts. I go to the restroom and find the waiter. I pay for the whole check and leave a generous tip on top of what they added for a big party. After our sobert the waiter thanks me in front of everyone for the tip and wishes everyone a good night. AE1 and AE2 stare at me
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    for a moment. I smile nod and tell CPA to tell them my income last year. After which I simply said goodnight. Petty absolutely, gratifying right
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    [deleted] Talking about how much one makes in that manner is gauche. Those guys are morons
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    Homeschooli... When I was an ignorant teenager trying to figure out what to major in, my dad asked what I thought about agriculture engineering. I made some joke comparing it to sanitation engineering (ignorance squared), after which I learned that my dad had majored in it (ignorance.
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    cubed) before the Army had put him on the computer science path for his masters degree. My dad set me straight.
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    That_Old_Cat As a fellow real engineer, I approve this message.
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    Agreeable-On... Even if comps were all equal you protect the food supply where they follow a rule book written by smarter PES and say "yes this wall meets code and probably won't fall down" Imao good on you for putting them in their place OP.
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    FlameLightFl... Some Agricultural Engineers are outstanding in their field. I'll show myself out.
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