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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 04:41 PM Oct 2013

rich girl writes online essay about poor people making her feel bad

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2465639/Rachael-Sacks-Wealthy-college-student-pens-essay-complaining-poor-people-making-feel-bad.html

A 20-year-old New York college student is facing heaps of Internet scorn after she published an essay demanding that poor people stop making her feel bad because she's so rich.

Rachael Sacks describes how a cashier at her local grocery store in the affluent West Village neighborhood was unfriendly and frowned at her because she was carrying a large shopping bag from the high-end handbag designer Mulberry.

'I am sorry that I was born into great financial circumstances and my father likes to provide for me. I am sorry I don’t have to go to a state school to save my parents money. What do you want from me?' she writes in an essay, published on Thursday, for Thought Catalog. m

'People shouldn’t make others feel bad about their own personal finances. How people spend their money is their own choice.'

She continues: 'It just seems really petty and makes you look bitter and unhappy with your own life if you are casting nasty glares at college girls in Gristedes because you’re a cashier.'

The 20-year-old then argues: 'I’m not one of those people who try to be poor to relate to people.

'I think that’s honestly really disgusting behavior, it’s as if you’re saying that you have to make yourself into something you think is beneath you to get others to like you.'

She later claims she had no idea that she was rich while growing up because her family went to McDonalds and she wore clothes from Old Navy.



She added: 'I went to private school when I was younger and there would always be someone so much richer than me.



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rich girl writes online essay about poor people making her feel bad (Original Post) Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 OP
I can't think of anything to say that would go over well with anyone, so: BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #1
Boo fucking hoo! hobbit709 Oct 2013 #2
She's right about one thing Warpy Oct 2013 #60
Agreed Egnever Oct 2013 #108
Another graduate of the Ann Rmoney School of Charm and Diplomacy... joeybee12 Oct 2013 #3
Yeah, Gordon could teach her a thing or three.... or four JeffHead Oct 2013 #85
What's a Gristede anyway? maxsolomon Oct 2013 #4
NYC local supermarket chain JHB Oct 2013 #12
A ridiculously overpriced supermarket chain here in manhattan. JaneyVee Oct 2013 #83
In ten years she'll make a perfect GOP senatorial candidate. bluesbassman Oct 2013 #5
she's almost there eShirl Oct 2013 #6
she has a lot to learn and a lot of growing up to do..nicest thing I can say nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #7
lol. well deserved thrashing. spoiled, graceless and now a joke. good job. cali Oct 2013 #8
I can almost hear her gum popping and see her rolling her eyes as I read this. Butterbean Oct 2013 #14
Maybe the cashier was having a bad day. Poor people do like Cleita Oct 2013 #9
she was probably being a Dick, then got pissed okieinpain Oct 2013 #29
Interesting notion, Cleita. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #72
+1 BOG PERSON Oct 2013 #91
Ya know, I don't usually wish people bad fortune, but sometimes it's hard to be kind. Shrike47 Oct 2013 #10
Than there is that old Chinese Curse... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #24
And these people want tax cuts-- and to raise yours while cutting SS. Marr Oct 2013 #11
Poverty of the soul is the worst kind of poor 1000words Oct 2013 #13
+1. Well said. n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #16
+2 She may learn that someday. brer cat Oct 2013 #45
Great comment...I'm filing that one as a potential reply if you don't mind! n/t ms liberty Oct 2013 #64
True. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #106
It's terrible to learn that most people don't admire you because of your lucky SDjack Oct 2013 #15
A person who never earned one dime she ever spent. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #50
Post removed Post removed Oct 2013 #17
Someone with "0" self-awareness. Old and In the Way Oct 2013 #18
But Suicide will never come to mind. PeoViejo Oct 2013 #68
Just wondering how long it will take kcr Oct 2013 #19
Not defending exactly, but this is linkbait nxylas Oct 2013 #66
Non Daily Mail links then: alp227 Oct 2013 #103
I don't think the hate shown to her reflects well on us at all hfojvt Oct 2013 #110
It's not really about her being "rich." It's more the fact that she comes off so clueless nomorenomore08 Oct 2013 #113
Another member of the Lucky Sperm Club. GoCubsGo Oct 2013 #20
Actually it is the Lucky Vagina club. The sperm can show up anywhere. Vincardog Oct 2013 #36
Mmf!! Iggo Oct 2013 #21
Wow. RedCappedBandit Oct 2013 #22
Check out her twitter - she is one serious piece of work! tenderfoot Oct 2013 #23
Agreed! N/T deafskeptic Oct 2013 #49
You can't buy empathy Johonny Oct 2013 #25
She looks much older than 20 n2doc Oct 2013 #26
I would have said at least 27 or 28 darkangel218 Oct 2013 #31
maybe that's why she gets certain looks, people think it's someone in their 30s JI7 Oct 2013 #32
I'll be disappointed if this turns out to be someone's performance art. (nt) jeff47 Oct 2013 #27
i have a feeling that she wasn't getting negative looks because of her Wealth, but more her attitude JI7 Oct 2013 #28
EAT THE RICH! Taverner Oct 2013 #30
Samantha "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!" Brick league looks, closeupready Oct 2013 #33
I dated a girl like this in college. name not needed Oct 2013 #34
The funny thing is that this entitled brat isn't really even that rich. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2013 #35
Yup. name not needed Oct 2013 #39
I come from the same background as this girl if not the same city. deafskeptic Oct 2013 #48
Exactly. Money can't buy class either. I will bet neither you nor I ever provoked such anneboleyn Oct 2013 #95
YES! I agree. I grew up on the west coast, and her "rich" looks VERY ordinary. As you note anneboleyn Oct 2013 #94
A $700,000 home in Bethesda, MD sounds pretty average. WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2013 #97
Yeah, you're close. Average sales price for a house in Bethesda: $825,000 PragmaticLiberal Oct 2013 #102
Oof. This is pretty much what I pictured for $700K... WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2013 #124
I had the same image in my head as well. PragmaticLiberal Oct 2013 #125
'How people spend their money is their own choice' Whisp Oct 2013 #37
being poor is "beneath you" Skittles Oct 2013 #38
As to her twitter account... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #40
But of course! Paulie Oct 2013 #93
What a truly ugly person. kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #41
I honestly feel that only a dose of hard luck living can cure these rich kids and save them from CTyankee Oct 2013 #42
Me Me Me MeMe. It's all about ME!!! You look towards or at *Me* you must be thinking about *ME*!!!!! uppityperson Oct 2013 #43
Sweetheart, there's a big difference between slumming and living in the slum. haele Oct 2013 #44
awwww DonCoquixote Oct 2013 #46
The truly rich and I have worked for many have shoppers who bring Cleita Oct 2013 #47
Exactly. "Rich" people do not shop (buyers shop for them) anneboleyn Oct 2013 #96
Exactly. N/T deafskeptic Oct 2013 #52
Actually, she's a nouveau-not-quite-riche climber The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2013 #54
Just WOW. theHandpuppet Oct 2013 #51
Can someone hold her down so I can get a few kicks in, too? nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2013 #53
Yeah that poor thing. I feel sorry for her. Kingofalldems Oct 2013 #92
She should have posted a pic of her w/bag and said, "what's your excuse" aikoaiko Oct 2013 #55
Bingo. nt laundry_queen Oct 2013 #81
She reminds me of that dumb woman. n/t duffyduff Oct 2013 #90
Lol, so true. NealK Oct 2013 #112
It wasn't even due to her own hard work treestar Oct 2013 #123
Why did she feel the need to write an essay about being dissed because she is rich? Or rather her SammyWinstonJack Oct 2013 #56
Hey, rich folks - PETRUS Oct 2013 #57
Sounds like Mummy and Daddy MuseRider Oct 2013 #58
Poor vs. rich humans, instead of Trillo Oct 2013 #59
I saw this earlier deutsey Oct 2013 #61
Let me guess... hamsterjill Oct 2013 #62
Boy does this sound like by 21-year-old niece! emsimon33 Oct 2013 #63
To be fair, she's twenty years old . . . MrModerate Oct 2013 #65
WOW TNNurse Oct 2013 #67
Foot-in-mouth disease. gtar100 Oct 2013 #69
She's in a writing class. Is this her work? Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #70
"excrete some form of female ejaculate"? Ken Burch Oct 2013 #127
People with no ethical core often say the weirdest things... Tikki Oct 2013 #71
Another stinkin' turdly waste of oxygen. nt valerief Oct 2013 #73
I don't know exactly what happened in this exchange, ejpoeta Oct 2013 #74
"something you think is beneath you" Martin Eden Oct 2013 #75
What in hell is Gristedes?? Sounds like a tough cut of meat!!!!! nt MADem Oct 2013 #76
Sorry you feel bad. elleng Oct 2013 #77
She's trollin' Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #78
Followed those links to her twitter... onpatrol98 Oct 2013 #79
She's replying to folks on twitter Catherine Vincent Oct 2013 #100
Life sucks when you're rich, but I suspect the scornful look was either more perception than reality Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #80
Why? Because she's a spoiled, rich, attention-seeking skank. kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #105
Well fuck she should feel bad for them gopiscrap Oct 2013 #82
She can't help her circumstances. mia Oct 2013 #84
And now we all know who she is. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #86
Cue the world's tiniest violin. Initech Oct 2013 #87
Consider yourself lucky... rrneck Oct 2013 #88
What makes this girl think that the cashier complain jane Oct 2013 #89
How does she know the glares was for her wealth? Catherine Vincent Oct 2013 #98
Exactly complain jane Oct 2013 #117
''...make yourself into something you think is beneath you....'' DeSwiss Oct 2013 #99
Her life seems to match up with that Hall and Oates song alp227 Oct 2013 #101
How would she know why the cashier was frowning? yurbud Oct 2013 #104
I feel nothing for this person one way or the other. She has no effect on my life. nomorenomore08 Oct 2013 #107
If she'd like to know what people want from her, I'll tell her jmowreader Oct 2013 #109
+1 nomorenomore08 Oct 2013 #111
She's a rich girl and she's gone too far but you know i don't matter anyway. leeroysphitz Oct 2013 #114
I wish she could live in a poor person shoes, even for just B Calm Oct 2013 #115
"So much richer than me" is incorrect English one would have hoped her privileged education indepat Oct 2013 #116
First of all, I don't think the cashier was glaring due to the money thing.. Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2013 #118
I'll just say she has nearly endless possibilities for personal growth. nt Robb Oct 2013 #119
Methinks this is a very poor troll. NYC Liberal Oct 2013 #120
Or someone trying to get on TV Dash87 Oct 2013 #131
Nobody's making her feel bad for her personal finances. nyquil_man Oct 2013 #121
Has it been confirmed that this encounter took place? Bad Thoughts Oct 2013 #122
I don't normally thinks kids should be spanked. Ken Burch Oct 2013 #126
She's racist also. pitbullgirl1965 Oct 2013 #128
Everything about this is wrong. liberalmuse Oct 2013 #129
Scummy attempt at a reality show, I bet. Dash87 Oct 2013 #130

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
2. Boo fucking hoo!
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 04:44 PM
Oct 2013

she hasn't a clue as to what the real world is all about. She needs a severe whomping with the reality stick.

Warpy

(114,615 posts)
60. She's right about one thing
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 06:56 PM
Oct 2013

She didn't choose to be born with a silver spoon up her ass, it just happened.

And nobody that age has much of a clue about this big, bad world. If they did, most of them would self destruct as rapidly and efficiently as possible.

At least she's aware of the rest of us, something that gives me hope that she'll catch a few more clues as she grows up. I've known too many of these people who are born into great wealth and never question it and who assume the rest of us are just as rich as they are, only we fritter it away making bad life choices. At least this one thinks about the fact that we are not all alike in circumstances.

 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
108. Agreed
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:32 AM
Oct 2013

I love this line of yours though.

And nobody that age has much of a clue about this big, bad world. If they did, most of them would self destruct as rapidly and efficiently as possible.


Pure awesome!
 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
3. Another graduate of the Ann Rmoney School of Charm and Diplomacy...
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 04:44 PM
Oct 2013

Someone needs to...well...show her the error of her ways...let's chip in and send her to Hell's Kitchen for a week.

Butterbean

(1,014 posts)
14. I can almost hear her gum popping and see her rolling her eyes as I read this.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 04:55 PM
Oct 2013

Poor little dear will get her ass handed to her by life someday, and she'll reflect back on this essay and cringe, hopefully.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
9. Maybe the cashier was having a bad day. Poor people do like
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 04:48 PM
Oct 2013

everyone else does and she and her bag has nothing to do with it. When I cashiered I couldn't tell what you looked like or what you were wearing the minute I rang you up because I was concentrating on what you were buying and even if I looked at you for a moment, you were forgotten when the next customer stepped up. I think Lady Rita Rich was having feelings of guilt.

okieinpain

(9,397 posts)
29. she was probably being a Dick, then got pissed
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:18 PM
Oct 2013

That the clerk would dare defend herself.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
72. Interesting notion, Cleita.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:35 PM
Oct 2013

She's the star in her own little drama, like most teenagers, and can't imagine that she's maybe not the focus of the attention of everyone around her.

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
10. Ya know, I don't usually wish people bad fortune, but sometimes it's hard to be kind.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 04:50 PM
Oct 2013

The narcissism is strong in this one.

yuiyoshida

(45,415 posts)
24. Than there is that old Chinese Curse...
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:09 PM
Oct 2013

"May you live in interesting times."

Why does she remind me of a TV character from some drama show? I don't watch television any longer, but this kind of attitude sure
rings a bell.

 

Marr

(20,317 posts)
11. And these people want tax cuts-- and to raise yours while cutting SS.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 04:51 PM
Oct 2013

I hope she gets a lot of attention for this. Perfect poster girl for the cause.

SDjack

(1,448 posts)
15. It's terrible to learn that most people don't admire you because of your lucky
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 04:56 PM
Oct 2013

birth to rich parents.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
50. A person who never earned one dime she ever spent.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:59 PM
Oct 2013

Luck is a funny thing, it can desert one in a second, and never be found again.

Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Old and In the Way

(37,540 posts)
18. Someone with "0" self-awareness.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:00 PM
Oct 2013

When this goes viral, she's going to have something to really be embarrassed about....

 

PeoViejo

(2,178 posts)
68. But Suicide will never come to mind.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:16 PM
Oct 2013

Being Rich allows one to remain in whatever state or fantasy is desired. It never forces you to improve.

I had just purchased a used car, when a wealthy friend told me he was jealous. I asked him why and he replied that I had to dream and work to get the means to buy the car. All he had to do was ask his Grannie and she would pay for whatever he wanted. I know it's true, because we went shopping for a new car. All the big high-end names. His grandmother gave me a check for the new Porsche and asked me to pay for it, because my friend wasn't old enough to legally complete the transaction. He never had to Dream. Sad.

kcr

(15,522 posts)
19. Just wondering how long it will take
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:01 PM
Oct 2013

Before we get defenders, because everyone's being sooo mean to her! Much worse than anything she said! I seriously hope I'm wrong, because there's really nothing too mean that can be said about this spoiled, over-entitled worthless waste of space.

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
66. Not defending exactly, but this is linkbait
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:13 PM
Oct 2013

By clicking on the link, you give traffic and advertising revenue to the Daily Mail, a fascist newspaper which is far worse than one spoiled rich brat.

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
110. I don't think the hate shown to her reflects well on us at all
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:58 AM
Oct 2013

And mostly I agree with her. She does not deserve scorn from a cashier just for being rich. I think her dad is probably paying too much for college, but maybe that big investment WILL pay off. Lord knows my degrees from Minnesota and Nebraska state schools are seemingly not worth their weight in toilet paper.

I think the people who want to gratuitously hate on her either for being rich or for writing this blog post are probably worse people than she is.

Over-entoitled? I think she is just as entitled to a little common courtesy as anybody else is.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
113. It's not really about her being "rich." It's more the fact that she comes off so clueless
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 05:41 AM
Oct 2013

and tactless, not to mention more than a bit narcissistic (though what college-age kid isn't?). Admittedly, she is an easy target for frustrated people whose lives probably suck. But as I said, a little humility goes a long way, and I hope she learns that.

 

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)
31. I would have said at least 27 or 28
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:19 PM
Oct 2013

And is she drinking alcohol in those pics?

That's probably what aged her so quickly.

JI7

(93,617 posts)
32. maybe that's why she gets certain looks, people think it's someone in their 30s
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:20 PM
Oct 2013

who is behaving like a teen.

JI7

(93,617 posts)
28. i have a feeling that she wasn't getting negative looks because of her Wealth, but more her attitude
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:18 PM
Oct 2013

based on what she wrote.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
33. Samantha "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!" Brick league looks,
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:23 PM
Oct 2013

yeah, sure, honey. Same how-can-the-world-not-revolve-around-me persecution complex.

name not needed

(11,665 posts)
34. I dated a girl like this in college.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:23 PM
Oct 2013

Breaking up with her was one of the happiest moments of my life.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(130,538 posts)
35. The funny thing is that this entitled brat isn't really even that rich.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:24 PM
Oct 2013

Considering the neighborhood, she's just upper middle class. A $700K house, while nearly a mansion to most of us, is nothing very fancy in that part of town. Her father is a successful doctor, but he's nowhere near in the same league as, for example, a Manhattan hedge fund manager. He's not a Mitt Romney - he actually works for a living. I think this annoying little girl is trying to seem richer than she really is, and is therefore copping a super-rich ultra-snob attitude by defensively criticizing someone who she thinks is poor and who she thinks despises her for being rich. Which she really isn't.

name not needed

(11,665 posts)
39. Yup.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:32 PM
Oct 2013

If she was as wealthy as her godawful excuse for a personality suggests, she sure as hell wouldn't be shopping at Gristede's.

deafskeptic

(463 posts)
48. I come from the same background as this girl if not the same city.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:56 PM
Oct 2013

Like someone said earlier in this thread, you can't buy empathy. I've never had people react to me this way.

anneboleyn

(5,626 posts)
95. Exactly. Money can't buy class either. I will bet neither you nor I ever provoked such
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 10:56 PM
Oct 2013

a reaction from a "grocery store clerk" (or whatever "poor person" this girl imagines).

anneboleyn

(5,626 posts)
94. YES! I agree. I grew up on the west coast, and her "rich" looks VERY ordinary. As you note
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 10:48 PM
Oct 2013

compared to others -- she is upper middle class (as a dependent child of course -- she is not earning the money herself) NOT "rich" as the people you note. Her fantasy idea that she is "rich" compared to others shows how very, very silly and naive she is -- how she deduced that some poor clerk at a grocery store had it out for HER because of some stupid shopping bag she was carrying is very immature and narcissistic.

WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)
97. A $700,000 home in Bethesda, MD sounds pretty average.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:11 PM
Oct 2013

I say that as someone who did *well* with a home just outside of DC on the Virginia side, and I was in no, way, shape or form a successful fertility doctor, like Daddy.

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
37. 'How people spend their money is their own choice'
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:27 PM
Oct 2013

yah sure, that's only if you are loaded, if you are poor then even people on the so called left jump down your throat if you buy a chocolate bar or cola with food stamps. I've seen that here many times. I will read the rest of this thread in great interest, and with my memory.

yuiyoshida

(45,415 posts)
40. As to her twitter account...
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:32 PM
Oct 2013

she is following 125 people and has 554 followers. I wonder how many she had lost? https://twitter.com/RAnSacks


Note: this is interesting..she is following Hillary Clinton, KANYE WEST, Lindsay Lohan, Seth MacFarlane, ke$ha, oh ..and grey poupon.

CTyankee

(68,202 posts)
42. I honestly feel that only a dose of hard luck living can cure these rich kids and save them from
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:37 PM
Oct 2013

a life of demonizing and discounting the needs of poor people.

For her sake, and for society's sake, I hope misfortune befalls her and she gets a taste of what it is really like to live like the rest of society. It's the ONLY way, IMO...

uppityperson

(116,020 posts)
43. Me Me Me MeMe. It's all about ME!!! You look towards or at *Me* you must be thinking about *ME*!!!!!
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:40 PM
Oct 2013

haele

(15,402 posts)
44. Sweetheart, there's a big difference between slumming and living in the slum.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:41 PM
Oct 2013

You will always have opportunity, and because your parents have liquidity, you will pretty much be able to do what you want and still be comfortable. You can meet people who have money, and you don't have to worry about very much in life. To use a common Baseball analogy - you started out on Third Base, so making it to adulthood got you "Home" very easily. You have all the equipment you need to go as far as you want. And that's okay, there's no problem with that - but it's also nothing special. It was "doable" for your parents. There was not a significant amount of hard work and sacrifice involved, you'd still do well even if you didn't go to private school and the Ivy League.

The people you are telling "don't be a hater" - some of them can't even get on the playing field, because there's a price just to get in. And no amount of savings, or working hard, or any of the other "why don't they just dos" you prate out at them will get them up to the batter's box. They don't have a chance to step up to the plate when it comes to the game of life.
Most of them would die of starvation or end up in jail to do what it takes to get into your world. Or sacrifice pretty much every possible comfort - especially social; friends and family - just to work to the position to get what you were given. The few that make it up there will still be outsiders for at least a generation or two if they can hold on long enough.

So yeah, they're going to be a bit pissed when you flash all your opportunities in their face, and tell them they're not working hard enough, making enough of a sacrifice to get what you have. Maybe, your parents had originally thought that eating at McDonald's or buying sensibly at Old Navy might teach you a bit of humility and manners, as well as give you an idea of how to live within whatever means you have.

Queen Bee attitude doesn't play very well, and makes marks on your face as well as your soul. You're going to look 40 pretending to be younger by the time you're 25 with that sort of attitude.

BTW, a working family that shops at Dollar General and Goodwill, and requires Head Start to watch their kids and hopefully teach them something so that both parents can work whatever jobs are out there to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads doesn't care one bit that Muffy Bannister-Frobisher who's dad is a VP at Goldman Sachs got her clothes at Saks and teased you about that at that private school you went into...

Haele

DonCoquixote

(13,961 posts)
46. awwww
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:43 PM
Oct 2013

Ms. Sacks, keep in mind, when you were waering that bag, you were not just a rich person, you were a rich person buying a rich person's product that was meant to scream in big neon "I am rich and you are not!" There are many people that could probably buy you and your daddy, but they do not buy such things, as they know that these symbols are for the Noveau Riche that tries to appear classy, not those who have actual class, which leads to a wonderful segue.

'I’m not one of those people who try to be poor to relate to people. "

No, you should focus on relating to PEOPLE, period. Hopefully, you will NOT learn this lesson as the Billionaires that hate your father tear away your wealth, as mercilessly as they did ours.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
47. The truly rich and I have worked for many have shoppers who bring
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:55 PM
Oct 2013

a selection of clothes and accessories to their homes for them to try on and choose. Fancy, dancy Rodeo Drive type stores are more than happy to accommodate them because they know it can result in thousands upon thousands of dollars in sales.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(130,538 posts)
54. Actually, she's a nouveau-not-quite-riche climber
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 06:03 PM
Oct 2013

who wants to seem truly rich by flaunting her shopping bags from upscale stores and hoping people will notice them so she can take the opportunity to look down on them because she thinks they resent her wealth. What they actually resent is her attitude.

You know, somebody could make a lot of money just selling shopping bags carrying the names of fancy stores. Fake rich people could hide their K-Mart purchases in those bags and then sashay around town taking umbrage at the assumed resentment of the pathetic proles who (they think) envy them.

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
51. Just WOW.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 06:00 PM
Oct 2013

"... it’s as if you’re saying that you have to make yourself into something you think is beneath you to get others to like you.' "

aikoaiko

(34,214 posts)
55. She should have posted a pic of her w/bag and said, "what's your excuse"
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 06:03 PM
Oct 2013


And then more DUers would defend her.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
123. It wasn't even due to her own hard work
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 04:30 PM
Oct 2013

She admits her father did that and is just providing for her. Somehow that rubs me even more the wrong way.

SammyWinstonJack

(44,316 posts)
56. Why did she feel the need to write an essay about being dissed because she is rich? Or rather her
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 06:07 PM
Oct 2013

dad is rich and she is being provided for.


Maybe she projected a superior attitude and that's why the cashier was unfriendly and frowned at her, not because she was carrying a high end handbag.


Poor little rich girl.

hamsterjill

(17,577 posts)
62. Let me guess...
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 06:59 PM
Oct 2013

Her parents are Republicans, right???!!! LOL

I bet they are just SO proud!

What a smug little bitch.

 

MrModerate

(9,753 posts)
65. To be fair, she's twenty years old . . .
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:10 PM
Oct 2013

When I was 20, the Internet didn't exist and my moronic behaviors weren't shared with the entire world.

For which I am profoundly grateful.

TNNurse

(7,541 posts)
67. WOW
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:16 PM
Oct 2013

She could use some life lessons.

Clearly money can not buy everything. It cannot buy class, manners, dignity, empathy.....or even a kind heart.

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
69. Foot-in-mouth disease.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:20 PM
Oct 2013

Well that's one way to spur on emotional growth. Say exactly what you think and then drink in the responses. I hope she learns from this. It's not her fault she was born with parents who couldn't teach her to live in the real world. But if she has just a smidgen of an open heart, she may figure it out (I'm an optimist in the long run).

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
70. She's in a writing class. Is this her work?
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:21 PM
Oct 2013

She seems to have written three Kindle "books":

http://www.amazon.com/Boss-A-Story-Romantic-Misadventures-ebook/dp/B0078Y5HWC

“Glancing down at the stage I thought, I really didn’t want him to win because if he did I didn’t really know what I would do. He would be way better than me and maybe some other girls would want to do him.
Then he could gloat in my face about how good he was and how I would never amount to anything. Also I was afraid I might go ape s**t if he won the tournament and completely embarrass myself or excrete some form of female ejaculate on my nice new purchases from Urban Outfitters.”

A story about falling in love for the ugliest duckling of all, actually more like a piglet. What happens when you open your heart to embarrassment only to be brutally rejected by a fat**s who has like two friends. Because in the Land of the free... A**holes will reign.

“Literally the most offensive novel I have ever read.” - Everyone


http://www.amazon.com/Quixotic-Rachael-Sacks-ebook/dp/B009JYEEPA

Calla Vandenberg always had an imagination so detailed and fantastic that it bordered on insanity. Constantly transporting herself and her own reality through time and space it has almost become difficult for Calla to tell what reality is anymore. When she falls in love with her best female friend and the feelings are not returned she hurtles even more out of control and into her own downward spiraling orbit. Although an exceedingly brilliant and successful woman she has used her quixotic sensibilities to craft her own romantic universe. However after a rude wake up call she is forced to face the world she has run away from and let those she deleted from her personal life story guide her back to sanity


http://www.amazon.com/Elektrik-Lesboland-Rachael-Sacks-ebook/dp/B006ZUR3EU

Book Description
Publication Date: January 19, 2012
A young femme's journey to Adulthood told through poems.
Product Details

File Size: 393 KB
Print Length: 14 pages
 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
127. "excrete some form of female ejaculate"?
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 07:58 PM
Oct 2013

Sounds like she needs to get to her gyno, immediately. EWWWWWW!!!!!!

Tikki

(15,140 posts)
71. People with no ethical core often say the weirdest things...
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:27 PM
Oct 2013

A republican lady once lamented to me that she couldn't find powered eggs on the grocery
store shelf because all the welfare mothers had been given all the powered eggs.



Tikki

ejpoeta

(8,933 posts)
74. I don't know exactly what happened in this exchange,
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:44 PM
Oct 2013

but my guess is it was probably perceived by the customer rather than real. Personally I would rather grow up without all that money because then you learn how to survive without it. That's how we got through all those years of hard times. I bet if that girl lost it all tomorrow she'd be screwed. No thanks. There are more important things than money. All I ever wish for is enough to pay my bills and maybe a little extra so I can do some things.

Martin Eden

(15,629 posts)
75. "something you think is beneath you"
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:51 PM
Oct 2013

That's the statement that really justifies the scorn being heaped upon her.

onpatrol98

(1,989 posts)
79. Followed those links to her twitter...
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:03 PM
Oct 2013

To be honest...she sounds depressed and unhappy. Someone should be getting her some counseling, seriously. She is definitely doing some nasty acting out...but, it really does seem like attention seeking behavior. That girl has issues. Her folks need to find her some counseling.

I think there is a lot of despair hanging on her. Rich and nasty...yes. But, with mega issues.

Uncle Joe

(65,137 posts)
80. Life sucks when you're rich, but I suspect the scornful look was either more perception than reality
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:08 PM
Oct 2013

and also if it was a scornful look, perhaps due to a snobbish attitude versus the product she was buying.

As a side note, Why does she have the American Flag sticking out of her vulva?

Thanks for the thread, Liberal_in_LA.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
105. Why? Because she's a spoiled, rich, attention-seeking skank.
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 12:21 AM
Oct 2013

I thought that was perfectly obvious.

gopiscrap

(24,733 posts)
82. Well fuck she should feel bad for them
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:39 PM
Oct 2013

but way more than that...she needs to do something to help them!!!

mia

(8,480 posts)
84. She can't help her circumstances.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:49 PM
Oct 2013

You would think the same way if you walked in her shoes.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
86. And now we all know who she is.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:53 PM
Oct 2013

Frankly, I can't fault her for her perfect execution of a social media play.

rrneck

(17,671 posts)
88. Consider yourself lucky...
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 09:02 PM
Oct 2013

there have been times and places you'd get your ass kicked for being rich.

complain jane

(4,302 posts)
89. What makes this girl think that the cashier
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 09:49 PM
Oct 2013

was frowny because of her or the kind of bag she was carrying? News flash - the world doesn't revolve around your whiny ass no matter how rich you are, or how preoccupied you are with it.

complain jane

(4,302 posts)
117. Exactly
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 04:15 PM
Oct 2013

Exactly. Or maybe the cashier was stuck working ot when she didn't expect to be. Or was dealing with something else entirely. Sounds like the chick writing the essay was a little defensive.

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
99. ''...make yourself into something you think is beneath you....''
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:20 PM
Oct 2013
- Well, there you have it -- in a nutshell. It's a pity anyone could grow up to be so ignorant and inhuman. Her ilk will be the first to go in the collapse.

The one thing Freud got right, was the one about the slips.....

K&R

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
107. I feel nothing for this person one way or the other. She has no effect on my life.
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:25 AM
Oct 2013

But I must say that a little humility goes a long way. One life lesson she'll hopefully learn at some point.

jmowreader

(53,194 posts)
109. If she'd like to know what people want from her, I'll tell her
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:35 AM
Oct 2013

We would like for you to stop acting like an asshole. Because you are, dear.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
111. +1
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 03:13 AM
Oct 2013

The persecution-complex thing is way overdone. Nobody I've known in my life, no matter how "humble" their background, actively despised "rich kids" just for being rich. The ones who were despised also happened to be whiny, snobby, and generally clueless about the world around them.

indepat

(20,899 posts)
116. "So much richer than me" is incorrect English one would have hoped her privileged education
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 01:40 PM
Oct 2013

would have stamped out.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,198 posts)
118. First of all, I don't think the cashier was glaring due to the money thing..
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 04:19 PM
Oct 2013

I think it was her general attitude that was getting the glares.

nyquil_man

(1,443 posts)
121. Nobody's making her feel bad for her personal finances.
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 04:28 PM
Oct 2013

1. Her guilt is her own problem.
2. She has no personal finances.

Bad Thoughts

(2,657 posts)
122. Has it been confirmed that this encounter took place?
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 04:29 PM
Oct 2013

This sounds too made up to be true. There are many wealthy people in Manhattan, whom ordinary workers encounter all the time. I doubt anyone would make this woman feel that badly.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
126. I don't normally thinks kids should be spanked.
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 07:55 PM
Oct 2013

But in her case, it would have helped big time.

liberalmuse

(18,881 posts)
129. Everything about this is wrong.
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 08:35 PM
Oct 2013

You don't need to "relate" to poor people. They are human, just like you. Being rich does not make you "above" anyone else. You might be able to buy more meaningless shit, but that is about it.

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