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Blue Owl

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27. A man of many toilets...

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Sat Nov 2, 2019, 07:30 PM

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Who needs 25 bathrooms?! Apparently, Jeff Bezos does: [View all] demmiblue Nov 2019 OP

All the more reason we need to put a stop to billionaires. OliverQ Nov 2019 #1

If we could just get Democrats to stop shopping Amazon, and Walmart. Hotler Nov 2019 #7

Count me as one who doesn't shop at either n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2019 #12

Never Walmart, but due to 1 hr drive to any store - 2 hr round trip alittlelark Nov 2019 #51

Why? Blue_true Nov 2019 #30

he paid 0 in taxes last year janterry Nov 2019 #56

He likely paid taxes. The company that he runs didn't. Blue_true Nov 2019 #66

I really couldn't care less what he spends his money on. Loki Liesmith Nov 2019 #55

I guess that if you make 215 million dollars a DAY FM123 Nov 2019 #2

Has he overtaken Gates, Buffet and the Sultan of Brunei as the richest man... brush Nov 2019 #10

passed them all in 2018, but for one day, October 24th, 2019, Gates repassed him after Amazons stock Celerity Nov 2019 #42

he earned it.. He started as a garage business and built it into this! Thats the.. samnsara Nov 2019 #3

I dunno. Doremus Nov 2019 #8

And exploiting their workers. n/t demmiblue Nov 2019 #9

Dennis: Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? maxsolomon Nov 2019 #74

He started an online bookstore in his single home garage. Blue_true Nov 2019 #33

Thanks for that! I don't get the hate of him. nt USALiberal Nov 2019 #31

A lot of it is just raw envy. Blue_true Nov 2019 #34

Good point. nt USALiberal Nov 2019 #38

He treats his workers like shit. Turin_C3PO Nov 2019 #50

I run a business. I have two siblings that run their own business. Blue_true Nov 2019 #64

Must protect the profits. MrsCoffee Nov 2019 #72

A business has to have profits to keep people employed. Blue_true Nov 2019 #73

Perhaps true but natural treestar Nov 2019 #59

He is not virtuous. He seems to have some character gaps. Blue_true Nov 2019 #65

People ignore that the guy started out selling books online from his garage. Blue_true Nov 2019 #32

"he often laid awake at night wondering how he would pay the light bill." tenderfoot Nov 2019 #47

You make a good point. Too often people that endure struggles fail to see other people struggling Blue_true Nov 2019 #61

So many more lay awake treestar Nov 2019 #60

True. Running a business is tough. It is easier when a person comes up with Blue_true Nov 2019 #62

Someone who makes his workers pee in bottles instead of take bathroom breaks meadowlander Nov 2019 #44

Now he gets to cut health care for all of his part-time employees... tenderfoot Nov 2019 #46

Even so only a few treestar Nov 2019 #58

Bezos has marketing genius, but he also got lucky. Blue_true Nov 2019 #63

Thats a lot of liquid-plumr. miyazaki Nov 2019 #4

As much as I'd like to criticize him for this, it's hard Polybius Nov 2019 #5

I would figure out a way to continually put money into public schools, Blue_true Nov 2019 #36

That is beautiful. Freedomofspeech Nov 2019 #54

It isn't beautiful, it is commonsense. Blue_true Nov 2019 #67

As a retired educator... Freedomofspeech Nov 2019 #69

That's just absurd. N/t JesterCS Nov 2019 #6

Is that a dig on his own employees.... lame54 Nov 2019 #11

I'm sorry, but that's just taking wealthy to stupid levels. Vinca Nov 2019 #13

I would give it away to fund public schools and infrastructure. nt Blue_true Nov 2019 #37

Amazon use union contractors Sewa Nov 2019 #14

Come on, people need the Bezos is a bastard fix like some need coffee. Blue_true Nov 2019 #39

I would guess many of these bathrooms Sewa Nov 2019 #15

And you are right, that typically is the case. nt Blue_true Nov 2019 #40

how many friends does he have? onethatcares Nov 2019 #16

Isn't that the case regardless of how much money one has? nt Blue_true Nov 2019 #41

Far more than 25. Inviting people for a weekend versus for a barbecue. Nt lostnfound Nov 2019 #49

Apparently a lot with bowel problems that prevent them for walking more than 10 feet without having Kashkakat v.2.0 Nov 2019 #68

OT, but kind of reminds me of this scene with George Jefferson. Crunchy Frog Nov 2019 #17

He must have IBS to beat the band. n/t VOX Nov 2019 #18

That occurred to me, too, but I held back....n/t DFW Nov 2019 #20

When you have IBS, sometimes you just can't "hold back". panader0 Nov 2019 #23

You're right, poor choice of expressions to use in this case! DFW Nov 2019 #24

IBS customerserviceguy Nov 2019 #43

Sometimes "holding back" isn't an option. VOX Nov 2019 #29

Beyond disgusting and obscene.🤑 SammyWinstonJack Nov 2019 #19

Considering the building is 29,000 Sq ft, that's not really that outrageous for a building that size Snake Plissken Nov 2019 #21

If he's leaving the historic exterior intact, I really don't care DFW Nov 2019 #22

Wow. That IS "wretched excess" defined. VOX Nov 2019 #35

What kind of person? DFW Nov 2019 #48

Excellent analysis. VOX Nov 2019 #57

These people are wired entirely differently from the rest of us DFW Nov 2019 #70

I imagine the plumbers didn't mind fescuerescue Nov 2019 #25

Bet he gets caught on property tax deduction limit. Hoyt Nov 2019 #26

A man of many toilets... Blue Owl Nov 2019 #27

Scamazon is a runaway company that needs to be put in check, democratisphere Nov 2019 #28

I really don't begrudge him 25 bathrooms Captain Zero Nov 2019 #45

Changing lightbulbs could be a full time job! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2019 #52

Well, to be fair, Skidmore Nov 2019 #53

Nice digs for a guy with a company that isn't profitable and doesn't pay taxes. MrsCoffee Nov 2019 #71