People whose pain I do not share
I'm missing a link here. There was an interesting bit online yesterday about some banking exec who couldn't adjust to being unemployed and not making a paltry $200,000 a year. He and his privileged family have maintained the same burn rate they did when he had a job. They didn't bother to save more than $100,000 of his income during the seven (or whatever) fat years . Our banker hasn't lost the ability to count, and he estimates the family will hit zero within six months. This sounds suspiciously like the plot of Fun with Dick and Jane.
If that were not enough, we have the tear-jerking story of the guy who was (let's see if I have this straight) 1, driving near a salt marsh when he was; 2, distracted by a large bird causing him to; 3, drop his cell phone, which of course he had to try to pick up without stopping, so that; 4, he drove his $1 million Bugatti into the salt marsh.
We get a few idiots around here, every year, who manage to submerge their cars in salt water. Trust me: after that happens, you have the most expensive pile of junk in the state.
Cry me a fucking river, dudes.
If that were not enough, we have the tear-jerking story of the guy who was (let's see if I have this straight) 1, driving near a salt marsh when he was; 2, distracted by a large bird causing him to; 3, drop his cell phone, which of course he had to try to pick up without stopping, so that; 4, he drove his $1 million Bugatti into the salt marsh.
We get a few idiots around here, every year, who manage to submerge their cars in salt water. Trust me: after that happens, you have the most expensive pile of junk in the state.
Cry me a fucking river, dudes.
posted by Uncle | 23:53
2 Comments:
Oh myy...Im sorry, if you are driving a car worth $1.25 million dollars you should NOT be talking on a cell phone while doing it. He deserves it! Wow. I saw both those healdines and didnt click on them, the banker reminds me of a cleaning client of mine- 2 gay men, one has lost his cushy job (laid off) and the other has had his salary cut (by $300 a month)but they still go out to eat as often, travel as often, and buy lots of expensive things (thats another rant)
Try having your salary be 1/4 of what it was in the summer of 2008. Try having clients cancel on you so you no longer can count on the income from them being part of your budget. Try driving a car which is falling apart as you drive it, but you cant afford a new one.
Sorry..rant over. Hugs
Hugs back, because apart from idiots like those, we're all in this together...and even they may come around eventually.
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