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I've noticed the rich and people with money get treated better and have a better deal in life than the have not. I've witness this in nursing homes, restuarants, schools, churches, Hotels, stores, the police and the judiciary system. Have you noticed this too? Enlightened us. Share your stories and experience.
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I have only seen this with the treatment of high roller in Vegas. Other than that, no. People can't always tell who has money and who doesn't. I remember when one of the richest men in our area was ignored by a luxury car dealership because he wasn't dressed like he could afford a $300,00 car. Bill Gates has been seen driving a 2008 Ford Focus. When it comes to nursing homes, I have a relative on Medicaid staying at a place where she is treated the same as the private pay residents paying almost twice as much.
Often it depends. If they are looking for some of that money yes. if not often ;it depends on how you got it.If they don't know you have it then you'll never know regardless.
I've noticed the rich and people with money get treated better and have a better deal in life than the have not. I've witness this in nursing homes, restuarants, schools, churches, Hotels, stores, the police and the judiciary system. Have you noticed this too? Enlightened us. Share your stories and experience.
Absolutely, 100% correct. Why do you think all the Hollywood A Listers dress up like dirty bums? If they were to really feel the full brunt of being treated like a real bum then, they would change up quick. They don't really want any part of a trailer park or its stigma/status.
In my opinion it's the culture and class structure and placement that breeds behaviors in the people that come from those classes.
For example if someone with a low annual income visits an upscale shopping plaza, the behaviors of that person such as voice inflection , grammar , vocabulary, etc tend to become an extremely loud siren to those that are of an income strata that reflect the goods and services offered by that shopping plaza.
The result is an almost instant labeling by those around that person that he or she is out of the norm and is not part of the group.
A year ago my wife and I were eating at a chain restaurant at an upscale shopping area where the surrounding neighborhoods house upper middle class to wealthy families. Less than ten miles from this area is an extremely poor inner city neighborhood with most residents making less than 15K a year.
As my wife and I were eating a man and woman came in with their four children and were seated within view of our table.
It was immediately obvious that they were not from the area but from a rather poor neighborhood.
It wasn't so much the clothing that seemed out of place even though it was more inner city oriented, it was overwhelmingly the behavior of the family that caused an almost circus like atmosphere to ensue.
The mother was extremely loud as she was scolding here children at an almost constant rate. The man which I assume was the father was also loud using profanity to exclaim his displeasure with the entire unfolding scene. the families table manners were boorish and extremely primitive.
My wife and I along with the other tables surrounding them were less than thrilled with our front row seats to the center ring.
I'm not saying that all people within this class strata are like this but it was obvious that to these people this was the norm and not the exception.
They were stereotypical in all behaviors and language.
In summery, it's not so much that people with money are treated better but as a whole their behaviors mostly mirror those of the middle class which despite current economic conditions are still the majority in this country.
I was in sales for 20+ years. I have several examples of treating people well who appeared to be broke and dirty who turned out to be great clients. So I learned not to treat the (apparently) less fortunate poorly. But in the interest of supporting myself, yes, I went further for those who appeared to be more able and willing to avail me of their resources.
I've also known wealthy people who expected to be treated in a better manner even though they were not spreading their wealth. They felt that simply having money entitled them.
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