How Come Wealthy People .....
..... get almost everything free?
They get free entrance into clubs, have all their drinks bought them, and often get served for free in restaurants. And yet they can afford it more than the rest of us.
I understand the free drinks bit, for the venue is delighted to have them gracing their premises. It attracts other business. But there's something about wealthy people, that makes you not want to charge them.
We have a number of fairly wealthy friends, and they all have the same aura about them. We were at a dinner party last night with four other couples. One couple have a house with seven gardens. It's a great party house. He's a stockbroker and has his own business. Another couple have just sold their £700k house and bought a £1m dwelling. Their business makes and sells signs and traffic lights and such like. Another friend owns his own advertising agency, while the host also works in the city and they have a fantastic house.
It wa a fantastic night! Everyone was on top form and the banter just kept coming. We just kept laughing and laughing. Yet halfway through the night the conversation turned to my writing and my books. Those that haven't read them expressed an interest in reading them. And so I went out to the car (we got a cab back and picked the car up ion the morning) and dished out some copies of my books for free.
Why did I do that? I charge all my other friends, so why not these friends? I have to pay for the books myself, of course, I don't get them for free.
All I can think of is that it would perhaps have seemed cheap to ask for money, even though they can afford it a lot more than me.
What is it about wealthy people that makes us not feel like charging them for labour or merchandise?
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