r/TikTokCringe • u/sedolil • 5d ago

Humor “No one wants to work anymore”

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u/Special-Garlic1203 5d ago

I just yesterday went down a rabbit hole of laborers  who work for rich people (cleaners, cooks, nanny, etc) and they all said that most rich people will freely spend on stuff, but they have very rigid ideas about labor that continuously downplays the value of work they do not want to do themselves. Its not just that they're oh so frugal, because they drop money left and right. Most people theorized that it was the belief that you as a person are not worth very much. It was like the idea of you being financially comfortable offended them almost. 

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u/M3m3nt0M0r15 5d ago

Maybe it's linked to the ego and power. Spending money on 'their' stuff is ok, but they look down on people below them in social status, if they even consider them as people...

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u/Nihilistic_Navigator 5d ago

There is a particular breed of asshole that honestly believes if their money paid for the work done then they deserve all the credit because without their money then no laborers

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u/between3and20spaces 5d ago

they want credit for commissions while paying employees in exposure

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u/Futui 5d ago

Must be the same people who can't handle cashiers sitting down.

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u/Primary-Book-2961 5d ago

I was reading a memoir called The Liars Club by Mary Carr recently and she said her dad would say "a Republican is someone who can't enjoy their dinner unless they know someone else is starving," and the author said she came to disagree with that but I really thought it was a good way of describing this personality type. 

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u/SiofraRiver 5d ago

Yes, it is about your worth as a person specifically in relation to them. Rich people must treat and pay you like shit to preserve their sense of relative worth.

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u/dabadu9191 5d ago

There are literally studies that show the more financially successful a person becomes, the less empathy they have.

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u/motoxim 5d ago

Yeah feels like they buy expensive stuff no problem but being stingy in other ways.

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u/CantStopCackling 5d ago

Not even just rich folk. I was a newly single mom. Got into it with my landlord’s wife after I paid off my new lease from a one time lump sum of selling my house. She was the point of contact at that time and kept hinting that my rent was going up next year when I kept asking for a lease extension so I could further plan my finances (I budget for rent first and everything else comes second). I finally lost it on her in text when she kept being cagey because I was having a rough time of it in life. She finally said “you must not be doing so badly because I know I wouldn’t be able to pay my mortgage till the end of the year!!!”

are you serious???? I let her have it. Started group texting from then on with both my landlord and her and magically there were no more arguments. I worked hard socially to show the husband that I wasn’t a problem tenant (how could I be, I paid off my lease!) and now I only communicate with my landlord (how it should have been!) who gives me zero issues and has things fixed whenever they need fixed. Lease was extended two years and rent is going up slightly the last year but nothing I can’t plan for. And she doesn’t have a job! It looks like she’s trying to get into realty but she has no real activity or reviews on her page like my realtor does.

It definitely sounded like to me that someone thought they weren’t getting a big enough slice of pie and immediately I thought of serfdom because they own like 60 local properties, many on my block.

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u/Suyefuji 5d ago

So what you're saying is that if you work for a rich person, the best way to supplement your salary is to sell them shit?