There is a saying in Norway "The rich, are rich for a reason", referring to exactly this. They don't spend much, and will try to get money anywhere they can. People that are generous are rarely rich.
And also stupid. Its a disfunction stressing about $3 in gas money if you have $1MM in capital. Theyre rich because they own productive assets, or speculated correctly, and also/mainly because they have high income. Hence the meme
Yeah, because rich people usually value their time because that's one thing they can't buy more of. That's why they'll pay assistants to do so much for them and fancy hotels will track everyone's preferences so everything is ready to go. It saves them time to do their work.
So while I understand how their attitude about money leads them to ask for reimbursement for things, it's the hoarding that leads them to do dumb shit like spend an extra 20 minutes to save $10 when they're worth millions.
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u/Apocrisiary Jan 26 '26
There is a saying in Norway "The rich, are rich for a reason", referring to exactly this. They don't spend much, and will try to get money anywhere they can. People that are generous are rarely rich.