Ok so I have pondering this for awhile now and although it may be too deep of a thread for here, I do want to hear what people think.
So lately I've been completely turned off by rich people lately. I'll tell you why in a minute but I'm going to give some background info. I'm in college, I live in a big city, my family is somewhere in the middle class status. I went to a rich private school for high school only because my father teaches there. Right now In college studying for a major which, if you work hard, can land you a really great job. Right now I work at a movie rental store because I love movies, but it happens to be in a rich area of town. Some recent events this past weekend is why I've started asking these questions. This past weekend during my work shift in the morning and afternoon, I was the only person working that was old enough to run a register. Lately we've been having more customers in the store due to some recent closings of our other rental stores. Because of the more customers, the lines have grown longer which has resulted with some angry customers. I have had some people storm out of the store because we couldn't open another register, or maybe because they just don't understand the groundbreaking concept of patience. I had one man get mad about having to wait in line to only find out that his game he wanted to rent wasn't in, so he chewed all of us out about it. I apologized about it but he kept going off about it. I gave him some crap back because it was not our fault and he could have walked up to one us not at a register and ask about it before getting in line. Even the people behind him said he was a dick as he walked off. I another person get mad at us because he didn't know that only one register was open. I mean did he not see the long line for the one register?!
So I guess if there is anything I'm tyring to get at it is this, I'm afraid that if I make a lot of money later on in life, it will keep me from being happy and I will become a dick. Will I become as rude as these other people? Will I forget about that people with lower paying jobs are still equal to me and I am no better than they are? Will my kids be spoiled brats? Will I be caught up in my possessions? Because if anything, they do not lead to happiness, the Bible kind of discusses this a good bit. I mean I can't judge all wealthy people on this basis because I do know some great people that make good money. Part of me wants to be wealthy so I can turn around and help people and give of myself. The other part of me just wants to find a job that allows me to travel the world cause then I think I would be really happy no matter what it pays. So enough with my ranting, I'm curious as to what other people have to say.
So lately I've been completely turned off by rich people lately. I'll tell you why in a minute but I'm going to give some background info. I'm in college, I live in a big city, my family is somewhere in the middle class status. I went to a rich private school for high school only because my father teaches there. Right now In college studying for a major which, if you work hard, can land you a really great job. Right now I work at a movie rental store because I love movies, but it happens to be in a rich area of town. Some recent events this past weekend is why I've started asking these questions. This past weekend during my work shift in the morning and afternoon, I was the only person working that was old enough to run a register. Lately we've been having more customers in the store due to some recent closings of our other rental stores. Because of the more customers, the lines have grown longer which has resulted with some angry customers. I have had some people storm out of the store because we couldn't open another register, or maybe because they just don't understand the groundbreaking concept of patience. I had one man get mad about having to wait in line to only find out that his game he wanted to rent wasn't in, so he chewed all of us out about it. I apologized about it but he kept going off about it. I gave him some crap back because it was not our fault and he could have walked up to one us not at a register and ask about it before getting in line. Even the people behind him said he was a dick as he walked off. I another person get mad at us because he didn't know that only one register was open. I mean did he not see the long line for the one register?!
So I guess if there is anything I'm tyring to get at it is this, I'm afraid that if I make a lot of money later on in life, it will keep me from being happy and I will become a dick. Will I become as rude as these other people? Will I forget about that people with lower paying jobs are still equal to me and I am no better than they are? Will my kids be spoiled brats? Will I be caught up in my possessions? Because if anything, they do not lead to happiness, the Bible kind of discusses this a good bit. I mean I can't judge all wealthy people on this basis because I do know some great people that make good money. Part of me wants to be wealthy so I can turn around and help people and give of myself. The other part of me just wants to find a job that allows me to travel the world cause then I think I would be really happy no matter what it pays. So enough with my ranting, I'm curious as to what other people have to say.
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