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Top Ten Costs of Being Rich
The true price of “Affluenza”
Money=happiness! Surely the richest can afford meals prepared by their personal chef on their private island in the Caribbean. They don’t have to worry about being disappointed like all the moderately-wealthy urban couples who ordered Thanksgiving meals in the Southern California community of Rancho Cucamonga only to find the doors locked and a handwritten sign saying “No employees showing up today … we are unable to fulfill the orders!!!”
Which brings us to #10 on the list of risks of being rich.
10. Getting stiffed — Since wealthy people usually pay for things the less-wealthy do for themselves, they run the risk of being ripped off more frequently than the DIY population. It turns out that the So Cal Boston Market workers walked off for a lot of reasons, including no hot water in the store for weeks, along with many other poor working conditions, leading into …
9. Food poisoning — One woman died after a 2019 incident at a high-end restaurant in Spain, and 29 others were sickened.
