The REAL Richie Rich
February 4th, 2007 -- Posted in people | 2 Comments »Call me cynical, but I’m sometimes disgusted by the behavior of the filthy rich…
While shopping for new clothes for CNY today, I browsed into Sincere (a high-end watch retailer) to check out on the latest designs in the market. It was meant to be just a minute browse when I overheard a family of father and 2 sons looking at some IWC watches.
“Is this the latest range?” asked the father.
“Yes. It’s the new XXX range, a popular model…”
“Then this is not what I’m interested in. What I want is the latest limited edition… you know? The rare ones?”
“Ah, I get what you mean… We have one in stock, but it is not the latest. They’re 2005 LE model…”
“Yes, that’s just the one I want… How many piece of this have you got in Singapore since it was launched?”
“Just this one…”
“GOOD!”
“Do you want to see it… It’s not here, but I can bring it in tomor…”
“No need. Just charge it now and I’d come to collect tomorrow.”
HUH? I’ve thought watch appreciation is about the design and the architecture of the movement. This guy just want to get the LE watch just because it’s limited and (most importantly) EXPENSIVE.
WTF???
I don’t argue that Darwin’s theory of Evolution has itself evolved into a modern version, ‘only the rich will survive (comfortably)’... aka the idea of meritocracy… whoever works smarter deserve to be richer. In English… you work hard and smart, you live more comfortably.
So issue is not being rich, but rather how one can get so compelled to show it. Nothing wrong to want to do better than others. But if one has achieved that level, is it really necessary to broadcast it?
“Of course… if not, why work so hard?”
Yeah right. Having the ability to show of doesn’t mean having the right to overdo it.
I pity the two sons. Rich Daddy-O is simply exposing the perception of an illusion that THIS IS HOW YOU SHOW THE WORLD THAT MONEY IS EVERYTHING AND NOTHING. Richie Rich in the real life…
