Thursday, 02 July 2009
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Are Rich People Better Than Everyone?
Ugh, I just got back from an extremely upsetting day at work. I lifeguard at a country club, which I usually really enjoy, but today was tough. We started getting all these complaints from our manager that people want to be treated better-- i.e. having their 'dirty' lounge chairs cleaned, having fresh towels-- or basically getting pampered.
We lifeguards got annoyed because that's not our job! It isn't our responsibility to make sure the country club members feel like royalty. We understand that they pay a lot of money to use the pool (around $40,000/year, which is insane), but our job is to be there to guard the lives of the swimmers, not kiss the members' butts! Why do these people think that they are better than everybody just because they have a lot of money?
Are rich people more important?
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absolutely not.
but, they ARE more able to gain that type of treatment. They probablydon't really know that it's not your job, or are just used to having thing given to them...or at least easily accessible.
To answer your question, no they're not more important. And I would say it's only fair of the manager to ask you to do things like that if it's somehow in your job description, like if there's a mention that you may also be required to perform other duties as needed.
That said, if you want to keep your paycheck, you probably need to pamper the members as much as you have time for. :(
It has been my experience that they like to think they are better but are most often the rudest and trashiest people around. Money doesn't make you a good person in an sense of the word.
If it's such an expensive country club, shouldn't the managers have hired people to do that?
Expecting that kind of treatment after paying that kind of money doesn't equate to thinking they're better. The way I see it, they paid for it so of course they expect it --if you paid for a nice hotel, wouldn't you expect maid service? It doesn't have to mean that you think you're better than the maid.
Of course, they may be expecting it of the wrong person, in this case, if it's not in your job description as a life guard. I agree with tastytimmm, the managers should have hired people to do that.
As far as businesses are concerned, rich patrons often *are* more important, because they're more able to pay up! Nothing to do with them being better people, it's just that they tend to be in a position to better benefit the establishment.
It sounds like management is cheaping out by not hiring attendants to care for the needs of the members.
If you're a lifeguard, you're supposed to be keeping an eye on the pool, not worrying about cleaning off someones chair.
There's quite a few members at my club that feel like they are entitled to everything. Sometimes they just don't understand that they aren't the only people in this club, so we can't always meet their needs.
Rich people definitely aren't better than everyone else. However, I would also like to state that not ALL rich people are demanding, entitled a-holes. I've always belonged to an expensive country club my whole life, but I avoid the pool because I don't want to have to deal with the social etiquette/politics. lol. So I guess you do have a point. Some of the people at country clubs can be a little ridiculous...
i agree with a few of the posters above. if they paid $40k to swim there, they can expect clean chairs, fresh towels, or whatever pampering that amount of money buys. that doesn't mean they think they're better than everyone; they paid for a service. but the management must provide that, not the lifeguards (as i assume that wasn't part of your job description).
no, rich people arent extra important or better than anybody else. yes, it isnt your responsibility to wait on them hand and foot, im sure the country club has people especially for that. 40 grand a year...what...is the pool made out of gold surrounded by diamonds???. if lifeguards do anything other than be on the lookout for swimmers in trouble, the death/drowning toll might rise.
holy crap, $40k a year? they should instead give that money over to scholarships for poor college students and swim in the public pool or a lake or ocean...
anyway, like in every category, there are good rich people and bad rich people. too bad the squeaky wheel gets the oil, so the saying goes. our family is rich but even when we stay in fancy resorts we clean up after ourselves, even though the maid would probably do it 100x better. i actually feel awkward when people try to serve me. once we stayed in a resort where we had a personal butler. i tried to serve myself from the room service cart but he made me sit down and put the napkin on my lap and the food in front of me and everything... it was restaurant service in our room!
I think the manager should hire maintenance staff.
No but one of the priveleges of being rich is being able to be better looked after and better service
i work in a simmilar situation and people at the pool expect ridiculous treatment!
they get a sense of entitlement like they are special
they forget to be humble about things or to step back and realise what's going on.
in some ways I understand, but that's no excuse for acting like an asshole.
I live in an affluent part of the country, and its my experience that most rich people are extremely rude, cold and arrogant. They definitely operate with a sense of entitlement and operate with an attutude that those with less money are inferior. They are also very naive about what its like not to be rich. They think that people without money are basically slaves. If I was you and they bother you, get away from that situation as fast as possible, or you will find yourself getting very bitter and cynical. I have worked with a guy for 12 years who has grown richer and has turned into an arrogant prick. He has made me despise all rich people. I am sure there are some rich people who are decent, but I have yet to meet any.
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