r/Askreddit What's it Like Working in $50,000,000 Households?
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Hi, it's me, Jesse Tyler Ferguson. In case you haven't heard, and I don't know how that's possible, you're obviously not seeing my Instagram stories, but I have a podcast. I know, I know, I know. I didn't think there was enough podcasts, especially podcasts hosted by actors. So here I am. It's called Dinners on Me, and it's actually pretty special to me. It combines two things that I absolutely love, eating and connecting with people. So in each episode, I take an old friend or a new friend out to a fabulous meal, and as we break bread, we dive into everything from imposter syndrome and mental health to being a new parent and navigating new relationships. It's fun because you truly get to be a fly on the wall for some really intimate conversations.
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Welcome to r slash ask reddit where people answer the question, people working in ultra wealthy households, we're talking 50 million plus, what's the most out of touch thing you've witnessed? Our next reply is from Big Routine. In my previous job, the two heads of the household... collectively worth about $30 billion, were engaged in a very lengthy and protracted set of discussions for how best to stop homeless people from congregating near their compound in Hawaii. The homeless were ruining the vibe. Some options discussed ranged from donating to political groups to influence the mayoral candidates to get someone more hardline against homelessness. Another idea was simply paying people to go and vandalize the place so badly that people would leave.
They settled on just having private security constantly patrol the area and take pictures to stir up fears that the homeless were robbing people and houses. It worked. Wow, kinda crazy that somewhere in that discussion it never came up, what if we just bought them houses or some sort of cheap, affordable apartment where we could give them a place to stay and, you know, give them the help they need to get off the street. Instead it's, let's turn them into villains and turn the community against them. I feel like this post is a foreshadowing of what's to come on this thread. Our next reply is from Original P. Long story short, she has a great Hamptons house now. And beneath that, another reply from Stoloka.
My mom did this. We were playing in the park one day, and she decided she really liked the look of a house across the street. She knocked on the door, asked if she could buy it, and we moved in a few months later. Of course, this was in 2004, and the house cost was $200,000. Our next reply is from Cotton Was King. In my misspent youth, I sold drugs. Primarily cocaine and weed, but also literally anything else someone wanted that I could find, which was most things. However... I was also a terrible cocaine and heroin addict, so while I handled thousands of dollars every couple of days, I was perpetually broke. Anyway, I got a DUI one night. Luckily, I didn't have drugs on me and had just enough money to bail out of jail.
One of my buyers called me looking for an 8-ball the next day, so I go out to his house and make the sale. This is a guy a little older than me at the time. I was 21, so he's probably very early 30s. An old money family with still paying out shipping ties to the Mississippi River. I have no idea what this family is worth. I told him that he should find another hookup most likely, as I'm broke and can't afford to keep myself out of jail for this screw up. That I'll hit him up when I'm back out and up and running, and I hope he understands. This man proceeds to tell me that he can't afford to find someone else that he trusts. He gets me in a pre-trial diversion program, pays for it himself to the tune of $10,000.
All because he wanted to maintain convenient access to cocaine and oxycodone. We're both clean now and still talk a couple of times a year. A really good dude, actually. and a similar story from One Big Red. ESPN president John Skipper had hid his blow habit for ages until he once had to use an unknown plug.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–7:11
2
What is the r/AskReddit question about working in $50,000,000+ households?
7:11–8:42
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How did billionaires try to keep homeless people away from their Hawaii compound?
8:42–13:23
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How do ultrawealthy people abruptly acquire neighbouring Hamptons houses?
13:23–13:31