The lady I work for is pretty rich... not like millionaire, but rich nonetheless. Like as in her luggage is Louis Vuitton, and she has Roberto Cavalli and Gucci reading glasses and all her sunglasses are Gucci. She lives in the land of designer... which is filled with Prada coats and pants, Dolce and Gabbana tops, Versace dresses and Gucci boots.... she's one of those kind of women you see walk into the Dolce and Gabbana store in town and sees a shirt she likes and buys it without checking the price tag. Her daughter wears Armani pants and gets everything she possibly wants.
While at the beginning I was slightly jealous, that feeling has worn off. Slowly I realized these people have no idea of what money really is. I always hear her complaining about how things are so expensive now a days and it's like... not all things are that expensive... One day I just realized that I never heard her talking about giving to charity or helping other people out.. in her world it is all about ME, ME, ME... so how can she be surprised when her kids are the same way... crying when they don't get their way and saying stuff like, "That means you didn't buy me ANYTHING today!!!!"
I have come to the conclusion that money seriously fucks with your head. I know quite a few very rich people in Trento and they all seem to have these same "problems".... people seriously need to get out of their own bubble and realize there is so much good they could do with those resources... but that's a much more difficult concept than consumerism is!
A side note... She asked me to run an errand for her (so not my job, by the way) and it was sunny outside and I had forgotten my sunglasses at home. I asked her if I could borrow a pair of sunglasses... she went to her sunglasses drawer (no joke, there is well over 1,000 euro worth of sunglasses in there) and she pulls out a pair and hands them to me... and then she goes... " These were my summer glasses last year, you can keep them if you like them, I get new one's every summer." I look down and realized she had handed me a pair of white Gucci glasses.... I couldn't believe it... they're really nice glasses.... she just GAVE me a 250-300 euro pair of glasses!!!!
I like the fine things in life and I have nothing against buying designer things... i too would like a Louis Vuitton tote one day, but not if it is going to take over my world and become my main concern!!!! It's ok to have money, but not if you can't look beyond yourself and your world to realize that there are things bigger than YOU and YOUR problems out there!
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