Oh noes! Some banker in California had to sell his expensive cars and suits and look for a job and now he’s humbled:
"It took a lot for me to put that ad on Craigslist, because I had to change what I was before," he said, breaking down in tears. "I wasn't this rich little yuppie anymore, driving expensive cars, having expensive suits. I'm in this just like everybody else looking for work. It humbles you. This is real."
Source: Humbled banker parts with yuppie past - CNN.com
Dude, I don’t know how to tell you this but if you were making $70k a year in Los Angeles, you weren’t a “rich little yuppie.” You were barely scraping by. $70k a year and he routinely stayed in “the most expensive hotels in Las Vegas?” Yeah, maybe if he slept in the janitor’s closet. $70k a year hasn’t been a lot of money in California for decades.
I have to admit I’m getting irritated at all the media attention people who are losing their jobs are getting; CNN didn’t interview me when I lost my house/job/car, nor did it interview my friends who faced similar challenges. And none of us got any bailout bucks, either.
We just sucked it up and dealt with it.
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