โ€œI worked for a high-end auto auction company, and one of our clients registered his dog as a bidder (with an unlimited bidding limit), and if the dog barked, he would buy the car.โ€

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"Minus an 11-hour rest in this town in Chile, we flew about 17 hours in two days. The charter cost $250,000. My expenses were $10k and $10k for the co-pilot. The fish cost $350,000 when you factor in all fishing, handling, packaging costs, customs, etc. Each package was sealed to prevent smelling or leaking. The owner's assistant met us at the airport and gave each of us an additional $3,000 in cash. Blows my mind."

"They led me to the kitchen (again behind closed doors. Very upstairs/downstairs. You get the idea) and gave me a plate of food that one of the maids had fetched for me. Not even reheated, which almost seemed hostile from that household's staff. It was a completely WILD experience for me coming from a small southern town. Don't get me wrong, I was not offended. I was there to work, not to socialize. But anyone I knew back home in real life would have been FLOORED and thought all of that incredibly rude. And actually, refusing to even use the name that was given to them WAS super rude. It was my first introduction to the fact that rich people don't have better manners. They just have different manners. And only to certain people."

"Something that blew my mind was that, towards the end of my time working with them, they got a dog. It was a purebred whippet. I don't know much about dogs, but I do know that those dogs need to run a lot. No one had time to exercise this poor animal. I left that job at the end of the academic year, but I hope they found someone to care for that dog properly."

"He took me hot air ballooning, white water rafting, and on joy rides in his helicopter. He laughed heartily at my jokes. He gave me extra money during the annual bonuses. He made me bend over backward, but gave me many stories to tell. Working with him was stressful as hell, but sometimes I still miss him."

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