You probably know someone just like the people in these stories. Uber wealthy and spoiled to death, rich kids can go their whole lives without having to deal with reality. Some of them never grow up at all, leaning on their trust finds instead of going to school or getting jobs. Occasionally, the universe steps in to balance things out. We asked people from around the world to share the time they witnessed a rich kid getting put in their place. These tales prove that there's nothing more satisfying than seeing a rich jerk getting knocked off his high horse.
50. High and dry.
I grew up with rich kids and still keep in touch with a few of them. One guy's father owned the most prestigious law firm in town. He said his life changed the moment he called his father from jail, the second time it happened. His father said "Well, sorry to hear you got arrested, good luck", then hung up.
He said getting locked back into his cell was the singular moment that completely turned his life around.
49. Left without wheels.
I knew this rich kid from high school that went off to college and partied every single night. His parents found out that he was failing basically all of his classes, so they secretly drove up early one Saturday morning with the spare set of keys to the car they had bought him and just drove off with the car.
48. That was sudden.
Somewhat distant relative spent all of his university years and twenties partying hard with the ~100-120K allowance his rich company owning father gave him each year. He'd travel the world each year going to Bali, Thailand, Europe, every year Oktoberfest, just rampaging.
At 32 or so he decided to settle an upscale ski resort area of the US and open a business with his hot gold digger fiancée. When he went to transfer his money to his US bank account he noticed it only came to a few thousand dollars. He angrily asked the bank worker why she hadn't transferred the entire amount only to be told that that was the entire amount. His father had cut him off without saying anything and he just hadn't noticed.
Absolute flatline.
47. So satisfying.
Rich guy in our college dorm thought he was untouchable cause his dad was some NFL player from the 90s and had not blown all his money yet! He would get freshman girls to do humiliating things, film them, and then show all his buddies the next day or so. Well one buddy was not as close as he thought and went to the RA who then went to campus police and then real police (some of those girls were underage.)
It was a fun night watching the parking lot fill up with the bored cops on duty that night and haul him out of the dorms while they went and gathered his evidence!
46. Poor kid.
I had a roommate my freshman year of college that came from an incredibly rich oil family from the Middle East. I remember him having the hardest time adjusting to not having someone else prepare him food. I remember waking up one morning and going to the kitchen and seeing him try to eat eggs and toast he had just prepared himself. He asked me how I normally prepare fried eggs because his tasted really crunchy. Turns out he had just cracked the egg whole into the pan and prepared it shell and all. I couldn’t stop laughing but felt really bad for the dude.
45. It doesn't buy everything.
Administration and faculty at a university refused a substantial offer of endowment money from a couple that wanted their son enrolled as an art major.
Their son couldn't meet the minimum scholastic entrance requirements and he had little aptitude for art. Still, with their millions, he thought money would buy his way to an "easy degree" as an art major.
He was dumbfounded to receive a notice of non-admittance.
44. Cardboard money.
I knew a guy in high school who bragged that he didn’t have to pay attention in school because his grandfather was a Vice President of the corporation that supplied the cardboard for cereal boxes for General Mills. Real gravy train, ya know.
Last I checked (since deleted Facebook) he was still working at Best Buy five years after high school, same job he had in high school.
43. Best outcome they could hope for.
My best moment was when I got hired by a pair of Woodside, CA parents to transition their horrible 18 year old into the realities of "real life", something that evaded both of them. My first action was to take away his platinum, limitless, credit cards. He threw a tantrum that lasted several days. "Where am I going to get money? " Get a job. "My parents will fire you." They didn't. When he realized that boundaries & budgets had been set in stone, and that he not only had to pay the bills, the rent, but taxes too, he headed straight to college to wait out the next 4 years. He is still a little jerk, but at least he has a job and an education now.
42. Glad there was a happy ending.
0. Disorganized crime
The richest kid at my high school was also the biggest bully. His parents bought him a Hummer for his 16th birthday. One day he crashed into the back of my used Honda and totaled it. He threatened to beat me up if I pressed charges. My dad and I went to a lawyer. He did a little digging and told us: “That whole family is about to come crashing down. Watch.” The next day I heard a scream in the school parking lot. The cops were towing the Hummer and the bully was in handcuffs! It turns out his family had a very dark secret.
The reason they were rich is they were involved in organized crime. The police had been investigating them for years, and they eventually lost everything, including their freedom.
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