Do you hate it when people brag about how much they earn?

[mike89lx]

This so called friend of mine constantly makes comments about how much money he is earning:rolleyes:

He is a service adviser for a Ford dealership. Maybe that means Fords are pieces of crap if they need so much work lol!

So do you hate it when people or friends talk about how much they earn? and then ask "hey how much are you making" this to me is PRIVATE none of anyones bussiness.

Btw he says he will make 72k this year. I think he is on commision.

Comments..

Mike89lx,01 Cobra

[RCobracon94]

yup I am right with you, I had this friend that was younger than me and I always made more money than him, but I never said anything about it. Well we went to work for the same company which he help me get a job at. Then he wanted to make it to the top of the company..not a very big company...and kissed enough ass to get to a management position and then his head just got so big it could barely fit through the door. He bragged about it all the time...btw he only makes around 45K without any bonuses....he doesn't know how much overtime I get though so fuck him.:D

[MyRed03GT]

It doesn't really bother me when people brag about how much money they are making "I just made an extra $4000 from a bonus at work; I think it's time for a party!" :))......good for them! :) Glad someone is! ;)

Though, on the same note, it BUGS THE BEJESUS out of me when someone tries to flaunt their money.
"I've got a huge 30 bdrm house, with a 3 car garage. Unfortunately, I have 5 cars, so I have to park a couple out front. *yawn* I just don't know what we are going to do with the boat now, though." :rolleyes:

[RCobracon94]

Originally posted by GT2002Cutie

Though, on the same note, it BUGS THE BEJESUS out of me when someone tries to flaunt their money.
"I've got a huge 30 bdrm house, with a 3 car garage. Unfortunately, I have 5 cars, so I have to park a couple out front. *yawn* I just don't know what we are going to do with the boat now, though." :rolleyes:

right with you on this,

"wow 30 bedrooms, I bet it is hard to sleep in all of them, I bet you have lots of friends though that sleep over, I bet it is like the playboy mansion over there. You gonna buy a round or not dick?? If not I don't care how much money you have."

[musclestang89]

yea it bother me to. To me money is a private thing. I know i'm still young (about to be 22) and have pleny of time, but I have work for the same place for almost 6 years now. I think that is pretty good for my age. It is at a restraunt and I'm the kitchen manger. I might not get all he benefit or even make as much but i do like it and it only a 1 mile round trip to work and back. Oh well that just my .02

Brandon

[Jedi]

Flaunting the money is just a part of the persona of someone who feels inadequate in whatever facet of their life. They constantly feel a need to establish so form of superiority over the other person, and they funny thing is they just don't realize it.

But what REALLY burns me up is someone who assumes that I make a huge bankroll because of the things I have. Like the boss who says "Maybe we're paying you too much".

I am Visa's bitch.

[Vertnut]

Reminds me of an acquaintance a few years back who had ALL the niceties of life...gorgeous wife, huge house, 3 or 4 cars, then owed $150,000 in CREDIT CARDS (and we're talking '80s money)! Of course he filed bankruptcy, and lost it all...including the trophy wife. Sold me a stainless and gold Rolex for $500! And he's STILL not done with the IRS...

[Andrew]

Salary is a private thing. I don't ask what others make, nor tell them what I make.

[bud4660]

He is a service adviser for a Ford dealership.

And he makes how much??? Tell him you want to see a W2. It would have to be a real big dealership for a service write to pull that in. Unless he is the only one they have. lol..

I am Visa's bitch.

I use to have the little Visa decal on the side of the racecar. Since all the parts were bought that way!!! lol

Bud

[302_plus_a_few]

The younger they are the worst they brag. There's a few of those on this board as well.

[FlowJack]

Money flaunting can be annoying but at the same time, a 30 bdr house and 5 cars sounds like a good time to me!

If I had that kind of money, I would have a 30 bdr house and 5 cars, I just wouldn't tell people about it unless they asked to come over because of the bowling alley in the 7th living room next to the stripper parlor.

;)

[[CS]ls1haha]

72K is not bad for a service advisor.

Salary should be performance based. A bad ass service advisor can make 6figures

[STANGGT40]

Originally posted by 302_plus_a_few
The younger they are the worst they brag. There's a few of those on this board as well.

lol, that is true. remember that poll about income? seems like 60% of the people on this board are making 6-figures.:rolleyes: i know that is conceivable, and it's not a ton of money, but i also saw who was online during that poll.:rolleyes: lol

[Milo]

we have a couple advisors making over 70k ayear here at toyota.
they always brag about it.i should complain to human resources.
oh well they have big egos

[NDSP]

I don't care one way of the other. At least you can find out what different professions make. Plus, I have been around enough to know that things can change in a blink of an eye and that money they are so proud of will dissappear without a trace.

[Llama_Boy]

I feel that salary is a personal thing, although in America way too much importance is placed on your income and career. Many people equate success with what job you have, how much you make, how big your house is, the size of your church's steeple... I was the same way until about 2 years ago.. Now I realize that it's better to work to live than live to work and that keeping up with the Joneses is stupid.. just take a good look at who you are trying to keep up with, do you really want to be like them? ;)

[65coupe]

Two questions I always get and really hate:

How much did you pay for your car?

How much money do you make?

Or, what I got this past weekend - Is that your dad's car?

Many people don't realize that it only takes a small amount of discipline and saving to afford about anything you really want. It's all about trade off. I work my ass off to afford certain things, and cars are at the top of the list.

[Bullitt991]

I'm going to make $58 dollars...... and .60 cents.... How bout that:p

[AL P]

IMO unless you are making two or three hundred grand a year then you have nothing to brag about. Its all relative...a guy who makes 75K could easily have more debt and consequently less spendable income than another guy who makes 50K.

Not to mention the fact that its not what you MAKE...it is what you HAVE. If you spend it all on shit you have exaclty that in the end...SHIT.

Most idiots confuse WEALTH with INCOME.

[GTChick01]

Originally posted by AL P
IMO unless you are making two or three hundred grand a year then you have nothing to brag about. Its all relative...a guy who makes 75K could easily have more debt and consequently less spendable income than another guy who makes 50K.

Not to mention the fact that its not what you MAKE...it is what you HAVE. If you spend it all on shit you have exaclty that in the end...SHIT.

Most idiots confuse WEALTH with INCOME.

Yep!

I also agree that bragging about what you make is an insecurity. Like Al P said, it's not really what you make, but how you spend it.

<~~ Has a Visa car too! :D

[AL P]

I know this guy that Mike is talking about too. He's not the brightest guy in the world, I think he was out of work for about 6 months and couldn't find anything to do in the "high performance" field. Whatever that means. I think he wanted to be regional salesman for some blower companies or some shit. I don't think anyone told him that such jobs don't exist.

[Boss Hogg]

Originally posted by AL P
If you spend it all on shit you have exaclty that in the end...SHIT.
Hey, quit making fun of Sharer! :mad: He likes his Fairmont.

[BYBOTIE]

I'll might discuss earning potential with friends but I never brag about what I make (no need too:mad: ).

[mike89lx]

Al is right I am talking about this same person. Thing is I have not even called him in like a month yet he still calls me and it seems every conversation ends up about how much he made that month:rolleyes:

I personally don't want anything to to with the guy, I think MATURE people keep these kind of things to themselves.

I think he is some sort of insecurity problem.

Mike89lx,01 Cobra

[AL P]

Just tell him your aunt died and you inherited $800,000 or something like that...not enough that you would change your lifestyle but enough to where he couldn't compete and would just shut his mouth....LOL!

[mike89lx]

:D

Mike89lx,01 Cobra

[MADMEX]

first of all you are definitely not the sharpest knife in the drawer if you brag about what you make. What does doing so constitute? Besides, no one ever admits what they really make anyways. The way I see it is I can give a rats ass what they make.

I had a boss many years ago that would brag about the 250k he lived in. My question to him was....yeah, it is a nice house, but what about a nice car? boat? motorcycle? Needless to say, he couldn't substantiate his reasoning.

My theory....

a person can make 300k a year, but your ass is no different than the poorest neighbor when you spend 299k of it. Whats the purpose when you have no money to play with?

Regardless of what you make whether its 25k or 100k...save your money and invest wisely for your future.

Just my .02...

[46Tbird]

Originally posted by RCobracon94
yup I am right with you, I had this friend that was younger than me and I always made more money than him, but I never said anything about it. Well we went to work for the same company which he help me get a job at. Then he wanted to make it to the top of the company..not a very big company...and kissed enough ass to get to a management position and then his head just got so big it could barely fit through the door. He bragged about it all the time...btw he only makes around 45K without any bonuses....he doesn't know how much overtime I get though so fuck him.:D

Gotta be Kevin, right..? LOL

[96BluOvl]

it all depends on your lifestyle. Some people have lots of money, but don't spend it. Some have lots of money and don't have shit to show because they spend it trying to please everyone else!! Some people don't make much but have nice things because they did'nt spend it on dumb shit(my sig. goes here). And then there are those people who neither make money nor have nice shit. those my friends are the losers.

Its funny cause i was talking about this with a friend earlier. I hate that too, that people brag. You shouldn't have to. To me its a lack of self confidence. what I also think is SAD is when people(women and men) come out of the wood work just after the bragging took place.

[White trash wagon]

It's not what you EARN, it's what you KEEP

Last year I paid tax's on about $28K

Yet I put about $30K in my investment portfolio.......................:D

[evil jose]

Originally posted by mike89lx
This so called friend of mine constantly makes comments about how much money he is earning:rolleyes:

He is a service adviser for a Ford dealership. Maybe that means Fords are pieces of crap if they need so much work lol!

So do you hate it when people or friends talk about how much they earn? and then ask "hey how much are you making" this to me is PRIVATE none of anyones bussiness.

Btw he says he will make 72k this year. I think he is on commision.

Comments..

Mike89lx,01 Cobra

Wouldn't happen to be someone I recently met would it ;)

[WhtEdge]

Where is Mr. Evil? He should join in on this one.

[ang67must]

I know a couple people with more money than I can conceive, and let me tell you its been my experience that the people with 'REAL' money dont brag about it, but the posers who THINK they have "REAL" money (72K a year, LOL) are sure to brag on it. And its all relative to your spending/saving style.... I tend to blow money, so right now I dont have 2 pennies to rub together! Ok not quite..........but close!

[WhtEdge]

I think 72K is pretty good compared to the money I make. If he makes that at a dealership he is probably working 60-70 hours a week too.

<--- been there and done that dealership crap before:mad:

[Mr Evil]

Originally posted by WhtEdge
Where is Mr. Evil? He should join in on this one.

I don't even know who the hell you are, or yet, why you think I should post up about any of this.


I don't really care how much someone makes or if they feel a need to brag about it or keep it quiet. There are lots of people I would rather not know what my salary is, and some I could care less.

I don't feel like its that personal. I can't recall ever bragging to anyone about how much I make. I've told a few people a salary range, but I also worked hard to get to where I am today and my salary. I think thats the part most people overlook, as if somehow I magically stepped into some high paying position at a company. I didn't. I've got a handful of friends that were pissed that they weren't making the same kind of money and thought that they were worth it.

After playing 20 questions, it became obvious why they were making what they were making. And it was their issue/fault. Not mine. I tried to guide my friends on a more lucrative path, but all of them decided that they were content making their salaries and busy spending the money rather than working on a way to earn more.

Now that I do make enough to pay the bills and have a Combo meal @ McD's, it doesn't really mean anything to me. Hence the reason Im selling off the bike, paying off the credit cards, carrying my ass back to school Spring of '03 for pre-Med, and taking around a 50% pay cut in order to do so.

Money doesn't make me happy. It does keep me from worrying if I have enough cash to put gas in the car, eat that week, and afford to see a movie on the weekend. And Im not selfish either. I've got a post-it note right above my monitor with a list of people that I have money loaned out too. It equals a bit over $3000. And those are just loans from the past few weeks. Thats the other benefit of having a good salary. Im able to help my friends/family when they can't help themselves or need some cash to get by. I've written off more loans than I care to remember in order to maintain good relationships with some friends. But helping those friends and family when they were in need made me more happy than the money it self or any toys I've had.

And what some of you don't know about me, is that I grew up with jack shit. Nada. Nothing. I started working when I was 12 years old. I carried shingles up ladders to make 3 to 5 bucks an hour @ that age. I busted my ass. I have damn good work ethics and I am responsible for my own actions. God helped to open the doors that I was knocking on @ various times and to get me where Im at today. No doubt about it. If I discuss my salary to someone, its not bragging, its probably me trying to guide someone else to making more money, or discussing how much someone else can make. God knows there was more money out there, I just didn't look for the top dollar. I took what I was comfortable with.

Im proud of where I am today, both business wise and financially. But more importantly, Im glad I've learned that money isn't the end all goal.

Thats why I went thru so many cars. I set my goals by being able to afford a certain car. About a month after the Z06, it didn't feel like it did at first. It was the actual act of reaching the goal of being able to walk into a dealership and buy a car like that as compared to when I was younger and couldnt afford a ticket for the mass transit bus.

If anyone thought I was bragging at some point, I apologize. It was taken the wrong way. But I guess you would have to know me in order to know that. And 99% of you don't know me.

Thank you, drive thru.....

[mike89lx]

Evil Jose how did you ever guess?? lol.

Btw he does wrok around 55-60 hrs a week.

My problem is he tries to be-little me because of my job working for the US Postal Service. One thing he doesn't realize is I COULD make 70k if I really wanted to(overtime). So I asked him does he get 43 days paid a year?? plus a pension,401k etc. Uh answer is no. He just needs to grow up. Still would rather not speak to the guy.

Mike89lx,01 Cobra

[Girls can too]

I agree with Mr Evil. I think a LOT of people misinterpret bragging with being proud. In today's society we are supposed to feel sorry for our hard work, years of suffering and overlook the fact that it's not our fault that someone else doesn't have what we have.

Screw that. :rolleyes: I don't brag but am proud that I'm where I am, know who's helped me get here, and remember where I came from. I worked my ass off and suffered HEAVILY as a child/teen. While others enjoyed their childhood; friends, dances, parties, football games, homecoming, etc. and so today I don't feel one bit sorry for enjoying myself.

Now understand that Duff and I are VERY average on the salary range, and that's because we WANT to be. More money brings more bills and more headaches. We enjoy being average. Gives us more time to enjoy the things that don't cost a dime. :)

P.S. I freaking HATE it when someone's first question to me is, "How much you got in that car?" :rolleyes: I got 6 years....There's no price tag for that.

[Lethal]

Yeah. I busted my butt for the $6 an hour I get now. :D

Very few people know what I make. It's better that way. I really don't care what others think I make, because it's not important. I don't care so much what others make either. This sort of thing breeds envy or sloth. Sometimes both. I would rather live in a world where money isn't necessary.....but Dodge Vipers are. :D

[Mycul]

Money does not buy happiness and bragging about how much you make just shows that you never realized that.

[whiteboy]

i make 20 a hour haha i'm rich so fuck off!!!!!!!!!!:p

[MustangGirl]

Well said Mr. Evil! : ) I said if you make more money than average people well good for you.