True story…the richest man in our area…owns thousands of acres etc! Owned Handcock Fabric and at one time, had over 300 stores. He drove an older model pickup and wore overalls! Gave millions of dollars to our school system here. Gave them the land to build the school. Also, gave them an 300 unit apartment complex.
Also, a guy i played basketball with in college and my roommate, became a multi-millionaire. He started off cooking eggs for Waffle House….eventually was the manager of all the Waffle houses in Fl…later, the owner gave him a percentage of the Waffle House to run them. Later, his boss started building Ritz Carlton’s and my friend was his right hand man. He had his on jet plane, gave millions to our university, and one the building is named after him.
BUT, 19 years ago, he invited me to Atlanta to play in the member-guest golf tourn. at the Atlanta Country Club. He was the biggest ass…..he would be eating his food and would not clean his mouth. In front of his mother, would say the F-word, G.D. etc…
BTW, met Mr. Handcock once…he had just finished his meal at local restuarant and invited me an my S/O over to his table. A REAL gentleman.
So, bottomline, some rich people know how to live with the money, some don’t..