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Originally posted by QporscheQ
I have seen a lot of this myself, but 99% of it was from people at work. ...One guy went the opposite direction and called me overpaid. I have found that many people here are very resistant to change, hate vehicles not made in America, and skeptical of the morally corrupt individuals from either coast. I represent all three to them.
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After 1 year of unemployment, I was forced to take a state job in a semi-small town; Albany, NY. I am used to the shock and resentment I experience wearing a turban. It was harder on me to experience the shock and resentment over my 02 S.
Compared to those I share a parking lot with, I am financially fortunate. I am a contractor (not a employee), I work in Information Technology(not the Department of Labor), and I come from private industry(not goverment). Protected as they are from the threat of job loss, benefit erosion, and rising health care costs - these folks don't really understand the total worth of thier governement pension and health benefits. They actually argue with me when i tell them what I pay for Blue Cross for my family.
To bring myself back from the brink of rambling- most of the folks I work with CAN NOT afford even a used Boxster. It is a little embarassing to drive it to work, but I'm not willing to pretend to be less successful and enjoy my life less just to make them feel better about the choices thay made in life. If they need to console themselves with grasshopper and the ant parables, I don't mind as long as they aren't rude about it.
P.S. I might look like a grasshopper to them on the outside, but I have a nice enough retirement account to be an ant on the inside.