What a tightwad
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naiad2014 — 11 years ago(August 31, 2014 01:24 PM)
Lauren Bacall was singled out as a champi16d0on tightwad by Travel Holiday magazine.
It reported that she once "chewed out a waiter for not serving her the fava beans she requested with her fish dinner."
I don't get it. That doesn't make her a tightwad, only a b1tch unless she didn't leave him a tip.
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Funky12345 — 11 years ago(September 06, 2014 10:17 AM)
Leaving her maid only $15,000 out of $26 million is so CHEAP! That shows very little appreciation to a woman who has served her for years and years. If I were that maid I'd be mad as hell.
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jfd0210 — 11 years ago(September 16, 2014 02:35 AM)
Who releases information like this, anyway?
I was raised (and still adhere to) that a person never discusses money or religion, unless that is the topic that is put forth for a conversation.
What someone does with their own money is never another person's concern.
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HighEntropyHousekeeping — 11 years ago(October 05, 2014 08:42 AM)
Just because you were raised that way doesn't make it particularly valid. In the cultures of roughly half the people on the planet, how much you earn and what your religion is are both entirely routine parts of a conversation with new acquaintances.
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jfd0210 — 11 years ago(October 05, 2014 08:50 AM)
I am more than aware that just because I believe something, doesn't mean everyone else had to adhere to said belief.
This is a board to post one's opinion, and that is what I did.
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parisel — 11 years ago(November 05, 2014 01:10 PM)
High,
You actually think think that it's normal to ask anyone, much less a new acquaintance) their religion or how much they make? Were you raised by wolves?
I guess it's like looking at clouds. You see one thing and I see another. Peace. -
HighEntropyHousekeeping — 11 years ago(November 05, 2014 05:42 PM)
You actually think think that it's normal to ask anyone, much less a new acquaintance) their religion or how much they make? Were you raised by wolves?
Are you calling Chinese and other non-Westerners "wolves"? Because you are apparently so poorly-read and unworldly as to be blithely unaware of cultural practices other than your own. -
parisel — 11 years ago(November 06, 2014 07:56 AM)
I am not blithely unaware of cultural differences, but this is an English speaking site, and in English speaking countries is not not considered polite, or even normal, to ask such personal questions. I wouldn't even ask a friend or relation how much money they make. My question was asked directly to you, not the Chinese. With that said, I'm done here.
I guess it's like looking at clouds. You see one thing and I see another. Peace. -
HighEntropyHousekeeping — 11 years ago(November 06, 2014 10:39 AM)
I am not blithely unaware of cultural differences
Sure you are. You're also apparently incapable of deciphering perfectly simple English.
My question was asked directly to you, not the Chinese
Complete nonsequitur, since my post had
nothing
to do with my personal opinion but with the fact that some cultures
do
have different notions about what is private or inappropriate.
As I wrote: "Just because you were raised that way doesn't make it particularly valid. In the cultures of roughly half the people on the planet, how much you earn and what your religion is are both entirely routine parts of a conversation with new acquaintances."
To which you responded by asking if I was raised by wolves.
Hence your post was not only culturally insensitive and ignorant but wholly irrelevant.
I'm done here.
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parisel — 11 years ago(November 06, 2014 07:58 AM)
I am not blithely unaware of cultural differences, but this is an English speaking site, and in English speaking countries is not not considered polite, or even normal, to ask such personal questions. I wouldn't even ask a friend or relation how much money they make. My question was asked directly to you, not the Chinese. With that said, I'm done here.
I guess it's like looking at clouds. You see one thing and I see another. Peace. -
vrinda81 — 10 years ago(September 09, 2015 12:31 PM)
Maybe in your phony world, but not in this one. No one goes around discussing how much money they make and their religion with people they just met. Making up such a stupid lie just to sound correct makes you an idiot.
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cookiela2001 — 11 years ago(January 18, 2015 05:16 PM)
Who releases information like this, anyway?
I think wills become public record as they go through the probate court, and an estate is settled.
I do think it's pretty chintzy to leave her maid that small amount. Bacall was a longstanding single woman, and one's relationship with a female maid often becomes quite close under those circumstances.
However, maybe they never became close or shared intimacies, in which case the $15,000 is fine. (But with Bacall's neurotic and aggressive personality, that maid probably put up with a lot, and so really deserves a medal.)
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cmjohnson87 — 11 years ago(February 26, 2015 07:32 AM)
I wasn't raised that way but it has always been my point of view as well. It's very tacky to discuss money. I've been asked a few times how much I make I always say something to the lines of enough to make ends meet. Leave it at that.
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Noir-It-All — 11 years ago(February 26, 2015 09:22 AM)
I, too, was raised to NEVER discuss money.
True: You also want an employee to carry out job without likelihood of being remembered in will.
For example, there are regulations in many states prohibiting staff at long term care centers accepting money from the patient while the patient is alive. There is concern about wills as well.
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EJverh — 11 years ago(March 04, 2015 05:57 AM)
Oh for crying out loud, it was a maid and that is not a small sum. It's not like she worked for her for free all those years. I'm sure she got paid well with quite a few benefits or else she wouldn't have worked for her that long. If their relationship had been like Kate Hepburn's and her longtime maid/secretary/companion and friend, I'm sure she would have left her a generous sum like Hepburn herself.