Recently, I asked the members of the BuzzFeed Community who've worked at super fancy restaurants what it's really like waiting on the super wealthy. Here are 13 of their top responses: 1. "There is a huge difference between people who are rich and people who are RICH.
I used to work at a country club, and people who were rich were the rudest and most condescending people I have ever met. The ones who were, like, mega-wealthy, though, were always so nice and polite — and the same with their kids." "If you took care of them, they really took care of you with tips.
" — spidermonkey_82 2. "I work at a high-end fine dining steakhouse in downtown Toronto. All the ultra-rich are VIPs, and they can order off-menu as much as they like.
They get SO MUCH stuff for free." "For the most part, though, the ultra ultra rich are pretty unassuming and usually very polite. They don't have to prove anything to anyone but *they* know *you* know who they are.
The 'new' money types that want to show off their wealth throw money around and can be exhausting and obnoxious." — zaftig_and_kitty 3. "I worked at a higher-end golf resort that had residences on sight.
We catered to a few billionaires and a lot of quite wealthy people. Many of the truly wealthy people were very kind and down to earth. I remember one couple — the wife was just the sweetest person imaginable.
She knew my ex and I had just moved into our first house, and she said she had some cookware that was still in good shape that w.