Do You Judge People By How Much Money They Make?

[Gvac]

Does it matter to you whether or not someone makes a lot of money or not?

Do you look down your nose at blue collar workers?

Do you secretly despise white collar workers?

Would you rather be with someone who is honest, loyal, hard working and makes a decent living, or with a millionaire who is a self-centered egomaniac?

In short, how important is someone's income in determining their compatibility with yourself, either in a relationship or as a friend?

[ZigZagBigBag]

to me, white collar means pencil-pusher. you might make bigger bucks but you have to work in an office and be part of an office culture, which i don't have a lot of respect for either. i have more respect for someone who contributes to something more important through their livelihood. personally, working in an office would be a fate worse than death.

[IamFogHat]

Do You Judge People By How Much Money They Make?

Of course not, why in god's name would you?

[Kris10]

Would you rather be with someone who is honest, loyal, hard working and makes a decent living

QFT!

Honestly, I don't care how much a man earns as long as he has a job and he is able to contribute financially one way or the other. If the two of us combined can bring home a steady income then I'm happy. What I want most in a guy is what I quoted and is what I've found in the love of my life, plus he adores my daughter.

[Tenbatsuzen]

No. I judge people if they're assholes or not.

[Judge Smails]

I like to judge them by the color of their skin rather than the content of their character.

[epo]

In short, how important is someone's income in determining their compatibility with yourself, either in a relationship or as a friend?

At work I'm friends with the vice presidents and the lady that cleans my office. In short, I don't care as long as they are cool.

[Friday]

nope.
just by penis size.

:bye:

[Devo37]

i graduated college and moved right into a white-collar job making good money. after 6 years i was laid off, and took a blue-collar job at a much lower salary to make ends meet. now i'm back to white-collar, though not making as much as i used to.

having seen both sides, i definitely don't look down on people who work sh!tty jobs. they work their asses off for that money. i secretly despise white-collar execs who make much more than they deserve, especially when they waste their money on ridiculous homes and indulgences. i would hope that if i ever get to the point of being rich, i would give back a bit more than most of the a$$holes who act like the working joes are just worthless peons.

[underdog]

I just judge them on whether or not they observe the Sabbath on Saturdays or not.

[Leticia]

to me, white collar means pencil-pusher. you might make bigger bucks but you have to work in an office and be part of an office culture, which i don't have a lot of respect for either. i have more respect for someone who contributes to something more important through their livelihood. personally, working in an office would be a fate worse than death.

To be honest I always had this mentality.
I will never get caught dead working in an office.

But I met Chris and although he didn't work in an office when I met him. He works there now.
And I accept him. I'm not gonna stop thinking that he's awesome just because of where he works and how much money he makes.

I love him as much as I would if he was singin in the subway for money ( which, by the way, are quite a few of my close friends) as I would if he was a vice president of some company.

It took me a while, though, to get used to it.

I was quite the punk rocker and even seeing someone in the clothes he wears to work now made me furious when I was younger.

Now I know that you can't just hate someone cause they make a lot of money.

Hate them if they make a lot of money and are assholes about it.

[TheMojoPin]

Nope.

[drusilla]

i dont have a really high paying job even though it took quite the education. & i'm kinda getting sick of it. since we're moving & i can't find any work in my field i've given some serious thought to just scrapping the whole athletic training thing & becoming a house painter.

i wanna be like peter gibbons from office space & just wing it.

[jonyrotn]

just scrapping the whole athletic training thing & becoming a house painter.
I think Hitler was a house painter..So if you plan on doing some ethnic cleansing, it's as good a place as any to start..Just remember, the top rung is not a step..

If you work 40hrs or more per week, you're aces in my book..I don't care if society deems your position worth $250 per week or $25,000 per week..

[A.J.]

Only when they blow their first start of the season.

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[jonyrotn]

Only when they blow their first start of the season.

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[Tenbatsuzen]

I've worked both blue and white collar jobs.

I don't like blue collar work because the job satisfaction to me isn't there.

But just like the stereotype of being blue collar is like the "unwashed masses", there's also a stereotype of white collar being "pencil pushers".

When I was reading up on Ford closing their plants and listing the salaries that their workers were making, I was quite impressed by those numbers.

I don't think it's the amount of money you make, it's the culture. There lies the big difference.

[Tallman388]

I've worked white & blue collar jobs. I've found that there isn't much correlation between coolness & salary. For example, I have a former friend who thought his job & salary made him a better class of person than anyone we hung out with. It took a while for me to notice it, basically when he got his ass kicked for the attitude he developed. Now that I look back on it, it's pretty funny how it worked out. So, No, I don't judge them unless that person is a complete douchebag.

[LaBoob]

As far as dating, or potentially marrying a guy, how much he makes isn't a very important part of the equation for me. I've always said that it doesn't matter how much a guy makes, as long as he's happy doing what he's doing. I've seen guys who are making very comfortable amounts of money but who are completely miserable with what they're doing. I can't stand that and frankly, I just can't handle it. I need someone who is happy in his life, or else his complaining will just drag me down into his misery.

[SatCam]

At work I'm friends with the vice presidents and the lady that cleans my office. In short, I don't care as long as they are cool.

Well technically you should always be friendly with both the big wigs and the girl who cleans your office so :king:

[CofyCrakCocaine]

I look down on people who look down on others over the money issue. Hypocritically, I might look down on a Howard Stern or A-Rod, but that's mainly because they make too much money for doing way less than most people who get maybe 1% of their paychecks in a lifetime.

But beyond the average overpaid celebrity, no, I really don't care.

[BlackKen]

I can't, I don't make enough to do that. I do bust on anyone in my crew who dont have jobs though

[SatCam]

I can't, I don't make enough to do that. I do bust on anyone in my crew who dont have jobs though

That is true. If you can't get another job in a reasonable amount of time after getting fired/layed off/quitting, then I dont know if I can be your friend much longer......

[Bulldogcakes]

At work I'm friends with the vice presidents and the lady that cleans my office. In short, I don't care as long as they are cool.

Thats my attitude exactly. I'm more interested in who they are as people than any rank/position or lack thereof. My business involves dealing with the millionaire owners of restaurants and the busboys. And I deal with everyone as equally as possible. I would like to say very equally but unfortunately my espanol sucks. I don't consider myself any better or worse than any of them. I know some folks who make shit but lead relatively happy lives, and other who makes tons who are miserable. And just as many who are vice versa.

Henry Ford once said "Money doesn't change men, it unmasks them." In other words, it gives people the freedom to be who they really are, for better or worse.

[MobCounty]

Unfortunately most of the world keeps score.

The perception for most people is that salaries are the same as your score. They also think it is the same as your happiness. I think it is very hard to not judge (at least in some minimal part) people, by how much they earn. It's easy to say, but we all know nobody dresses down for that high school reunion.

I used to be very motivated by my personal score, but as I get older I realize after a certain point of being able to afford a few night out, and starbucks when I want it, quality of life is much dependant on how you treat it.

[Marc with a c]

i judge you by how much you can bench

[Bulldogcakes]

Unfortunately most of the world keeps score.

The perception for most people is that salaries are the same as your score. They also think it is the same as your happiness. I think it is very hard to not judge (at least in some minimal part) people, by how much they earn. It's easy to say, but we all know nobody dresses down for that high school reunion.


That reminds me of an old line about Manhattan black-tie events. You know how you can tell the billionaire in the crowd? He's the one wearing blue jeans.