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So this grown ass man I work with comes into work this week all kinds of stressed and pissed off. So I ask him what’s up. He proceeds to tell me a story about how his dad scratched a winning million dollar lotto ticket. He then tells me that through this he found out his parents already had $250k in savings. So after taxes on the winnings they came home with $750k added to the savings they already had.
As to this point I didn’t see why he was upset. Then he goes off how it’s been almost a week and they haven’t given him any money! He says “I mean all I expect is like $10k, they can at least give me that!” At this point I was shocked, I thought I knew this guy pretty well and didn’t expect to hear this from him. I told him to chill out and be happy for his dad.
Fast forward to today, I hear him and a lady we work with talking in the other room. Turns out his parents invited him, and his brother and their families over for dinner. They thought that it was payday, but turns out they just wanted to share with their kids that they are buying a house (they had been renting their whole lives). His brother walked out, and his sister in law said “They can forget about us ever coming over to their new house.” The lady he was talking to here at work (a grown ass woman) then started in “Mmm child, I’m sorry, that aint right, they should give you sumin.” She then goes on, “I don’t know how some people can be so selfish.” This went on for about ten minutes, the whole time I am biting my tongue, thinking what ungrateful fucks! I would never think to get mad at my parents over this shit! $750k isn’t the fucking mega millions! That shit won’t last forever, and he’s pissed because his parents won’t just hand their adult children $20k a week after winning the lotto?
Am I off base here, or are these people fucked in the head?
As to this point I didn’t see why he was upset. Then he goes off how it’s been almost a week and they haven’t given him any money! He says “I mean all I expect is like $10k, they can at least give me that!” At this point I was shocked, I thought I knew this guy pretty well and didn’t expect to hear this from him. I told him to chill out and be happy for his dad.
Fast forward to today, I hear him and a lady we work with talking in the other room. Turns out his parents invited him, and his brother and their families over for dinner. They thought that it was payday, but turns out they just wanted to share with their kids that they are buying a house (they had been renting their whole lives). His brother walked out, and his sister in law said “They can forget about us ever coming over to their new house.” The lady he was talking to here at work (a grown ass woman) then started in “Mmm child, I’m sorry, that aint right, they should give you sumin.” She then goes on, “I don’t know how some people can be so selfish.” This went on for about ten minutes, the whole time I am biting my tongue, thinking what ungrateful fucks! I would never think to get mad at my parents over this shit! $750k isn’t the fucking mega millions! That shit won’t last forever, and he’s pissed because his parents won’t just hand their adult children $20k a week after winning the lotto?
Am I off base here, or are these people fucked in the head?
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