So some wealthy people are good and they use their blessings and good fortune to help others.
Yet, others think that they “have it all coming” to them, and they flaunt their money and look at others who don’t have what they do as pure trash–unworthy to occupy or breath the same universal space or air that they do.
Visiting Palm Beach yesterday, I must say that I saw too much more of the latter than the former.
Some people were nice, but others were incredibly arrogant.
With my Jewish head-covering (yarmulke) and our mundane vacation wardrobe, we got more than our share of looks–with one older lady who was wearing fancy clothes and talking to another literally sneering at us with her nose raised in contempt as we passed.
People whispered as we browsed the fancy stores where a shirt, skirt, or bag averaged around $10,000!
Even a large (over-sized) coffee table book was almost $1,000.
Yes, we did not belong there to buy anything, and were just respectfully browsing–and frankly, we are human beings too.
In the end, we were subject to some good old-fashioned racial profiling by the Palm Beach Police, who pulled us out as we were entering an Uber by the gorgeous beach and fancy schmancy Worth Avenue.
At least 3 police cars surrounded us and took us toward one of them for questioning.
They said to my wife that Chanel called saying a woman in a “hot pink” top and black skirt had stolen a pair of sunglasses.
My wife doesn’t wear sunglasses!
We told them matter-of-factly that we weren’t even in that store–although we did pass by there–and my wife wasn’t wearing a skirt, but rather pants.
They looked in my wife’s knapsack that she opened and it was almost empty except for some travel items for the day.
Then they said that the suspect that been called in had high heels, which also my wife didn’t have–so basically the description didn’t match and it didn’t make any sense why they even pulled us over.
Hey, did they bother to check the store’s surveillance tapes to see what the thief actually looked like???
So after they proceeded anyway to run my wife drivers license for any outstanding warrants–hey, at this point might as well try for something–we finally, we got the:
Oh, so sorry for the inconvenience and have a nice day folks.
Another officer winked at me.
This whole thing went right along with the scene of the high-end looking Palm Beach patrol car that they have off to the side of the road immediately when you get over the bridge to their luxury island–clearly conveying the message:
Non-wealthy people not wanted here!
We are watching you!
So this is part of the land of the free and the home of the brave, but where the sickness of money pours from their narcissistic veins.
But interestingly enough, right over the bridge going in the other direction–after you leave this island paradise–is the hospital.
I’d bet that they probably all have nice, private rooms for these monetarily rich people, but for those that are spiritually bankrupted, I’m sure that their money doesn’t buy them what is truly important in life like health, meaning, happiness, or love.
For the ones that are driven by corruption, greed, and arrogance–what they get is a dirty evil little soul.
And like Sodom and Gomorrah–these things usually don’t end well for them.
If they manage to live out their stink-in rich years, I think G-d will probably send them back one day, but instead, theirs will be a story of riches to rags–so they learn their lesson and learn it well. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
