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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My friend is a multi-multi-multi-millionaire. Her father started a retail giant in my country. She has her own pool building with (i think it's called) a free span roof. It is big enough to contain 6 copies of the house I used to own, exterior, roof, chimney and all. She spends more money per month heating the building and pool (which has not been used in 3 years) and paying maintenance and upkeep, than most people pay on their mortgage per year. She complained that the cost of natural gas went up 1.2%. She was spitting mad, tearing up the bill, balling it up and throwing it down in a huff. She also has a 30 car single span roof garage with row after row of industrial racking which contains mostly packrat stuff. She keeps that "Quonset" as she calls it, a balmy 20C all year through our -25C winters. And also complains about that cost.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, if I was that wasteful and then got the bill I'd cry too

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So in your mind she wasn't aware of what she was paying to heat it until it went up 1%

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or at least didn't think about how much she was using

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 0 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

You don't realize she pays her bill every month?

Like, how hard is this to figure out

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

Someone that rich and disconnected clearly doesn'trealizes. Might not even be paying her own bills