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> After dessert, Yalincak said his driver would be coming to get him. But out on the curb, Ervine spotted him jumping into a beat-up cab.

> "The hair stood up on the back of my neck," Ervine says.

I know the context somewhat justifies his reaction but still it's very funny to think of a world in which getting into a taxi prompts the person you're meeting with to contact law enforcement...I mean what if his driver just got caught in traffic? What if he decided he wanted to ditch the driver and have some privacy? Instead his dinner host is watching him out a window and decides his choice of transport is suspect?

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For starters: He lied about the driver picking him up. Why would you do that?

But if you read the article thoroughly there were a number of tell tale signs, which were missing and which made Ervince suspicious in the first place.

I'm pretty sure that whatever the filthy-rich do in these scenarios, it'd be different from hailing a beat-up cab (1-718-234-7777 "BEST CAR SERVICE" type, I presume).

Even Uber has plenty of options these days that, aside from the Uber logo, probably wouldn't have made him suspicious.

Maybe he was put on guard by the guy mentioning his driver at all? It might be suspect to mention your driver at all if it is in fact a normal occurrence.

TFA said that Ervine was suspicious because of how little Yalincak had flexed about all his awesome possessions and privileges. It's possible that really rich people really are assholes.

> It's possible that really rich people really are assholes.

More charitably, just as poorer folks talk about the cool beer they had last week or the really great movie they saw, maybe rich folks talk about the brewery they just bought or their race horse's recent win.

Different sums of money allow one different pleasures in life. There's nothing assholish about that.

You’ve never had a conversation with a poor person, have you?

I read it, but I thought it might be contextual. You mention things you do that other rich people can afford, but haven't tried, whereas you don't mention the things everyone has, since everyone has them.

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