Rich People Suck

There's no denying that the integrity of modern Americans is compromised by avarice. Money and material goods, not character and integrity, dictate the motives of most peoples lives. The upper classes are the most affected. Every day I experience something that indicates the deterioration of our society.
When I was working at the Sports Den, a 30 something yuppie came in with an underage proto-Paris in tow. When I asked for ID, they both became upset and the guy pointed his finger in my face and said 'You just lost a lot of MONEY!' Keep in mind I had only asked for ID. The emphasis this moron placed on the word 'money' shows that he thinks because he has money, he should have privileges afforded to him that would legally jeopardize me , the business and possibly themselves. But what do all these other people matter to him? He has money. However, his money did not have the magical capability to stop me from swatting his finger out of my face and then pushing him.
This aggressive obsession with money is not generated by thriftiness; countless times I observed a frat boy come roaring into the parking lot with an H2 (complete with rims, a booming stereo system and a vanity plate) come up to the door with his Lacoste shirt and Rolex, then proceed to throw a tantrum over the three dollar cover that was required to partake in half off night. I never encountered someone in a beat up car reach that level of agitation; They would cordially say 'three dollars? for half off? no problem!' and then go on to enjoy their night.
At Best Buy, a black gentlemen came in dressed in fairly ragged clothing ask said 'good morning!' in a New Orleans drawl. He then proceeded to ask me if we had a CD in stock. We did not. He thanked me, shook my hand and promised to come back next week. A few days later, a suit came in on his blackberry, sneered at me when I greeted him and went into the store. He came back and informed me that he did not have the time to screw around with salesmen. He asked if we had a certain model GPS, I said we did not, could we order it? He in turn thunders that he will spend his MONEY elsewhere.
These few examples are a microcosm of what I've experienced in the customer service industry. I can only draw the conclusion that while many people would look down on a shabbily dressed black man that he had more consideration and morals than a clean cut suit. Money gives most people who have it a perception of moral superiority that doesn't really exist over those who don't money. Unfortunately as all the wall street panic recently shows, we live in a material driven existence and as far as I am concerned it is only going to get worst.