The Worst Cases of "Rich Kid Syndrome" You've Ever Seen

A lot of people posted responses specifically about kids they knew from school, and you know I had to share.

Recently, I stumbled upon a post on the popular "Ask Reddit" page from a now-deleted Reddit user. They asked, "What's the worst case of 'rich kid syndrome' you've seen?" A lot of people posted responses specifically about kids they knew from school, and you know I had to share. So, here are some of the best "rich kid at school" stories:

1. "I went to high school with this insufferably spoiled kid. The family had a couch in their home's elevator, and classical European sculptures (this was in the U.S.). The kid talked down to and about the less fortunate on a regular basis. He once made fun of me for picking a coin up off the ground."

—u/deleted

2. "One girl from my high school got breast implants for her 18th birthday. Her mom joined her as a mother/daughter bonding activity followed by the daughter getting a brand new $90,000 Mercedes as a high school graduation gift."

—u/Bammerice

3. "When I was in boarding school, one of my co-boarders handed me some mail saying, 'Do you notice anything special about this envelope?' When I checked it out, I realized his face was on the stamp... He was royalty."

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—u/gentlefury

4. "Knew this one guy at my college who didn't understand why everybody was so worked up about student loans. I remember him saying something along the lines of 'Why don't people just pay the tuition upfront?'"

"He was also quite sheltered."

—u/deleted

5. "I went to school with a very rich kid, his parents divorced and each decided to buy his love. Mommy owned a real estate agency, so she got him a license and spoon-fed him enough sales for a six-figure income. The dad then BOUGHT HIM A MAGAZINE."

"Yes, the dad bought a magazine for his 24-year-old cokehead son to 'run.' Worked about as well as you'd imagine."

—u/Nouseriously

"I have a cousin like that. Her parents have always just bought whatever job she's kind of interested in. In high school, they opened a Dairy Queen so she would have a place for a first job. They've bought her a clothing store and an interior design business/home decor store. And now that she's got kids and less time to work, they bought like four condos for her to use as Airbnb properties... the only good thing is when she gets bored, her stepbrother takes over and finds qualified people to run the businesses, so other people are ending up with nice jobs."

—u/violetmemphisblue

6. "One of my college classmates wrecked his Range Rover over winter break and came back in an Aston Martin."

—u/vobvobvob99

7. "In middle school, we were asked to draw our homes for some assignment and hand it in at the end of class. A popular, extremely wealthy kid who sat behind me raised his hand and smugly asked the teacher for another sheet of paper because he couldn’t draw it all on one page. His friends just snickered, but I cringed. Even at 12, I remember thinking it was such a snobby thing to say."

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—u/dominus83

8. "Rich kid I know brought $1,000 to the book fair in elementary school. Yeah, $1,000, that’s not a typo."

—u/LukesGotSwagger

9. "In high school, a kid made fun of my mother, so I squared up, ready to fight him. He said, 'If you lay a finger on me, I’ll get my father's lawyer to sue your family for everything they’ve got.' That made me laugh, call him a coward, and I went on with my life."

—u/deleted

10. "In high school, this one girl was talking to her friend and complaining about getting a PS4 for Christmas instead of an Xbox One. The entire time I was thinking, 'I'll take it!'"

—u/deleted

11. "Knew this kid in college. Super rich, like Saudi prince rich (went to a US school with loads of international students). He came into the lounge complaining that he was so hungry and all he wanted was mac and cheese. I told him I had a box if he wanted it. He looked at me like I had three heads. He asked, 'What am I supposed to do? Cook it?'"

"I rolled my eyes because this wasn’t my first interaction with him. Gave him