"I suspect there aren’t that many true Point-One Percenters among the airlines’ elite programs, either—those people are taking private jets. And the prestige the platinum pendant enjoys is actually that of a conscientious consumer, a champion collector of green stamps, a hamster who has really made that ol’ wheel spin. The life of the real elite goes on somewhere else."
Ok, this was a good one.
Originally Posted by
mahasamatman
Because they have to justify their own existence and can't make a living doing anything useful?
Those who can, do. Those who can't write about those who can.
An utterly ignorant phrase, and I'm not even a writer.