Do rich people still have butlers?

And do they wear a tux? Or is that just in movies? edit: talking about America here. i realize that in 3rd world countries you can pay someone 5 cents to wake you up with a blowjob every day, but that's not what i'm talking about

 
AndyLouis:

here in buenos aires some of the upper class have live-in full time maids/nannies/cooks and many houses/apartments you go to have maid's quarters which have been converted into something else.

this i do know. but do billionaires in the US do it? does the guy wear a tux?
 
bortz911:
AndyLouis:

here in buenos aires some of the upper class have live-in full time maids/nannies/cooks and many houses/apartments you go to have maid's quarters which have been converted into something else.

this i do know. but do billionaires in the US do it? does the guy wear a tux?

Some do and it depends on what the person wants.

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peinvestor2012:

Outside of the U.S. is much more common. You can get a "butler" in India for $20K/year U.S., if not less.

We had an Indian born client who owned a gaming products manufacturer. It was their dream to sell their US based company and move back to India and have 3 or 4 servants. The dollar goes a long way in India. I think $20k/yr would allow you to employ 2 to 3 servants.

 
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kingtut:
peinvestor2012:

Outside of the U.S. is much more common. You can get a "butler" in India for $20K/year U.S., if not less.

We had an Indian born client who owned a gaming products manufacturer. It was their dream to sell their US based company and move back to India and have 3 or 4 servants. The dollar goes a long way in India. I think $20k/yr would allow you to employ 2 to 3 servants.

Yea, I know in the Middle East you can get a decent live-in maid for around $1,000/month if not less (depends on country, though, of course)

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kingtut:
peinvestor2012:

Outside of the U.S. is much more common. You can get a "butler" in India for $20K/year U.S., if not less.

We had an Indian born client who owned a gaming products manufacturer. It was their dream to sell their US based company and move back to India and have 3 or 4 servants. The dollar goes a long way in India. I think $20k/yr would allow you to employ 2 to 3 servants.

Well fvck me, I'm moving to India. Just for a year. I want to feel what the true pampered life feels like.

 

Most aren't considered 'butlers' anymore but more live-in staff. They get paid cheaply but have the advantage of free room and board. Prep school friend's family had a woman who lived in their guest house and would cook, clean, watch the young ones, and just generally help out.

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yeahright:

Most aren't considered 'butlers' anymore but more live-in staff. They get paid cheaply but have the advantage of free room and board. Prep school friend's family had a woman who lived in their guest house and would cook, clean, watch the young ones, and just generally help out.

I hope somebody is aware the difference between a butler and a "maid"

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LifeHedger:
yeahright:

Most aren't considered 'butlers' anymore but more live-in staff. They get paid cheaply but have the advantage of free room and board. Prep school friend's family had a woman who lived in their guest house and would cook, clean, watch the young ones, and just generally help out.

I hope somebody is aware the difference between a butler and a "maid"

This is what I'm talking about. Plenty of people have au pairs/nannies. Plenty of people have housekeeping. I'm talking about a butler in a tuxedo.
 

It's not as prevalent anymore. This was common in the days of the old rich, but these are the days of the new rich. The new rich didn't inherit their wealth, they work their ways up from the lower class or middle class. They are not spoiled so you are less likely to see them with butlers.

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TeddyTheBear:

It's not as prevalent anymore. This was common in the days of the old rich, but these are the days of the new rich. The new rich didn't inherit their wealth, they work their ways up from the lower class or middle class. They are not spoiled so you are less likely to see them with butlers.

So there are only butlers in East Egg?

 
SV4lax:
TeddyTheBear:

It's not as prevalent anymore. This was common in the days of the old rich, but these are the days of the new rich. The new rich didn't inherit their wealth, they work their ways up from the lower class or middle class. They are not spoiled so you are less likely to see them with butlers.

So there are only butlers in East Egg?

There are still people like this. Jay Rockefeller is still around and he could still afford a butler; does he have one?
 
International Pymp:

I've seen it. They're not called butlers, but sometimes there is a head of house, caretaker, etc... that manages the other staff, etc.

Tuxedo? Like the Jamaican guy in Wedding crashers?
 

It's quite common in SE Asia, when I visited my girl's family in Singapore and Indonesia, every one of her relative's household had at least one maid and driver. It's actually rare NOT to have one or both, especially in Indonesia where there's plenty of cheap labor from the countryside, and not to mention the traffic in Jakarta is fucking horrible.

 

I only know one family w/ a butler. Really more of a housekeeper, and because the mother of the family got put in a wheelchair. Theyre billionaires though.

I think its a lot more common in like, hong kong, where theres a HUGE divide between the upper and lower classes and the ability of people to migrate to where the rich are so they can take jobs as live in butlers, whether they be the hong kong poor, thai or whatever.

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seabird:

I only know one family w/ a butler. Really more of a housekeeper, and because the mother of the family got put in a wheelchair. Theyre billionaires though.

I think its a lot more common in like, hong kong, where theres a HUGE divide between the upper and lower classes and the ability of people to migrate to where the rich are so they can take jobs as live in butlers, whether they be the hong kong poor, thai or whatever.

Yeah Mainland China has a bunch of people with live-in maids, caretakers. There are a lot of people from the rural areas who come into the city looking for jobs, housing, etc. and being a live-in maid or caretaker is a plausible way to get both.

 
Mantis Toboggan:

What I wonder about is if the rich have Eyes Wide Shut-style sex parties. I'm assuming my invitation was lost in the mail.

They have naked parties. And things like sex power god.

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Used to live in Dubai, almost every one of my friends families employed a housemaid/houseboy. From my experience, pay was around 1000 - 2000 AED/month, which translates to 250 - 550 USD. Then there were also gardeners, etc, but they were not employed by one single family but rather the landlord. Drivers were also very common.

 
bortz911:

So, to clarify: Nobody in the US uses butlers with tuxedos anymore. Not even old, established patricians on the UES or in Newport.

False, I have seen one butler.

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