My SIL is an IT UX manager and makes close to 200k. He usually works from home, but he thinks nothing of ordering a Starbucks coffee in the middle of the day. A $5 drink ends up costing him $15. Blows my mind.
“A $5 drink ends up costing him $15.”
Hmm. I worked at a mining site in Indonesia years ago. All of the engineers and higher-ups were expected to hire maids, etc. (Forced to?) It was their way of taxing the “rich” and giving to the poor.