Spoil me.

[swestrup]

Although I share electricland's assertion that this is a pretty poor test to see if one is priviledged or not, I got bored, so I filled it out. The idea is that if you can say yes to 40 or more of the following items, then you're spoiled.


Do you have:
(1) your own cell phone
( ) a television in your bedroom
( ) an iPod Shuffle
( ) a photo printer
(2) your own phone line
( ) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
(3) high-speed internet access (i.e., not dialup)
( ) a surround sound system in bedroom
( ) DVD player in bedroom
( ) at least a 100 DVDs
(4) a child-free bathroom (If they mean "a second-bathroom for the master suite" as I suspect, then no.)
(5) your own in-house office
(6) a pool (It came with the Condo...)
( ) a guest house
( ) a game room
(7) a queen-size bed or larger
( ) a stocked bar
(8) a working dishwasher
( ) an icemaker
(9) a working washer and dryer
( ) more than 20 pairs of shoes
( ) at least ten things from a designer store
(10) expensive sunglasses
(11) framed original art (not lithographs or prints)
( ) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
(12) a multi-speed bike
( ) a gym membership
( ) large exercise equipment at home
( ) your own set of golf clubs
( ) a pool table
( ) a tennis court
(13) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea
( ) your own pair of skis
( ) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
( ) a boat
( ) a jet ski
( ) a neighborhood committee membership
( ) a beach house or a vacation house/cabin
(14) wealthy family members
( ) two or more family cars
( ) a walk-in closet or pantry
(15) a yard
( ) a hammock
( ) a personal trainer
(16) good credit (don't ask me how!)
( ) expensive jewelry
( ) a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
( ) at least $100 cash in your possession right now
(17) more than two credit cards bearing your name (not counting gas cards or debit cards)
(18) a stock portfolio
(19) a passport
( ) a horse
( ) a trust fund (either for you or created by you)
( ) private medical insurance
( ) a college degree, and no outstanding student loans - B.A., and Masters

Do you:
( ) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week
( ) do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
( ) pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not counting dry-cleaning)
( ) go on weekend mini-vacations
( ) send dinners back with every flaw
( ) wear perfume or cologne (not body spray) White Musk, by The Body Shop
( ) regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
( ) have a job but don't need the money OR
( ) stay at home with little financial sacrifice
( ) pay someone else to cook your meals
( ) pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
( ) regularly pay someone else to drive you, or taxis
( ) expect a gift after you fight with your partner

Are you:
( ) an only child
( ) married/partnered to a wealthy person
( ) baffled/surprised when you don't get your way

Have you:
( ) been on a cruise
(20) traveled out of the country
( ) met a celebrity
( ) been to the Caribbean
(21) been to Europe (UK, and almost every EU country...)
(22) been to Hawaii
( ) been to New York
( ) eaten at the space needle in Seattle
( ) been to the Mall of America
( ) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
( ) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
( ) moved more than three times because you wanted to
( ) dined with local political figures
( ) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast

Did you:
( ) go to another country for your honeymoon
( ) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
(23) take riding or swimming lessons as a child
( ) attend private school
( ) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you



So, as I'm WAY under the 40 points needed to be considered 'spoiled', I guess I'm not.

Comments

[sfllaw.livejournal.com]

Wow! It's like a checklist of things to do.

[swestrup]

You mean its not too late to have a sweet 16 party???

[thebabynancy.livejournal.com]

o_O

[cpirate.livejournal.com]

It's all about creatively choosing your radix.

[swestrup]

I did consider that, but it would then end up being a depressingly-large-radix party, in fact its at the limit of what most radix conversion software will accept.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_grey_knight/]

36 for me, only need to do 4 more to be spoiled? Woot woot! So, #37 could be to get a working dishwasher - my spouse is just way too slow...and for #38 does sharing a hot dog in the same park as Hazel count as dining with local political figures? I oculd buy another 18 pairs of shoes as well....hmmm, not so difficult to accomplish, then...

[ai731.livejournal.com]

I score 21 (22 if Terry Pratchett counts as a celebrity) with 8 of those points for being well travelled.