People like Deborah Meaden
just to pull a name out of a hat. That woman has more money than she will ever possibly need. She could retire tomorrow, start spending, and not be done til the day she dies.

What the fuck is the point? Surely, you work to improve the quality of your life. When you hit that magical goal, why carry on? Is it greed? Does she genuinely love running a massive business and all the stresses that go with it that obviously make her such a massive bitch to everyone?

Maybe I've got the wrong end of the stick, and she does it so she can donate as much money as possible to charity.

Probably not.

*Edit* On a side note, I once ate 10 sausages.
( PMGT -Bacon., Thu 14 Apr 2011, 21:55, 19 replies)

She loves ruunning businesses.
People don't get rich because they like sitting back and doing nothing all day.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 22:11, closed)

I appreciate that
And thats kind of my point. The only reason you'd go into business is to make money, is it not? And if you want to make money, you probably want to get rich. Well she's rich now. Why not pursue something else?
( PMGT -Bacon., Thu 14 Apr 2011, 22:18, closed)

How do you know she has enough money to give up?
I agree with you to a point, that if you can get, say, 1 million in the bank you can then just stop and you've "won". But people tend to adjust their lives to their earnings too and in order to just stop someone like Deborah Meaden would have to live in a two bed terrace and have only one car, for example.
Also money's a complex thing and a lot of millionaires could be poorer than you or I if a couple of points fell off some shares somewhere. Earning money on that scale is a kind of never ending ride where getting off is tough and staying on too long is dangerous.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 22:23, closed)

Fair points
Maybe I am simplifying it a little. I just know that if it was me, and my bank balance went into the 8 figure mark, I'd buy a small island in the sun, build a little house, and spend the rest of my days shooting at passers by from the beach with a .50 cal machine gun.
( PMGT -Bacon., Thu 14 Apr 2011, 22:28, closed)

what a beautiful.thought
I now have a new goal in life.
(OTT, Fri 15 Apr 2011, 0:08, closed)

Which, if you think about it, is why you're unlikely to ever hit an 8 figure bank balance.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 15 Apr 2011, 8:41, closed)

I've gone as far as scouting for locations on Google Earth.
So I know where I'd be looking to live -- depending on my budget.
Sadly I know I'll never earn enough to live on an island in a fjord, never mind buy Deception Iand for use as the Antarctic mooring point for my converted aircraft carrier.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Fri 15 Apr 2011, 17:20, closed)

Some people actually go into business for the benefit of others or their profession
with the added side benefit of being able to exist in a modern economy.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Fri 15 Apr 2011, 8:08, closed)

Pinko.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 15 Apr 2011, 8:43, closed)

Yeah the first answer is bang on
Also the people they socialise with are also extremeley wealthy and wealth becomes a game, especially for people far richer than Meaden. Agree with the OP I would retire if I could, so much fun just doing what you wanna do every day but that's why I'm not rich.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Fri 15 Apr 2011, 9:53, closed)

On a side note
I hear she once had 10 "sausages" too, the filthy bitch
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 22:31, closed)

We need more info on your edit.
Are we talking cocktail sausages on sticks at a 1970s children's party? Or two foot wieners at a New York giants game?
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 15 Apr 2011, 8:43, closed)

Cor two foot wieners
*Carry on music*
( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Fri 15 Apr 2011, 9:05, closed)

There's a family guy clip about that.
[insert link to family guy clip about that if you can be arsed]
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 15 Apr 2011, 9:34, closed)

They were approximately 6 inches in length, roughly an inch and half in diameter, succulent, with a herby aftertaste. Slightly beige colouration, with small dark spots, which I assumed were the herbs underneath the skin. Went rather well with a pint of Copper Dragon if I recall. Most likely acquired from the Butchers across the way, Burts, a family run establishment, offering only the finest in pre-prepared livestock produce. It is my belief, looking at both the physical and assumed evidence, that they were Lincolnshire-style sausages. And I use the phrase "Lincolnshire-style" deliberately, as my inside sources lead me to believe that they were not sourced from farms in Lincoln, but rather, made to the traditional Lincolnshire recipe for elongated porcine sustenance.
( PMGT -Bacon., Fri 15 Apr 2011, 23:55, closed)

Massive ego
presumably. Don't knock it, without egomaniacs stuff wouldn't get made - like the PC you are tapping away on for example.
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Fri 15 Apr 2011, 10:15, closed)

Too right. Rich entrepreneurs provide thousands of jobs for people. She might be an insufferable old cow, but ultimately what she does benefits society.
( Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Fri 15 Apr 2011, 10:57, closed)

True I suppose.
But I doubt thats why she got into it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not some sort of anti-capitalist rallying against big businesses like hers. I'm just not sure what the point of her making so much money is...
( PMGT -Bacon., Fri 15 Apr 2011, 23:49, closed)

never heard of her
but she can fuck right off.
(mr-lizard Hell's teeth man!, Sun 17 Apr 2011, 2:29, closed)