Hey, he is the author of Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All.
The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network is an organization that introduces rappers to political causes. Who knew this was a thing? Awesome. Clinton Hill entrepreneur Hasan Muhammad...Show More Summary
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I recently started reading The Book of Mormon and have found it a very tough slog, even compared to the KJV Bible. So you can imagine my relief when I took a break from that book and starting reading David Fitzgerald’s The Complete Heretic's Guide to Western Religion Book One: The Mormons.
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A recent news story about rich people allegedly hiring handicapped tour guides to jump lines at Disney ignited a firestorm of commentary online. One question we as travel... via JustLuxe.com
I was skeptical of the NY Post story alleging that rich New York private-school parents use a service that lets them hire disabled people to act as line-jumping Disney World guides. Now Lesley, a Disney-obsessed local, has published a rebuttal pointing out that such a service wouldn't work well because there are lots of rides [...]
Are rich parents cutting the queue at Disney World by paying disabled tour guides to pose as family members? That’s the allegation that social anthropologist Dr. Wednesday Martin made to the New York Post after discovering the practice while conducting research for her upcoming book, Primates of Park Avenue. Show More Summary
Hey, betches! Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring premieres at Cannes today! The film, which stars Emma Watson as the Worst, is based on a true story about a group of shallow people who robbed rich and famous shallow people. Zeitgeisty! Anyway,...Show More Summary
In news that would make anybody's blood boil who's spent two hours waiting to ride Pirates of the Caribbean with a bladder full of juice boxes, apparently rich Manhattan moms have gotten into the habit of hiring disabled tour guidesShow More Summary
In the second of a short series of articles, Rich Stanton guides you round the world of Capcom's masterpiece. We've taken you through the pouch and the armour - and this week it's time to look at the weapons.
I'm as proud to be Scottish as the next ex-pat, but until Monster Hunter I'd never quite understood the bagpipes. Show More Summary
FastPasses? Who needs 'em when you've got real, live, handicapped people!
Some rich N.Y. City moms are reportedly hiring a motorized, scooter-bound guide to pose as a family member so their families can cut Disney World lines.
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Some wealthy Manhattan moms are hiring disabled people to pose as family members so they and their kids can jump to the front of long lines at Disney World, the New York Post reported. The "black-market Disney guides" charge $130 an hour. Show More Summary
The New York Post has exposed a secret among the New York City Manhattan elite. A company called Dream Tours Florida offers what is called "black-market Disney guides" for $130 an hour of $1,040 for an eight hour day. Because the guides...Show More Summary
The (awful and not usually very trustworthy) New York Post reports that rich New Yorkers pay thousands of dollars to an Orlando area service that rents out disabled people to accompany them to Walt Disney World in order to jump the lines. The article says that there's a word-of-mouth underground in New York's priciest private [...]
A New Low in Tourism at Disney World
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Parents Hire Disabled Tour Guides to Skip Disney World Lines
Rich parents hire disabled tour guides so their kids can cut in lines at Disney World.
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The New York Post is reporting that some rich families in New York City have been using disabled tour guides to bypass lines. One of the tour groups named in the story writes on its website that the story is inaccurate. Here’s a summary. From...Show More Summary
It turns out rich people do not like to wait in lines... Who would have thought?
Unfortunately, rich people are often as wealthy as they are evil and smart. Us poor folk couldn’t think of something as brilliantly diabolical as wealthy Manhattan moms hiring handicapped people to pose as members of their family so their children don’t have to wait in lines. Show More Summary
Do you know who deserves to skip lines at amusement parks? People with disabilities. Do you know who probably doesn’t deserve to skip lines at amusement parks? People who just can’t stand the thought of waiting with the rest of us peons but who don’t want to pay for VIP guides or fast passes. Unfortunately, one report says the latter … [More]
Imagine being able to bypass all Disney lines instead of waiting the hours for popular attractions — apparently you can, but you have to hire “handicapped” people to “guide” you, says a new report suggesting the practice is rife among Manhattan moms in the “one percent.” The wealthy Manhattan moms’ Disney scam was revealed by [...]Show More Summary
Ah, Disney World — a collection of whimsically themed structures built on top of a swamp, in which fully-grown adults gambol about in rodent costumes cooing at the assembled youth of America. While this magical bog may seem to be a factory...Show More Summary
In her new book, Primates of Park Avenue, social anthropologist Dr. Wednesday Martin claims to expose a troubling trend: "Upper crust" moms using a "black market" connection to hire handicapped tour guides to walk them through Disney World so they can take advantage of the line-skipping auxiliary entrances for disabled patrons. Read more...