I used to think they’re were two groups in society, the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’. It turns out there’s a third group.
I didn’t realise this, and I never heard the phrase before. There are the haves, the have nots and the have lots.
The have lots have loads of money, and can pretty much stay in a hotel any night they wish, and any hotel too. They can pretty well do what they want. So can we all, I might argue, but there’s always a fairly large ‘within reason’ hanging around. Money stops the vast majority of us doing literally anything.
Now obviously there are tiers within tiers, and not all the have lots can buy a Premier League football club. But, it must be a funny feeling if you can do what you want, without compromise. How do you choose? Does it make choosing more difficult?