Overheard with friends, but we really don't need another thread
Me and some friends were in a friends' house, watching a game on TV. The refrigerator wasn't working so Friend A offered to pay for ice to be delivered. My friends are the type that wouldn't bother and wouldn't pay for it but she insisted and pay for it. It was probably R$ 30 for ice.
Then after the game we were deciding how to go home, what was the easiest way to the subway, etc. Friend A says she doesn't know how to take the subway anymore, didn't do that in the last 8 years, even if we live in a city with good and reliable public transportation. She offered to take a cab (R$ 55, as opposed to the R$ 6 bus+subway alternative) and give a ride for me and another friend, and she would pay. We accepted.
In the cab she was talking (not bragging, it was something normal for her) about expensive restaurants, wines and the international honeymoon she had this year. I could get the sense that her lifestyle is really really expensive.
But also, she said she worked 10+ hours a day and would tomorrow (sunday), and didn't like here current workplace.
For me it wasn't a "shame and comedy" moment, just a realization that this was the kind of work-life balance I don't want for me. It's difficult for me to believe that people are truly happy this way, R$ 300 dinners can't compensate that kind of workload.