The resort I worked at was at the end of a narrow sandspit peninsula that had one road. The peninsula was a mile long. At it's widest at the end, it was maybe 1000'. At the base at its narrowest, it was barely wider than the road. This was not a huge piece of land we're dealing with. The resort, along with the handful of other structures on the peninsula, were all waterfront, because there was literally nowhere to build that wouldn't be.
On more than one occasion, I would be checking someone in, and the following conversation would take place.
Guest: "So, where's the beach?"
Me: "...outside?"
I mean, they had to drive past it to get to us. The peninsula is barely wider than the road at parts, you just can't miss where the beach is. You look out the window, and it's right there. You just...you just walk out the door. I can't emphasize this enough.
There was literally only one road on the peninsula, and we were at the end. I once had a lady come storming up to the desk because she could not figure out how to get to the road. We did not have any sort of exceptionally difficult parking lot; it was a driveway leading to the entrance with a lot on either side, and at the end of the driveway was the road. As long as she could avoid turning into one of the parking lots, she should have had no problem getting back to the road. I literally had to walk out and escort her to the end of our driveway to the road, because she was too dumb to figure it out.
The average income of our clientele, I was told, was $200,000. I don't know what jobs all these people had to earn that sort of money, but some were clearly dimmer than others.
The point is, don't let your salary determine your worth. You can be rich and be dumb as fuck (just look at our current commander-in-chief as a prime example). Money isn't everything to a person.
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