A billionaire investor was brutally mocked on social media Wednesday after he griped to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve about his $85 room service bill.
Kyle Bass, in a tweet on X, posted a photo of his room service receipt from an unnamed hotel in New York City ― and, boy, was he unhappy.
“Terrible Inflation milestone reached ― My first $85 breakfast for one at a NYC hotel. After signing this bill, I have decided NEVER AGAIN,” Bass said in his tweet, which tagged Yellen and the Federal Reserve, for some reason.
Terrible Inflation milestone reached - My first $85 breakfast for one at a NYC hotel. After signing this bill, I have decided NEVER AGAIN. #Biden #Inflation @SecYellen @federalreserve pic.twitter.com/C3FS67fT7I
— 🇺🇸 Kyle Bass 🇹🇼 (@Jkylebass) February 28, 2024
Since room service prices have almost always been high, many people were surprised that a man who runs his own investment firm was unaware of this.
And, of course, the responses to the post were pretty brutal.
Is it inflation or is it...a service that is notoriously and historically astronomically overpriced? https://t.co/loA2avtBA0
— Ari Cohn (@AriCohn) February 28, 2024
Until 2024, room service and minibar items at fancy NYC hotels have always been known to be very reasonably priced https://t.co/UODpjNuAcQ
— Deva Hazarika (@devahaz) February 28, 2024
First time in NYC? https://t.co/FPqVhMduP7
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@AdamKinzinger) February 28, 2024
This is who is complaining about $85 for a NYC hotel room service waffles & heritage bacon https://t.co/5d9CZK0xSV pic.twitter.com/KfVORCjdoR
— M_Tex 🌻💿📀💿 (@M23412963) February 28, 2024
Imagine blaming the President and the Sec of Treasury bc your expensive NYC hotel breakfast was expensive.
— Stacy Says (@TheMostStacy) February 28, 2024
This was expensive before 2020. It’s been expensive my entire life.
You ~can~ just go to the cart on the street like everyone else if its an issue. https://t.co/no9i6J4gZT pic.twitter.com/pF02RysgPL
Dude stayed at The Carlyle in the upper east side in NYC, ordered room service, and proceeds to blame Biden for the cost of his breakfast. Talk about desperate. https://t.co/O4x6w97zOw
— A.M.W. 🟧🌼💙🌎⚖️🗽 (@AmieMcWayne) February 28, 2024
Nobody made you pay $26 for 1 Waffles, Kyle https://t.co/I8yxrUJjsx
— Peter Wolf (@peterawolf) February 28, 2024
BIDEN MUST ACT to reduce luxury hotel room service price gouging on waffles https://t.co/SPhcvJqXvM
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) February 28, 2024
Hey, any clients of Hayman Capital Management on here?
— Evan Handler (@EvanHandler) February 28, 2024
RED ALERT: The CIO of the company doesn't know that charges for room service in hotels are insane. He thinks it's inflation, and the president's fault.
Move your money somewhere else. https://t.co/6OvhsT7VOK
A billionaire tagging the Treasury Secretary in their post about ordering a $14 room service orange juice at a five star hotel in Manhattan is the kind of high level posting you simply can't get on any other platform, and likely never will. https://t.co/emcZfTM5eF
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) February 28, 2024
(Drinks six beers at a Major League Baseball game, which costs $93 plus tip) JANET YELLEN MUST RESIGN! https://t.co/2UAAzqISEI
— Clue Heywood (@ClueHeywood) February 28, 2024
If you're a billionaire complaining about an $85 hotel breakfast charge, you are a huge fucking loser https://t.co/IkNz9FQQXT
— Ramit Sethi (@ramit) February 28, 2024
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