Today, we put a new term into the lexicon: The Bakhurst Rule, established by the RTÉ Director General’s brief face plant on Prime Time. The Bakhurst Rule goes like this: Rich people rarely know precisely what they’re paid.
Rich people either negotiate the deal and then get on with what they’re paid to do (Kevin Bakhurst) or have an agent negotiate the deal and never have to lower themselves to notice the odd €75K going astray (Ryan Tubridy.) Abiding by the Bakhurst rule puts rich people in the crosshairs of the resentful rest of us. Wouldja listen to yer man, we tweet or mutter, he’s sitting so pretty he gets his total pay package mixed up. Any wonder RTÉ is the way it is?
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