Billionaire roasted for complaining to Treasury secretary about $14 O.J. in 5-star hotel

Texas billionaire hedge funder Kyle Bass took to the internet to complain about paying $14 for orange juice while having a room-service breakfast in a five-star hotel in New York City.

It didn't go down well.

"Terrible Inflation milestone reached," Bass complained on X. "My first $85 breakfast for one at a NYC hotel. After signing this bill, I have decided NEVER AGAIN. #Biden #Inflation @SecYellen @federalreserve"

He tagged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve in the post.

Former Buzzfeed and Wall Street Journal writer Tom Gara unleashed an attack on social media soon after.

"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," wrote Gara.

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Meanwhile, orange juice at one New York City McDonald's is $3.89 for a small and $4.69 for a large.

"That this rich guy's outrage is fake is obvious to anyone who ever ordered room service on an expense-account at a nice NYC hotel. Multiple-item orders have been producing very large bills for a very long time," wrote journalist John Harwood.

Former Wall Street Journal reporter Heidi N. Moore explained, "This isn't inflation, this is just what things cost at expensive hotels, man. You can walk outside and get a Diet Coke for $1.50 from a food cart."

"Don’t ever let these rich people pretend they just like you. He’s a billionaire at 5-star hotel complaining about 14-dollar OJ. That amount of money is nothing to him but they love to point out 'see inflation.' Go sit down somewhere," Courtney Anthony said of Bass.

Others were quick to knock Bass for being "lazy" and getting room service when there are several breakfast options within a block of him.

"President Biden’s economy must be doing well if Kyle Bass is ordering $26 waffles," quipped another critic named Evan.