text: why do people get so intimidated by hard working people, to were they treat them like crap?   for a variety of reasons. some feel inferior around them and feel the need to compete. some feel judged by them. some people who work hard think that they are superior and become very arrogant. there are a variety of reasons, that can have to do with anything from the attitude of the hard working person to the attitude of the people who react to them.