For example, Nick goes to the East Egg to see Daisy and Tom. “And so it was that on a warm, windy evening I drove to East Egg to see two old friends I barely knew.” (Fitzgerald 10) In this quote, Nick refers to Tom and Daisy as "two old friends" that he barely knew. However, Daisy is Nick's cousin and Tom went to school with Nick. This therefore suggests that their relationship was meaningless since they saw each other very rarely. Another example can be seen when Nick, Tom, Daisy, Jordan and Gatsby go to town. “And we all took the less explicable step of engaging the living room of a suite at the Plaza Hotel… Open the whiskey, Tom.” (Fitzgerald 132) During this passage, they spend their afternoon sitting in Tom's suite drinking whiskey. These characters have a large amount of money, yet decide to spend their time sitting in a room drinking alcohol. Additionally, it shows their lives are meaningless because they have nothing better to do. Finally, there were many rumors circulating about Gatsby. “I heard this from a man who knew everything about him and grew up with him in Germany.” (Fitzgerald 48) Jordan and two girls think about Gatsby's true past. Additionally, rather than talking about facts, they discuss rumors about Gatsby's background. Thus, this shows that they are leading a meaningless life since they have nothing better to do than argue over false opinions.