Supposedly ’posh’ things you think are common *trigger warning this is light hearted*

[ReadingWorm]

Obviously lighthearted and no need to explain your rational. But what are things that some people consider high end/ posh/ classy/ aspirational (I know they are not necessarily the same thing) that you don’t like/ think are tacky/ common / etc.

Again this is light hearted. We can complain but we must never explain!!!!!!

Here is my list.

Molton Brown hand wash
M&S food shop
American Style Fridges
Having a tan
Talking about exercising
Beauty Advent Calendars
Designer toasters and kettles
House of Fraser department stores
Posting photos from 1st class travel on instagram
Referring to your car by its brand name
Talking about your ‘forever home’
Shopping in Space NK
Visiting Disney World
Listening to Classic FM

This was in reply to @Birdahoy .

But those cultures have different ways of status signaling, e.g. skiing has a different status in Austria where ~35-40% of population goes skiing regularly than in the UK.

Sorry I didn't see this! now, I was as a child desperate to go inside a BHS or a tammy girl.

I didn't because clothes in my house came from only the local market (I had some amazing outfits from there. I had magenta army pants I wore with a fake Tommy hillfiger crop top with white platforms)

But BHS seemed like harrods to me. I eventually went to one in the Trafford centre in my 20s and bought some lovely bedding and then it flipping closed down 😂

Removed when talking so you can maintain eye contact

Walk in showers
Ensuites
Apple watches
Quilted loo roll

I've seen it used often on here. Not my opinion. I live on an estate and don't feel the need to pretend I'm something I'm not.

At Uni I shared a flat with someone who insisted on buying the world cheapest loo roll in the joint household shop. My bum likes the finer things in life so I had a secret stash of quilted loo roll for for myself.

I do not care if its not posh 😀

When I did a Uni exchange in Poland back in the day they had a BHS and it was consisted super posh.

I will have to google if it is still there as because sometimes just because it has gone out of business in UK it can still exist elsewhere.

I still love you C and A in Belgium and Holland.

Goats definitely would not cooperate. A hearse drawn by oxen, or camels, would really impress.

Mulberry bags since 2010.

Ah I’ve a lazy eye when tired so I like them to remain on when sunny. Now I’ve lost the point of the thread now. Is it that I think I’m posh leaving them on whereas really it’s common? Leaving aside the eye issue.

That is true although army regiments have goats don’t they as a mascot. Oxen are quite sombre animals though so I agree that’s a good shout.

(Light hearted) this relates to another recent thread that I won't replay here but TLDR is that there was a discussion about whether it was rude or not to take off sunglasses when initially meeting someone (not for the whole meeting, sorry).

This thread is brilliant and I’m only halfway through.

Lots already covered like Dubai and Designer logos.

Has anyone mentioned profiteroles on Christmas Day?

Also new clothes to wear on Christmas Day/Easter

"fuck" and other un/popular 4-letter words come from Anglo Saxon, they didn't start as legal acronyms 😂

My Mum was Icelandic and we always got new clothes for Christmas Eve otherwise the giant Christmas cat who eats children would gobble is up. 😂 my daughter always gets new clothes for Christmas Eve - can’t be too careful

I'm still giggling that anybody would think Miller & Carter is "posh".
But in the sense of fair play, I suppose if one frequents a Wetherspoons it may be deemed as such.

Ok! I think I have been scarred by thhe 'live, love, prosecco' posters!
I will try it again

AUD$8!! That must be posh - it was less than GBP£2 when I bought it for an ‘80s themed supper. Or should that be dinner..? Definitely not tea, anyway 😂

Classic FM, Gardeners World and Bake Off are lovely. If they're low class, I'm happy to be low class.

Yes sorry @Dymaxion you've missed the point. This thread isn't about the dreadful things we do. It's about having a good old laugh at the dreadfully common things dreadfully common people do.

I'm beginning to think not everyone on the thread is Our Sort.

It very much is

I like it for all that

Yeah but you do need to take them off when you’re saying hello (medical reasons accepted).

Yeah but class indicators are culturally based. In the UK it’s c**m.

Did he insist they rung out for a pizza after that?! That would indicate Tis true..