self entitled middle class??

[sweetsoulsister]

As an 'out of towner' can people explain why the middle class in this fine city of London feel they are so god damned righteous?

I'm standing in a queue with my children at the local swimming pool, and judging by the car park, it's busy. We go in and join a long queue. A couple of the families in front of me take their turn at the counter, turn around in disgust, and pace back and forth, argue with each other and work themselves up into a frenzy. Assuming they are going swimming I ask what has happened with the pool. One of the ladies says, 'The pool is at capacity and if we want to go in we will have to wait until someone leaves,' her voice rises another octave and she continues, 'This is completely unacceptable!!'

Really? Unacceptable? If you were the first family in the pool and it got too crowded because they let everyone in would you just suck it up because it's unacceptable to let everyone in?

This is not the first time I've encountered this outrage and it always seems to be what I've deemed the 'self entitled middle class...'

Explanations please???

Body! You can't compare Maud to Columbus!!!!!

The council pool. How very demeaning - sounds like you are looking down your nose Crowler. The polite term is leisure centre I think - try to get a picture of Mr Brittas in your mind and move with the pooterish vibe.

I'm pretty sure this isn't a class issue. It's a twatism issue.

i call it the baths too. always have.

When I was a little girl the baths (swimming pool) actually still had baths. You know baths where people without bathrooms could go for a bath once a week. Everything was very green as I recall.

Znaika, if that was aimed at me, I'm sure you would not claim to be an expert on the social systems of all countries. Yes, all countries have inequalities of education, income and opportunity, but these don't necessarily equate to a class system (in which income is independent of class status) like the UK's.

My country for instance remained a largely rural, agricultural economy until the mid to late 20thc - so the main social distinction was big farmer vs small farmer, and the emergence of an urban middle class of any size and importance is a fairly new phenomenon. Class as a result, and ideas about 'new' and 'old' money, operate entirely differently.

(I quite like Maud.)

You're totally right, Pigeonhouse. (I get depressed when I think about my schooling. Where were MY elbows, huh??)

Prefer Mabel