What's the most snobbish thing you've heard out loud?

[Applescruffle]

Online doesn't count. It has to be something said in person.

Here's mine, from two separate people:

"The house was perfect, but if I'm paying that much for it, I don't want to have to drive through a council estate to get there".

"We looked round (school) and it was our favourite, but there's so many council houses round that area so he would just have too many council estate kids in his class with him"

WTF!!!

This was the 80’s! See also the one in Blackburn which inspired the tv show Shameless.

My ex american boyfriend living in London thinks that it appaling that council estates are in the same area as private housing since

‘these people might get jealous since they will never have a chance to move out and improve their life conditions so they should be living only amongst themselves and the blocks are also ugly’

I have no idea why you are taking this so personally.

I have no idea why you are insisting that you can place everyone in your little box!

A family member had limited interaction with Cilla at work, and she was a terrible superior snob.

He's never seen rich and poor living cheek by jowl, and he's American??

What state was he from?

You mean, a recognised and very well documented psychological phenomenon?

Ok then.

Trust me, that wasn't the reason!

But apparently Cilla was absolutely horrible in real life.

I was at a private school on a full assisted place, in the first year I 'befriended' a really snobby girl.
I fell out with her one day when she said 'don't you know, my parents are paying your school fees?' I just laughed and said 'yeah, cos I'm so smart I don't have to pay' lol. Of course I was no smarter than the others but I had to say something back to her the bitch!

Oh give it a rest will you! I can only assume that you are young and have been brainwashed by a uni education.

Your original post derailed the thread and you continue to insist that you know more than anyone else. I imagine I have been around a bit longer than you, far too long to be sucked in by "a recognised and very well documented psychological phenomenon".

People have to get tougher skins. I’m working class and there are estates I would not want to live on. I’m so glad I’m not easily offended.

I like YOU @Applescruffle this is the best thread I’ve seen for a while 😂

Well as it happens, there is also the sales psychology of the thrill of getting something for less than it is perceived to be worth and bargain hunting, and this is very much used by sellers too. Many goods are deliberately priced up in order to sell eventually for the "reduced" price. Adding on to knock off, as my grandfather used to say. That's also why so many things are priced one penny below the nearest pound. It feels like less. It was a very well used strategy at markets to make a point of exhibiting something that wasn't selling well and claiming it was worth so much but just today, ladies and gentlemen, it's going for...

People often end up spending more overall when they're spending less per piece. That's literally how sales work; they're trying to get you to spend more.

And self-reported spending habits are notoriously unreliable. When you ask in a survey, everyone says what they would buy and what they do buy, and when you look at actual sales data, the two don't marry up at all.

They're selling to you and you have human psychology. In fact, you look to be a prime target because you're very invested in telling us all about your shopping habits and how wonderful they are; this stuff clearly matters a lot to you so there are lots of feelings there to be sold to. A talented salesperson will know exactly what to do.

In fact, your posts show how close you are to the "spendy" buyers. You think your buying habits make you superior; so do they.

I noticed that. It was the poster who got irked that someone jerked her reclined seat to let down her tray for a meal on a long haul flight, and appeared to think the timing of the meal was unfortunate, and that only people who usually travelled via a better class of airline would appreciate this. Most people who responded were apparently the kind of oiks who ‘get on a plane and eat and drink all round them’.

You won't like the latest example of forces snobbery. The MOD recently announced that services families accommodation (SFA) was going to be allocated based on family size rather than the serving person's rank. This went down like a lead balloon with some commissioned officers and their spouses, and they complained. A lot.. So much so, that the MOD did an about turn!

interestingly enough probability of "ending anorexic" would be higher in girls-only private school.

"are you seriously that poor that you have to sell your house" (applicant's response to a neighbour objecting to a planning application on grounds that the proposed extension would affect value of their property)

My MIL was talking about something she had seen in a charity shop window, had been briefly tempted by, but then decided not to get because "people like us give to charity shops we don't buy from them"!!

@sockarefootwear I hope you told him to F OFF and do his own washing!

😂 Ice seen similar but it was M&S/Primark

Talking of army ranks (slightly OT) we had a friend who said you could go into just about any country pub in certain areas of the U.K. and ask the landlord, ‘Has the major* been in?’
And nearly always get the reply e.g. ‘Not yet,’ or ‘He’ll be in soon for his G&T.’

He tested his theory once in a dozen or so pubs, and it was 90% spot on!

*obviously retired, but hanging on to the rank.

My eldest DD went to a girls' grammar school. A state school.

One very cold day in winter she and some of her friends were waiting at the bus stop to go home. They had pulled thick hoodies on against the cold (why won't teenagers wear coats?).

The headmistress walked past them and said very loudly "take off those hoodies girls. You look as if you're from a comprehensive school!" She was quite a snob and generally disliked by the girls.

I wonder what said headmistress would have made of those parents who had been educated at comprehensive schools?! Hmmm! 🤔 😉

Chicago

Place marking - this thread will make me smile later on