"Lower-classes"

[daisy2245]

NC as this might be outing.

A school mum asked me to do a favour, I didn't mind at all as I've known this person for years, more acquaintances than friends.

We used to live near each other and did favours such as sharing some drop offs/pick ups + our children were friends in primary.

I moved away a few years ago as I got divorced and had to move to a cheaper area, but still catchment for the same schools.

While we were discussing the favour, school mum asked me if I was happy with our child's school. I said yes DC is very happy there and doing well, we've had no issue.

She then told me they are thinking of moving their child out of said school, due to the "lower classes" from X & Y area "bringing the results down".

One of the areas she named is the area myself and my children live in... she knows full well where I live and has been to my house before.

AIBU to think this was very rude and I will be doing this person no more favours?

Well there’s low class and there’s no class. She sounds like the latter.

How embarrassing for her to be such a snob. I'd have just said, 'well I live there and think it's fantastic'.
It reminds me of a project I once did for a consultancy client, the end client was a very impoverished local authority.
The first briefing went well, lol, the consultant couldn't stop slagging off the borough (client) and how it was crap and the people who lived there were no marks. Assuming we'd all just laugh along?!
My boss happened to be a lifelong resident of said borough, and after an hour of his condescending comments, she finally said 'oh I I've lived x borough for 40 years'
The guys face went bright red.

How funny. I often find it quite hilarious that some people actually still think like this. Usually by people with no obvious signs of great wealth or with an estate worthy of the landed gentry. A new-build detached 5-bed house on some characterless cul de sac is often their sole claim to any 'class'.

Very rude. Cannot stand people like this. No tact or regard for anyone else. Parents whose darlings are too good to associate with anyone else.

I grew up very working class but went to uni and dh and myself are now relatively well paid professionals. We live on a new build development where the houses across the road are social housing. I no actually quite like it, it keeps us real and stops us living in our solvent bubble

Id laugh at her (to her face). Stupid snob.

Miner is a very respectable Trade.
Nothing at all wrong with hard working people doing the very best for their Families.
Was watching a video of the construction of World Trade Center on the anniversary of that disaster recently, and my goodness, the physical strength and endurance the construction workers had.
Work is a lot more mechanised now, but men doing hard physical labour would have worn out their bodies much earlier than those who just pushed pens all day.

This is very true.