To think Toby Carvery is working class ?

[JoanneTeresa]

I went this week and was looking around at the likely demographic

lol!!!!!

my mum was a roaring snob !

my DP is council estate, uneducated background working class

my DP drops consonants like confetti and I love it ! 🤣

The red tractor thing has been shown many times to be worthless. Farms with it don’t always comply in the way they’re meant to.

Our tc is very mixed demographically. But as an aside I've noticed they really oversell now and the queues are awful so I don't bother.

I’m middle class and eat there, btw there’s a lot on here who claim to be middle class when what they describe is actually upper (100k salary and private school) not to mention the ones claiming to be working class because their great grandfather worked in a factory.
Huge obsession with downplaying and humbling themselves not sure why. But toby carvery is good

You use the term "gravy dinner", you are just a wrong'un.

How does earning £100k make you upper middle class? 😂😭

its top 4% of the uk salary so they sure as fuck are not middle class. Which is fine but why not own that? Unless they don’t know what middle means.

Well quite. Or dine your way out either. It’s utterly ridiculous to pigeon hole anyone in the sort of ways I listed. I have no idea what class I am, nor do I care.

I agree, there are 5 of us and its not cheap for 1 drink and the standard plate. Nowhere other than wetherspoons is cheap any more unless there are special deals

Eek yes sorry. That was a term my dd2 used when she was little and it’s stuck so hard I forget it’s not a well known phrase or saying. I’m banged to rights there!

I love it.

I think it's more about household income, surely? A single parent on 100k pre-tax couldn't afford private school fees.

Our household income is close to that (pre-tax, joint income). According to a quick Google we're considered upper middle class. We are comfortable enough, yes - I'm not complaining. We have enough money for everything we need and some of what we want. We definitely can't afford private school, though.

And we're eating at Toby tonight, so not sure where that leaves us 😅

In the uk class isn’t related to income.

Of course it is but it’s not nice to point it out

Granted I don’t eat meat so can’t comment on that but the rest was just tasteless slop
Including the roasts which were just tasteless and greasy with no crispy outer

Wetherspoons is microwaved meals and their profits and low cost are a result of the size of their margins (cheap food, inferior quality) because they treat their staff so badly (low pay, high workload).

Toby actually represent pretty good value for money, particularly so if you can find a 20% off deal which are fairly common. Their set midweek menus are worth a look. And if you or someone you know have a bluelight card, you get 20% off.

No, I'm not on a commission with them.

Our local one is chav central and really tatty. Others Ive been to have been tidy, clean and pleasant with 'better' customers.

Class and income are not related

Hi, sorry yes I know all that but was just stating that its not cheap, i probsbly didnt word it well. I really like Toby Carvery and having 2 out of 3 ND children its great as they can pick and choose. I have blue light card but generally we are only able to go on Sundays when there doesnt seem to be any discount. I actually think even at full price they are good value but that doesnt equal cheap for a family.

That’s fair enough some people have strange ideas around class on here from the ones wanting sympathy for apparently being working class because their grandad worked in a factory. To the age you had your first child thread where I was told I’m not middle class because I had my first at 16 (apparently 20s is working and 30s is middle).
Now this toby carvery thread which I haven’t read the whole thing but assume it’s a joke.

And I’ve just remembered the holiday thread where butlins is apparently working class and centre parks is middle.

We went to a Toby Carvery a couple of weeks ago and I really don't get what the fuss is about! Sure, it's cheap and, I guess, cheerful, but the food wasn't that nice! The Yorkshire pudding was rubbery, the meat was dry, the gravy was bland! I'd rather pay a bit extra and get a carvery that is a treat!
Couldn't care less if my fellow diners are working class though - what a weird thing to say!

Whilst roast dinners can vary in quality and stuff such as crispy potatoes versus soggy it’s just a very basic dinner. Pile them high sell them cheap.

It’s the Asda of eating out, cheap and cheerful but who doesn’t love a bargain sometimes.

Why do you think your ideas about class are correct? You’ve said above you think class is dictated by income, which it’s not.

people have the right to self identify their class, but as well as that class is very clearly embedded in background, culture and upbringing.

eta- why on earth would people want sympathy for being WC?

God, I so agree it's terrible

Very proletarian

I'm what you would consider middle class and we go to Toby Carvery. The kids love it and so do we!