Have you ever encountered snobbery, class discrimination?

[Woodsey]

snip

What country are you from?

OT: There was a guy on here who thought he was better than everyone else because he was a public schoolboy.

Honestly, if we get along, I couldn't give a fuck about where you live or what your parents do. Likewise, if you're a twat, you're a twat, and your background/home life don't change that.

I'm from the UK so not only do i encounter people who dislike the "lower class" but people who hate "new money". I hate how old attitudes of class continue to live among my "peers".

Fucking hell, from whereabouts? xD

I'm almost inclined to ask from what century - can't say I know anyone like that here, and there's a fair range of classes.

Anyway, fuck them, they aren't you. If they can't see the hypocrisy of hating both people who haven't had the opportunities to become as wealthy as them, AND the people who have seized the opportunities to become as wealthy as them, then they need a reality check.

Yes; financially, I'm considered upper class, and all people see is that rich guy who has what they want. It doesn't matter that we started out dirt poor, oh no. Just that we've done well (even though my dad now pays 50p for every single pound he earns to pay for these arrogant fuckers, and, no less, earned that money from providing a valuable service to the country) is enough to make them biased.

The upper classes are the aristocracy (Lords, Ladies, and people with hereditary titles). You'll be middle to upper-middle class.

 

[moretimethansense]

A weird thing about that aactually, a mate of mine insists that my mother and myself are "posh", we are about as far away from being posh as it is possible to be, though some of our relatives certainly fit the bill.

As for an actual snobberry thing, one of my ancesters (my great grandad I think) was a staunch protastent, well his brother married a catholic and they pretty much never spoke to each other again, it wasn't till recently the two branches of this family tree even started speaking to each other, though more out of lack of contact than any snobbery.

EDIT: oh and my grandma was basicly disowned for being pregnant outside of wedlock.

 

[godfist88]

nope my family doesn't look down on people because their class. we're middle class so yeah.

 

[RamirezDoEverything]

I go to a predominately rich school, and I'm lower middle class, borderline poor.

I could give a flying fladoodle, but they seem to make a fuss about it, I just continue to be superior in every other way knowing I'm a better person.

 

[dex-dex]

not so much class but my uncles and dad have a problem with french people.
there is a reason why I don't get my friends to meet my parents.

 

[Canid117]

I was raised in an upper middle class family. Both my parents worked or still work in the tech industry. My mothers parents were both middle class Irish Catholics and my Grandfather on my fathers side was a CPA (I think) for years. That environment does not encourage classism.

 

[the rye]

snip

What country are you from?

OT: There was a guy on here who thought he was better than everyone else because he was a public schoolboy.

Honestly, if we get along, I couldn't give a fuck about where you live or what your parents do. Likewise, if you're a twat, you're a twat, and your background/home life don't change that.

I'm from the south western region of england, yeah you would be surprised how much a persons class can affect ones attitude towards bascially everything. oh well at least there's always cake.

 

[hawkeye52]

middle to lower middle class UK born here and my dad was a teacher. I myself have been a bit snobbish to people from when i lived on an army base and i feel that i fit in much better at my boarding school in winchester which is a predominantly middle class area and take the piss out of it for being so.

 

[HandsomeZer0]

Well i'd say upper middle class as a rough guess, cos i was pretty well off when i was a kid.
But the poor people here always try to screw over the rich, the smart and different. So its more of the lower classes messing up the rich, there's no real reason why they do, it seems to me they are just being twats.

 

[heavy-metal-ink]

Not sure this counts, but a posh-looking old woman and her friend stopped outside subway while my girlfriend and me were having lunch, and stared at the two of us for a full 10 seconds, before shaking her head and walking off raging about teenagers with her friend - loud enough for us to hear through the pane of glass.
I actually saw her eyes travel from my piercings, to my hair, to my half sleeve, and then up to my girlfriends bright pink hair and piercings.
edit: forgot to mention, we're pretty much both middle class, but the city our college is in is full of upper class snobs.

 

[NeuroticDogDad]

Oh I had a terrible run in the other day that had "class discrimination" written all over it. I asked this shoeshiner why he and his ilk were so awfully dressed. I think he tried to tell me that he was dissatisfied with his station in life but he was so poorly educated that it was hard to understand what the stupid little orphan was saying.

Amongst his garbled words and horrid enunciation I heard him state that "you wouldn't know about hard times would you Sir?". Well, I was outraged. This moronic pleb had taken one look at me and thought he knew everything about me. He probably assumed that I'd lived an easy life but how would he know how hard it is to have to give up a pet because of economical circumstances? That week where we could only afford to keep 6 horses was so horrific. It's not like I can drive the Rolls or the Veyron on the fox hunt is it?

Despite being terribly upset I managed to even the score by having my chauffeur hold him down while a kicked him in the stomach a few dozen times. I felt justice was delivered when the local Bobby saw what was going on and arrested the urchin for getting blood on me. The rotten little snob ruined a £600 pair of Armani trousers!

 

[Dags90]

My ex's mother kept trying to tell us not to drink soda out of the bottle (in favor of pouring it in a glass), under the pretense that the bottle is "low class." I still don't get it.

My grandma used to tell us that "it makes you look like a baby". She's just a really old fashioned and "proper" lady though. She's actually never worn pants. Ever.

Growing up rather well off I don't think I've ever encountered snobbery particularly. I've been to events were I've felt out of place (i.e., people telling fencing and horse riding stories) but I've never really felt discriminated against because of class.

 

[Ultrajoe]

I once had some peon try to ask me directions. The sooner people learn their place in life the better.

 

[MissDK]

I am from the lower economic class, but from the very high social class (I am from a noble/royal family, who lost all of their money), which is quite confusing to other people because they don't really know how to treat me... It's stupid...

 

[Boris Goodenough]

I am from the lower economic class, but from the very high social class (I am from a noble/royal family, who lost all of their money), which is quite confusing to other people because they don't really know how to treat me... It's stupid...

Greve/Baron?

Edit: nvm me, brain fart.

 

[MissDK]

I am from the lower economic class, but from the very high social class (I am from a noble/royal family, who lost all of their money), which is quite confusing to other people because they don't really know how to treat me... It's stupid...

Greve/Baron?

Baronesse..

 

[Daxter343]

Oh I had a terrible run in the other day that had "class discrimination" written all over it. I asked this shoeshiner why he and his ilk were so awfully dressed. I think he tried to tell me that he was dissatisfied with his station in life but he was so poorly educated that it was hard to understand what the stupid little orphan was saying.

Amongst his garbled words and horrid enunciation I heard him state that "you wouldn't know about hard times would you Sir?". Well, I was outraged. This moronic pleb had taken one look at me and thought he knew everything about me. He probably assumed that I'd lived an easy life but how would he know how hard it is to have to give up a pet because of economical circumstances? That week where we could only afford to keep 6 horses was so horrific. It's not like I can drive the Rolls or the Veyron on the fox hunt is it?

Despite being terribly upset I managed to even the score by having my chauffeur hold him down while a kicked him in the stomach a few dozen times. I felt justice was delivered when the local Bobby saw what was going on and arrested the urchin for getting blood on me. The rotten little snob ruined a £600 pair of Armani trousers!

I had wondered who would be the first to make a sarcastic remark. I thought about doing it myself, but I prefer to stay neutral in this thread.

 

[steevee]

The most classist discrimination I've encountered is leveled toward the middle class.

I'm from a working/middle class family, on the boderline, and I get quite a few comments about my background and how I'm posh or some such nonsense. My parents were both bottom of the rung working class but have done well for themselves. In my school I used to get a lot of comments about my house, because it's one of the nicest in the area. a 5 bedroom detached with a garden where most people have 3 bedroom terraced and so on. The stupid thing is, my Dad went self employed years ago, and the house is our only realy asset. We have less disposable income than a lot of these people, but people used to still have a go when I complained about money, or not being able to afford something.

Ironic really, because some of their parents paid for their cars, designer clothes and so on, when I only had a small allowance, and have had to work just as many of their contempereries. But because of my house, the fact I talk properly and believe in a certain sense of self respect, I'm the posh twat.

Wow, that's a bit bitter. Anyway, it's all int he past now, thankfully in the last couple of years that seems to have gone away for the most part.

 

[Kinguendo]

Yes; financially, I'm considered upper class, and all people see is that rich guy who has what they want. It doesn't matter that we started out dirt poor, oh no. Just that we've done well (even though my dad now pays 50p for every single pound he earns to pay for these arrogant fuckers, and, no less, earned that money from providing a valuable service to the country) is enough to make them biased.

On top of this, since I've moved house thirteen times in my life, following my dad's jobs around the country, I don't have an accent other than one which can be described as 'English'. This means that I actually pronounce things correctly, which again is considered posh. Don't get me wrong, I don't speak like a stereotypical Victorian, but I do speak properly.

Hey, my accent must be similar to yours... I live in West Yorkshire but I dont sound anything like most of the other Yorkshire folk. I think thats where our similarities stop though, my dad wasnt rich although he did do a very important job in that he helped provide the nation with power and my grandfather was a soldier... of course doing such a high-stress, high-danger, low-pay job meant that my father died young and most certainly not rich and you couldnt really get rich as a soldier in my grandfathers time because... well, who wasnt a soldier right?

And even though I went to a school filled with mostly lower class people money still seemed to matter, I guess its because all of the "cool" people were middle class-ish and the only difference between most of us and the "cool" kids was what they had so I guess everyone was trying to be "cool" like them.

Although I guess my family and I fall into the "arrogant fuckers" category, I dont quite understand where being poor equals arrogance but I will have to take your word for it.

 

[Iron Mal]

I am from a lower class/lower middle class family although I've always been well spoken and possess a large spoken vocabulary, as a result, a lot of people accuse me of being 'posh' and ask if I'm rich or something along those lines.

It may not seem like a huge issue but it does get annoying having to convince people I'm not some buck-toothed aristocrat after a while (especially on Xbox Live).