Snobbery- many different forms

Tea and coffee snob here. Also, a bit of a punctuation snob. Don’t mimd accents though. Everyone has some sort of accent but the upper class twerp way of saying “SomethinK or could OF, drives me mad !( I know, we’ve been here before!)

I am a snob about some things.

Now, job snobbery is most definitely alive and well. I am a mid-ranking civil servant of many years standing. I do a particular role and am a subject matter expert. I worked every hour I was paid for during both lockdowns, working from home on a provided laptop. I still work part of my time from home, fully enmeshed in working life whilst doing so.
However, to Daily Mail readers I’m a wastrel, watching TV when I should be working, not fulfilling my role nor earning my salary, taking vast amounts of annual leave, when I’m not on sick leave of course. Add in Rees Mogg with his public damnation of those not at a desk and you have the judgement straight away.
What is your impression of the civil service now? And how does that differ from say 10 years ago?

how tall do you think I am?

Even I’m lying down and you’re standing up Jane?

well you are in Anglesey so you are looking down on both of us anyway (geographically )

I’m almost certain that most of us know we’re chatting about preferences, nothing to do with snobbery, just some lighthearted banter.
When did everything get to be so serious on here.
Bacon butties for me require ketchup, not a lover of brown sauce. Therefore am I looking up or down to JaneJudge and Callistemon

Eloethan, Academic and job snobbery is rife - casual mentions of what job you do/did or where you were educated

Indeed.

For my parents: sons go to Oxbridge, daughters marry.

@Eloethan, I couldn’t agree with you more about academic and job snobbery. We had an electrician in and he was working in our music room. He saw the piano and kept saying how amazing, marvellous etc it was to be a musician and music teacher. I have had this reaction before and, while of course I am very grateful to have been able to have a career in my lifetime passion, it does not make me a better person or cleverer than anyone else. I thanked the electrician and said, truthfully, that I could not do his job, which, when all is said and done, is vital and probably more important than mine.

As to those who have mentioned grammar and bad language, I am with you all the way.

I'm a bit of a chocolate snob - no CDM here! Having said that, I buy the dark chocolate Miss Mollys from Tesco for cooking with & actually, it's really tasty & we quite often split a bar between us of a Saturday evening. I think it's about 40p a bar!

I am a snob about people spending too much money on themselves. I wish I had the nerve to tell my granddaughter how I dislike her continually spending on clothes. Another grandchild spends huge amounts of money on supporting his sporting recreations. I think it is the same as people who have to have "LABELS" in their clothes, pity you can't wear them inside out! I am surprised at both sets of grandchildren since their Fathers (my sons) never got very much. On reflection perhaps this is why. I was born in 1939 and there was nothing to buy so was grateful for anything. Reading this I realise I am not a SNOB I'm just MEAN.

Doesn't snobbery imply feeling yourself superior to someone else, for whatever reason?

I don't consider liking a particular brand of food, drink, clothing, etc., as being snobbish - unless you only buy them because you think it implies you have superior taste and will impress others.

Academic and job snobbery is rife - casual mentions of what job you do/did or where you were educated - when that particular subject is not being discussed - I find somewhat irritating.

Grantanow

Many of us enjoy the good things in life. I don't think that's snobbery.

I'm sure that most people do. I find it amusing when people seem to think that liking expensive items means that they have good taste (not you Grantanow - I mean in general). It just means that they like expensive things, like the majority of us.

Most people can tell the difference between something high quality that's well-made, and something cheap and cheerful. Knowing what we can afford and how to mix and match the two so that we get the best look without going over budget is the clever bit. It actually takes more good taste to look good on a small budget than it does for those who can throw money at it.

Tea cup snob…..can’t drink my cup of Yorkshire tea out of anything but proper china!

Oh no typo! …definitely NOT a ….

I’m definitely no a food or fashion snob. However I do admit to being a grammar snob. No problem with regional accents but errors such as “we was driving” and “I was like going to the shops” just irritate intensely.

Caleo

Actually, in the Basil Fawlty episode I think the bottled sauce may have been salad cream which the common boy preferred to Chef's handmade mayonnaise.

I love egg and salad cream sandwiches but they give me terrible indigestion

I am a soup snob. It has to be home made with fresh ingredients. Canned soup, or cup-a-soup, are completely unacceptable and full of sugar and/or salt. A complete no no in polite circles!

MrsKen33

Mug snob !!!!!

Me too. Tea (good quality) has to be out of a bone china mug and l still have a hankering for a cup and saucer every so often. Thick mugs spoil the taste. I don’t really like coffee out of thick mugs either but it does not necessarily have to be drunk from bone china.

Manners for me.
Table and manners in general are so very important.
No swearing please!! I don’t like MN because of the sometimes, filthy language.
Accents I like. It’s a sad day when folk try to cover their accents regardless of their origin - providing they can be understood.

We all have preferences. It's not snobbery to like what one likes. I drink PGT tea, Stella beer, Acqua water - taste good to me.

It's funny that we can talk about our likes and dislikes and go into such detail eg "I'll only drink out of a fine china cup" or "I dislike people who wear down at heel shoes", and "love to wear cashmere"
I feel very thankful to have most of what I need when so many have so little and are struggling at present - in this country and around the world.
Come on lovely gransnetters show a little humility.

Vinegar must be bad for you because it can be used to clean all sorts of things.

JaneJudge

I've never understood why brown sauce is seen as common

At least it used to have a photo of the houses of Parliament on it. Though we always had Ideal, not H.P.
My mother-in-law always informed people it was bad for you as you could clean pennies in it. A bottle must have been bought for that experiment.

Actually, in the Basil Fawlty episode I think the bottled sauce may have been salad cream which the common boy preferred to Chef's handmade mayonnaise.