Middle-class trappings

alanmoodysdog said:
Agree, but many many more have ditched the regional twang and gone for BBC english, it pleases the chairmen and owners of the companies and the venture capitalists that spew the money. They like to hear top senior management without reginal twang. was working in the manufacturing sector with venture capitalists so have first hand knowledge. PS I have a durham brogue which not as course as Georide or as soft as Teeside.... never tried to lose it and although I got to board level in a London based company ( 6 manufacturing bases around UK) I did feel out of place with the other oxbridge guys on the board ( non execs and such)
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I did a placement as part of my uni degree and we had this bod from the uni turn up to do reviews with us. He told me I needed to work on my accent and pronunciation if I wanted to be successful in a working environment. Went on and on about it. I didn’t take much notice and over the years if anything I think my accent has probably helped as much as it has hindered. Unless it’s that bad that you can’t be understood I quite like having a mix of accents in a working environment..
Ingleby_Flash said:
But did you refer to them as ‘staff’
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Definitely not!
 
newyddion said:
Upper class do not need to work for a living and are often members of titled nobility, middle class 'the ruling elite' descendants of titled nobility often given preferential roles based on their background rather than ability. The Working class are those who have to work for a living. Driving a BMW does not make you middle class, having a mortgage does not make you middle class.. reading the guardian does not make you middle class.
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Absolutely spot on, that’s exactly as I always thought it was. I’m sure it was the Blair government who started pushing this middle class malarkey.
“Tell them they’re middle class and they think they’re doing better than they are”!!
It’s the same as changing peoples job title so the think they’ve moved up a rung.
 
Back to the fun side..........Not having to show any ‘ID’ in John Lewis for click and collect because the staff know you.........whilst living in France!😳😉
 
WoodallServices said:
Absolutely spot on, that’s exactly as I always thought it was. I’m sure it was the Blair government who started pushing this middle class malarkey.
“Tell them they’re middle class and they think they’re doing better than they are”!!
It’s the same as changing peoples job title so the think they’ve moved up a rung.
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very much so, the same with 'third way politics' tell them it's centrist or moderate instead of right wing. vote labour - get Thatcherism
 
JackG said:
Do people still iron, particularly if WFH?
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I've always Ironed, right back to my man deliberately putting tramlines down my jeans to force me to learn how to do my own.
Crisp ironed shirt.
Lovely fresh Ironed bed sheets.I
I'll happily watch telly and iron, only my back stops me doing too much.
My form of yoga!

Edit: That first line should read my mam Not my man.........
 
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Osboro said:
I've always Ironed, right back to my man deliberately putting tramlines down my jeans to force me to learn how to do my own.
Crisp ironed shirt.
Lovely fresh Ironed bed sheets.I
I'll happily watch telly and iron, only my back stops me doing too much.
My form of yoga!
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I am fantastically idle, so tend to adopt the torso ironing technique. It goes:
1) Put clothes on
2) Fill body with beer and sweat a bit
3) Creases disappear.
 
FatCat said:
No but it just seems. Bit pretentious , I wasn’t comfortable with if at all, felt like a waste of money and something we could do ourselves.
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We have a Gardner and a cleaner. But i literally never iron my clothes. On the rare occasions I have to wear a “formal shirt” my wife will do it, or my mam (!), but why people spend hours of their life doing it is beyond me. No idea what class this makes me. 🤷🏼‍♂️
 
atypical_boro said:
We have a Gardner and a cleaner. But i literally never iron my clothes. On the rare occasions I have to wear a “formal shirt” my wife will do it, or my mam (!), but why people spend hours of their life doing it is beyond me. No idea what class this makes me. 🤷🏼‍♂️
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We also have a gardener and cleaner, but they don't iron our clothes (The cleaner not the gardener). Mrs Jumpers does it, as however hard I try (not very!) I can't do it as well as she does.
 
The_Lizards_Jumpers said:
Absolutely I couldn't imagine anything worse (a slight exaggeration) than getting into un-ironed sheets or putting on un-ironed clothes, and that includes pants.

The only thing we don't iron is socks.
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We’re the same except I asked Mrs WS if I could swap ironed duds for socks. I’m quite good at ironing but when my wife’s ironed I think why bother. She folds jumpers and t-shirts in those neat oblongs like they do in stores and if I pick something to wear and change my mind I still can never fold it properly when it’s got the creases in to bluddy follow.😳
 
WoodallServices said:
I’m bluddy sure it does’t...........Lidl on the other hand.😉
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Lidl’s Italian week gets me visiting their store every time it’s on so I can stock up on their little chocolate hazelnut coffee biscuits for the next 3 months. Nothing better with my morning coffee
 
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