Any Snobs Here? In What Way?

Ruthanne

Ruthanne

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Anyone here a snob? I what way? I'll admit I think I'm better in ways of being charitable to some others. I think I know more than some about some things like caring about the animals of the world. Are there ways you think you are better than most? No judgement here just concern.
 

No, I am not a snob at all. I grew up in a very modest home, and although my father became successful later in life I never felt like I was better than anyone else. My mother always said something along the lines that "anyone that brags has never had anything" and that always stuck with me.

We had a gentleman who delivered the mail in our corporate headquarters, and I made a point of learning his name. He knew all of ours, and that really impressed me. I believe in being as respectful to the janitor as I am to the CEO of a company. We are all human, and equal.
 
dseag2 said:
No, I am not a snob at all. I grew up in a very modest home, and although my father became successful later in life I never felt like I was better than anyone else. My mother always said something along the lines that "anyone that brags has never had anything" and that always stuck with me.

We had a gentleman who delivered the mail in our corporate headquarters, and I made a point of learning his name. He knew all of ours, and that really impressed me. I believe in being as respectful to the janitor as I am to the CEO of a company. We are all human, and equal.
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That's so cool! I feel the same way about all walks of life.
 
I think we all have our moments.

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@Aunt Bea , I usually see the opposite, the people with all the things look down on those who do don't. Then one day something happens, their spouse wants a divorce, they lose that high paying job when they are 50,000 in credit card debt, they lose their home because they did not think about what could happen.

Then they look at you, sailing right along, with a paid off mortgage, a paid off car,
no credit card debt and a good retirement account. Still they turn their nose up.
No loss for me but it drives people like that crazy.
 
Blessed said:
@Aunt Bea , I usually see the opposite, the people with all the things look down on those who do don't. Then one day something happens, their spouse wants a divorce, they lose that high paying job when they are 50,000 in credit card debt, they lose their home because they did not think about what could happen.

Then they look at you, sailing right along, with a paid off mortgage, a paid off car,
no credit card debt and a good retirement account. Still they turn their nose up.
No loss for me but it drives people like that crazy.
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I've gotten a whiff of snobbery, smugness, or condescension from folks on both sides of similar situations.

“Comparison is the thief of joy.” - Theodore Roosevelt

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou
 

Any Snobs Here?​


Oh yeh, I'd love to be a snob, you know, when holding a cup of tea, crooking the little finger up at 90 degrees to the rest of the hand, but, arthritis prevents me from contorting my finger thus, so I'll never have that claim to fame. 😊
 
Snobs ? Only in that we avoid 'Chavs' and the areas that they live in ('chav ville').
Don't know if this is just UK slang, but is defined as..
A disparaging term for a poor or uneducated young person, especially one who behaves in a brash or vulgar manner and wears ostentatious clothing and jewelry. Every city has them.
 
Capt Lightning said:
Snobs ? Only in that we avoid 'Chavs' and the areas that they live in ('chav ville').
Don't know if this is just UK slang, but is defined as..
A disparaging term for a poor or uneducated young person, especially one who behaves in a brash or vulgar manner and wears ostentatious clothing and jewelry. Every city has them.
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Actually Chav stands for ''Council House and Violence''... certainly not necessarily poor, in fact if anything some of these people who claim benefits and refuse to work are better off than you and me..
 
Yes, I'm a snob...I am from a working class family but we were brought up 'decent'. I look down on those who think they are superior simply because they are higher up the social scale. A sort of revert snobbery.
Whenever charity is needed 'them as has least, gives the most'.....which means the poorest are more generous than the rich. They are generally kinder and more caring.....however their children are the yobs and thugs roaming our streets and committing crimes, which seems a contradiction. Crime is a way of life for many of them.
 
I think being a snob means you think you are better than others and I have never thought that. Having money seems to make people feel that way. When I had it and when I didn't I was still me, the same as I am today. But I also believe people think you are a snob if you don't do what they want you to do with your money or time. If they ask you to buy something from them or for them and you say no they think you are a snob.
 
katlupe said:
I think being a snob means you think you are better than others and I have never thought that. Having money seems to make people feel that way. When I had it and when I didn't I was still me, the same as I am today. But I also believe people think you are a snob if you don't do what they want you to do with your money or time. If they ask you to buy something from them or for them and you say no they think you are a snob.
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well that's ruled me out cuz I've never had any money...:LOL:
 
Someone who thinks someone else might be a snob may be dealing with their own passive-aggressive tendencies and lack of self confidence as to their own perceived set of short comings and insecurities.

IOW, what one sees as someone else being a snob is really their own feelings of inadequacy and so places blame on the someone else, condemning the other as being a 'snob,' when in reality it's one's own feelings as to how they see themselves as coming up less than.
 
hollydolly said:
well that's ruled me out cuz I've never had any money...:LOL:
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Me either. I was married to someone who made a lot of money but we were not rich by any means. I had no control over the money. But it could be even someone in a manager position in a job becomes a snob due to being over others. I can think of a number of other ways people become or are snobs now that I think more about it.
 
Pepper said:
Someone who thinks someone else might be a snob may be dealing with their own passive-aggressive tendencies and lack of self confidence as to their own perceived set of short comings and insecurities.

IOW, what one sees as someone else being a snob is really their own feelings of inadequacy and so places blame on the someone else, condemning the other as being a 'snob,' when in reality it's one's own feelings as to how they see themselves as coming up less than.
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Deep!!;)
 
katlupe said:
Me either. I was married to someone who made a lot of money but we were not rich by any means. I had no control over the money. But it could be even someone in a manager position in a job becomes a snob due to being over others. I can think of a number of other ways people become or are snobs now that I think more about it.
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Same here with regard to the Bold
 
Pepper said:
Someone who thinks someone else might be a snob may be dealing with their own passive-aggressive tendencies and lack of self confidence as to their own perceived set of short comings and insecurities.

IOW, what one sees as someone else being a snob is really their own feelings of inadequacy and so places blame on the someone else, condemning the other as being a 'snob,' when in reality it's one's own feelings as to how they see themselves as coming up less than.
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Yes, that is what I was trying to say too.
 
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