Do any of you feel uncomfortable around slobs (lower class people)?

Question

Sometime when I catch the public transport - there are lower class/slobbish people on the buses. The way they talk, behave...I feel so out of place. I feel so much better than them and feel like Im in a dump.

Do you feel like that too?

I am female with a BSc honours degree and I am about to embark upon an MBA masters degree in October.

Majority of people travelling on buses dont even have any qualifications...and you get some awful smelling ones too. They have no manners like 'thank you' when you let them pass..etc

I do possess a car, but it's currently in service (MOT).

Answer 1

They may be slobs. But you are a SNOB.
Who are you to judge these people? You are only one step away from being one of them. Always remember that. You don't know what their circumstances are that got them there. Don't judge.
I believe you are educated way beyond your intelligence.

Answer 2

Look above and take a long hard think...

You see the problem with your question is this....

Money can't buy class and just because you have a honours doesn't automatically give you a higher level of class. Class is about they way you are, the way you communicate and the manner in which you conduct yourself. True majority of the people on the bus in question probably are lacking in taste, hygiene and wit but however they probably haven't had half the chances you've received in life.

To be honest I think you should be ashamed of yourself because who are you to actually assume you are better than the next person? what is better, you with your degree or some lady who gives up every hour of the day to look after sick people or dying children? She could have been on that bus, but because she spends every hour working, and for what pennies? Can she then be expected to be wearing the best clothes, be finely groomed and have the energy to even entertain you? I doubt it.

Maybe you should go and do a degree in something a little more relevant like hmmmmmmm let me think....... LIFE maybe?

Answer 3

OK, that is just an awful thing to say, I'm afraid some of the people on those types of public transport may have been just like you before, but sometimes the government just kicks you in the face and leaves you in those standards of living.
Other ones might have been living like that all their lives and not KNOW how to live any other way.
Alot of them probably have more street-smarts than you.
You must consider that you have been very fortunate to have ever had enough money to put yourself through college/university.
Show some sympathy, or you just might become a social outcast just because people consider you a SNOB. It does happen you know.

So, next time you think of these people as 'lower-class', put yourself in their shoes or TALK to them, you might be surprised, or even make a useful friend.

Answer 4

It's my opinion that everyone, people from all levels of society, is needed in some ways. It's like society is a chain and if you take away one link the chain doesn't function the way it should.

If the cleaners didn't clean your office/university, it would be dirty or you'd have to clean it yourself instead of working on something that involves your own education and experience. If nobody emptied your garbage container you'd have tons of garbage in front of your home. That is, if you'd actually have a home. You wouldn't if there were no construction workers. And if nobody would produce and fill stores with food and other products, what would you live on? What would you have? Nothing.

Everyone is important so that things function right. That includes people from all classes. You are not better than the lower class, you are different, and both you and them are important to make things work.

I mind being around people who obviously don't give a damn about hygiene and smell really badly, but I don't look down on people for having lower education than I or doing less fancy work than I do. I treat them as an equal and they do the same to me and I can tell you their manners are fine.

It's quite obvious that you look down on people from lower classes. When they sense that, do you really expect them to treat you well and be polite, while you're rudely looking at them from the corner of your eye? You get what you give.

A lot of upper class people are plain rude to lower class people and have no manners when dealing with them. In the same way, a lot of lower class people don't show manners when dealing with upper class people. Both despise the other for being snobby/slobby, so it's like a clash of classes, but if you ever learn to treat everybody as an equal you'll see that you'll get better attitude and manners from most people.

Answer 5

Hm, slob by definition is not a person of lower class - it is to do with lazyness and hygene.
You sound on the other hand a bit like a SNOB - maybe your picture is in the dictionary next to the word...
Please do not talk about your degree - this is not what makes you better than them.
MA won't help either - until you learn to see a little bit further.
No manners is bad of course but you might be suprised to know how many YAHs yell and misbehave in public spaces.
Good luck with your studies - I hope you are not going to sit in government one day as these people you describe will need your help and with your attitude...

Answer 6

Just because you have a qualification that doesn't make you a better person than them, you don't even know them, You may be going on a course for a degree but who says that you will have a JOB when you qualify, i have a degree in engineering but i cannot find work, so think before you voice an opinion about other people. Oh and about manners 95% of people don't say thank you when you let them pass or open a door for them. Does that make them a lesser person.

Answer 7

Sweetie, that's not about class, that's about people being ignorant - which is rather like your comment that assumes all slobby people are lower class. Manners come down to parentage and society and being given good examples. I've met enough middle/upper class people to know it's not as black and white as you make out.

'The majority of people travelling on buses don't even have any qualifications' - you are talking the biggest load of sh*t I've ever heard. How do you even know? I've met homeless people who were accountants and very successful but their lives went wrong and couldn't cope. How does that fit in your barometer of life? So what if you've got a BSc and are about to get an MBA, does that make you qualified to pass judgement? You don't know sh*t about people or give a toss about them. And if you're so degree proud, sort out your spelling love.

So get off your high horse and cycle to work or buy a car because you're clearly not the sort of person who would do something about it. Try working in the public sector, how about a bit of social work and then you'll really see just what's going on out there.

Answer 8

Who are you to judge other people? Are you superior because you have degrees? I know many people who have degrees and seem to be very low class with their manners. Instead of riding the bus why don't you rent a limo? You won't even have to touch the door. The next time you see someone who you look at as "lower class/slobbish" realize that you are not any better than they are. You have a BS, so what. Do you know what BS stands for?Sorry, but I can't stand people who think they are better than others.

Answer 9

Im offended by your remarks - how on earth do you know that 'majority of people travelling on buses dont even have qualifications' - do you ask them? I travel by bus as parking in town is a nightmare, I have 4 degrees and an IQ of 149.

Please dont assume that all people on public transport are lower class or that you are better than them - what a narrow minded and snobby way to think. Yes, you do get some stinky people on the buses, but stinky people get everywhere. I work with a stinky professor, he dresses like he has fallen through a hedge everyday, but he is a fascinating and highly intelligent man.

You come across as very up your own ****, im sorry to say, i cannot bear people who think they are better than others, its a very self-centred way of looking at the world around you.

Answer 10

I know, really these people should be culled at birth so upper class people like you don't have to suffer the indignity of breathing the same air as them. How truly awful for you. Hopefully you won't be terribly over qualified once you've finished you MBA so you can actually gain employment and start earning some money. Then you won't ever have to grace the lower classes with your presence on our truly awful public trasportation services again and drive round in your big 4by4 looking down on all those to whom you take offence.

Answer 11

First to begin, you don't judge a book by it's cover! Lesson one.
Lesson two, bad hygiene has nothing to do with class, nor does bad manners. Thirdly, it would be a great idea for you to not be pointing your finger at anyone that you don't know, who crowned you PERFECTION? No amount of degrees will make you kind, sensitive and compassionate, so I would say that you have got some serious character defects, and there is noone to blame but your parents. So when you are looking down on others, ask yourself, WHY DIDN'T MY PARENTS DO A BETTER JOB IN RAISING ME TO BE A MORE FEELING ,THOUGHTFUL AND CONSIDERATE PERSON/HUMAN BEING??? Good luck in finding a mate that would be tolerant of all your flaws, because at least when we see a bum, we know he/she is a bum, but when we see you coming we have no idea that you are stuck up and self righteous and our best bet would be to run for the hills! Sitting next to you may be worse than sitting next to an uneducated or smelly person, some of your many character flaws may rub off on us, without any of us ever knowing. Get over yourself, MISSY!