The most snobish / full of their own importance things you have seen or heard

the_pen_turner

i was doing a job for a woman last week, we got talking at dinner time .

she said something to me that instantly turned me off her completely.
she was talking about shops and staff , she tells me she was in a local shop (to both of us) and that she was really annoyed with the staff . they were serving customers ahead of her but it was talking awhile , deli stuff, icecreams, cutting meat etc.
she turns to me and says you think they would leave them wait and serve the other customers first (i presume she meant that she have very little and would only be a second ),shes pissed off and says that some of these people could be imortant like docters or lawyers and that they could have important things to do.

i am still in shock at that this attatude and the way she thinks. she thinks that she is better and more important than the average joe. for the record she is far for important (even by her own definition) .


what snobish or up them selves stories have you got

Jim Bob Scratcher

All the signs of a woman whose not getting her quick oats in the morning.

Tell me how

People ignoring cleaning staff until said cleaning staff says something and they give them a fake smile.

See it daily where I work. One of the worst offenders is one of the company owners who when he turns on the charm is like their best friend but 3 seconds earlier he might have been looking right through them.

Ubbquittious

Spent a few hours in the company of someone who filled most of the time boasting about their wedding abroad, the 700 euro hotel room, the wedding planners, all this sh1tetalk about how amazing it was going to be and how now expense was being spared at all for this mighty and wonderful day. At one point I was going to say "Jeez this sounds amazing can't wait to go" because she was selling it so well, but stupidly, I didn't.

Except she didn't invite me, or my gf who she had been good friends with since primary school because .. wait for it ... she said it would be too expensive for us. And she came to this conclusion all by herself

Mountainsandh

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Spent a few hours in the company of someone who filled most of the time boasting about their wedding abroad, the 700 euro hotel room, the wedding planners, all this sh1tetalk about how amazing it was going to be and how now expense was being spared at all for this mighty and wonderful day. At one point I was going to say "Jeez this sounds amazing can't wait to go" because she was selling it so well, but stupidly, I didn't.

Except she didn't invite me, or my gf who she had been good friends with since primary school because .. wait for it ... she said it would be too expensive for us. And she came to this conclusion all by herself

That's not very fair. Maybe the whole point of the wedding abroad was a tacit agreement with friends in Ireland that she would have less guests but a broader range of material/luxury options.
That would explain her telling you guests would have cost too much. She might regret choosing material luxury over friendship in years to come, but that's her choice to make.

freshpopcorn

Some of Aongus Von Bismarck posts!

Raven Runner

corner of hells

I'll ask the butler if he can think of anything.

Donald Trump

corner of hells wrote: »

I'll ask the butler if he can think of anything.

My God man, you have to talk to the butler yourself? Don't you have people to do that for you? How embarrassing


As we say in Trump Towers...

Scarleh fer yer Ma fer havin’ ye

Minderbinder

Tell me how wrote: »

People ignoring cleaning staff until said cleaning staff says something and they give them a fake smile.

See it daily where I work. One of the worst offenders is one of the company owners who when he turns on the charm is like their best friend but 3 seconds earlier he might have been looking right through them.

I don't really get this one. I don't think it's snobbery as in the office that kind of thing happens all the time, whatever the job titles.

Cleaning staff are capable of fake smiles too.

Ben Gadot

People in general seem to have a need to think they're better than someone else no matter where they're at in their life. Once seen a lad who I would have called at a tier 2 entry level job say he was too good and waste of his time to cover the annual leave of the person at let's call a tier 1 entry level job. And here's me 4 years later and I'm still doing my own "donkey" work.

Oh and that's another thing, people complaining about having to do work that's "beneath" them and manage to fob the work off to someone else, while at the same time (and with a fake smile) telling that person how good they are at their job. You really get to see how much of a **** someone really is when it's just 5 or 6 people in a team meeting behind closed doors.

When I worked in homeless services alcoholics looked down at heroin addicts.

My friend used to install exercise equipment all over the country. One particular time he had an appointment in South Dublin in a rather affluent area. He rang the customer to confirm the time and she said "oh im out to lunch I'm afraid but my Filipino will let you in."

Dirty Dingus McGee

Minderbinder wrote: »

I don't really get this one. I don't think it's snobbery as in the office that kind of thing happens all the time, whatever the job titles.

Cleaning staff are capable of fake smiles too.

Agree.

I don't think people ignore the cleaning staff in offices.They just decide it's better not to talk to them and let them do their job without someone interuppting them.

Thats certainly my approach I only speak to the cleaners in work if spoken and the cleaners seem to have the same approach.

Bowlardo

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Agree.

I don't think people ignore the cleaning staff in offices.They just decide it's better not to talk to them and let them do their job without someone interuppting them.

Thats certainly my approach I only speak to the cleaners in work if spoken and the cleaners seem to have the same approach.

Yep kind of agree

tabby aspreme

The most snobbish thing I've heard is lads addicted to benzos e and coke calling heroin addicts junkies

gifted

When people hand menus back to waiters/waitresses while looking the other way....

Toto Wolfcastle

I was getting my hair cut recently and another customer was complaining that there were too many poor people at her holiday resort. If she'd spent less time collecting bank statements and payslips she might have enjoyed herself more.

team_actimel

People who call those who use recreational weed 'drug addicts' while they themselves gorge on junk food and reality TV.

Heroditas

tabby aspreme wrote: »

The most snobbish thing I've heard is lads addicted to benzos e and coke calling heroin addicts junkies

I'd be more inclined to call that a stunning lack of self-awareness as opposed to snobbery.

Beta Ray Bill

This: https://www.buzz.ie/news/pic-oscars-cafe-have-completely-destroyed-lovin-dublin-212727

Lovin Dublin looking for a load of booze off a Pub they called "Sh*te / Boring" a few months back.
Also as payment for the booze they are offering "Social Media Coverage".... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAHHAAAAHHAAAA!!!!

jimgoose

I stepped out with a young lady many years ago, and one evening we were having a drink in some fancy-dan pub in Dublin, I've forgotten which. At one stage she has a look around down through her beak at the other clientele, and announces "Well, you and me are the only ones who look like we can afford to be here!". Well, says I to meself, there's a bizarre statement. That didn't go on much longer... :pac:

mikemac2

"did you need a college degree to get your job?" sneered the stuck up bitch to the young lad behind the hotel reception desk.

Thing is that young lad was in college while working part time and the wagon hadn't worked for 20 years, just spends her husband's money each day.

That young lad was me and it happened lot of posters too I'm sure

jimgoose

mikemac2 wrote: »

"did you need a college degree to get your job?" sneered the stuck up bitch to the young lad behind the hotel reception desk.

Thing is that young lad was in college while working part time and the wagon hadn't worked for 20 years, just spends her husband's money each day.

That young lad was me and it happened lot of posters too I'm sure

That's the way - some people just spend the whole time wonderin' at themselves. :pac:

sbsquarepants

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Agree.

I don't think people ignore the cleaning staff in offices.They just decide it's better not to talk to them and let them do their job without someone interuppting them.

Thats certainly my approach I only speak to the cleaners in work if spoken and the cleaners seem to have the same approach.

We interrupt this program to bring you the following newsflash - Dirty Dingus avoids cleaners:D

robbiezero

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Agree.

I don't think people ignore the cleaning staff in offices.They just decide it's better not to talk to them and let them do their job without someone interuppting them.

Thats certainly my approach I only speak to the cleaners in work if spoken and the cleaners seem to have the same approach.

Yep, the reverse snobs are worse in this case where they make an extra effort to patronize, smile and chat to the cleaning staff because they are the "cleaning staff".
I have much more respect for the people that ignore everyone equally.

Persephone kindness

robbiezero wrote: »

Yep, the reverse snobs are worse in this case where they make an extra effort to patronize, smile and chat to the cleaning staff because they are the "cleaning staff".
I have much more respect for the people that ignore everyone equally.

I cleaned offices at night in college. The most self important gob****e I ever met was the guy who ran the business. He withheld EVERYONE'S wages for ten weeks. He was seriously in debt. It was the crisis he expected everyone to just keep coming in. Worst morale environment ever. Yet he would not fire anyone or let them go as they would get redundancy. He kept stringing us along. Oh next week next week.

Up to his ears in debt. Yet would keep his own lifestyle. It's the ONLY time in my life a boss was late paying me. TEN WEEKS!

Persephone kindness

Persephone kindness wrote: »

I cleaned offices at night in college. The most self important gob****e I ever met was the guy who ran the business. He withheld EVERYONE'S wages for ten weeks. He was seriously in debt. It was the crisis he expected everyone to just keep coming in. Worst morale environment ever. Yet he would not fire anyone or let them go as they would get redundancy. He kept stringing us along. Oh next week next week.

Up to his ears in debt. Yet would keep his own lifestyle. It's the ONLY time in my life a boss was late paying me. TEN WEEKS!

I call that self important. You stop paying your staff because of your debt YET YOU keep your lifestyle.

valoren

The best one I heard was about Jai Singh, the Maharaja of Alwar.
Royalty, wealthy, principled.

In 1920, while on a Royal visit to London, he told his entourage that he wanted to go for a walk.
He ditched his royal garb and put on some plain clothes to be anonymous.
During his walk he passed a showroom for Rolls Royce.
He walked in and was treated like dirt essentially.
He was escorted to the exit by a snooty sales manager.

Big mistake.

Insulted and angry, he asked his staff to contact the showroom and tell them that the Maharaja of Alwar was interested in purchasing a fleet of cars.

They showed up the following day, the Raj now in his finest attire. They were given the royal treatment.
He ordered six cars and even paid the delivery charge to have them shipped to India.

The sales reps couldn't believe it.
But the sting was, when the cars were delivered the Raj ordered that they be used in his municipality to collect rubbish.
They had brushed put on the front to sweep the streets.
The luxury cars became garbage trucks.

Word spread like wildfire.
The company's luxury reputation suffered. revenues dropped.
The rich driving their status symbols were now merely driving garbage trucks.

In the end, they realised their mistake. The head office sent a telegram apologizing for the insult.
They offered 6 additional cars on the proviso that they stopped using them as garbage trucks.

The Raj gratefully accepted. Never judge a book by it's cover.

WHIP IT!

robbiezero wrote: »

Yep, the reverse snobs are worse in this case where they make an extra effort to patronize, smile and chat to the cleaning staff because they are the "cleaning staff".
I have much more respect for the people that ignore everyone equally.

You beat me to it. The "with it" trendy, cooler types who insist on boring the b*llox off the cleaning staff because they're, again, ever so "with it"...

team_actimel

I've come across some of these types before: Travel snobs who belittle anyone who chooses to go on a "typical sun holiday" rather than travel to Mongolia.

mikemac2

Oh yes I got that in the Camino in Spain

"You paid 7 euro for a hostel??? Wow, too much , I never pay more than five euro"

My hostel was probably nicer and who cares about 2 euro anyway. But some want to brag how thrifty they can be. Badge of honour to them to haggle down some stall keeper trying to sell to passers-by

jimgoose

mikemac2 wrote: »

Oh yes I got that in the Camino in Spain

"You paid 7 euro for a hostel??? Wow, too much , I never pay more than five euro"

My hostel was probably nicer and who cares about 2 euro anyway. But some want to brag how thrifty they can be. Badge of honour to them to haggle down some shopkeeper trying to sell to passers-by

Oh that sort of thing gets right up my left nostril. You had a lot of that during the worst of the downturn there, "Oh I can live like the Son of Heaven himself on €50 a week! I run the electricity off the Visa and the Visa off the Mastercard and shower using my own piss like the RAF lads in the old days and I can rustle up enough vegan beef stroganoff for the week using nothing more than wallpaper paste and out-of-date Skittles!" :pac:

Persephone kindness

jimgoose wrote: »

Oh that sort of thing gets right up my left nostril. You had a lot of that during the worst of the downturn there, "Oh I can live like the Son of Heaven himself on €50 a week! I run the electricity off the Visa and the Visa off the Mastercard and shower using my own piss like the RAF lads in the old days and I can rustle up enough vegan beef stroganoff for the week using nothing more than wallpaper paste and out-of-date Skittles!" :pac:

You tipping the balance of complaining of self importance to being self important there.

jimgoose

Persephone kindness wrote: »

You tipping the balance of complaining of self importance to being self important there.

Trendy Poverty Porn masturbation like that offends me. Anyone who tries to persuade you that living at or below the breadline is somehow desirable, fulfilling or "cool" is a five-star, ocean-going knobjockey with the full complement of lifeboats.

Your Face

I used to be a Building Services manager a few years back.

A very good maintenance man left to go to college. A big loss to our company.
While waiting on a replacement, I pitched in with maintenance work.

It was very telling when new people would start.
They'd see me in my work clothes and barely give a 'hello' back.

It was always a pleasure to see me their reaction when they walked into a meeting and saw me sitting amongst the top managers.

Persephone kindness

jimgoose wrote: »

Trendy Poverty Porn masturbation like that offends me. Anyone who tries to persuade you that living at or below the breadline is somehow desirable, fulfilling or "cool" is a five-star, ocean-going knobjockey with the full complement of lifeboats.

What is an ocean-going knob jockey?

jimgoose

Persephone kindness wrote: »

What is an ocean-going knob jockey?

Something like a Hipster, only sans the whimsy.

Persephone kindness

jimgoose wrote: »

Something like a Hipster, only sans the whimsy.

oh ok

Hey Jim I bet that's the ONLY porn that offends you !!:pac::pac::D

red ears

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Some of Aongus Von Bismarck posts!

Some of them are funny, is he an Irishman acting the goat or a non Irishman showing his contempt for us?

Persephone kindness

red ears wrote: »

Some of them are funny, is he an Irishman acting the goat or a non Irishman showing his contempt for us?

I think he is a man showing contempt for snobs.

cdeb

Used to work in a BMW garage. Rang a customer to get her to pay a service bill; she'd been let walk out a month earlier without paying.

First thing she said is "Who are you to demand that I pay my bill?" Quickly followed by "I hardly see why I should; you've got mechanics fixing cars from countries that don't even have BMWs. It's a disgrace"

jimgoose

Persephone kindness wrote: »

oh ok

Hey Jim I bet that's the ONLY porn that offends you !!:pac::pac::D

Let me just say that I'm not easily offended.

Birneybau

grahambo wrote: »

This: https://www.buzz.ie/news/pic-oscars-cafe-have-completely-destroyed-lovin-dublin-212727

Lovin Dublin looking for a load of booze off a Pub they called "Sh*te / Boring" a few months back.
Also as payment for the booze they are offering "Social Media Coverage".... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAHHAAAAHHAAAA!!!!

I hate that crowd but how is it snobby?

sbsquarepants

Persephone kindness wrote: »

I think he is a man showing contempt for snobs.

I'd say he is a genuine, high flying, jet setting, investment banking, good time having gazillionaire.......like the rest of us:D

Deer

A woman I know told me she wasn't sending her kids to the local community school because they had a class for deaf children and also taught the rest of the school sign language. Can't stand the woman.

An arsehole who hung out with an ex of mine declared on a boat on a gorgeous sunny day " I wonder what the poor do on a day like today" whilst pointing at a beach and sniggering that no doubt they were drinking cans of Dutch gold and getting sun burnt.

I've come across a few self important clowns in my time unfortunately.

robbiezero

Deer wrote: »

A woman I know told me she wasn't sending her kids to the local community school because they had a class for dead children and also taught the rest of the school sign language. Can't stand the woman.

An arsehole who hung out with an ex of mine declared on a boat on a gorgeous sunny day " I wonder what the poor do on a day like today" whilst pointing at a beach and sniggering that no doubt they were drinking cans of Dutch gold and getting sun burnt.

I've come across a few self important clowns in my time unfortunately.

I wouldn't send my kids to that school either.

retro:electro

I know a girl who is long term unemployed and receiving job seekers allowance. She regularly gets sent letters from SW informing her of job vacancies in the town. The latest one was Subway and she snapchatted me a picture of the letter with her two fingers up to it and the text "as if I want to be filling sandwiches for a living"- along side loads of laughing crying emojis

Nyssa

A local shopkeeper opened a new grocery in a tough council estate. I wished her well and asked her how it was going.
She replied " Sugar. Anything with sugar. They love it."

osarusan

Birneybau wrote: »

I hate that crowd but how is it snobby?

Not snobby, but very much full of their own importance to think that a bar would take such an opportunity to receive coverage and publicity from their august publication.

Glenster

Nyssa wrote: »

A local shopkeeper opened a new grocery in a tough council estate. I wished her well and asked her how it was going.
She replied " Sugar. Anything with sugar. They love it."

Are you sure you didn't ask what items were her best sellers?

LLewellen Farquarson

I remember listening to the radio in January one year, and the presenter was phoning around the car showrooms to see if they were selling many cars.

The Mercedes salesman replied "not many, most of our customers aren't back from their skiing holidays yet".