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Reverse Snobbery

pontovic · 2005-07-17 13:12:41

I got into a taxi with my mates and a girl we dont know ( she jumped in because there were very few taxis around ) and we were going home from a pub in Howth in Dublin. I was in the front and two of my mates were with her in the back, and as soon as they said they were from sutton, her reaction was fairly snobby towards…

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#32 19-07-2005 12:45PM

shellby

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admittedly i'd slag someone for being from a posh area but it would just be a bit of playful banter i wouldn't be doing to insult them but if your a snob towards me i'll be a snob towards you simple as

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#33 19-07-2005 12:47PM

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MorningStar wrote:

Bob>I kind of feel the same as you but I don't think that it just as simple as blame them when I had better chances than them.

that my friend was sheer snobery

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#34 19-07-2005 01:46PM

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pontovic wrote:

she seemed to have this big chip on her shoulder because we lived in a nicer area where people have a bit more money.

Was it a curry-chip?

I'm from that area, I know Moyclare well and lots of people from there.

Plain and simple, yes, it was reverse-snobbery.

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