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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Never thanking the waitstaff at a restaurant.[/quote]

Actually, quite the opposite.  The Kennedy girls would always say "thank you so much" in a slightly breathy voice.  [/quote]

So true.  Well bred people are always polite.  It's nouveau riche people who act like asses to servers and customer service workers.

I agree with much on this thread, but I also agree that a lot of people aren't "getting" it.  Some of the claims made me laugh... organic milk?  I buy that because it lasts much longer than regular milk.  Traveling abroad?  My dad was a career fed for DoD... we lived practically everywhere NATO was.  A lot of third culture kids speak other languages; I do (German and Spanish).  Old car?  My parents drove the same Volvo for 25 years, because it was a good car, and that's the ONLY reason.  No makeup?  That's only because I'm rushed in the morning and five year olds don't care.  Correct grammar and spelling?  Well, that's just how I roll.  Some of the assumptions here are ridiculous.

I'm a teacher, BTW, living in genteel poverty in a third floor walk up in DC.  I can't afford to move.  My apartment is rent controlled so I'm stuck here.  And yes, I do WALK to the grocery store with a granny cart, which is not meant to signify anything to anybody.  It's just how I get to the store.  [/quote]

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