Anonymous wrote:My diagnosis is that OP feels like the place "down east" is a refined classy place (probably so, at least in comparison to OC), and is struggling with how to make clear to the redneck that he is a redneck loser without compromising that refined class that people are supposed to notice without being told. So hard to thread that needle of being a snob without being an a$$.
Anonymous wrote:What is the workplace where people are arguing about Ocean City being classier than “several counties in NC?”
In my head it’s a power washing company but the real business is convincing dudes to open a franchise that will almost certainly fail.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oh I am laughing so hard that someone is proud of having a condo in OC. He probably extols the culinary delights of Applebees as well!
I'd take the 100 year house over that any day and twice on Sundays.
Exactly, I mean come on being that proud of having a condo in OC MD, one of the worst beach towns ever, full of rednecks, awful restaurants, bad ocean water (dark/cold) and etc is funny af/ridiculous. But frankly to me it's all the rednecks, feels like the "garbage" of the US converges there over the summers.
Definitely tattoo haven.
Bro, do you even SaltLife?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I agree it's friendly (or unfriendly insecure) ribbing, but the solution is to stop talking about it so much.
"What are you doing this weekend?"
"Oh, just seeing family."
So easy.
I would never tell coworkers we had a second home.
That's... odd. You're going to spend your waking hours with people for years and years and years and not tell them what you do on the weekends? No offense, but are you on the spectrum?
I'm the PP you quoted. I absolutely have coworkers who would ask to use that house. And I have worked for people who would deprioritize my raise because I have a second house so I must be doing fine financially.
I talk about my kids, my dog, my garden, my parents' health issues, my camping trips. I do not talk about family property or family money or the fact I have a pool (again, visitors).
Well, then you just need to learn to set boundaries and use the word 'no.'