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Madeleine

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I think I get what 'class' is. Guests who could buy and sell your place without batting an eye, who RUN major corporations (not just work there), who are on speed dial with the president of another country (a big one) but yet, they walk in and joke around with you. They listen when you explain things to them. They accept that you are limited in what you can do within your licensing. They say thank you for everything you do and not in that 'be nice to the peasants' way we get sometimes.
We've had this happen a couple of times.
It sure beats the nouveau riche who just want to boss someone around or throw their weight around or ask a million times for you to do something you can't just because they are, what did someone say the other day, special little snowflakes.
The people who put you at ease are the ones with class. The ones who beat you over the head with how much better someone else does your job are the ones without class.
So delighted that class is in session.
I appear to have offended people with this. Sorry.
 
Ancillary joke.
A blonde, needing some pocket some money, decided she could get some cash working as a door to door handyman-type and started canvassing a wealthy neighborhood.
She went to the front door of the first house and asked the owner if he had any jobs for her to do. "Well, you can paint my porch. How much will you charge?"
The blonde said, "How about 50 dollars?" The man agreed and told her that the paint and brushes that she needed were in the garage.
The man's wife overheard the conversation and said to her husband, "I don't think you're treating her fairly. Clearly she doesn't realize that the porch goes all the way around the house!" The man replied, "She should. She was standing on the porch."
A short time later, the blonde came to the door to collect her money. "You're finished already?" he asked. "Yes," the blonde answered, "and I had paint left over, so I gave it two coats. "Impressed, the man reached in his pocket for the $50. "And by the way," the blonde added, "that's not a Porch, it's a Ferrari."
BaDum Tish
 
Madeleine said:
It sure beats the nouveau riche who just want to boss someone around or throw their weight around or ask a million times for you to do something you can't just because they are, what did someone say the other day, special little snowflakes.
It has been my experience that class is not about when they got their money, or how much or little they have. It's a combination of the personality they were born with, and their upbringing. People of any socioeconomic level can have, or lack, empathy and the trait of treating people with respect.
 
not offended. rough weekend, eh? people should treat people well no matter what.
 
I didn't see anything offensive. We can all appreciate classy people, and dread dealing with those who lack it! And those who lack it keep reproducing :-(
 
Madeleine said:
The people who put you at ease are the ones with class.
So true. These are people who do not feel diminished by someone else's worth, nor think people must be graded on a bell curve.
We get guests, many of them repeats, who travel the globe and stay at world-class properties yet thank us and appreciate what we offer based on our own merits. Feels good.
 
My 2c. I wasn't offended at all, still not. Some rich people are wonderful and some poor people are wonderful. There is something wonderful about a person who is thankful and humble that leaves you with a wonderful feeling the very next day.
 
I think I know where Maddie was coming from with her original post. My Mother's family on her Father's side had old money (her Father was a rotter - we will leave it at that) and Grandma always insisted on things being done properly even when they had nothing. That is the background to my statement.
My uncle maintained you could tell the new money people because they always want you to know how much they paid for whatever - to prove they had bucks now. To old money, what was paid for something was immaterial. Class can be found in every social and economic strata - Class is the person who treats everyone as if they were the most important person in the world. Non-class is I am the most important person in the world and do not forget it.
 
where I was brought up the rule of thum is you never say what something cost unless it was a complete bargain ie "I just got these shoes in the sale at 25 cents!" that way you never offend anyone.
 
Not offended in the least bit. Grateful, in fact, that you reminded me of things I should be more thankful for. I very rarely get a pretentious guest, and even more rarely get one that treats me like a servant. Thank you for bringing my mind back to where it should be, versus where it has been.
 
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