Class v. Having Money
An article in the Globe a few days ago made me both angry and very happy at the same time. This article concerned a couple who traveled around the world scouting the restraunts, shops, bars etc. of different cities for a luxury travel website. One half of the couple was a woman in here late 20s-early 30s who had graduated from BU ten years ago. The other half of the couple was the person she was apparently dating, a former French businessman who was at least 50.
Because they represented a "high class" or "Luxury" website, one could almost predict what kind of people they were. They were snobbish, rather unpleasant, and sometimes downright rude. For example, in one restaurant (I forget which) the woman ordered a latte and got a cappucino. Rather than simply alerting the waitress that a mistake had been made, she ordered a plate and spooned the foam out of the cup in front of the waitress, clanging the spoon as she went about her business and informed the waitress that this was not a latte. In other words, she deliberately embarassed the poor girl for a mistake that had been made when the embarrassment was unnecessary and had no value. Now, I accept that these people are reviewers, but, for one, such an incident would be unacceptable even for a reviewer. Also, you got the sense from the article that they weren't just reviewing, this was how they acted normally.
At the end of the article, though, there was a happy moment. This super high fashion snobby couple was turned away from Lock Ober reataurant because the woman violated the "no jeans" policy of the establishment by wearing designer jeans from some expensive label (again I forget which). Leaving the restaurant, she fumed that such a thing would never happen in New York or Paris, and was aghast at the fact that two guys wearing relatively inexpensive khakis and buttoned down shirts were allowed into the restautant.
If it's true that such a thing wouldn't happen in NY or Paris, then it's a huge credit for the city of Boston. In NY or Paris, the wealthy can apparently show no respect for the dress codes of nice restaurants by spending A LOT for a pair of jeans, whereas in Boston they cannot. This city apparently understands the difference between "high class" and "lots of money." When someone has class it means that they are ACTUALLY polite, meaning that you don't just use nice words as you embarrass someone, but attempt to avoid the embarrasment all together.
People who have class also respect the occaision. When you go to a nice restaurant with a dress code, you ought to follow the dress code. For many people that go there, they pay for a nice meal at such a place maybe once a month, probably less, and they go there to eat with dressed up people. It isn't right for some prosititute, some rude snob, to waltz in there and demand to be seated simply because her outfit is expensive.
Now, I may not have a lot of class, but I know it when I see it.
Because they represented a "high class" or "Luxury" website, one could almost predict what kind of people they were. They were snobbish, rather unpleasant, and sometimes downright rude. For example, in one restaurant (I forget which) the woman ordered a latte and got a cappucino. Rather than simply alerting the waitress that a mistake had been made, she ordered a plate and spooned the foam out of the cup in front of the waitress, clanging the spoon as she went about her business and informed the waitress that this was not a latte. In other words, she deliberately embarassed the poor girl for a mistake that had been made when the embarrassment was unnecessary and had no value. Now, I accept that these people are reviewers, but, for one, such an incident would be unacceptable even for a reviewer. Also, you got the sense from the article that they weren't just reviewing, this was how they acted normally.
At the end of the article, though, there was a happy moment. This super high fashion snobby couple was turned away from Lock Ober reataurant because the woman violated the "no jeans" policy of the establishment by wearing designer jeans from some expensive label (again I forget which). Leaving the restaurant, she fumed that such a thing would never happen in New York or Paris, and was aghast at the fact that two guys wearing relatively inexpensive khakis and buttoned down shirts were allowed into the restautant.
If it's true that such a thing wouldn't happen in NY or Paris, then it's a huge credit for the city of Boston. In NY or Paris, the wealthy can apparently show no respect for the dress codes of nice restaurants by spending A LOT for a pair of jeans, whereas in Boston they cannot. This city apparently understands the difference between "high class" and "lots of money." When someone has class it means that they are ACTUALLY polite, meaning that you don't just use nice words as you embarrass someone, but attempt to avoid the embarrasment all together.
People who have class also respect the occaision. When you go to a nice restaurant with a dress code, you ought to follow the dress code. For many people that go there, they pay for a nice meal at such a place maybe once a month, probably less, and they go there to eat with dressed up people. It isn't right for some prosititute, some rude snob, to waltz in there and demand to be seated simply because her outfit is expensive.
Now, I may not have a lot of class, but I know it when I see it.
posted by Dennis | 10:08 PM
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