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This week's dilemmas, debates and questions of taste

"Nom"

Not acceptable.

Nigel Slater on TV

Very awkward when he lowers his eyes and quietly, solemnly eats whatever he's made

Will Self wanting to 'transform' Trafalgar Square with cafes and ethnic food stalls

Too obvious. Isn't it time the middle class makeover had a makeover?

Whether to interject when you hear someone offering the wrong information, eg time, train destination

You must. But start with a flurry of apologies

Elocution

We've been saying (very clearly) for a while that it matters

Someone else going round a supermarket at exactly the same pace as you, in the same aisles

Annoying

Eight years until squeezed middle recover to pre-recession income?

Depressing

Henk Potts from Barclays Wealth

Great name, peculiar voice

The Radio Times 'commando photograph' apology

Hilariously coy

Yoghurt as a dinner party dessert

Not really acceptable. Even Rachel's.

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    Bitters - A work in progress

     

    Bitters were suggested in a blog entry in June 2009. This page collects the notes about them from that entry, and from other subsequent sources.

    They are named after Twitter - a site they particularly hate. Bitters basically feel drowned by the technology everywhere, and yet are niggled by the idea that they ought to be trying to keep up. They were always crap with technology, they loathe any type of user manual, and feel a peculiar mix of resentment, jealousy and hatred when they see see people such as the work experience kid clutching their copy of Wired and doing something futuristic on their iPhone.

    Secretly, even though half of them do media jobs where it is quite essential the Bitters wish it would just all go away. However, they do have urges to catch up and get on top of it, which is why they bought an iPod and then didn't get round to actually loading it with songs because they could not face the inevitable disappointment of it going wrong. They will have signed up to various websites, only to log on once then never return because they forgot their password and log in.

    Not necessarily over 30 - there is marked tendency among the under-30s to opt out of the tech rush on the grounds that face to face contact can be just as rewarding as Facebook.