o/t I'm beginning to think that middle class people deserve their comforts.

[the_idiotb_stardson]

They just make better lifestyle choices than the lower orders.

Take to today for example. At Sheffield station, many middle class professional types and fresh faced middle class students dressed in hiking gear were chatting cheerfully on the platform waiting for the train to Grindelford/ Hathersage/ Hope etc.

There was no negative or bitter conversations just cheerful banter and some useful information about good walks in the Derbyshire area. I bumped into a few of these groups at Hope, and they were polite and well behaved. Having walked 3 or 4 miles and having worked up an appetite they were now heading to local cafes and pubs to refresh themselves. Later in the day I boarded the same train as these very pleasant people. They weren't inebriated, they were happy and jolly and invigorated by our magnificent countryside and positive conversations with decent people.

Then on the way home an ex-work mate....who is from the lower orders, but who does earn decent money, came staggering out of a public house. He was swearing and shouting and told me he was waiting to "kick someone's head in" who had provoked him. He told me had been out since 11am ( it was now 7pm) and had " pissed 150 quid up the wall" spending it on fags, booze, and gambling. He was in a foul temper and clearly his binge had not produced any desirable consequences nor had it uplifted his mood. This was in contrast to the middle class hiker types, who by my estimation had spent no more than 30 pound each and yet had a cheerful demeanour, had engaged in physical exercise and dare I say were spiritually nourished by a countryside walk.

Now we can't put this down to the supposed evils of the class system. The middle class hikers have just made better choices than my ex work mate from the lower orders.

There are always exceptions but I think the middle classes on the whole actually deserve their comforts. They are more deserving of a good quality of life. Give some middle class hikers 20 grand and they would spend it on wholesome pursuits. Give the same amount of cash to the grummets and they would drink themselves senseless. It's time you stopped giving the middle classes a hard time. They are just......... better people.