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Re:How does ‘class-passing’ actually work? by gorpomon on Thursday February 01, 2018 @04:05PM (#16285886)
A few really stuck out to me.

The biggest one was pouring wine. I remember a few times I poured it kind of off and I got that distinct look of class violation. Haggling about splitting checks also got those looks often, the lesson I learned there was that almost always, the party will want to split it evenly rather than do something as gauche as math, so rather than order less, order much more so you get a discount on your meal :-)

I also spent some time in a small rich beach town, and from that time I remember how my switching to boat shoes seemed to instantly ingratiate me with some people. Also never mention how "cool" it is that someone has a jetski or nice boat, those things were just taken as statements of fact.

To many people these might not seem like real mores or wealth signifiers. Maybe you think I was just over-sensitive. This whole article though, is about feelings, and certainly in those moments it seemed like everyone was certainly feeling something strongly.

Re:How does ‘class-passing’ actually work? by hkmurakami on Thursday February 01, 2018 @04:43PM (#16286207)
Have the other person order first, then order the same number of courses and roughly the same price points.
Re:How does ‘class-passing’ actually work? by f33g91pv43232f on Friday February 02, 2018 @04:02AM (#16289333)
Or stop worrying about missing out or getting too much and just order what you actually want.