Dean Marino
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 3, 2015
I don't consider myself a snob, I am a carpenter, worked hard and still working hard too be able to afford DVC trips. What I do consider myself is fortunate. I am a middle class kinda guy, not rich in finances, and according to the fed. govt., I am considered poor. But I live a good life, and am blessed beyond measure. I was lucky enough to join DVC when it was still affordable. I feel for those who buy in these days at such a high price.
Where the word "snob" does settle in with me is the accommodations provided by DVC. I find myself constantly comparing any other accommodations to DVC. And most never live up to those standards.
As for what the original poster overheard, I don't doubt it! Unfortunately, there are folks like that everywhere, who feel they are better than others. I have experienced it as my trade means I very often am dressed in work cloths that may have dust, dirt, paint, etc. on them. I can't dress in a suit to install cabinets, that would be not so smart. But after doing this job all my life, believe me, I know when I get looked down on! I also know when someone thinks they are smarter than me because of what they do or where they live, or how they talk, or how much they make. We as humans have a very strange way of setting ourselves on a pedestal, but we can be knocked down with life. God has a way of humbling us for sure.
I like this . Retired Chemist with a PhD & doing well.... but I dress, most times, as I did when I worked the fields in CA . I clean up well when I must wear a suit for V&A .
When we get folks in to work on our house? I grab tools & help them . And NONE of these folks are in any way "dumb" - I've learned a LOT from them. Wold do the work myself, if I were younger, and had the know how.
So - ex busboy, field hand, looks like a bum most days, Retired Chemist.... DVC owner, but not looking down on ANYONE. I just studied a lot.... .