About what are you a snob?

[RossLT]

I second the Wal-Mart thing, I will never set foot in another one. I went when I lived in this town in Southern Oregon because there was no other place that I could find Madden 08, at midnite after a desk shift on a Sunday.

 

[User 1019]

Food, especially cheesecakes and Italian sauces.

 

[JBHawkEye]

I refuse to listen to anything but satellite radio.

And I am also a snob about pens. Has to be a Bic Roller.

 

[dixiehack]

Having acquired a water purifying filter at Christmas, I'll be damned if I ever swig straight out of the tap again.

 

[buckweaver]

I'm rapidly becoming a stadium seat snob, when I can afford to be one. If I'm going to schlep out of state to take in a night of MLB or NHL, what's another $20 to keep me out of nosebleed city?

I'll second that, although the key phrase is "when I can afford it."

I blame Dodger Stadium for turning me into one, because it's the only stadium I've been to where you can't leave the section you're sitting in. If you have an upper-level seat, you enter at the upper level and you can't go down -- not even just to walk the concourse.

I only go to 1-2 games at Dodger Stadium a year now, so I'll usually splurge for the $40 field level seat instead of being stuck in the upper deck. But most stadiums? Yeah, gimme a cheap seat and I'll sit where I want.

 

[pallister]

I blame Dodger Stadium for turning me into one, because it's the only stadium I've been to where you can't leave the section you're sitting in. If you have an upper-level seat, you enter at the upper level and you can't go down -- not even just to walk the concourse.

Same thing at Comiskey.

 

[Bad Guy Zero]

Comic books

 

[RossLT]

Having acquired a water purifying filter at Christmas, I'll be damned if I ever swig straight out of the tap again.

True that, I love my Brita

 

[buckweaver]

I blame Dodger Stadium for turning me into one, because it's the only stadium I've been to where you can't leave the section you're sitting in. If you have an upper-level seat, you enter at the upper level and you can't go down -- not even just to walk the concourse.

Same thing at Comiskey.

Hitting Comiskey for the first time next summer, so I'll make sure to get a lower-level seat. Thanks for the heads-up.

FWIW, the Vet was the only place I've ever been where I bought a field-level seat ... and they wouldn't let me go to the upper deck (because it was so ****ing empty)! Idiot Philly ushers.

 

[pallister]

If you get to Comiskey early enough, you can go to the elevated "party deck" directly behind centerfield and grab one of the best seats in the house, regardless of where your field-level ticket is. And the best part is that right below the deck, there's a beer stand, so you never have to stand in a long line.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

Movies. I think I know more about them than 99 percent of the people I know and 95 percent of the people I meet.

I like the fact that if they ever made a movie version of "Name that Tune," I could name damn near any movie within the first three seconds of it being on, even if I haven't seen it.

I like that I can recognize many composers' music without having to see the credits (and not just John Williams).

And I like that I once tried to coax eight of my friends to play as a team against me in the game "Scene it?" and their response was "Let's play Cranium!"

That's what's great about this site. There are several posters who see as many, if not more, movies than I do and can speak intelligently about them without saying things like, "But Brad Pitt looked so hot in 'Meet Joe Black!'" or "Tom Green was hilarious in that movie about getting fingered!"

You and I would be best friends. Or we'd hate each other. But we'd definitely whomp some ass in movie trivia.

 

[BB Bobcat]

Cards and poker chips.

I host poker tourneys at my house and I can't stand to have common paper cards (only plastic for me) and I have to have chips in the standard casino colors for their denominations. Once I played somewhere they were using whites for $5 and reds for $1 and I almost had a seizure.

 

[JR]

Manners.

There are times I feel that there's a whole group of people out there who were raised by wolves.

Maybe that's not snobbery, just, well, basic expecations.

 

[pallister]

No, you're a snob.

 

[Madhavok]

Hats and shoes for the moment.

 

[SportsDude]

I'm snobbish about snobs. Seriously, some of the snobby girls we get right of out college just makes me want to drag out my inner redneck.

 

[crazedchipmunk]

I must say I'm snobby a about where I grocery shop. I almost downright refuse to shop anywhere but Publix. I second the Walmart thing. I only go out of desparation or in the middle of the night. Target is much better.

 

[Care Bear]

I also refuse to patron Wal Mart. Depressing, ridiculous, lines, I shouldn't be able to buy all these things in one place, I just can't go there...Also hate bad punctuation. I kid. But my real snobbery involves good cheese. Cannot do Kraft American Singles. Must have good freakin' cheese. I like wine, but won't be a complete snob about it. Biggest pet peeve: people that don't tip well-even if the service sucks. I can't bring myself to throw down 10 or 15 percent. Just can't. Dumb, but I waitressed in college. Tough gig. Tough job. Tough customers.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Rude people: I tolerate them - barely. But push me over the edge and it gets ugly in a hurry.

Music - Numerous witnesses ... at least for real listening purposes. When it's white and/or background noise, it's not such a big deal.

Audio/video setup - No defending this ... just used to setting up halfway decent systems. I've seen easy ways to make improvements to even mediocre systems and such. That's kinda fun if it's another person's stuff who isn't territorial about it.

Sunglasses - Been wearing Ray-Ban aviators since I dumped the prescription glasses. No point in ruining my eyes with cheap glasses letting in the UVs and other harmful junk.

There are others I'm conveniently forgetting. Yes, I'm a terrible, terrible person. Run. Fast. Now.

 

[Madhavok]

Another one -- partially in thanks to Sam's post -- is AV equipment. My current gig is setting up AV for various hotels for conferences, meetings, comedy acts, etc... and I've become so anal about taping down XLR cables, running XLR cables, sound quality and such that seeing something at a different place makes me snobbish...