Nursing home!!!

Exactly!

You know, you're coming off quite obnoxious yourself.

I think it's that elitist attitude that makes people dislike you. Not your diploma.

I've met a lot if Ivy League grads who look good, but are dumb as a sack of rocks. Only exception is Johns Hopkins grads. Generally speaking, though, I'll take experience and actual knowledge from my doctors and lawyers, not what university they graduated from.

and then there will be those people who say, oh... Harvard, and your point is...... not everyone is impressed by what school you attend

Sorry, but people who can afford Ivy League and can spend all that time with rich people need a certain attitude. Although Ohio Northern, my future school, is actually more expensive I think.

Hm, I had no idea that every graduate from Harvard went on to medical school or law school. I didn't know they had no liberal arts program or English majors or political science program or engineering or business or mythology and folklore or journalism or communications or... Get the idea? We're not impressed with your Ivy League bullshit. Just because you have Harvard or Princeton on your diploma doesn't make you any better than the next guy.

I find it ironic that your name is "bankrupt." So that Princeton degree really worked it well for ya, huh?

Sir or Mam, your FML is written very well, eloquently thought out. You do not sound obnoxious at all. But, this goes for every blue collar trade as well. Army makes/pokes fun at Marines. Electricians pick on plumbers and so on. Mostly(you)the suits give us the custodians, security guards that fake "good-morning Jack how's the family" n then talk behind our back. -We are just generalizing here, right? Have a great day

#21, for me, those situations are easy to handle. By the time I would get the right tools and supplies and the specific instructions to do the repair, it would have been cheaper and faster to get the tradesman to do it. Also, whoever fixes it is responsible for the fix. If they screw up, I'm coming after them, but if I screw up, shame on me!

@dashizam: The Ivy League schools are no more expensive than other private colleges/universities. NYU, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Kenyon College (a tiny liberal arts college in the middle of nowhere in Ohio), CalTech, Vanderbilt all cost some $40,000+ per year. Costs at Vanderbilt University for the 2012-2013 year came out to $59,890 (more for freshmen and engineers). Most universities have, by now, need-based and merit-based forms of financial aid. Student loans are also an option for those who qualify. The point: not all private college (or Ivy) attendees are "rich" like you make them out to be (not that this would give them some right to an inherent bad attitude). Many students who attend these schools end up in debt -- possibly to the degree of hundreds of thousands of dollars. I would also like to note, just as DocBastard said, not all Ivy attendees go on to medical or law school... or business school, dental school, or graduate school.

I'm also an Ivy League graduate (Columbia SEAS) and I've never had any reason to discuss this fact with my plumber, my mechanic, or any other person whose professional services I'm enlisting outside the context of marketing myself as a professional (job interviews, resumes, etc). Perhaps you would receive fewer snide remarks pertaining to your education if you volunteered that information less readily.

I would like to add, how the hell would your plumber know you went to such and such college unless you either tell them or have a degree in plain view, either way, you come off as a cocky, your comment itself shows that you are. You're not disliked for your college, your disliked for your attitude.

When repairmen come to my house they come through the home office entrance where our degrees are plainly displayed. This is so potential clients who are considering our services can see our qualifications. Again, everyone hates an Ivy League grad until they need something and then that's who they want to hire. We're in business to make a profit so displaying the degrees is a way of garnering business. Our auto mechanic saw the "Princeton" bumper sticker on our car (sorry, apparently that was showing off so I'll cover it with some foul-mouthed nonsense) and asked which of us went to Princeton. @docbastard, I thought you were so much smarter than that. Obviously lawyer and doctor were just examples of occupations that people 'want the best' they can get but that also applies to any occupation. I singled those out because one of my best friends from Princeton went on to Harvard law and the other to Harvard med and they both also observed this same phenomenon. And hey, check it out. Most of you just proved my point.

Actually, 'bankrupt' was the random eight-letter password I was assigned for my computer logon at a job early in my career. I thought it was funny and easy to remember so I continue to use it for some things.

@50, I can't imagine what us 'suits' could possibly have to say about the custodial staff behind your backs. Honestly, all the bitching I do about other employees is to curse the lazy bums who don't carry their weight, not poking fun at the people who keep our building clean and safe so that we can continue to work in an appropriate environment.