Originally Posted by
madbikeboy
I love my partner, she's just perfect, but she can't help being related to a bunch of rich people. It was MadBikeBabe's (sorry Vifferman, blatant plagarism there) grandmother's 87th birthday yesterday, so off we toddled to the little soiree being held at a nice posh house - I had to meet my partner there, so I ended up bringing scoot.
I did all the right things for the correct impression, I made sure Scoot was nicely washed and polished, I wore a clean t-shirt with few swear words, I shaved, I even made sure that my AlpineStars jacket didn't have bug roadkill.
I think my first clue was when entering, the conversation stopped, and three guys who looked like an advert for Ralph Lauren made a beeline for me to ask me if I was in the right place...
So, I thought I'd put together a little guide for etiquette for making good impressions around rich assholes.
1. Finger food means your pinky finger needs to be extended, this is difficult when you put three or four items of food in your mouth at the same time, so practice first.
2. Being surrounded by bored rich housewives (and their hot daughters) tends to piss off all the gentlemen in the room. But the rich housewives can be of fun (after a few bottles of bubbly, the conversation turns into sexual inuendo about positions and riding).
3. Dress code is important. A suit and tie is essential apparently. A close second is a polo shirt with "slacks" by a noted gay designer like Ralph, Calvin, or maybe Hugo. I was fashionably dressed in jeans by Diesel, shoes and jacket by AlpineStars - it is important to fit in.
4. When talking to rich people about their Merc AMG, BMW M, or Lexus - don't using the words "useless" and "slow". It also seems that wheelstands are not high on the list of priorities for bluebloods, maybe they breed the balls out of rich people in the same way French people have no balls.
5. Rich people are too important to wipe their own asses, so they have garden hoses installed in their toilets to wash all those important little places. I'm convinced that it's some thinly vieled need for sexual contact for the housewives, there's no other explanation for the length of time it takes them to go potty... Oh, the advice bit - there is a button that says stop, it takes some looking for but it is there.
6. Leaving the party. It is important to thank the hosts, and smile to all the people you taked with. Visiting the food table immediately before leaving is considered rude, but taking a big assed doggie bag from the cute waitress is just fine if you organise it about 20 minutes before your escape. And it's important not to start up the scoot with the pipe facing a posh merc - when it's rich it leaves a bit of soot, and it'll be tough for the posh guy's valet to remove it. Also, it's not considered cool to wheelstand, or to sit housewives on the bike and rev it a bit. Ahem.
I hope you can make use of this little guide, I think my advice has worked a charm because I have been told not to visit again. Excellent.
MBB.
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