[daily life] how do you rate in society

Don't we all have at least a sneaking desire to know where we are on the social scale? This article is a response to five conversations I’ve had in the last two weeks about who is in which social category. Not so easy to research in fine detail, plus there are anomalies, such as being at separate levels socially, economically and in terms of influence.

But let's say, hypothetically, there is a man who is public school educated [private, in other words] then sent on to a good university, parents upper working class, slaving to send him there. Through his working life, he's variously been anywhere from B to E on the NRS system. He's been in board rooms, is a member of the MCC and at one point ran a Volvo, a Peugeot, and a classic sports. He's also been in the dole queue at Hendon ... read more here and comment.