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A follow-up to this that I thought was profound. I have told this story here before but it really relates. I was once on a train in Europe and lucked into an up
by nibs 10y ago
A follow-up to this that I thought was profound. I have told this story here before but it really relates. I was once on a train in Europe and lucked into an upgrade to first class. The food car was in the back and I wanted a sandwich, so I walked through business and economy class to get food. In business class, everyone without exception was reading non-fiction, news or working on a laptop. When I walked through economy class, everyone was either watching TV/Netflix, reading magazines or fiction. With one or two exceptions. I thought it was a pretty profound difference that probably alone could explain the inevitable income differences between who was sitting where. I recognize that it makes sense those in business class would work, but... it was Saturday.
- sanoli 10y agoYou got me curious as to what was being read/watched on first class.
- nibs 10y agoOnly a few of the fancy private cars but it seemed like people were just hanging out talking to each other.
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- gozur88 10y ago>With one or two exceptions. If you boarded that same train today those one or two exceptions are likely to be in business class.