[gnicholas]

> I noticed you didn't bring up them also taking napkins, sauce packets, sugar and creamer, cutlery etc.

That wasn't the point of my story, so it would have been a distraction to mention. Even now, 20 years later, I have a drawer stuffed with free napkins, and I've kept some ketchup packets so long they burst.

I was keeping my reply succinct, and the point was that it stands out when wealthy people take home leftovers, and some people view that as a positive thing.

[TeaDrunk]

My point is not that no wealthy people save things. My point is that a lack of minimalism is often an indicator of the class where one grew up.

[gnicholas]

> My point is not that no wealthy people save things.

That may not be your point in this comment, but in your original comment you listed several things (taking home leftovers, keeping sauce packets, hanging onto free pens) that you labeled as low-class indicators. These are only indicators of being low-class if they are not done by a significant number of non-low-class people.

My point was that there are actually some people who are quite wealthy/comfortable who do these things also, and that some people (like law-school-me) react positively to it. The point is that people who do this because of their current situation or past situation need not feel embarrassed or odd for doing this, because some people see it as practical and commonsense.