After Kemi Badenoch’s McDonald’s gaffe, people are explaining how they changed class – 21 funny favourites
Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch caused a wave of facepalming this week, when she claimed she became working class when she got a job in McDonald’s as a teenager.
It’s worth a watch.
"I grew up in a middle class family.. But I became working class when I was working in McDonalds"
– Conservative party leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch pic.twitter.com/anQv1MJDmT
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) September 17, 2024
There was a supersize helping of pisstaking, which has yet to die down completely, and a lot of people have taken a leaf out of Badenoch’s Bumper Book of Social Mobility.
These are our favourites so far.
1.
"Don't pour it yourself, Robert. You'll become working class." pic.twitter.com/EtVVGK9NwH
— Brexit Pirates (@BrexitPirates) September 18, 2024
2.
I grew up in a working class family but I became middle class when I bought a reduced Cornetto from Waitrose https://t.co/yoTlUTkhFt
— Ruth Husko (@dank_ackroyd) September 18, 2024
3.
“….. so then I went Ito a Greggs and became working class …. Which was nice” https://t.co/8WZhsVPHTj pic.twitter.com/nZ4NstghTd
— Rob B (@RobBfromDerby) September 18, 2024
4.
I’m middle class but became working class when I got on the bus just now. Then I will become middle class again when I go in to the cocktail bar.
— Sooz Kempner is going on tour! L I N K I N B I O (@SoozUK) September 18, 2024
5.
"I grew up in a middle-class family… But I became working class when I worked weekends at a family rag-and-bone business." pic.twitter.com/ggD1TT4zUs
— Moog (@a_toots) September 18, 2024
6.
I became middle class when I asked for my spaghetti hoops 'al dente'. https://t.co/Ux081mfq2U
— Julie D Irwin (@JDIrwinbooks) September 18, 2024
7.
"I grew up in a working class family.. But I became middle class when I tasted Viennetta for the first time" pic.twitter.com/wFev09MctC
— Count Mysterioso (@MysteriosoX) September 18, 2024
8.
"I grew up in a middle class family.. .But I became working class when I burnt my scalp with one of these" pic.twitter.com/W7G1zmeTZR
— Memorial Device (@memorialdevice) September 18, 2024
9.
I was a council scheme boy but I became upper class when I started shoplifting at Harrods. It just takes enterprise https://t.co/tq2RmZD8O9
— Irvine Welsh (@IrvineWelsh) September 18, 2024
10.
"He won't eat the turnip soup in case it makes him working class." https://t.co/WTeOglSB8a pic.twitter.com/Yd1WL3l1m2
— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) September 19, 2024
11.
"I grew up in a middle class family.. But I became working class when I was working in McDonalds"
Yeah I can relate, I once visited the grounds of Buckingham Palace and was shocked to find that I was instantly transformed into a senior royal.
Fuck me… what a moron. pic.twitter.com/56dpo6N6Du
— Supertanskiii (@supertanskiii) September 18, 2024