[philman_36]

Don't eat off of china in the Officer's Mess while I eat off of a plastic tray in the chow hall.

Two tiered system is nothing new.

[Cboldt]

On the schedule for Ms. Merkel? A working lunch.

Merkel in US for SHOWDOWN with Trump as she begs for trade tariff exemption

Angela Merkel: Trump's final hurdle before the weekend

She has a paltry 20 minutes for a one-on-one with Trump in the Oval Office before a 90-minute lunch. Then it's straight to a 30-minute perfunctory presser.

Heheheh.

[JockoManning]

There's two tiers and then there's two tiers.

e.g. Israel's officers and enlisted customs are a bit different than ours.

And, some 'more equal than others' are haughty, manipulative, tyrannical, authoritarIAN vs authoritaTIVE. Some two tiered systems are impermeable and some are more permeable with more viable transitions up the ladder.

In some, there's respect for all classes. In others there's wholesale and chronic demeaning of lower ranks.

Having "a place" in a lower rank is not horrible when one's worth as a human being made in God's image; one's contributions as an employee or member of the larger group; one's qualities as an individual are supported, respected and affirmed as worthwhile.

There are also lots of paradoxes in life in general--sometimes particularly with two tiered systems. The movie "Mr Roberts" comes to mind. There are always plenty of useless--even destructive--idiots to go around, regardless of the tier membership.

Though, actually, I'm not real clear what your point is about bone china vs plastic tray.

[xone]

Chow in the EM is free, officers get a mess bill.