I came from a blue collar family and I totally relate to this piece. Heck, even when I was in a job with an expense account (reporter), I balked at splitting the bill at an expensive restaurant where everyone else but me had ordered several rounds of cocktails. Yes, it wasn't my money, but if I abused the expense account this way, then next year, I might not get to go to as many conferences. It didn't sit right with me that everyone else seemed to blithely think it was okay to spend other people's money. I'm sure they thought I was being a dork, but so be it.