Turpin's self-centeredness and obsession with being considered high class prevents her from realizing how trashy she truly is. For example, in an attempt to strike up a conversation with the well-dressed woman, she begins by saying that her husband has an ulcer on his leg and explaining how he got the ulcer (O'Connor). Proper hospital waiting room etiquette is to not tell anyone why you are seeking treatment, because no one other than the doctor wants to know. To make matters worse, Claude then pulls up his pant leg to show the purple swelling (O'Connor). It's unclassy to say why you're visiting the doctor, and it's extremely unclassy to show what the problem is. Although Claud is not Mrs. Turpin, she considers him as classy as she is, because couples are in the same class classification of home/land ownership. Ignoring how unattractive a purple bruise may seem to others in the waiting room, Mrs. Turpin does nothing to stop it. When the lady then makes a comment about how nice the weather is, Mrs. Turpin uses it as an excuse to complain about how “it's nice weather for cotton if you can get the niggers to pick it” (O'Connor). A polite person would most likely simply agree that the weather is nice and move on; but Mrs. Turpin, being unclassy, ​​always finds something to complain about. Most of what she has to say is a complaint or she is referring to herself. When he first sits down he complains of being overweight, which is nice