re: #430 wrenchwench

My mean gramma used to refer to the people in the next neighborhood over as ‘hillbillies’. She didn’t mean it in a nice way, if there is one. That was in Joliet. I’m starting to think of it as Gary West.

Pecking Order
peck*ing or*der
ˈpekiNG ˌôrdər/
noun
a hierarchy of status seen among members of a group of people or animals, originally as observed among hens.
“the luxurious office accentuated the manager’s position in the pecking order”