Quote Originally Posted by Spiderkat
You probably don't know enough about how, when and where to use ты and вы since you think she's probably an "uppity snob".
Read my post again, maybe twice or how many times do you need to understand. It was a conditional sentence.

Quote Originally Posted by Lampada
As I see it, her addressing him на "ты" shows that she felt that their relationship would be warmer and friendlier than simply working one. Him addressing her на "вы" just allows for some distance.
How'd you know that? Even kalinka_vinnie himself was confused. Actually if she felt that their relationship would be warmer and friendlier than simply working one, she would have told him to switch to ты after he called her вы.