1. I am driving down the highway at 70 mph and you decide that you want in my lane. You simply turn on your blinker and think that you signaling your desire entitles you to the lane. However, I am driving faster than you. You don’t care you speed up to get in front of me then slow to your original speed, because you desire to be in that lane, not that you need to be in MY lane. (yes I realize this is reverse entitlement)
2. A co-worker has studied and passed a certification exam that myself and two other people have. He feels that because he is older he is entitled to get a promotion. However, he has less years of experience than I do and people don’t want to work with him because he is adamant that he is good at his job. No one likes to pick up after his messes. He has been told these things by management, but feels they are just being ‘picky’ and he still DESERVES the promotion because of his certification.
3. Another co-worker is very upset because she can’t fly to see her friend this weekend in
Many people feel they are entitled to a lot of things. I could go off for hours, but I am wondering if any of you have any good entitlement situations…
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there are far too many situations to name them all...but here is one of my favorites that i have to fight:
"i have diligently been studying/reading all week long for class, so i deserve a break this weekend. i am entitled to some time watching tv or whatever...i shouldn't be expected to do much around the house (clean, laundry, do dishes, whatever)"
because i view one thing as hard work, i think i should be exempt from other necessary chores/work!
The businessman in the row behind me on the plane last weekend that literally pushed me out of the way to get around me so he could get off first. He then pulled his bag out of the overhead and stood in the aisle to retrieve something from his bag while the rest of us were waiting to get around him. Is he entitled to get off first since he is a businessman in a suit? I was going to work as well, but am just fortunate that I can wear a jean skirt and a t-shirt to my job.
No, we're all equals, I don't care how old you are!
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I love the guy when I was flying last weekend who missed his flight. He argued with the attendant that he was entitled to have them open the doors and delay the flight just for him. Are you kidding me???
I totally hear you on the entitlement thing, though. One of the people I work for seems to think that because he is [insert name] things will happen for him - i.e., he wanted a permit for a building we were working on in a day, though normally these types of permits take 6 weeks. He had someone else at the company jumping through hoops trying to get the permit, which was still not obtained in less than 6 weeks. When this man didn't get his way he threw an adult version of a temper tantrum.
Holly, I was in the same situation last month when I flew to Cinci for a visit, only the guy behind me wasn't in a suit. Grr.
Well I have known you for some 16 years now, and I think you would agree that makes me at a very minimum your buddy. So that entitles me to a buddy pass...hand it over! :-)
Kilroy was here!
PS: Jelaine and I felt entitled to something else so we got it...check out my blog.
I keep trying to come up with examples, because I see them every day, but I'm having a real hard time with it for some reason. But I completely understand where you're coming from.
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