Entitlement

Holly has been confronted with a series of events lately that all boil down to people thinking they are entitled to certain items. After she brought this up I also have been noticing a lot of entitlement mentalities as well. Since we haven’t posted in a while I thought I would post a few that I have seen and see if any of the far off bloggers have any other real life examples.

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 Florida because all the planes are full. She feels that the company should block some seats for employees to fly on. She obviously feels that she is entitled to a free flight as apart of her benefits. She obviously hasn’t figured out that full seats means someone paid for that seat and conversely paid her salary, whether she is in Florida or not.

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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