Quote:
|
Originally Posted by BCHGRL
Honestly, I think it is a sense of entitlement. "I work hard so I deserve X, Y, Z." I think it is also the convenience factor and how Americans want everything NOW. Fast food can be provided in a matter of minutes. Americans can own their dream home now and pay for it for the next 50 years.
|
I hate that sense of entitlement. My mother has it. She feels entitled to go on a 15 day cruise. Yet, somehow she can't afford to get her grandson a birthday gift because she “missed her mortgage payment.” Then she feels embarrassed because people ask her what she got him. And then she tells me how bad she feels that people asked her that. I have no sympathy. I know she's floating thousands on credit cards.
I know of many people have that sense of entitlement. I want to scream: “You're not entitled to anything! You don't even deserve it! Maybe if you actually worked hard and budgeted you might be able to TREAT or even reward yourself, but you still aren't entitled to it!”
It also seems to me that a lot of seniors have that sense of entitlement. I once had an old lady cut me off in a long line that I'd been waiting in for over an hour. When I said, “Excuse me!” She responded with, “Honey, I deserve this spot because...” I basically told her to shut up and leave or I was going to slap her. She walked over to management and complained about me.