Re: Is This Where Entitlement Comes From?

jaxs mom · ‎04-18-2012

@JJsMom wrote:
You weren't already in line? It sounds like you are blowing this out of proportion.

This story has nothing to do with entitlement. I think that phrase is overused.

Yes, the term entitled is over used and often inappropriately used. In the case of this thread, who's really the one acting entitled? A lot of the outrage and accusations of entitled others comes from a place of ego anyway.

Don't Change Your Authenticity for Approval

missy1 · ‎03-10-2010

I could see if your were already in line. I say whoever gets there first, that's life.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

That's not entitlement, it's a kid thing. Speaking up, if it bothered you, is not making a scene. You could have smiled politely and told the grandmother you did mind, you were in a hurry.

muttmom · ‎11-28-2012

You and an 8 year old approached the check-in desk from opposite sides and she ran and ended up ahead of you?

I do not understand the big deal. She got there first. Because her grandmother arrived after her would have no effect on the fact the young girl arrived before you. As for whether or not her grandmother told her to get in line, who cares?

This is not a case of entitlement.

Mj12 · ‎03-09-2010

@muttmom wrote:
You and an 8 year old approached the check-in desk from opposite sides and she ran and ended up ahead of you?

I do not understand the big deal. She got there first. Because her grandmother arrived after her would have no effect on the fact the young girl arrived before you. As for whether or not her grandmother told her to get in line, who cares?

This is not a case of entitlement.

Correct, it is not. It is however a case of overreaction.

Cookie2025 · ‎03-10-2010

This reminds me of one of the he neighbors children who come to swim - for FREE - at our pool.

The eldest grandson was about 5-6 years old screaming at the Mom of one of the children who lived in the building to 'GET OUT OF MY WAY - GET OUT OF MY WAY' when she was trying to use the ladder to get into the pool and he was trying to exit. She was already on the ladder on the way down when he was trying to navigate the water to get to the ladder.

We all just sat with our mouths open - shaking or heads. We hated the idea of the neighbor bringing her grandchildren to the pool. It was awful with the Grandson.

The father is a Principal at a City school.

The boy is now in Karate ... Grandmother says to learn self-discipline.

NIGHTMARE - I don't know what happened to the days when a dirty look or just one yell of the Kids name was enough to embarass a Kid but these parents need to go back to the hard old days. At least the majority of us learned our manners the hard way.

lulu2 · ‎03-09-2010

@Cookie2025

Pushing and screaming at people to move is inappropriate and wrong in anybody's world. The scenario the OP described did not include either.

It was a case of first come, first serve.

blackhole99 · ‎08-22-2013

@ECBG I get what you're saying, when adults do not teach their kids how to behave, they simply don't. The kid thinks if Grandma tells me to run ahead of that lady then it must be alright. I don't think I would have confronted the woman or the kid, but I would have been ticked off about it too.

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

@blackhole99 wrote:
@ECBG I get what you're saying, when adults do not teach their kids how to behave, they simply don't. The kid thinks if Grandma tells me to run ahead of that lady then it must be alright. I don't think I would have confronted the woman or the kid, but I would have been ticked off about it too.

@blackhole99My point was, that we don't know what was said before they came close to me. She may have said, "Let's hurry and go home". That surely will cause a child to run. In any case, the child should have been taught years BEFORE that you do not run in front of other people. It's rude. The grandmother should have said "Sara, it's rude to run in front of that lady". That is one way values are taught.

NYC Susan · ‎03-13-2010

@dex wrote:
@Kachina624 I really don't think that there was much to say without looking like a grouchy lady.She wasn't knocked out of the way by the little girl she was just not as fast as the girl.

Exactly. The little girl got there first. Kids run, that's what they do. I don't see this as a big deal at all.