It’s not wrong to want something more from life. This desire often drives people to grow, have a successful career, and build an overall better life for themselves. However, when a person expects special treatment just for existing, they are already stepping into the entitlement zone where they put their own needs before anyone else’s, doing a huge disservice to those around them.
Just like these people in the list, whose entitlement went through the roof this month. Scroll down to find the worst instances of selfish people lacking self-awareness, and don’t forget to upvote those that desperately need a reality check.
While you're at it, make sure to check out a conversation with a mental health counselor and founder of A Braver Space, Gayle Clark, LCSW, and a marriage and family therapist, Dr. Paul Hokemeyer, as well as therapist and owner of Pathways Counseling KC, Laura Bonk, MA, LCPC, LPC, and behavioral relationship expert Tracy Crossley, who kindly agreed to tell us more about entitlement.
If a person notices that the entitlement of others is affecting them in these ways, there are measures they can take to deal with it.
Behavioral relationship expert Tracy Crossley suggests trying out the following ones:
- Be honest about everything—from keeping expectations in check about what you are willing or not willing to do to saying how you really feel. Saying how you really feel without blaming them is to maintain your own sense of worth (people who are entitled will trample you if allowed to).
- Stop worrying about their sense of entitlement and instead focus on why another person's wants supersede what you want for yourself.
- Look at the value of your interactions with them; is this a person you want to spend time with? If you feel you have no choice, then practice self-awareness when the conversation starts to go to their expectations, either state that you don’t wish to talk about it or shift the focus of the conversation, or leave.
#22 Woman Arrived Late To Concert, Stood In Front Of Me, Blocked My View, Wouldn’t Move
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"Handling entitled people is a big effort, and one of the first steps is to realize that it is very unlikely that you will be able to change them," notes Clark. "Entitlement continues because, very often, it works for people—they don't necessarily have an incentive to change."
So the best thing to do would be to limit engagement with that person," says Dr. Hokemeyer. "To the extent that's impossible, work on setting personal boundaries around them. To be effective, these boundaries need to be clear, consistent, and enforceable. Your responsibility is to your self-care and peace of mind," he concludes.
#25 In A Packed Tube, A Woman Prioritised Her Dog To Get A Seat Instead Of People Who Were Standing
The tube can be frustrating as it is, where people really push past you to get a seat without any consideration.
But this shocked me, there were 5-6 people standing on the right, and this Ms prioritised her dog getting a seat (also it was early in the morning, everyone going to work). Is this not getting out of hand? Shocking how much people lack empathy in this city sometimes.
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39points
#26 This Ah Listening To Videos On His Phone At Full Volume On The Morning Commute, Dispute Being Asked Twice To Stop
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37points
#27 Load Your Damn Groceries Like The Rest Of Us
This has been an increasing problem at my local Costco. Hit a peak version of it so I wanted to get some second opinions/am I the a*****e.
At this Costco some shoppers wait at the door while someone else fetches the vehicle so they can load, as shown, in front of the door.
This picture is poor, but there are three in a row all in the process of loading, all loading baskets of regular household purchases - by this I mean no large bulky items, no furniture, nothing they are getting assistance with from staff.
This choice is inexplicable to me, causes mayhem with traffic both vehicular and pedestrian, and feels like “I am the main character” energy. It was obnoxious to get in the doors this day, complete cart traffic jam.
I don’t get it. Am I missing something? Considering a complaint in to the local store and I wanted to calibrate against the community as I might be “more Karen than correct” this time?
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37points
#31 Apparently Parking At Your Assigned Spot With The Tesla Charger Coming Out Of Your Garage Was Too Hard
The owners spot is right next to mine but decided today to block me off and have me be late for work. Normally I'd contact the management office first, but they don't open for a few hours so, here I am going on 1 hour of waiting for a tow.
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34points
#32 I Let My Mom Live With Me And Everytime I Turn Down The Heat She Removes The Thermostat
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#38 My Mom Ate My Clearly Labeled Food And Then Lied About It
I would like to start by saying I cook all the time. I also buy and share food all the time. She very rarely does either of those things, but whatever I can feed myself. She lets me stay rent free while I’m in college so I figure it works and I can pitch in that way. Anyways, this time I didn’t want to share so I very clearly labeled my food. I come home to eat the food I was looking forward to all day to find this is all she left me. She then tried to blame my grandpa. He has had three strokes and is 86 and does not eat that much. So I tell her I know good and well he did not eat it. I show her it was very clearly labeled “No”. She then lies again and says she didn’t see the label. There is no way she didn’t see the label. Ugh.
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30points
#39 The Local Park Is Collecting Maple Sap. Someone Put Their Doggy Bag In It
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29points
#40 This Is The Only Fridge At Work
There are shelves for lunch boxes but they fill the fridge with lunch boxes.
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28points
