If you leave a person in a bubble of constant privilege for too long, the normal boundaries the rest of us live by start to disappear, and entitlement can quickly take their place.
There is always that one customer who demands royal treatment, a neighbor who ignores rules or even some family members who act like everyone else exists to serve their needs.
And we are all familiar with stories of certain celebrities going above and beyond, showing that entitlement can reach truly ridiculous levels.
While karma does catch up with a few of them, most people go through life completely scot-free, floating along in their own little bubble.
When the Reddit community was asked, “What’s the worst level of entitlement you’ve ever seen?”, it unmasked some people at their most narcissistic and oblivious.
#21

Oh that would be my ex.
She didn’t like her college room so she somehow got her family to get her a music scholar’s room which was about 1000sqft and had a grand piano in it.
She didn’t play the piano. Some talented musician got looked over for this exclusive room.
She didn’t like her college room so she somehow got her family to get her a music scholar’s room which was about 1000sqft and had a grand piano in it.
She didn’t play the piano. Some talented musician got looked over for this exclusive room.
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27points
#22

Worked with a guy who came to work 10 to 15 minutes late every single day and pretended like it was no big deal. We work in a hospital. You cannot leave your shift until you give report to the next shift so essentially he was forcing his coworkers to stay late every single day until he showed up.
He was called out on it by his coworkers and he would just scarf and say “it’s 10 minutes you guys are overreacting!”. It took reporting him to the management a dozen times before they finally said something to him. He got written up, and was good for a couple of weeks, but then started doing it again. He was written up again. Eventually, I guess he figured it wasn’t worth the hassle and he left to go work in a nursing home.
He was called out on it by his coworkers and he would just scarf and say “it’s 10 minutes you guys are overreacting!”. It took reporting him to the management a dozen times before they finally said something to him. He got written up, and was good for a couple of weeks, but then started doing it again. He was written up again. Eventually, I guess he figured it wasn’t worth the hassle and he left to go work in a nursing home.
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25points
#23

My neighbour thinks because she owns her home she, and her family, and extended family, can do whatever they want. First day they took possession of the house, her brother did a burnout down our freshly paved street. Instead of apologizing when people were like w*f, her dad tried to fight the annoyed neighbours instead. It did not improve after that.
They cut our internet line when they were planting a cedar hedge, when I went outside to be like did you just cut my line he just shrugged and didn't even apologize.
Also, her husband's truck is so loud it rumbles my house when he starts it. So are all his friends.
One time when I asked them to turn their music down, not off, just down, because it kept waking my baby up, they told us to close our window and proceeded to be louder. And honk their horns in the driveway. (Should also be noted they also had a baby, which apparently wasn't home that night. They don't do that when their baby is home, I wonder why. Guess only her baby gets to sleep.)
But according to her I'm just miserable and don't want her to enjoy her home.
They cut our internet line when they were planting a cedar hedge, when I went outside to be like did you just cut my line he just shrugged and didn't even apologize.
Also, her husband's truck is so loud it rumbles my house when he starts it. So are all his friends.
One time when I asked them to turn their music down, not off, just down, because it kept waking my baby up, they told us to close our window and proceeded to be louder. And honk their horns in the driveway. (Should also be noted they also had a baby, which apparently wasn't home that night. They don't do that when their baby is home, I wonder why. Guess only her baby gets to sleep.)
But according to her I'm just miserable and don't want her to enjoy her home.
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24points
#24

I’m a teacher. Last year, we had a mom request that we completely change our big end of year field trip because her child had already been to the location and she wanted him to experience something new. This request was made 3 days before the trip.
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24points
#25

American Lady in Ireland insisting the Subway queue begins from where she stands (collection side). Literally insisting. Everyone ignored her. She caught up eventually.
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23points
#26

I don't know if these are the absolute worst, but they're the first two things I thought of.
One time I was in the TSA line, and there were a few guys in business suits waiting behind me. I think a machine went down or something, because we were standing there for quite some time. One of the guys behind me started getting aggravated and yelled at one of the TSA agents asking what the problem was. "We're first class!!" I heard him say. He really thought his first class ticket made him more important or something.
The second situation was with my mom. She and I were talking about her ex boyfriend who'd just passed away. They were together for a couple years at most, and they split probably three years before he passed. We then got on the subject of life insurance, and she felt like she was entitled to some of his life insurance. They had been split for years, never married, and never even lived together. Why would he put her on his life insurance? That one still boggles my mind.
One time I was in the TSA line, and there were a few guys in business suits waiting behind me. I think a machine went down or something, because we were standing there for quite some time. One of the guys behind me started getting aggravated and yelled at one of the TSA agents asking what the problem was. "We're first class!!" I heard him say. He really thought his first class ticket made him more important or something.
The second situation was with my mom. She and I were talking about her ex boyfriend who'd just passed away. They were together for a couple years at most, and they split probably three years before he passed. We then got on the subject of life insurance, and she felt like she was entitled to some of his life insurance. They had been split for years, never married, and never even lived together. Why would he put her on his life insurance? That one still boggles my mind.
23points
#27

My spoiled brat cousin got mad the his mom didn’t give him the master bedroom in her 1st home.
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23points
#28

There was a real estate agent in town who took a couple to view a house for sale.
While doing the showing, the potential buyers noticed a fruit tree. They asked if they could have some, of the real estate agent, who agreed. They picked the tree clean and left.
Just straight up stole all the fruit from someone's tree.
While doing the showing, the potential buyers noticed a fruit tree. They asked if they could have some, of the real estate agent, who agreed. They picked the tree clean and left.
Just straight up stole all the fruit from someone's tree.
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23points
#29

My cousin bought his eldest daughter a car as a surprise gift after she passed her driving test. She refused it as it was the wrong colour.
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22points
#30

I caught my ex trying to steal from me by impersonating me. Instead of offering a defense or even an excuse, she just doubled down and asked me to give her what she wanted.
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22points
#31

Sharon Osbourne was on WILTY telling the story of how during her house fire she yanked the oxygen mask from one of her employees being seen to by an EMT and screeched"You work for me, now get back in there and save more paintings.".
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20points
#32

I was a TA, a student showed up 48 hours after an essay was due and handed it to me, asked me to get it to the prof. I was like "uhhh...this is Thursday TA office hours, this was due Tuesday in class or emailed". She went on a weird ramble about how when she showed up to the prof's office to submit it he wasn't there, which makes sense because he was in class, teaching. She was genuinely upset when I told her a two-day late submission has to go through the prof, not me.
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20points
#33

My dad's got some serious narcissistic tendencies. About 6 years ago, his house caught on fire. After everyone and the pets were safely outside, he spent so much time trying to tell the firemen had to do their job that one of them snapped at him. He told my dad that they could just leave and let the house burn.
Imagine how much of an irrational control freak someone has to be, to make someone as heroic as a fireman snap like that. I know that some people just aren't good in a crisis, but he really is just like that
It really is interesting to see how narcissism can run in families, from both nurture and nature. I've got several stories like that, from several different family members and who they're attracted to.
Imagine how much of an irrational control freak someone has to be, to make someone as heroic as a fireman snap like that. I know that some people just aren't good in a crisis, but he really is just like that
It really is interesting to see how narcissism can run in families, from both nurture and nature. I've got several stories like that, from several different family members and who they're attracted to.
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20points
#34

Was on a very, very, small, tourist island and during breakfast I noticed the entire balcony area was roped off (would sit there for morning whale watching) and there was two tables, one with three adults and one with a nannies (plural) and kids. The kids were ferals, throwing things on the floor, smearing stuff all over the table, and the nanny cleaned up as best they could but did not discipline the children. Later we were told that all the boats were on private charter and no one could go out on a boat, but we're divers who prepaid/chartered our dives so told them we would take a boat of our choice if they didnt do better and get us a boat. They found a boat but we went to a different side of the island and that days snorkling group was cancelled but again, we're divers with our own gear which means our non diving family had their own fins and masks etc so our people went snorkling anyway
Found out later that this was a Saudi prince level family who was upset that we were on their island for their 2 day stay. They didnt even want us in the ocean on the day they were doing their tour and glass bottom trips. I guess they couldnt have us peasants in the ocean the same time they were.
Found out later that this was a Saudi prince level family who was upset that we were on their island for their 2 day stay. They didnt even want us in the ocean on the day they were doing their tour and glass bottom trips. I guess they couldnt have us peasants in the ocean the same time they were.
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18points
#35

Had a friend in college whose mother lived 4 hours away from our student housing. Friend refused to do any housework or laundry or take plates/garbage out of her room. Instead she made her mom drive 4 hours and come clean her room when enough of us complained. Her mom didn't bother to teach her daughter how to do anything herself. Her mom gladly did it unfortunately.
One time she did ask me to show her how to do laundry because her mom was really sick and couldn't drive over one month. But next month was right back to summoning her servant-mother.
One time she did ask me to show her how to do laundry because her mom was really sick and couldn't drive over one month. But next month was right back to summoning her servant-mother.
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18points
#36

Saw a guy complain that his free sample ‘didn’t pair well’ with the other free sample he demanded.
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18points
#37

Someone jumped the queue at the airport today right in front of my mate at an E-Gate.
Funny though because he got stuck in the gate and my mate cleared before him after using one next to it.
Funny though because he got stuck in the gate and my mate cleared before him after using one next to it.
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18points
#38

The patient who came in today, December 9th in the year of our Lord 2025, and wanted all his dental work done before the end of the year as if he is the only patient our clinic has.
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17points
#39

A former friend, “L,” was attending nursing school in the early ’90s. Her classmate B came across a used anatomy textbook at the bookstore—something unusual, since nursing students typically held on to theirs. L became upset and insisted that B shouldn’t have bought the book, arguing that she deserved it more because she was paying for school entirely on her own without any help from her parents.
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17points
#40

The memory that just popped into my head was of the time I saw a well-dressed young woman on the sidewalk next to a restaurant that had some outdoor seating. She was chatting with a couple of other young women. The cafe was pretty fancy and the tables were already set for dining. This young woman wasn't even a customer. She idly reached over, took the linen napkin from one of the silverware settings, and blew her nose in it.
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15points


