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Person Online Inquires “What Screams ‘I Am Entitled?’”, And 30 People Provide Their Answers
Many people like perks. No, not like that. Many people enjoy being entitled, or at least just feeling entitled. Even if they do not have any slightest reason to feel a bit better than others at something, they will just come up with a reason.
This happens especially often, for example, in the service sector, where people who for some reason feel "entitled" help themselves to much more than the boundaries of decency allow. Sometimes one look at a person is enough to understand that they are entitled as hell.
And sometimes it's not. So Reddit users shared their stories about how they had to interact with these categories of entitled people, and how to recognize them easily. The thread came out very popular with almost 2K upvotes and more than 2.3K various comments. Bored Panda has created an incredibly entitled curated list for you with a selection of the most interesting stories from this thread.
So feel free to scroll down, leave your comments - and just try to never be like the heroes of these "entitled-persons-and-where-to-find-them" stories.
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People who are against abortion but then don’t give a s**t if the kid is taken care of.
This. so many unwanted children living a sad life just because the mother had to give birth to them. If only the pro-lifers were as good at adopting them as they are at calling women who had abortions murderers.. being unwanted may not impact your body but it kills your soul.
Treating service workers like c**p.
Acting as if your religious rules and customs should apply to anybody else.
People use the phrase "It's just a child!" to excuse their child's s***ty behavior. When the zoo says "Don't tap the glass, it stresses the animal" that means your f**kball child needs to knock it off.
Parents need to pay more attention to stop that behavior so they don't have to make excuses for it
Military wives that expect to be saluted or have the same treatment as their husbands. Or brag about their rank.
People who purposely cause messes at restaurants, movie theatres, etc. because "someone else will clean it up" or its "their jobs to clean it up". Spills happen, but people who start food fights or just throw their beverages/food are terrible
People who cut in line
Ugh yesssss especially when they ignore you when you stand up for them
when they do something to you and think it’s fine but when you do it in return and they freak out
Those shiny, niche cars taking up two parking spaces.
Those shoppers who trash boutique dressing rooms.
Those shoppers who take items (especially frozen ones) and ditch them in canned goods.
Screaming at children working at retail/fast food/starter positions at jobs.
People who don't pick up after their dogs and throw cigarette butts on the ground
I give mine to the crows to smoke, while they play cards on the rooftops.
Generally just leaving something for someone else to deal with
Incessant whining over shared inconveniences. For example, person goes to the DMV to find a 90 minute wait. Everyone else that arrived around the same time as them is also having to wait 90 minutes. But this person just. Won’t. Shut. Up about it. Like dude, we get it. It sucks. Literally no one is enjoying this experience. You’re not entitled to any faster service than anyone else, and bitching about it isn’t going to change that.
People who don't return their shopping cart.
This is how I judge people. Are you willing to take 30 seconds to do a small act that will make other people’s lives easier? No? Not your problem? Ok cool, noted. Definitely noted.
People that talk over you after you waited your turn/the mood called for someone to add to the convo.
Always these days. I haven’t said anything with them because of how much I get interrupted every 3 seconds.
This is one of my biggest pet peeves. It's so rude and basically communicates a lack of empathy on their part and that they have little or no respect for you or interest in what you have to say.
Mine too! Seems as though I am ALWAYS being interrupted or drowned out. I have stopped being polite and started raising my voice, even saying, "Hey, I'm talking here, dammit!" or something like that.
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People who think shouting someone else down means they won the argument. It doesn’t. It just means they’ve proven exactly how big an a*****e they are.
My friend group is all in agreement that we can tell eachother to shut up for a sec so we can talk if we’re being interrupted. It’s just easy, no offense shush for a sec
Sometimes its difficult not to, when the person is telling you a very long, detailed story for the umpteenth time. A friend has a 20 minute story she has told me at least a dozen times, so yes, I do jump in when I can and try to change the subject.
Why I learned speed talking... trying to get my say before some idiot talks over me. Did help with my learning to DJ at radio stations though.
When you say something and 15 seconds later someone repeats the exact same thing you do like it was their idea
Yep. Double whammy on this one... not only talked over/ignored/cut off/immediately shut down... but AFTERWARDS... I'm admonished or "friendly-shamed" for 'not saying anything'. (and otherwise scolded for being annoyingly rude for INSISTING on being able to say a full sentence)
There are so many people who just constantly dominate conversations, don’t ask any questions, talk over people, interrupt repeatedly. For me if the don’t show interest in other people it’s a massive red flag.
Sh!t like this only adds to my social anxiety. Like what I have to say isn't worth hearing. Like my viewpoints aren't worth anyone's time and therefore, I'm not worth anyone's time. See how this can snowball into severe insecurities for some people?
Part of the reason why I rarely talk to others anymore is because of how frequently I get talked over or just straight-up ignored. I feel like about half of my stories go unfinished because people won't listen.
My sister. Forever. Ever since she learned how to talk. And boy does she hate it if you do it to her.
This. Right. Here. It's right up there with people chewing with their mouths open and talking with food in their mouths.
I had an acquaintance who always interfered and interrupted everyone. At one point I put my palm right in front of his face to silence him. He then tried to argue with me... to which I just said, I only argue with those who are intellectually equal to me... and then ignored him as I continued my conversation. I think he had to look up the word "intellectual" at home (this was before the cell phone era) because he didn't respond at all. He never interrupted me again after that 😏
Nope. I will loudly tell you to STFKUP and wait your turn. If you don't, it will escalate from there and I WILL WIN...
My mum has this really annoying thing she does. If I’m talking and she has just remembered something that she wants to say, she holds up her crossed fingers so she doesn’t forget it. I just stop talking, because once the fingers are crossed I know that’s all she’s thinking about.
People do that to me all the time. I'm grateful for the pandemic, because it almost doesn't happen anymore. If my mom would stop doing it...
Not only that, but if they have to "1 up" you regarding what you're talking about.
My MIL is the queen on this one, and wonders why no one talks/ calls her
I am trying to be more self-aware and stop myself from doing this. It's a family trait unfortunately.
When you say no to someone and then they act like a child
“Ummm yo I have the right to rip your hijab but you don’t have the right to scream back”.
real story
The world will be a better place when different people of different religions don’t harass each other because of their beliefs
I'm a gas station worker and when people don't say please or thank you, when they're on the phone(mostly when they're VERY loud). When they walk in, dont even look at you, practically throw the money at you and say "20 on pump 5" and walk out.
OH! And when there's only one person there, we have to close our store for lunch. We have a very polite worded sign on the door. I'll be walking with my food to the back and they try and bang on the door, put their arms up like "what the f**k?? You're not going to serve me??"
And there's literally another gas station kitty corner to us.
Edit to clarify: where I'm from(Sacramento, California) you pay at the pump with card and pump gas yourself. I'm not stopping most people from getting gas by taking my lunch(ONLY thing that stops people from getting gas is if they're paying with cash, but most people don't. There's no discount at my store by paying with cash rather than card)
The only thing they can't get is cigarettes, beer and snacks. But as I stated, there is another gas station right across the street.
I am also entitled to a lunch, just as every other worker in America.
All their problems are always someone else’s fault, never their own.
Sign of an abuser. “She did it! She drove me to hit her!” No a*****e, she didn’t. You chose to hit her, instead of walking away and cooling down.
I work as a ticket seller for a ski resort.
My favorite entitled person is the guy who, upon finding out that the kids lesson was sold out, offered to pay extra if I would kick someone elses kid out so his kid could have a spot.
Using or taking other people's stuff without asking for their permission.
When I was a cop in the 90s I heard, "my taxes pay your salary" to which I would reply, "my taxes do as well"
Impatience in situations where it should be just universally understood that you need patience.
People who don’t clean up after themselves
I had old school parents. While some of their methods aren’t accepted anymore (spanking), a lot of the lessons they taught me should continue to be taught. Things like “leave it the way you found it”, “put it back where you found it”, “if you borrow something, give it back promptly and in the same condition it was given to you”, “always clean up after yourself”, “if it’s not yours, always ask permission before touching it”, “always say please and thank you, as well as ma’am and sir”, “don’t run and yell in public”, “stay in your seat when we’re out in a theatre or restaurant”, etc. Now, when I was little—-I’m 61 now, so I’m talking about the 1960s—-there were kids who would run and scream in a restaurant, and kids who would totally destroy the toy section in a store, so those aren’t new problems. But teaching your children about common courtesy, manners, and how to act around other people is as old as time—-and valuable. Antisocial kids become antisocial adults.
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Doctors who act like the pain is all in your head. Or you have a reaction to their treatment that they've "never heard of before". Or behave as if getting sick is somehow your fault.
Ok I would just like to add to this list: phone etiquette. If someone’s showing you something, don’t take their phone unless they say you can hold it. Also, my mom taught me it’s rude to look at someone’s phone if they don’t invite me to, so obvs it would be that way for my little bro right? Nope! If I’m doing something like texting or anything if he wants to look and I say no he gets mad at me and my parents tell him he’s fine to watch, but I can’t look at their phone, no sir! Uhgggg
for me it's people that donate to something, then expect special treatment for it. You DONATED. If you want special services, you PAY for them.
You don't have kids, you don't understand how hard it is! Oh but I do, hence I don't have kids. Seems to me, you're the one going in blind.
Doctors who act like the pain is all in your head. Or you have a reaction to their treatment that they've "never heard of before". Or behave as if getting sick is somehow your fault.
Ok I would just like to add to this list: phone etiquette. If someone’s showing you something, don’t take their phone unless they say you can hold it. Also, my mom taught me it’s rude to look at someone’s phone if they don’t invite me to, so obvs it would be that way for my little bro right? Nope! If I’m doing something like texting or anything if he wants to look and I say no he gets mad at me and my parents tell him he’s fine to watch, but I can’t look at their phone, no sir! Uhgggg
for me it's people that donate to something, then expect special treatment for it. You DONATED. If you want special services, you PAY for them.
You don't have kids, you don't understand how hard it is! Oh but I do, hence I don't have kids. Seems to me, you're the one going in blind.
