Entitlement

Why do some people feel as though they are entitled to have their cake and eat it too? Entitlement is the idea felt by some individuals that they have rights to certain luxuries in life and that they have certain rights granted to them, they are not to be earned. So many people, typically of the Western culture, believe they are entitled to lives of splendor, including the new shiny cars, giant flat screen TVs, McMansion homes and all the works. Many students feel entitled to good grades, because they "try" hard, even if they do not necessarily earn the grade they believe they deserve. Entitlement is a problem because it is an attitude that generates social perceptions of arrogance and affluence, which irritates persons with little to no feelings of entitlement. It causes a lot of frustration between workers and bosses, friends of varying socioeconomic statuses and people of different cultures.