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Are You Punishing the Wrong Person To Try and Make Your Point?
How the people at the bottom of the ladder often bear the brunt of our self-importance
If you went to a cafe that didn’t provide table service, would you still insist on table service? It is your choice to dine there. There are clear signs indicating you must order at the bar.
What fuels this level of self-entitlement? What causes someone to staunchly demand a service that isn’t offered? What makes someone trample all over the already overworked and underpaid staff, just to obtain what they think they are owed?
Tell me, in these circumstances, would you sit in this cafe and insist the staff make an exception for you, by taking your order at the table?
I read a story a while back, which I can’t shake from my mind. The author is well respected and apparently well-liked. She produces some thought-provoking work. Her observational skills are exemplary. I love her work. Correction, I loved her work until I read this piece! This piece of hers I am referring to is gross. I read it several times. Not only did she come across as entitled, but I saw a classist side to her.
As for the comments. They were as bad. Classism splashed from comment to comment.
