Entitlement is a huge issue with modern society
My new apartment would be perfect except for the loud neighbors above me. When they run around, my apartment literally shakes - I’ll bang on the ceiling in return. I previously went and asked them to at least try and not be loud early mornings and at night.
Today the person came down and started yelling at me. Said she’s a doctor and a single mom with 2 kids and that she yells at the kids when I bang on the door and it’s not fair to the kids.
I responded that it’s not my problem she’s a single mom and that it’s not my fault she decides to yell at her kids. That really pissed her off and she started yelling that I’m harassing her. She even brought her kids down with her to watch her yell. No wonder she’s a single mom.
This is just another recent example I’ve seen of people who think the world revolves around them. Literally nobody except her cares she’s a single mom except her. Being a doctor doesn’t put her on a pedestal either. She said she is going to talk to the office, which I already have.
I guess one could argue that I’m entitled because I think my apartment shouldn’t literally shake. That argument doesn’t have merit as it’s reasonable to believe your apartment will not shake.
Just wanted to rant and see if anybody has any thoughts relating to my situation and/or entitlement in general. I had my headset mic on during the whole argument and my bros were laughing their ass off
Lmao your previous post was literally:
Don't act like you're exempt from the problem
I thought joke is supposed to be funny
Thinks the world has an entitlement issue
Value a perfectly quiet living area
Instead of buying his own home, expects his communal apartment complex to be perfectly quiet and kids that live there to be 100% well behaved at all times
just lol, I think you come across as the entitled one.
Tell her you will never take the vax
OP, how old roughly was she out of interest? Given she has kids I assume not that young, but I only ask because Gen-Z and millennials seem to particularly suffer from excessive entitlement as you point out (I’m a millennial myself btw).
Don’t get me wrong, a lot of Gen-Z kids I’ve met (grads at work etc) have been great - but there are a number I’ve encountered who are entitled to the point of being delusional. A few months ago a summer intern asked me off-hand when I would be changing my email signature to show my pronouns eg him/his - I think I just stared at them and mumbled something to avoid a confrontation. I’m a 32yr old PE senior associate btw.
Equally I have an ex-colleague now working in corporate development, he says his company has created a “shadow board” made up of junior Gen-Z kids to work in parallel with the actual board - just seems a bizarre concept? Also he said there was some awkward confrontation when the shadow board mistook the exercise for something more than virtue-signalling and sent the board a long email of proposed suggestions/improvements… words fail me.
As to why this has happened… I don’t know maybe at 32 I’m just an old man, but personally I’m tempted to blame social media for a lot of it. I had Facebook at college but knew the world before it existed - whereas seems like a lot of kids these days think posts on social media represent real life.
In the last few years even LinkedIn has become a toxic dump - the “feed” you get on the main page is now enough to give you brain cancer, with people posting the most asinine things (I don’t even mind a 21yr old putting “incoming analyst” but please don’t post an essay about how you’re “very pleased to accept Morgan Stanley’s offer to be an analyst” and naming a list of people who you’re grateful to, as if you’re some NFL player getting drafted).
Anyway sorry rant over. But yes OP I agree there is a big entitlement issue in today’s society where people only think about themselves and are always keen to play “the victim card” and blaming others instead of looking inwards at themselves. Case in your point your neighbour - I’m sure being a single mom is tough, but as you say you didn’t cause/create her circumstances, and you shouldn’t have to suffer unduly because of it.
The Chad summer intern vs. the virgin senior associate
One issue I think has compounded this problem is the level of involvement / additional activities people are expected to do in high school and college in order to flesh out their resume for recruiting and/or grad school. I've seen several people who I went to school with that had always been president / executive of several clubs and were actively involved in a number of activities really struggle once they left the undergrad bubble for work, med school, etc.
For the first time in a long time they are giving up control of their lives, taking a step back and need to learn how to operate as part of something bigger than themselves. I think for most people, and especially the kids who were keen enough to be so involved in school, this change in mentality is something that's really hard to deal with, and it's not helped by the fact that every year it feels like the bar for what is "enough" when we're evaluating applicants seems to get higher and higher.
You got punked by a 19 year old
I've noticed that there's a correlation between privileged people AND/OR entitled people, complaining about entitlement.
the title of your post is correct. however the body of the post doesn't support it. instead it supports an idea that apartment buildings in US are made our of carton. people should be able to run and yell if they want in their apartment. the problem is that the walls are paper-thin, so you can't sneeze without people above and below hearing.
I hear when people above me drop something on the floor (like change or plug). so I know for sure that when I'm fucking, at least 6 apartments hear me fucking. and a lot of times it's late at night (1-2 am). but what can I do.
they slap "luxury" on everything now. but even buildings with all possible amenities can be made of paper-thin walls and doors.
I went to US one summer and I can confirm that this idea of "the world moves around me" is very very present in America. I suppose that's because the american society was born by the idea of the individual instead of the community. So, each one only is concerned about his goals, his purpose in life and to pursue "happiness" which doesn't let place for empathy to step down sometimes to consider the perspective of other persons.
Also, gloablly for me is impressive that each person has a voice because of social media. One OnlyFans thot can post a 2 sentance post about some manifestations which happen somewhere in the world and her post is shared by thousands of person. Is she a deep philosopher? Deepthroat(er) I would say. But because of how famous she is, her voice is more heard than some othet meaningful voices which really bring some value to the topic. No depth in thoughts, only superficialty and stupidity.
Here in Europe people seem more chilled but the young ones aren't far away because of their idealization of the American Influencers and consumer culture.
Regarding the post of the 32 years old guy in PE, don't worry your good. Getting on board a Gen-Z crew is funny as hell. What values does Gen-Z bring? The only things those guys share are their movements of tolerance and no discrimination towards the 48 sexes. Libertarianism is pushed so far away from his intentions that's it totally out of place nowadays. People will accept the most shitty "revolutionary" ideas just to feel that they are doing something historically important which is their way of enlarging their ego.
Nowadays society as a whole is F up, so instead of fighting with the mills, ignore the noise and don't fall into the same patterns.
I'm 22, so no need of comments that I'm to old to understand the young generation.
This belongs on Reddit: AITA. Just a crap situation. It's one thing if there's a 5 minute yelling window, or dog barks for 2 mins when someone leaves. Totally another to say I'm a doctor and a single mom so it is what it is. She should understand that by living in an apartment building, she needs to provide quiet enjoyment to neighbors, and if she can't, she belongs in a house. You should be more understanding and instead of saying "not my problem," maybe something like, "Wow, sounds like you're having a really tough time, I'm sorry and understand. I totally get things can get chaotic at times, and it's okay if it happens here and there, but this is happening all the time and is really disruptive and can't continue."
To the poster who said he should deal with it because he lives in an apartment building - absolutely not - it's the other way around. If you can't be respectful to your neighbors, you should leave. What would happen if your neighboring unit started putting their trash in front of their door in the hallway instead of the garbage, and you started getting bugs and it would smell terrible - would you say well, if I don't want to deal with that I should move to a house? No, you would tell someone if they want to be that disgusting, they need their own property. A little noise here and there is expected, walls shaking to the point that you're this overheated, no
you should never be dealing with this, especially if this is a nice building. This should immediately go through property management, with emails so that you are showing a paper trail. Then at some point you can report to 311
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Have you considered filling a garbage can with orange juice and leaning it against their door? It'll spill everywhere when they open it and the stickiness will make it significantly more difficult to run around the apartment.
Nothing really to add except that you should've cunt punched her - what an absolute bitch
I absolutely thrive on those confrontations, literally feed off em
Sorry you couldn't hold down a man and have latchkey bastards who have no manners - a based husband would never allow that. This is modern feminism in a nutshell only furthering the societal problems we face
Pardon the french (I'm blasted)
This was hilarious, I cried laughing thank you. What an entitled hag
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