branv
<font color=blue>The safety feature in my parents
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Color me surprised, but I am on these boards every day and I've not seen this "rash" of entitlement that others are going on about. Do they exist? Well, yes. Are they taking over? Well, errr, noooo. In fact, I have to work fairly hard to find a post where someone is honestly ranting because they didn't get something for nothing. Some of them may have hoped they'd get pixie dusted, but not a single one of you has really said even that is wrong. Sure I get it...it's annoying when people put themselves first, break the rules THEY decide aren't worth following, and generally bully or whine their way through life and vacation.
But really...is it so much that most people are this way, or that a small percentage are and sadly, that is what we are choosing to focus on?
Honestly, so often on this board when I do I read threads where someone intends to do something, once people politely explain to them why that is breaking the rules and why it creates a problem for others, they often are embarrassed and change their plans. It's only a few hard cases and trolls who really plow through, kicking left and right. I would argue that sometimes it is the people chastising who end up being far ruder -- they could give the person the benefit of the doubt, as at some time we all do things out of ignorance that later we wished we'd known better. And all it would have taken was a thoughtful heads up, instead of a finger wagging.
Yes, entitlement is higher these days. Amazing how it's so incredibly prevalent, yet it always seems to be EVERYBODY ELSE who acts this way, and "neeeeever me!" A me, me, me attitude is bad for society in many ways, but so is spending too much time worrying what other people are doing.
I also wonder why, if this is really an outcry against rude, ignorant behavior, why nothing has been said about the posts that have implied observable poor manners at WDW are a result of a lower economic class of people having access to WDW due to discounting? Which is ironic since some of the WORST behavior I have seen has come from people who act entitled because of the money they do have or their committment to preserve it in their own wallets. Bad behavior isn't limited to any one economic or social class, clearly. I simply find it telling that those posts have been given a free pass.
But really...is it so much that most people are this way, or that a small percentage are and sadly, that is what we are choosing to focus on?
Honestly, so often on this board when I do I read threads where someone intends to do something, once people politely explain to them why that is breaking the rules and why it creates a problem for others, they often are embarrassed and change their plans. It's only a few hard cases and trolls who really plow through, kicking left and right. I would argue that sometimes it is the people chastising who end up being far ruder -- they could give the person the benefit of the doubt, as at some time we all do things out of ignorance that later we wished we'd known better. And all it would have taken was a thoughtful heads up, instead of a finger wagging.
Yes, entitlement is higher these days. Amazing how it's so incredibly prevalent, yet it always seems to be EVERYBODY ELSE who acts this way, and "neeeeever me!" A me, me, me attitude is bad for society in many ways, but so is spending too much time worrying what other people are doing.
I also wonder why, if this is really an outcry against rude, ignorant behavior, why nothing has been said about the posts that have implied observable poor manners at WDW are a result of a lower economic class of people having access to WDW due to discounting? Which is ironic since some of the WORST behavior I have seen has come from people who act entitled because of the money they do have or their committment to preserve it in their own wallets. Bad behavior isn't limited to any one economic or social class, clearly. I simply find it telling that those posts have been given a free pass.
And it was off season! Our WDW trips are about $2,000 not including room. We are in DVC so figuring room cost is interesting. 
For sake of argument lets say seven nights at AKL/AKV is $1,000. Total trip cost is $3,000 for eating out a couple of nights at Signature restaurants, sending the kids to a club house, and staying at a deluxe hotel.
Which is not unusual. What the CM's see at WDW is not unusual. One of the comments I heard this weekend was, "What makes them think they are so special?" 
smile and have a wonderful disney day.
