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Comment by Melanie Eatherton on October 10, 2011 at 3:02pm

Love it!  This attitude of entitlement is seen across every industry.  I hear of this attitude every single day and am stunned.  I was brought up with work ethic.  I never expect anything that I haven't worked for....Thanks Dave!

Comment by john Benjamin on July 6, 2011 at 3:22pm

Talk about entitlement, when I was the GM of a company in Mexico, if I gave an employee the day off for any reason, they could LEGALLY expect to have that day off every year going forward, makes you think.

Comment by David Goodison on June 29, 2011 at 1:43pm

Thanks Bobby!  Someone once told me I should stop being so generous to my sales reps because:  "A favor can quickly become an obligation".  How right he was!!!

Comment by Bobby Compton on June 28, 2011 at 11:52pm

You nailed it Dave.

I think a lack of gratitude is behind the feeling of entitlement.

Take nothing or anyone for granted, not so easy come or easy go!~

Not only a great message, but well spoken and articulated.

Outstanding work my friend... 

 

 

Comment by Marek B. Helstrom on June 28, 2011 at 8:19pm

We actually named it "entitlementitus" while coaching troubled teens and their parents at a Bible based boarding school! It can be the fastest spreading disease in an organization! Excellent outline!!!

Comment by David Goodison on June 28, 2011 at 3:21pm

Gillon, I only agree with 100% of what you said.  However, living in the DC area for 30 years, my comment was more along the lines of entitlements related to freebies that keep the recipient in a constant state of dependency for them and generations more.  It does one thing well in that it ensures a steady stream of dependent voters.  Talking about the planet, check out www.gimmegreen.com  It is my son-in-laws site.  He is a film maker and scientist with a concentration on the environment.  He made this documentary and won just about every award possible.  He just came out with another film called "Terra Blight".  He is woefully aware of the mess we are making out of this planet and is trying to shed light on these things.  Oh...back to automotive...he drives a car!

:-)

 

Comment by Gillon S Johannson on June 28, 2011 at 2:20pm

Hmmm @David Goodson..."Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" is one of the most famous phrases in the United States Declaration of Independence and considered by many as part of one of the most well crafted, influential sentences in the history of the English language. These three aspects are listed among the "unalienable rights" or sovereign rights of man.

Me thinks though, that we indeed are entitled to just a bit more. For instance:  The resources of our planet to share with our fellows for our sustenance and pleasure for all eternity. Clean air, pure water, free choice and will. We are entitled to live free from oppression and tyranny. We are entitled to live without the influences of those who would seek to enslave us, or usurp our precious resources. We should have the right to enjoy all of the things that our mother planet can provide, without the worry of having the greedy usurp all that we would enjoy for all the days of man for their own personal gain.

If unalienable rights can consist of things so distinct and complex as life and liberty, and happiness, then certainly some of the more basic parts of life and planet should be expected as well.

Not to go off on a tangent or anything, but today it seems as if many think it is an unalienable right to drive up to the pump, and without regard for anything, fill their tank with impunity, while being outraged at the price. Not a thought going into the fact that what we are using in 200 years, took 200 million to get there.

Ah yes...This entitlement thing is becoming quite complex. Good thing this is an Automotive blog.

 

g~

Comment by Fransau McDonald on June 28, 2011 at 1:48pm

Lesson for life! Absolutely love it! Thanks Dave!

Comment by David Goodison on June 28, 2011 at 11:54am

We are entitled to only 3 things.  Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness!  Everything else we have to earn.  Way to go Dave!

Comment by Christine Nolden on June 28, 2011 at 12:44am

love it!!

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