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Indrė Lukošiūtė

108 Insane Requests That Reeked Of Sheer Entitlement

We all probably know a person or two who can be surprisingly entitled, especially when it comes to asking for favors or having other kinds of requests. (If you don’t know one, consider yourself lucky.) To make matters worse, their heightened sense of entitlement often goes hand in hand with audacity, resulting in someone that’s rather difficult to deal with.

If you’re wondering how difficult exactly, you can decide for yourself – on the list below, you will find all sorts of requests from some of the most entitled persons people have ever met. The list includes everything from people asking for a boat for free to scammers fuming over being unable to use a hacked card, and an abundance of other surprising scenarios, so grab some popcorn and start scrolling through.

#1 Just Why?

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#2 My Dad's A Photographer, This Is His Most Recent Client

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#3 Just Found This On Facebook. I Think This Counts?

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Few people like someone high on an entitlement horse. Such individuals are often rude, inconsiderate, and tend to feel like for some reason only known to them, the entire world should cater to their needs.

Since they also often feel like people owe them something, they’re not always subtle about asking for favors or handling requests (as this list clearly shows). That’s what makes something that could work like social glue—lending a helping hand or doing favors can strengthen people’s relationships—do more harm than good.

#4 Terry Crews Calling Out An Ep

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#5 I Was Giving Away A Free Dishwasher On Craigslist And Caught One In The Wild!

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Studies suggest that even though a request or a favor usually entails imposing some sort of a burden on the person on the receiving end, it can end up benefiting the relationship between the people involved.

“In an experiment, both Japanese and American participants who were asked for help from a confederate increased their liking of the confederate relative to the baseline. Sociable impression of the confederate and perceived closeness of the relationship also increased relative to the baseline. There was, however, no such increase when participants helped the confederate without receiving a direct request. This study suggests that despite the potential risks to relationships, asking favors can provide opportunities for requesters to build and promote relationships,” a study read in part.

Many people would likely agree that even if you’re the one who has to do someone a favor, it can end up bringing the two of you closer together. However, that arguably only works if the person in need of help asks for it in a courteous manner rather than demands it, driven by their heightened sense of entitlement.

#6 Cashapp Beggars

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#7 I Get A Lot Of Dms Daily From Teen TikTok “Stars” Asking For Free Stuff From My Business, And Here’s An Example

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#8 Change Your Dog's Name, Or My Unborn Baby's Life Will Be Ruined

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Discussing entitlement in a piece for Psychology Today, the founder of Compassion Power, Dr. Steven Stosny, suggested that people’s sense of entitlement has reached new heights over the last decade. “Historically, people felt entitled to think and say whatever they liked and to do anything that did not impinge on the rights of others. In less than a decade, we’ve expanded the sense of entitlement to control what other people think and say out loud,” he explained, adding that nowadays, some people’s views are: “If I don’t like the way you think or what you say, you have no right to think or say it.”

#9 Entitled Man Wants My Partner To Change Their Name

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#10 Oh Ok, I'm Sorry

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#11 I Tried To Give Away Two Harnesses That No Longer Fit My Dog. Did Not Go Well

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Dr. Stosny continued to point out that entitlement tends to inflate one’s ego to unrealistic levels where it becomes highly vulnerable to disconfirming impressions of others. “It requires a certain amount of impression management and self-deception to maintain,” he noted. “It’s fed through confirmation bias but remains highly vulnerable to disconfirming feedback from others. It becomes fragile. It feels defensive when being aggressive and attacked when attacking.”

The expert shared that in his experience, entitlement—together with defensive anger—usually expands to hide a deeper sense of unworthiness.

#12 Person Who Hacked My Credit Card Emailed Me Asking Why I Canceled His Flight

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#13 You Want Me To Pay You?

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#14 This Level Of Entitlement Is Absurd

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While it might seem that some entitled people will never change their ways, Better Help suggests that a person might overcome a sense of entitlement. Some of the ways to do that are trying to stop comparing themselves to others (they might benefit from bearing in mind that they don’t have to compete with others and that they can accomplish their own goals), thinking about their personal goals and ways to achieve them, and trying to learn not to be discouraged by temporary setbacks.

#15 Came Home And This Note Was Taped To My Door. Time To Install Security Cams I Guess

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#16 I Finally Caught One In The Wild

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#17 You Can’t Advertise Your Company For 40 Days, Because Catholics

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It’s also advisable for people with a heightened sense of entitlement to try to see things from another person’s point of view, to strive to live more in the present, and to practice treating others with respect, compassion, and gratitude. According to Better Help, “If they are genuinely kind to others and commit to acts of selflessness without expecting a favor in return, others may feel a desire to return the same goodness to them.”