I owe you nothing.
These should be the words hovering above each person's head as they leave the door each morning. Perhaps they should wear it on their chest as some sort of insignia.
People need to be reminded that nobody actually owes them anything. They are no different, no more superior, no more deserving of unearned perks than the stranger who just walked past them and didn't stop to look.
But in this world that means nothing. All you have to do is complain and it becomes an actionable item.
Let me say it again: "I owe you nothing." Earn it, baby. Lift a finger and then we'll talk.
To often I encounter this attitude of 'I want it that means it is mine unless you prove otherwise, and oh, I'll make you prove it.
Earn it.
