I have to laugh when I think of that word, is it a good word or a bad word. I am not quite sure, but I will tell you when you live in a semi-wealthy tourist city, you realize that people who have been raised with the silver spoon in their mouth or anyone near them think they are entitled.
The other day I was driving up through the canyon to go home, it is snowy, dark and cold and I come across this car that had no back lights on. So I do my thing, honk, flash the brights, turn on my turn signal and this goes on for several miles. Finally after trying to juggle the snow myself and winding down the window several times, I get their attention and pull the car over. I realize they are from out of town in a rental car with the license plate of Montana, if you don't know how to run your car in the snow, I doubt they are from Montana. Now am I really thinking of anyone else other than their safety at this point, no.
When I finally get to talk to them, I say "your back lights are not on," and the lady passenger said, "oh we know, we have been trying to find out how to turn them on." Now seriously, if you know you have a problem on problem roads wouldn't you be thinking not of your own inconvenience but those people on the road that you are endangering, get off and figure it out.
Soon thereafter my son that lives in this same town with us puts on his facebook, that he almost killed someone that was out jogging in the dark snowy morning not on the sidewalk, not off the side of the road, but in the middle of the road without any colored warning clothing.
Now people, even if you have all the money in the world and could probably fix whatever problem that you can create, and you feel entitled to do so, think of other people other than yourself.
The freeway is like a whole new truth in how people really are. If you can't drive down a huge freeway from a mountain resort town, you shouldn't be here. I am driving to work, again in the dark, cold and snowy morning, at 75 mph (yes I was speeding) and come across a car just past a main entrance to the freeway. I realize his dome light is on, I don't think anything of it so I really don't take the time to think is this guy doing anything wrong. When I come up to his driver door, I realize the dome light is for his convenience so he can read a book, no not a map, no not texting like we complain all these texters are doing, he is reading a full on book. At that point I said I should have taken the time to do something about this, who knows who will endanger going at that speed.
We have been living in this town for 10 years, love it, love the atmosphere, but just like that word Entitlement, Atmosphere can also have a demeaning connotation. You can sit on your deck and enjoy the view and atmosphere or you can go to town and deal with atmosphere of those that think they are entitled. Even if you can afford the wreck you might create more emotional and phsycial damage than anyone can ever afford.
P.S. If I am going to juggle snow with idiots, I am going to start taking pictures of the license plate and posting them and their idiot ways. Be looking for future pictures.
