Not reasonable, perhaps, but theoretically understandable. The escalating price of just about everything implies an increase in value that, in most cases, is not delivered. So some folks simply create their own perks — giving vent to rage or breaking traditional rules of social conduct (i.e., doing whatever the hell they want.)
If you feel you are paying VIP prices, you may well expect to be treated like a VIP.
Are there, like, numbers for this? Or are we just going along with some op ed person yelling at clouds because the vibes are right?
Decades of “enlightened self-interest” media propaganda and social media-driven idolization of “dark triad” bullshit culturally normalized this shit.
I think something broke when became the 2016 frontrunner and being “based” and saying the old bigoted shit in a mask-off way was suddenly in vogue for chuds, too.
Decades of promoting anti-social behavior and packaging it as freedom has consequences. Shocking.
Americans have forgotten how to misbehave, frankly. It’s always stupid bullshit like asking a target employee why they’re gay, and never anything cool like flipping over cop cars.
