Long story short, My sister's 20 year old college senior kid is living at an empty house of mine and co-owned by my sisters, (middle class suburbia) As a favor to him during his senior year so he wouldn't have to live in a dorm room, Sis and I both figured he could live there with all utilities paid, no rent, not even paying for internet or TV..................if he would do simple chores, like mow the lawn every once in a while, drive a spare car parked there so the battery stays charged, maybe vacuum and/or clean the toilets every couple months............
After 7 months, no lawn mowing was done, the spare car didn't get driven, cat poop in the litter box didn't get emptied for months, and generally what you'd think a solo bachelor male 20 year old would do to a house. (really, it's not "that" bad)
But no chores, no Internet...........So
I cut off his internet and TV last night.................oh the humanity. Talk about the loud squeeling from him. (heck all I did was unscrew the co-ax cable on the outside of the house..........
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What is it about todays kids, say 14-24 year range, that have the sense of entitlement, that "something" is owed to them free?
Here is his reply after the cable internet went dead, I do believe I have his attention to do his chores and fulfill the expectations of living there for FREE:
( I just want him to mow the lawn and be a Care-Taker, I don't want his money for cable/internet, I'm just making a point to him that he has to contribute to house care) I love his argument how TV and Internet is imperative to his future human survival needs, sorta like oxygen? GASP, I cut him back to 80 channel of standard def cable TV and no HD.
"What Happened? I need the internet, for every aspect of my schoolwork and daily life, I don’t really need to explain it. The reason I was alright with you taking out the cable boxes was because I can stream Netflix, Hulu, etc. But I need the internet for those to work… So, it is imperative for my schoolwork and future that I have the wi-fi back… I don’t care about the phone line because that is not something I use, but as far as the TV channels are concerned, I literally get channels 2-10 or so now. I need to have the cable back to a standard plan, I don’t need HD, but I do need the basics that cover 2-60. My mom and I have offered to pay some or all of it ourselves but it’s difficult because you are the one in charge of that.
so for those of you with 14-24 year old kids, where does this sense of entitlement come from, as if it the whole world is all owed to them free of charge?
I'm going to let him squirm for 48 hours, then re-hook up the cable. he heh heh.