Entitlement Is Crap

It is Christmas dinner and my family and I are over at my mom’s house. The whole family is there, including great-grandma. It’s time to serve the food, and my nephew comes up with this:

Nephew: “This is crap. Can I have something else?”

After a moment of shock, my brother pipes up.

Brother: “Grandma has been cooking this meal for two days. You can either eat what you are served or go hungry.” 

Sister-In-Law: “Besides that, you had all of that food on Thanksgiving and candy on Halloween, and you’re going out with your friends on New Year’s Eve. Do you really want to tell them you won’t be able to come because you decided to act entitled? You know we raised you better than that.”

My nephew silently ate his meal.