On 2017-02-02 5:35 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 11:48:30 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>> On 2017-02-02 1:04 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
>>> On 2/2/2017 8:28 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 2/1/2017 11:59 AM, wrote:
>>>>> Nancy, I bought eggs every week for our clients, sometimes
>>>>> cartons of 8, sometimes 12. . Funny story: End of day,
>>>>> down to our last carton of eggs, last client walks in, opens
>>>>> the carton and complains loudly to me that one egg is broken.
>>>>> I kept my composure and quietly asked, "You mean you can't
>>>>> use 11 good eggs?" She shrugged her shoulders and walked
>>>>> out. Go figure.
>>>>>
>>>>> Denise in NH
>>>>>
>>>> That sounds like someone who really didn't need the free food
>>>> from the food pantry. 
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>
>>> what does need have to do with it? she was ***entitled*** to a
>>> full dozen eggs!
>>
>>
>> Never underestimate the power of entitlement. The city of
>> Burlington Ont. constructed a walkway out into Lake Ontario as part
>> of a waterfront rejuvenation. It extends about 150 yards out into
>> the lake and at the end of it there is an elevated platform with a
>> stairway to a slightly elevated observation deck. Wouldn't you
>> know that some disable person raised a big stink that the stairway
>> isn't wheelchair accessible. It's not a government office or
>> educational facility. The pier is far enough our into the lake and
>> the structure is not high enough to appreciably increase the view.
>> I guess it's just one of those things that reminds her that she is
>> not as mobile as other people and has something to be miserable
>> about. She figures she is entitled.
>
> I would settle with her with a letter of apology and a check for
> $1000. Of course, she would have to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
> I tell you, I can fix the problem of these cities like that! *snaps
> finger* 
>
Well, there's the problem with things these days.Too many people are too
weak and cave into the nonsense of these entitled people. They should
be able to say sorry you can't climb steps, but we aren't going to spend
a fortune on an elevator or a 50 foot ramp just so that you can go
wheel yourself 150 yards out into the lake where the view is as nice as
it is 10 feet higher.
On a related note.... friends of ours had a cottage with lake front
property and a private dock. There were other cottages on the other side
of the road and they pooled their resources to build a dock at the foot
of the public access. Somewhere along the line, someone moved into the
cottage next to them, also with lakefront, but no dock. The woman was
handicapped and, rather than having a dock build, she complained to the
town that this public dock was not wheelchair accessible. The town
removed the dock.