I tell you, the sense of [inappropriate] entitlement and selfishness in public discourse just makes me sick.
Just yesterday, at TPunk's production of Guys & Dolls, there was a couple sitting directly behind DR Ben and DP Ant who had mistakenly purchased tickets for the previous weekend. There were in the right seats, but on the wrong date. And they were rude and belligerant and refused to give up the seats, even though the people that legitimately had those seats for the performance were waiting to be seated. And they refused an alternate accommodation because the seats being offered were farther away from the stage. And as a result of this kerfuffle, the rest of the audience was forced to endure a 15 minute delay in the start of the performance. But these people didn't care one jot. It's "me first!"
And then just today, I saw a pedestrian start crossing into an intersection, AGAINST a "Do Not Walk" sign. When a driver almost hit him, he started screaming at the driver, pointing out that HE was in a CROSS WALK. This guy was in his 50's...old enough to know better. Yeah, I know, pedestrians ALWAYS have the right of way, but that doesn't make them always right.
