To echo some of the sentiments expressed in this post, it’s important to remember that members of every generation can be just as entitled as the next—by no means does one generation have a monopoly in entitlement. The baby boomers have their «Karens,» we millennials have our «Heathers,» and Gen-Z has, well, whatever they have. (Madison?)

There’s a reason why you need to constantly be on your guard when working in the service industry, and that’s because you never know where your next encounter with an entitled person is going to occur. It can be when you least expect it and come from someone who you thought was—and had been up until that point—completely reasonable.

This fellow customer shared their experience of witnessing an older couple who felt that they didn’t have to wait for a seat, feeling their time to be of greater importance than the hordes of other people who were waiting. 

Keep reading to see the reactions from the thread that was generated around this post when it was originally shared on a smaller Reddit community.

Next, see this customer who had to deal with a sales associate who rudely assumed she knew nothing about knives.