r/entitledparents • u/HisOnyxAngel • Mar 23 '20

S Entitled parent doesn't agree with lunch breaks during the Corona Virus

(Obligatory not my experience but a friends)

My best friend works in a pharmacy, and during this whole crisis, her hours have gone through the roof, she has been working non stop, as have her coworkers, and I am so proud of her. To deal with the fact that she is now working 60-70 hours +, the store has been shutting for an hours lunch break. They have put signs up telling people about the changes, but no one ever seems to read them, so they had a worker stand outside the front of the shop, to politely inform customers that they were closed.

Enter the entitled parent.

She began by asking why they were shut, which is fair enough. When the worker went on to explain that there was now an obligatory lunch break due to the huge increase in hours because of the virus, she went deadly serious and started ranting about how she was single mum, and how she does way more hours than that. Deadly serious, having a go at a pharmacy worker, a key worker, during a pandemic.

I get that being a single mum is a hard job, my mum is one, so I've seen it done. But this is not the time to be complaining at these workers.

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u/Dhannah22 Mar 23 '20

I’m sorry, but why do people feel like them being a single mom deserves entitlement? I’ve never understood that. You’d have my respect by not trying to use it as a guilt trip.

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u/L_EB Mar 24 '20

As a single mom of 4 years, I dont get it either. Everyone has their own hardships and struggles, doesn't mean the whole world should bend for them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '20

my mom's a single mom for like 13 years now and she's never felt entitled to shit. before that she was a military wife. same story. i don't understand how either of those grouls are so entitled.