Have you ever had to deal with someone who seems to think they're better than you or that the world owes them?

This might be entitlement, its ugly head and it can be really frustrating

Welcome back to savvy psychologist. I'm your host to Dr Jade Wu and every week I'll help you meet life's challenges with

evidence-based research, a sympathetic ear, and zero judgment. Today we talk

about five ways to protect yourself and avoid conflict by setting boundaries

being consistent and as always showing some compassion to people who are

entitled. Lately for for whatever reason, I've been hearing a lot about entitled people.

Earlier this week, a journalist emailed me and told me they were working on a piece on sleep,

and they requested detailed answers to a bunch of questions.

They didn't ask whether I had time to answer them,

nor did they say please or thank you.

They just expected my answers by the end of the day.

The next day I heard from a coworker. The next day I heard from a coworker who had waited three

hours for a client who stood her up. This was after the client had

demanded to meet in person even though everyone else was doing virtual appointments.

Then for a whole afternoon he continually texted that he was running late

before finally no showing because the appointment turned out to be

inconvenient for him

Finally, I've been lending an ear to Professor Friends, who are in the midst of a semesterly ritual,

dealing with students who Hegel for grades.

One friend said that a freshman attended her virtual office hours and said,

You gave me a B on my paper? I don't get B's. I need you to change this to an A.

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