What's the worst case of spoiled rotten that you've seen?

My roommate is an application essay reader for a university's business school.

He was just telling me about a kid who wrote his Overcoming Hardship essay

about how he really wanted a boat because all of his friends had boats and it was hard for him to be left out.

Then he overcame his hardship when his parents bought a boat.

I guess his hardship wasn't a hard ship to get.

Was it the Ford dealership getting my oil changed and killing time by walking through the big showroom?

There's a Mustang GT 350 sitting in the middle with a huge bow on it and folks gathered around waiting for someone.

Minutes later, the family comes in with their son who immediately yells about wanting it in

blue instead of black and denting the passenger door with a swift kick.

The parents didn't even have money. He wanted new clothes and was told no, so he put his clothes

in the bathtub and poured bleach on them. The parents brought him new clothes.

Holy crap, that would have been a bleachy clothes-wearing dude if it was my son. Yep, the only way to get

kids to realize that being a craphead isn't going to benefit them is to let them do it and deal

with the consequences. Eventually, they'll learn that being a jackass doesn't pay off.

In high school, 1987, this really pretty girl was about to turn 16, and her parents got her a fully frame-up, restored 65 Mustang.

It wasn't what she wanted, so they got her a new Porsche 944, not the only one at my school.

It was customized with rims and upholstery that had her name embroidered on it.

When she graduated, they got her a new Lexus sedan.

Her father was a preacher at a small rural church.

Her mom was a stay-at-home trophy wife.

Still have no idea how they pulled that off.

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