IrvineRenter_IHB
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I write on the main blog a great deal about the sense of entitlement of OC residents. It is appalling, mostly because it is built on a foundation of borrowed money.
As I sit here, I am looking out the window of my office watching this family washing the car of a coworker. This man and his wife are both applying elbow grease to clean this guys car, and they are smiling and joking with each other as they work. Their young son is playing in the front seat of their old truck--a truck loading with cleaning equipment to wash cars. He is not whining about hanging out with mom and dad. This guy does very good work, and takes pride in doing a good job.
As I watch this, I am acutely aware of my own sense of entitlement to my comfortable life in Irvine. This recession has also made me aware of just how easily that life could disappear. I ask myself if I would go out with my wife and son and wash cars if I get laid off; I say "no." The sense of entitlement that reveals in me is embarrassing.
As I sit here, I am looking out the window of my office watching this family washing the car of a coworker. This man and his wife are both applying elbow grease to clean this guys car, and they are smiling and joking with each other as they work. Their young son is playing in the front seat of their old truck--a truck loading with cleaning equipment to wash cars. He is not whining about hanging out with mom and dad. This guy does very good work, and takes pride in doing a good job.
As I watch this, I am acutely aware of my own sense of entitlement to my comfortable life in Irvine. This recession has also made me aware of just how easily that life could disappear. I ask myself if I would go out with my wife and son and wash cars if I get laid off; I say "no." The sense of entitlement that reveals in me is embarrassing.