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I started to post this over at CS, but I began to suspect that people might be tempted to delve into Fratching territory because of the last part of this story, so I put it here, instead. I also wasn't sure which category it fit best into here. I guess it's a bit of a social woe, so I put it in this one.
Here's the story:
I've said this before, but I'm the librarian at a small college. The other day, I was sitting at my desk finishing something up. It was getting close to the end of the day, and I was about to head out. A student at one of the computers looked over at me suddenly with a strange look on her face and asked, "What's going on?"
I shrugged.
"It sounds like there is an argument going on out in the hall," she continued. "Sounds like someone is giving G some crap."
G is the admin assistant here at the campus.
When I listened more carefully, I did hear a conversation going on. I got up and went out into the hall towards the reception desk to investigate, wondering what was going on and scolding my hearing abilities for not picking this up myself.
When I get to the reception desk, I see G talking to one of the students while our receptionist was sitting at the desk looking on. Turns out, this student walked up to the desk and wanted to see one of the financial aid people immediately and then flipped out when the receptionist said he wasn't available. Then, G came out and told him to quiet his voice, which led to more righteous indignation and arguing.
So, G and this student were going back and forth. First, the student denied several times that he was yelling, and G kept telling him that she was able to hear him loudly from her desk, which is behind a wall behind the receptionist's desk, which meant he was too loud. Then, the student gave up on that and started castigating G and the receptionist for not being able to see his financial aid person.
G tried to explain to him that the financial aid people and the student services people have many responsibilities, and that it's usually not possible to be able to see them immediately, which is why students need to schedule appointments.
Well, this student didn't think he should have to schedule an appointment. He kept interrupting G and telling her, "Follow the argument! You say that he is here until 5:00, but then I look at my watch and see it's 4:30, and you tell me he isn't here. That is wrong. And then you tell me I am too loud. That is unacceptable."
G eventually tells him once again that he WAS too loud.
He denies it, and G calls him a bold faced liar and turns to go back to her desk.
Now, here's where it gets interesting . . .
This student is not originally from the United States (stay with me, now, I'm NOT saying all immigrants are like this). I talked to G a few minutes after this happened, and she said that this student was a prince back in his home country, and because of that, whenever he comes into the school, he treats everyone like his subjects who are supposed to follow his every command without question.
I thought she was joking, but she insisted that was true.
She also said that this was the tenth time he has done something like this and created a huge scene. First, I feel disgusted over the notion that he thinks he can come over here and treat everyone like subjects in his kingdom. Then, I'm wondering why he even came over here if he was royalty in his home country.
Part of me suspect that G isn't totally correct, though I can see the "I am Royalty" mentality in this guy. Maybe he was just some important leader back in his country, and people were expected to oblige to his every whim without question, and he has brought that lovely attitude over the ocean with him.
Here's the story:
I've said this before, but I'm the librarian at a small college. The other day, I was sitting at my desk finishing something up. It was getting close to the end of the day, and I was about to head out. A student at one of the computers looked over at me suddenly with a strange look on her face and asked, "What's going on?"
I shrugged.
"It sounds like there is an argument going on out in the hall," she continued. "Sounds like someone is giving G some crap."
G is the admin assistant here at the campus.
When I listened more carefully, I did hear a conversation going on. I got up and went out into the hall towards the reception desk to investigate, wondering what was going on and scolding my hearing abilities for not picking this up myself.
When I get to the reception desk, I see G talking to one of the students while our receptionist was sitting at the desk looking on. Turns out, this student walked up to the desk and wanted to see one of the financial aid people immediately and then flipped out when the receptionist said he wasn't available. Then, G came out and told him to quiet his voice, which led to more righteous indignation and arguing.
So, G and this student were going back and forth. First, the student denied several times that he was yelling, and G kept telling him that she was able to hear him loudly from her desk, which is behind a wall behind the receptionist's desk, which meant he was too loud. Then, the student gave up on that and started castigating G and the receptionist for not being able to see his financial aid person.
G tried to explain to him that the financial aid people and the student services people have many responsibilities, and that it's usually not possible to be able to see them immediately, which is why students need to schedule appointments.
Well, this student didn't think he should have to schedule an appointment. He kept interrupting G and telling her, "Follow the argument! You say that he is here until 5:00, but then I look at my watch and see it's 4:30, and you tell me he isn't here. That is wrong. And then you tell me I am too loud. That is unacceptable."
G eventually tells him once again that he WAS too loud.
He denies it, and G calls him a bold faced liar and turns to go back to her desk.
Now, here's where it gets interesting . . .
This student is not originally from the United States (stay with me, now, I'm NOT saying all immigrants are like this). I talked to G a few minutes after this happened, and she said that this student was a prince back in his home country, and because of that, whenever he comes into the school, he treats everyone like his subjects who are supposed to follow his every command without question.
I thought she was joking, but she insisted that was true.
She also said that this was the tenth time he has done something like this and created a huge scene. First, I feel disgusted over the notion that he thinks he can come over here and treat everyone like subjects in his kingdom. Then, I'm wondering why he even came over here if he was royalty in his home country.
Part of me suspect that G isn't totally correct, though I can see the "I am Royalty" mentality in this guy. Maybe he was just some important leader back in his country, and people were expected to oblige to his every whim without question, and he has brought that lovely attitude over the ocean with him.
I suspect even if he had been dirt poor in his own country, he still would have the same entitled Speshul Snowflake attitude.
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