Two examples of oblivious people

[MetalDog]

The first story is about a woman in the Pacific Northwest whos dog barked so loudly that the neighbor filed a lawsuit.  The dog lady ignored the whole thing and had a $500,000 judgement entered against her.  NOW she's sorry about the whole thing and wants it overturned.

http://news.yahoo.com/barking-dog-could-cost-his-family-their-home-182514181.html


The second story is about a woman who lost a bid on her, "dream home," and took to doing spiteful things to get back at the people who got the house.  The "pranks," as she termed them, got progressively worse, until the homeowners called the cops.  Apparently, the pranks were deemed criminal and the woman has to wear an ankle bracelet for a year, five years probation and ten years no contact with her victims.

http://news.yahoo.com/woman-sentenced-tormenting-couple-says-she-devastated-over-185747018--abc-news-topstories.html


Both stories say to me that your own wants and needs are more important than any harm you might cause to other people.  What causes that?  I realize it's human nature to an extent, but, I thought the process of becoming a valuable member of society would smooth those things out of you.  I mean, you know your dog is noisy.  When someone serves you papers that there is a court case against you, don't you think it's time to take it seriously?  And are you such a poor sport that you think it's even remotely acceptable to take out an online ad, promising that the homeowners wife will have sex with you?  All you have to do is show up during the day?  How is that a prank?  Even a little bit?!

[Gusington]

The key here is that valuable members of society are few and far between.

My uncle got into a fist fight with some douchebag neighbor who had multiple dogs in his yard all year round barking constantly. After repeatedly aski.g the neighbor to bring them in, he got animal control and the local police involved, to no avail. It wasn't until he finally went over there one last time and got the door slammed in his face (literally) that it went to court and the dogs were taken away.

Such levels of douchebaggery beg many questions.

[BanzaiCat]

This is exactly why teaching kids that "you're special" and giving away trophies to all the kids results in more stupid, oblivious people that feel entitled, or that they are more important than everyone else. I can imagine these idiots can justify all kinds of asshattery because it's their life, not anyone else's, and remain totally oblivious to the dumb things they do.

[Barthheart]

This is exactly why teaching kids that "you're special" and giving away trophies to all the kids results in more stupid, oblivious people that feel entitled, or that they are more important than everyone else. I can imagine these idiots can justify all kinds of asshattery because it's their life, not anyone else's, and remain totally oblivious to the dumb things they do.

+1 gazillion