Yes, I work there. Hell no, you can't!

Excuse the title...used for emphasis.
I was having a thought to myself a few weeks back.  I placed those thoughts onto twitter...and it's funny how the conversation came up today; which is the reason for this blog.  Entitlement:  Complete strangers (or people you don't talk to often) thinking it's perfectly okay to ask for sh%t.
There are people in the world, whom you don't really, truly know; however, they may know you through a parent, cousin, sister-in-laws nephew, or grandparents friend of 50 years and they feel as if they are entitled to contact you for any perk of life that you are accessible to.  I'll break this down to an actual occurance.
I used to work in radio...shouldn't be any surprises there since my bachelor of arts is in radio and television.  At the radio stations, I worked in several different areas from; national sales, promotions to the street team.  While working at a radio station, of course you get perks.  Tickets to concerts, parties, exclusive events, yada, yada, yada!  It's no surprise or secret.  Well of course, people will come out of the wood works to contact you and ask for things.  Case in point:
I was driving along, minding my own business one day, when I recieved a call from an unknown number.  Unknown being that it wasn't saved in my phone, so I didn't know who to expect on the other end of the line.  I answered...because hell, it's my phone (I'll blog on my opinion of not answering certain calls later...because oh, do I have an opinion!)  When I answered, "Hello."  The caller on the other end (for the purpose of this blog will call them Gucci) calls out my name, "Khrysti."  (like I'm not supposed to be answering my phone...any who)  "Yes," I say.  "Hey, this is Gucci."  "Who?!"  I ask bewildered.  "Gucci," they reply, "Remember me, I'm you're mom and aunt's (we'll say aunt as to not disclose the perpertrator) friend.  How you doing?"  She continues, as if that's supposed to make me remember.  However, I indulge in the conversation still not quite knowing who in the world I'm talking to.  So I say, "okay...Hi." "I was calling because I know you work at the radio station and I heard an advertisement for this Bow Wow concert for next weekend.  Prada's (of course the name's not Prada) just loves Bow Wow, she's a huge fan girl, and I was seeing if you could get me a few (not one, not two, but a few) tickets to see Bow Wow in concert.(and of course she means for free, at my expense) Girl, she would be so excited, you know."
~Now of course she kind of kept on going, making sure to continue telling me what a huge fan this child was.  Of course it would make her year.  However, of course I have a younger brother...Hello?! that is about the same age as your child.  You would think if I do have a ticket, or in her case, a few tickets...HE would be the first to get them.  Also, considering I don't know you, and I'm still wondering how in the world you got my number?  Please, don't call me again out of the blue, asking for free tickets to any event!  In this case; I politely told her I don't have any available tickets and that my suggestion to her was to go online or call ticketmaster before the concert sold out or something.  ~

I mean do you believe the audacity of some people?!  It's different, if you know the person, or if you've already extended the invitation to them.  It then becomes acceptable to call you or inquire about something you want to be apart of or know.  But goodness, it's just plain tacky and uncooth to contact someone you hardly speak to or see on a daily basis asking for favors and THINGS!  The sad part of it (and I don't think this happened in this case) but people feel entitled to get whatever it is they ask for from you.  Whether it be friend or foe, relative or someone you hardly know.  If you don't come through for them, or give them what they ask for; you then become so kind of enemy to them.  You think you "too good" to help them or give them something.  I mean wake up people.  No one's entitled to give you, share with you or help you with anything.  It's just really sad that there's that word entitlement, that sets up some sort of standard for you to feel obigated to. 
NOT ME!
Happy giving folks!  It's been awhile but I'm back for the Jump-Off!