"The conversation I’m going to have with my parents now that I’ve turned down this job is more of a concern to me than turning down the job," That's what jumpe

"The conversation I’m going to have with my parents now that I’ve turned down this job is more of a concern to me than turning down the job," That's what jumped out at me as the giant, blinking, neon sign. You and I can't turn down an offer and still complain. But a kid with that mindset absolutely will. He has absolutely no perspective. His parents and grandparents have raised him within Plato's Cave.