No one is ever going to give me anything, so I just have to suck it up and get it for myself. Taking it one step further, the ruthless and ambitious (becoming

No one is ever going to give me anything, so I just have to suck it up and get it for myself. Taking it one step further, the ruthless and ambitious (becoming a norm just to survive) will aim to take as much as possible and give back little or nothing at all, maybe a bit of lip service with some condescension. Then there's bosses making staff feel they owe them something just for providing a work opportunity in a particular field, or even just providing an income. Bosses wanting their pound of flesh and then some: $1 more for you is $1 less for me. Being paid regularly an honest wage for an honest days' work is a great thing, anything else and someone's being screwed over.