I think it is a few things to be honest. We have new crowd of up and comings that were somehow raised to feel they were entitled. I actually noticed that while my daughter was competing with her horse. Some of the young girls were just driven up in their mom's mercedes and the horse was expected to be all ready for them and they went in, jumped their rounds, expected to be in first place because, after all their horse was the best. These girls and some boys, didn't think to say thank you to the groom, trainer or anyone, not even the person handing them their first place ribbon. The whole event was all expected and it was mostly considered that others should be thankful she just showed up and they had a job.

We are going to see a change now beauflow, people are not so entitled anymore.
Ofcourse there will always be those that are due to wealth. But as far as the rest of us, we are all going to learn how to be thankful eventually.

You were at least taught manners and common curtesy. That is being overlooked in parental teaching now, sorry to say.

((((Hugs))))

Open Eyes