entitlement

Entitlement

(A child runs onstage, they trip and fall and skin their knee.)

CHILD

Oooowww!!! DADDY!!!!!!!!

(The child’s father runs onstage as he is beckoned and rushes to the child’s aid.)

DADDY

Oh, sweetie pie, are you alright? What happened?

CHILD

(fighting through tears)
I fell…..and…..I tripped……and I hurt my kneeeeeeeeee!

DADDY

(takes out wallet and opens it)

Oh, darling. There, there. Here, take this and run over there and get yourself something.

CHILD

(tears coming to a slow stop)

Oh, daddy, thank you! But I don’t think this is enough for what I want.

DADDY

You’re telling me twenty dollars isn’t enough to get yourself a Bugs Bunny or something?

CHILD

What’s a Bugs Bunny?

DADDY

Just run along and go.

CHILD

But daddy!

DADDY

(taking out his wallet again)

You know we spoil your rotten, right?

CHILD

(taking money)

I don’t even know what that means.

(The child turns away in a huff and marches off with a particular sense of entitlement)