On entitlement

I heard a radio bit the other day that reminded me of a conversation I had a few months ago about entitlement.  The gist of the bit was that the caller was having problems with her roommate wearing inappropriate clothing when the caller's boyfriend was around.  The two arguments being made were: as your roommate please respect the fact that someone close to me is uncomfortable when he comes over OR I pay my rent here and am therefore entitled to walk around wearing whatever I want. 

I don't know about other countries, but in the US I feel there is a culture of entitlement.  It starts with kids deserving the best or doing well on something so they deserve a reward.  As kids grow up they feel like they deserve a car or cell phone.  When they reach high school and college they feel they deserve the good/better grade.  From there it perpetuates into all areas of life until we find ourselves with adults who feel they deserve or are entitled to do things just because they paid some money.  This is typical in restaurants where people feel that because they have paid for their meal they are allowed to treat the waitstaff like crap.  I'm not sure where this ends.  With the roommate situation it can go on infinitely.  I pay my rent therefore I can do anything in the apartment that is not prohibited by the lease.  Cooking smelly food first thing in the morning.  Sorry it's my right.  Not cleaning up after myself.  Deal with it.  There has to be a point at which we own up for our actions and understand that living with people is a compromise.  I know the argument can be made that it is a compromise so the roommate should be able to wear what she wants.  Fair enough maybe the compromise is is that the boyfriend will come over less or not stay as late.  If you want to be able to wander around wearing whatever (or not wearing whatever) then maybe you should live on your own.  I think it's a pretentious attitude to think that because of what you paid you are entitled to anything beyond the obvious.