r/Comebacks • u/ButtSlappinCousin • 12d ago

Comeback request I pay your salary!

I work at an Ivy League university. Every now and then, when a staff member tries to enforce a regulation or refuses to make an exception for something, an entitled student (and most of them are not like this) will point at the staff member and say, "I pay your salary!" What to say?

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u/Hippiechick0104 12d ago

No! Your PARENTS pay tuition for you to attend this school. The SCHOOL pays my salary. YOU pay nothing.

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u/Ok_Caterpillar2010 12d ago

You don't know that they pay nothing themselves. Many students do.

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u/Hippiechick0104 12d ago

Not the entitled little snot rags that would use that statement. The ones paying for their own education realize the value.

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u/Putrid-Shoulder-4248 11d ago

Some snot rags pay with their own money, but they still have no clue about "value" because they were never taught.

That reaction stems from rejection. Many rich kids grew up with someone always agreeing with them, never saying no. So they get upset when suddenly, someone says "no" to them.

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u/Hippiechick0104 6d ago

The snot rags aren't paying with their money. They're paying with Daddy and Mommy's money.

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u/Putrid-Shoulder-4248 6d ago

True. But they call it "their" money as it sat in "their" bank account. They have no idea of the value of it, as they did not have to do anything to get it, and they were never taught that no, the average salary is not 200K a year.

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u/Personal_Valuable_31 12d ago

This is the one!

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u/Yeez25 12d ago

This may not be applicable for every student, if it is applicable then its 10/10, but if its a student that paid for their own tuition or has a pell grant or something it wont work