The definition of FAIRNESS is Consistent with rules, logic, or ethics
I just read Jeri's (elderjane) article entitled "Hate" and my comment to the post was starting to turn into it's own article.

Here is part of Jeri's paragraph that really got me going on the concept of fairness:
Everyone likes to get off the ship early so Ted and I and about
50 other people formed a line to wait for our color card. We waited an
hour but felt that it was worth it to get out early. About 3 minutes
before they were to be handed out about 30 people tried to usurp our
position in the front of the line. This was met with rage and anger out
of all proportion to the crime involved. People are so on edge that
this little incident caused a near riot. They didn't succeed but one
man kept on lecturing them for 5 minutes. It was my guess that he was
ex military, he had a commanding presence and a booming voice.
If I got up an hour early in preparation to leave the boat by a certain time, (because as Jeri said, it was worth it to get out early) I would be upset TOO if people were trying to get in front of me. Who do people think they are? What makes them think it is ok for them to get in front? I will never understand this skewed sense of entitlement.
 
I wait my turn in the grocery line. When a cashier is opening up another lane and says "I'll take the next person in line" and the person in front of me isn't moving towards the new open line, I tap them on the shoulder to see if they'd like to take "their turn" , since they were "next in line" at the newly opened lane. I find it offensive for the lady who is last in my line to run over to the newly opened cashier. Who does she think she is? I'll tell you WHO she is ...  She's LAST in line!, Certainly "NOT NEXT IN LINE" grrrrrrrrrrrr

When I am driving and I see a HUGE FLASHING sign with a 2 mile warning that a lane closure is coming up, I move over at the very next available opportunity and wait behind everyone who is in front of me to get through. Why do other cars come roaring up in the lane that is closing, next to me, only to put their blinker on and try to squeeze in the open lane at the very last second? Who do they think they are? Why have I been waiting my turn patiently and they just passed up 2 miles of other patient drivers to get in front of us? I guess I didn't realize I was "saving" a spot for them.
 
When I am grocery shopping, I always move my cart over to the side of the aisle as far as I can so that other shoppers can get by. Why do some people leave their cart right in the middle of the aisle while they are deciding whether to get regular, low-fat, or no-fat? Do they think they are the only people shopping in the store? Isn't it LOGICAL to think that a cart in the middle of the damn aisle will prevent other carts from getting by??
 
When we went to Vegas on one of our ealier trips, we wanted to see the Mardi Gras parade at the Rio. We had never seen it before and wanted a popular balcony view, so we checked the show times and proceeded to stand along a desirable spot 45 minutes before the show. Well, like on Jeri's cruise, a couple minutes before the show, all kinds of people are trying to get in front us along the rail, which we were pressed up to and leaning against. They are literally rubbing up against us and leaning on us to try and get our spot.  Ummm, if they wanted a front railing spot... how about getting to the railing 45 minutes before the show starts??
 
I had a difficult time getting my ex-husband to consent and agree on sharing our kids on holidays. He wanted the children EVERY Christmas morning. And his reasoning was simply because he wanted them with him. HUH? Ummmm OK... I want them with me too (dumbass) so lets trade off. (We actually have had to put all the holidays in a court order down to who picks up and who drops off due to his skewed sense of fairness.)
 
 
I'm the type of person who will let the man, standing behind me in line with two items to purchase to go ahead in front of me first, because I never purchase JUST two items anywhere I go, lol.
I'm the type of person who will wave the other driver through first when we approach our respective stop signs at the same time.
I would ask if anyone wants to share the last biscuit with me before I just went ahead and ate it.
 
Is fairness inherint? Is it taught? Do people who are acting unfairly even realize it? Do they have a sense of entitlement?
 
FAIRNESS is  Consistent with rules, logic, or ethics
 
Seems easy enough to grasp...