Selecting need for loot

if you were in a group trying to survive lost in the mountains and you came by some food, would you split the food so all party members could survive longer until you found more food, or save it until all were dead so you could last longer and not have to hunt for food as soon?

be ready to see this bump to 10/10 for strentching it out to at least 10 pages.

Came across two flashpoints yesterday where I was verbally talked down to by a gamer each time for winning loot for my companion. I dont understand the big deal. Why the sense of entitlement over another gamer? If I see an item that would be needed for my companion to equip im going to roll for it. If someone else wins it, cool, good for them as far as im concerned. If i win it f, suddenly there are problems.
First flashpoint came across an item, i passed as neither i nor my companions needed it, Second one selected need for my tank. Got it. Third one, great for my tank, selected need, got it again. Then got told I was scum and voted off.
Second one, passed on two items, third one great for my tank, selected need and was told I had no right if it was for my companion and that I cant select need. I say why not? Out of 13 loot drops in that flashpoint i chose need on 2. How is that greedy?

As far as im concerned, im a paid subscriber. Why should some other gamer dictate to me what I can or cannot do to benefit them? If someone wants help on a mission or flashpoint and asks me, ill have no problem helping them but if i see something my tank needs, im selecting need. Im certainly not going to cry over it if someone else wins it. This sense of entitlement over someone else is baffling. There is no rulebook in the game that states that you cant do it and everyone who rolls for it has an equal chance

I find it ironic that you use this as an example since you are advocating denying someone the benefits of the fruits of their labors.

When you solo that boss that drops the nice shiny you want, then and only then do you have the right to tell someone that you are the only one who can roll need on it. If you are relying on the efforts of others to kill that boss, then those others have just as much right as you to reap the rewards. You can disguise it any way you want. It still boils down to a false sense of entitlement if you feel you deserve that shiny any more than another member of the party who helped produce that shiny.

Call me old fashioned, but consideration goes both ways. It is considerate to roll need for character only, but it is just as considerate to allow the rest of your party the right to roll as they see fit, since there would be no roll without the entire party.

So, it's inconsiderate for player d to exercise his right to roll on loot he helped produce, but it's perfectly reasonable for players A,B and C to want to deny another player the right to benefit from their efforts?

...so you decided to trot out the entitlement line because you read it somewhere and thought it sounded cool?