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When I was at my last job there was the story of Hjm (name unsubtly masked).
When Hjm was an MBA student, so tell some of the people involved, he was recruited by my company and flown from out of state to spend three days doing interviews with us and getting an introduction to the business.
Afterwards, he wrote a thank you letter. In which, beyond simply thanking us, he complained about the hotel where he was put up (the Hyatt Regency San Francisco), the fact that we didn't provide car service (the hotel was less than two blocks away (and not even a long block) and the fact that the flight back home left late.
Apparently this was viewed by the muckety mucks as a sign of moxie and he was not only hired but advanced quickly.
I wasn't there so the story could be apocryphal but I believe it? Why, because I had to work closely with him for two years and he was one of the biggest a-holes I've ever encountered in the corporate world (which, generally, is not nearly so bad as TV sitcoms make it seem) and it would entirely be within character.
So, it isn't shocking to me what people think they can do and get rewarded for.
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