What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[AppleQueso]

Multiple people probably did multiple things they probably shouldn't have done?

[Opa Opa]

Or make sure that your pet has no interest in protecting you from aggressive actions from another human being.

That too. Unfortunately, most of the police-shooting-dogs cases seem to involve really aggressive/protective dog breeds.

[REPO Man]

Rained yesterday all day while I was at work.

But it meant that there weren't a whole lot of Guests at the park, so it was almost abandoned. And when it was pouring like mad and thundering, I mostly just waited it out in the break room.

But I hate not being consistently busy.

And it's gonna be more of the same today when I work 3:30 to 9:30, since it's supposed to be raining today, too.

But we get paid tomorrow!

And my brother got a job a Buffalo Wild Wings, since apparently EPCOT's letting him go.

For those who don't know, because we don't have a physical address at the moment, he can't get a Florida driver's license which he needs to keep working at EPCOT.

[Ack]

Or make sure that your pet has no interest in protecting you from aggressive actions from another human being.

That too. Unfortunately, most of the police-shooting-dogs cases seem to involve really aggressive/protective dog breeds.

Yeah. Let's face it, a rottweiler or a pitbull is going to be aggressive, and they develop deep bonds with their owners. And depending on the dog, some will behave more aggressively depending on the situation.

[indecks]

Oy, and the annoyance begins. My sister/bro in law aren't even in town yet and they've already started wearing out their welcome.

The said they were planning on only staying in town for a single night as all they could afford was a hotel for one night. Their two sons (16 and 12) will stay with us, but the 2 year old niece (cute as hell but a crier) will be with them. The reason they're staying in a hotel is my brother in law is crippled and cant sleep on our couch, or a mattress that we have for guests.

Well, being the nice bro-in-law I am, I said they could use our bed (tempurpedic with the whole shebang, inclining, reclining, masssage etc) for the weekend so they could stay two nights.

So the wife gets a 'confirmation' email from her sister telling us thank you, you're so sweet, they'll take us up on the offer. But instead of two nights at our place, they'll stay one night, and STILL get a hotel (and here's the kicker) - and for that one night at the hotel, they'll leave my niece with us! Isn't that nice!

No. I told my wife she can make me out to be the bad guy, but absolutely not. If my sister in law leaves to get something from the car and my niece realizes it - she cries incessantly. Even if her mom comes back in the next 5 minutes. Sorry, but fuck that. I'm not going to take care of a 2.5 year old that will scream for an entire evening.

Why would you take it one step further if your family offers something nice??

[Retrodude]

I totally sympathize man. My sis can be really nice, but she can also be annoyingly selfish at times and it drives me crazy when she gets like that. What doesn't help is when she uses my niece as emotional blackmail. She can be acting like a gigantic jerk, but if I dare to call her on it, she threatens to not let me see my niece anymore, so most of the time I just have to grit my teeth and deal with it. Not cool.

[AppleQueso]

Kinda makes me glad that I don't talk to most of my family outside of my mom.

[MrPopo]

I totally sympathize man. My sis can be really nice, but she can also be annoyingly selfish at times and it drives me crazy when she gets like that. What doesn't help is when she uses my niece as emotional blackmail. She can be acting like a gigantic jerk, but if I dare to call her on it, she threatens to not let me see my niece anymore, so most of the time I just have to grit my teeth and deal with it. Not cool.

Call her bluff. She can only use it as leverage if you let her.

[Sano]

I totally sympathize man. My sis can be really nice, but she can also be annoyingly selfish at times and it drives me crazy when she gets like that. What doesn't help is when she uses my niece as emotional blackmail. She can be acting like a gigantic jerk, but if I dare to call her on it, she threatens to not let me see my niece anymore, so most of the time I just have to grit my teeth and deal with it. Not cool.

That isn't very nice of your sister. Bad deal man.

[Ack]

I totally sympathize man. My sis can be really nice, but she can also be annoyingly selfish at times and it drives me crazy when she gets like that. What doesn't help is when she uses my niece as emotional blackmail. She can be acting like a gigantic jerk, but if I dare to call her on it, she threatens to not let me see my niece anymore, so most of the time I just have to grit my teeth and deal with it. Not cool.

Call her bluff. She can only use it as leverage if you let her.

You know what? Call her out on this behavior. Don't let her use your neice as a hostage or a bargaining chip. Hell, publicly shame her for it if necessary.