Passive/Aggressive | But I Smile Anyway...

Linda’s prompt for SoCS this week…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “passive/aggressive.” Use one, use both, bonus points if you start your post with one or the other. Enjoy!

Now, usually, I would have spent ages trying to think how I could start the post with either word, and end with it too… but as I am officially away, and I just wanted to pay lip service to my regular SoCS post, I think I can excuse the need for the bonus points!

I think I have the perfect example of passive/aggressive behaviour from this weekend alone!

We have booked a lovely serviced apartment for a few nights with the kids – a little breakaway.

Hubby Dearest is great at finding reasons for requesting upgrades etc.

This time, he had requested an apartment with a balcony. The one we paid for apparently didn’t have one, so the company offered to upgrade us to a ‘Premier’ apartment, but it was in a slightly different area.

Two bathrooms (always a bonus) and two balconies – and all the mod cons requested. Perfect!

When we got here, it was a little trek from the carpark, and space was, shall we say, compact. Yes, there were two of everything, but it was all rather small.

He decided to contact them, to mention his disappointment.

It turns out that the reason we didn’t get the originally booked place was because there was actual damage to it. And it sounds like we didn’t even get a like for like swap.. but a downgrade, and all for the same price!

Time for him to get all passive/aggressive.

He’s good at that. Manages to make someone feel obliged to do something with his words, conveying his message in a way that sounds polite, but is actually quite harsh.

Anyway, as we sat at dinner, he was exchanging emails with this guy who then offered to taxi us to a different place (which looks better in the photos) but is in a slightly dodgy area.

So far, the plan is, we sleep on it… take em swimming in the morning and then decide on whether it’s worth moving, or arrange for some discount, and stay where we are…

Let’s see what happens eh!

Happy Saturday Peeps!