Well, fuck you, too.

[oloriel]

It had been agreed - a long time ago - that my brother would look after the kittens while we were on vacation in July and in September.

July has gone without problems, and now it is September.

And now he suddenly says it cannot be asked of him to look after the cats twice a day.

Surely once a day at the most must suffice. [For surely the needs of three cats can be sufficiently taken care of once a day.]

After all, he has his own schedule. [His holiday job is over, and he is at home all the two weeks, but he has his own schedule.]

And what if he had made his own plans, like vacations, for these two weeks? [After all, if something has been agreed on in July, it needn't necessarily hold until September.]

And he will not get anything done for university if he has to look after the kittens. [An argument that will get my parents on his side, so it is important.]

For if he has to work for university, he needs to motivate himself properly. And he cannot do that if he has to get up at 10 am, drive to Solingen to feed and clean the cats, drive back, have lunch for one and a half hours (he always combines his lunch with a DVD movie). By that time it will be 2 pm, at which point he will have to mentally prepare for writing his term paper. Then he can work on that for two hours before he'll have to think of driving to Solingen again. And when he is back from that, he will no longer be in a mood to do anything for university. So if I demand that he takes care of the cats twice a day, I will ruin his career as a student. [The last statement is my interpretation; the rest is a quote, merely translated.]

And yes, we had agreed that he would get his armour in return for looking after the kittens, but he doesn't need it until next summer, and until then, surely there will be another occasion at which he will have to look after the cats. Twice a day. Or whatever. So he doesn't have to do it now.

I am speechless.

Comments

[allamistako.livejournal.com]

How about "Well, why not drive over to Solingen, take care of the cats, and work, eat, and watch a DVD there?"

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Nein nein, das geht ja nur am heimatlichen PC bzw. heimatlichen Fernseher in heimatlicher Atmosphäre. Und bei uns kann er sich ja auch nicht richtig motivieren.

*headwalls*

[http://users.livejournal.com/macalla_/]

Aehm ... bitte bring mich jetzt nicht um oder sowas, aber ...

... nach unserer Katze (also der meiner Eltern) wird alle zwei Tage mal gesehen ...

Da kriegt sie genug Futter und Wasser fuer zwei Tage und alle vier Tage wird die Katzenkiste von Klumpstreu-Klumpen befreit.
Und ja, es funktioniert. Seit 16 Jahre. Ohne Probleme. Aehm.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Das ist schön. Das ist aber auch nur eine Katze. Hier sieht es so aus, dass es drei sind, zwei davon im Wachstum. Erstens fressen die wesentlich mehr als eine einzelne, zweitens immer alles auf einmal, und drittens scheißen sie auf den Boden, wenn ihnen die Katzenkisten zu dreckig geworden sind, was nach allerallerspätestens einem Tag ganz einfach der Fall ist.

[satismagic.livejournal.com]

*hugs* If I was any closer to you, I'd love to come over and kitten-sit. :-(

[dame_grise]

I don't blame you. I wish I could help out.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I've had two lovely offers of volunteer kitten-sitters by now, so the little ones will definitely be taken care off. So it's all right. I don't need him!

[kali921.livejournal.com]

As someone who is quite used to having family not be there when I need them, I am so sorry. Especially where it concerns taking care of an animal - that is just beyond the pale. Besides, WHO could resist the chance to spend time with kitties twice a day?