Houseguests ignore repeated requests to stay quiet while their Orlando host works from home, so he resorts to making them uncomfortable with his resort-ready attire: ‘I changed, they decided to go see Cape Canaveral’

2 months ago 20

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Aitah for making my family uncomfortable until they leave my home since asking and telling them won't work.
Working from home is a phrase that sounds flexible to everyone who does not do it. To the people around you it translates loosely to available, around, not really busy in any way that counts. Families hear it that way especially. The plan was clear, the agreement was reasonable, and then a phone call happened five days before arrival and suddenly the theme parks were too expensive and the house was very comfortable and surely it would not be a problem.
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He asked them to leave. They said they would be quiet. They were not quiet. He asked them again to be quiet. His brother told him to relax. This is the moment the Speedos entered the situation.
There is no argument here, no ultimatum, no dramatic speech about personal space or working conditions. Just a man eating his lunch by the pool in swimwear that is technically legal and fully his right to wear in his own home, making eye contact with anyone who wants to revisit the noise conversation. The family self-regulates. They go to Cape Canaveral. They go to Universal. They go to Disney. Suddenly the theme parks are not that expensive after all.
His brother is unhappy about the money he is spending on park tickets he was trying to avoid. This is a genuinely interesting position for someone who unilaterally changed the terms of someone else's living arrangement and then declined to adjust when asked directly, twice, without Speedos involved.
He renegotiated the visit without asking. His brother renegotiated the dress code without asking. One of them is still mad about it and it is not the one in the fur-lined swimwear.