I swear to god, my grandmother is one of the most demanding and entitled humans alive.
She is always insisting that people drop everything and attend to her every whim; not because she’s too old to be capable, but simply because that’s who she’s always been.
Her entire life has been managed by other people looking out for her, and without my grandpa around, she counts entirely on my mother and her other daughters. If it isn’t one thing, it’s another. Even when she packs up and moves to Florida to endure the cold winters, no one is free from her reign of terror. In fact, she actually managed to make it worse from a distance this year! Apparently my Aunt made the mistake of having a smart thermostat installed in my grandma’s house last year. My grandma was always complaining that she didn’t know if the house was okay or the heat was staying on, so my Aunt decided to give her the means to monitor the indoor air quality from 1000 miles away. Unfortunately, my grandma doesn’t have much else to keep her busy when she’s out lounging in the Florida sun each winter. This means, she wound up using the smart thermostat app on her phone roughly 10 times a day. She consistently monitored the air temperature in her house up north and modified the furnace settings to compensate for perceived air quality changes. Fast forward to two weeks into her seasonal trip, and her old furnace was broken down. Not only did the smart thermostat create even more obsessive material for my grandma, but my mom had to go handle the professional HVAC appointment and installation of a whole new central heating system without so much as a “thanks.”