Who is wrong? (Very petty)

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A three seater sofa with a windowsill to its left. Person A sits on the left side of the sofa and uses it to put their drinks on it. Person B sits on the right side of the sofa and puts their drink on the floor, down the side of the sofa.

Person A has knocked B's drink over a fair few times now and person B gets angrier each time. Saying A should remember that their is a drink on the floor. Person A thinks B should put their drink on the coffee table or fireplace 3 steps away, a drinknon the floor is bound to be knocked over. Person B says this is unfair. Person A says B is being lazy.

Who is right?

Hmmm
I need to see a diagram and a table of events

Why is person A getting up so often and knocking over the drinks? Are they doing this deliberately or are they drunk? If person A is getting up all the time because they have a weak bladder or are cooking in the kitchen then they should let person B sit next to the windowsill.

Person B should move the coffee table and out their drink on it.

Sounds like the room should be reconfigured really or a side table purchased.

Who set up the furniture? Was it A, who is now in the convenient seat with somewhere to put their drink by any chance?

Both are unreasonable if they really can’t understand why the current system isn’t working. They could swap seats daily and then perhaps each would understand the other’s point of view and they could solve it together.

Sounds like person B is right to me, but it doesn't sound like much of a fun household tbh! Are you A, OP? Is there no way that both can have somewhere to rest a drink, or can both drinks be put on the table to inconvenience both A & B?

Straycatblue - what is that piece of furniture called and where do you get it - I need one

OP - you need to take turns at the windowsill seat - why do you always sit in the same place ? But no to coffee on the floor - that's asking to be kicked over (or drunk by the dog if you live in my house)

OP is person A, I’ll bet.

You are wrong OP. Why have a coffee table at all if you need to stand up to reach it? Swap places if you’d be so happy to stand up every time you want a sip of your drink.

Im out atm but will post a diagram when I can

I do sympathise with person A though, there IS a coffee table, even if they knocked the cup over

Wat is person b doing wandering around? If they are on the sofa how can they knock the drink over?

It's person A knocking the drinks over fuzzy and wandering around. Person B is just sitting on the sofa getting cross every time their drink is knocked over "accidentally" by A.

Is person A or person B the one saying the coffee table cannot be moved? I think it is person A because they are the ones getting up and walking around all the time..

Person A is unreasonable on that basis............

Unless person A is blind, person A is being unreasonable for being so bloody unobservant.

For those looking for a link to the side table, if you google keodecor or search that name on etsy it’s a Texas based firm in US & they don’t ship to the UK.

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I have ADHD. I usually don’t use that as an ‘excuse’ but in my own home?

I wouldn’t want to deal with things like this. And I’d wonder if person B was deliberately mocking me. (And I’m not blind.)

Get rid of sofa. Get two recliners. Table in the middle. Problem solved!

I'm assuming that the room is small enough that there is no room to put B's drink on the floor to the side of the sofa out of the 'pathway'?

I think A is being rude. If A can walk by the sofa and manage to avoid kicking B's feet which are also on the floor, then A can avoid a cup that must be sitting nearby them.

Person B deserves the same facilities as A, i.e. the ability to put their drink down, within arms reach. They only option they have is the floor. Therefore they are not wrong to use the floor.

After the first time this happened, person A should be highly aware that the floor is in use, second time onwards is 100% the fault of person A.

If I were person B, I would use the floor in front of me, rather than to the side. That way A has drink in sight/mind more, instead of being ambushed by it when they go around the corner.

@Straycatblue I also want one of those sofa table things. Anyone else? Shall we do a bulk order?

If A thinks it's OK to use the coffee table then they can swap places so that A can use it!

I can't get how this has happened multiple times.

Is B a very slow drinker/does A keep getting up & down as soon as a drink is on the floor?

Yes, 2 recliners like Chandler and Joey. Perfect!!

Drinks on the floor is just asking for trouble. Get a small coffee table if space permits, otherwise put a napkin under the drink.

You are both wrong to stick obstinately to your own position even though it is obviously not working out. Person A should be more careful AND Person B should be more careful too. Grow up the pair of you!

Drinks on the floor knocked over? That's the fault of the person putting them on the floor. At least that's what I'm told by DH. So it must be right. (When he knocks over my drink)

Person A is BU if this is a regular occurance. It's not rocket science to remember that there will be a cup at the end of the sofa.

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