Basic facts:
Staying at DM's three nights a weeks at the moment whilst working near her so basically staying in my old bedroom. Central heating boiler lives in the ward robe in my bedroom. Mother is disabled.
Last night DM says "I need to empty the meter cupboard out tomorrow as the gas man is coming". I took it at face value and didnt think any more of it.
Phone DM mid morning and got yelled at. Her complaints were
- She had to move my suitcase and dirty clothes from the floor in front of the airing cupboard/ward robe so she could empty it in order that the gas man can service the boiler. When I pointed out that she only said the gas man was coming out to meter she told me that anyone with any common sense would have known she meant the boiler. WTF? Apparently no one ever comes out to look at a gas meter if you're on a smart meter.
- She complained I hadnt made my bed and my jammies were on the floor. Since I didnt know anyone was going into my room I didnt bother.
- There is dry skin on the floor by the bed. This I will accept. I used footner on my feet that causes the skin to flake off. When I dried my feet after my shower this morning, there was skin on the floor. AS I didnt think anyone would go into my room today, I didnt get the hoover out at 6am and planned to vacuum it up tonight.
- There are spot of orange on the floor which she's blaming on orange juice I take to bed of a night. Except I make it up in a sports bottle. I'm not saying there isnt spots on the floor but (a) it isnt my orange juice and (b) the entire carpet is stained to fuck from where I spilt coffee and other stuff on it when I was a teenager over 20 years ago. I suspect it could be blood as I stubbed my toe over night and I think the nail bled.
Ultimately - all of this is because I didnt know the gas man was servicing the boiler in my room today and I assumed it was the gas meter as THAT IS WHAT SHE TOLD ME.
I will admit my mother has form for not using the correct words for anything and expecting you to work out what she means. All she had to do was mention needing to get into the wardrobe and I would have worked it out where as she said "gas meter cupboard".