When I put it like that, it's obvious that I was being unreasonable... Oops. This is my first post after a long time lurking, so I was hoping not to solve the question in line one. Anyhoo - I love this section of the board so will carry on regardless.
Currently staying in temporary accommodation, moving out tomorrow. I was trying to arrange for the return of our deposit and asked for a cheque rather than having the deposit put back on a company credit card, which just creates paperwork. Landlady said she would take off the 4 quid transaction charge. I said she was being unreasonable. She said she was being very reasonable, and that her service was perfectly acceptable. I disagreed. She put the phone down on me. Ten minutes later she appears on the doorstep. After a little toing and froing, we establish that she will need our forwarding address to return the deposit (minus the 4 quid - I have stopped arguing by this time). As I write down the address, she asks me if I am pregnant. I refuse to answer, saying that it's a very personal question. She explains that pregnant women are often moody, which is why she asked. I become... er... annoyed. I AM in fact 10 weeks pregnant, and have received bumf from my midwife, which has been sitting on the coffee table in the flat. However, we haven't actually told anyone - not our mothers, not our best friends, not anyone. The cleaner is the daughter of the landlady. I conclude that daughter has told mother that I am pregnant. I tell landlady that she and her daughter shouldn't have been talking about me behind my back. Landlady explodes (I wish). Soooo... To cut a long story short, I complained about what I thought was poor service, at which point everything got really weird. Where does the balance of unreasonableness lie? (Assuming that I already wish I'd never said anything, and in fact that I'd just stayed in bed this morning!)