Tag: acting helpless

My sister in law told me to stop acting helpless when we were in Vegas awhile ago.

It took me by surprise. She has never spoken to me like that before.

She’s always been good to me.

Until our trip

Here’s what happened.

We were on the people mover on front of the Venetian hotel. We were almost at the end when I noticed there was a guy trying to push a motorized scooter off the people mover that was stuck on the metal strip. All I could think of is that I was going to crash into the scooter so I turned and started walking in the other direction.

Five seconds later my husband grabbed my arm and told me to turn around. The scooter was unstuck.

When I stepped off of the people mover I stood next to my sister in law.

That’s when she said “You could have jumped over the wall. Quit acting so helpless.

I walked away.

Is panicking acting helpless?

Is this the way she sees me? Is this the way people see me?

Do I act helpless in other situations?

What the fuck was going on?

She was half tanked when she said it.

She never used to drink alot until she started hanging around with her sister in law. They drank every weekend at the trailer this summer. They want me to drink with them, but my drinking days are long gone.

The first night we were in Vegas they bought a 1.75 bottle of Malibu from Wal-Mart. An hour later they were drunk when they met us at the restuarant for dinner. I sat at the other end of the table. I didn’t want anything to do with it.

I don’t like drunk people. I don’t like drunk people who are loud and saying inappropriate stuff.

They had more alcohol with dinner.

The trip went downhill from there.

Let’s get back to me being helpless.

Yes, I could have jumped over the wall. It was only two and a half feet high, but I didn’t think about it.

All I could think about was not crashing into the scooter which was not suppose to be on the people mover to begin with in.

I totally admit that I panicked.

But she didn’t have to say that. She could have been nice about it.

She could have told me to jump over the wall.

It wasn’t a good trip and I don’t think we’ll be going back to Vegas with her anytime soon.