AITC for escalating my Sad Eyes to Level 3 when the pink water fruit appeared and my human still didn't share
I am a good dog. This is established. I have references.
Every single evening my human sits on the couch and eats things. Sometimes good things, sometimes things that smell like nothing, sometimes things that are apparently "not for dogs" which is a phrase I have heard so many times it has lost all meaning. I accept this. I am patient. I am mature.
But last Tuesday the pink water fruit came out. I know the pink water fruit. It is cold and it drips and it smells like the best day of summer and I have had a small piece exactly twice in my entire life and both times confirmed that nothing will ever matter as much as that.
My human sat down with an entire bowl of it. A BOWL. I positioned myself directly in front of him at optimal Sad Eyes distance (close enough to be seen, far enough to seem polite). I deployed Level 1 Sad Eyes. Nothing. I waited 40 seconds, which is a very long time when pink water fruit is involved, and moved to Level 2. Still nothing, he was looking at his loud rectangle.
I then made the decision to escalate to Level 3. For those unfamiliar, Level 3 involves the full chin-on-knee deployment with a single slow blink. It is not something I use lightly. It is a resource.
He looked at me. He said "you're so dramatic." He ate another piece. He did not share.
I am not dramatic. I am a dog who knows what he wants and communicates it clearly and maturely through an internationally recognised system of facial expressions. If anything he is the cloaca for developing an internationally recognised system and then ignoring it.
TL;DR: Human had pink water fruit (watermelon). I escalated Sad Eyes to maximum level. He called me dramatic and shared zero pieces. AITC for the escalation?
Posted Mar 6, 2026, 5:38 PM UTC