I am glad to about Crossculture...
For my landlord, I started being nice and was less demanding. I learnt you can't get things by force but my being gentle. I appreciated him, then was kind while chatting with him.
Truly a drop of Honey can attract more flies than a heap of gull
Hehehe.. that is good. It can be surprising seeing someone as being nice even when we thought they'd be this cruel within. Lol