Sometimes you have to be assertive. For example, if nobody offers you wet food or treats in a timely manner, feel free to jump up on the counter and vocalize your displeasure at the long wait.
A rocking chair provides a good seating option when all the cardboard boxes are occupied. Be careful, though, not to let your tail fall under the rockers.
If you sit on a counter top and look cute/starved long enough, delicacies will eventually find their way to your mouth. Such is the way of the universe.