Barks used a special authorial technique once in a while, in which a story was sandwiched between a beginning and an end which take place in the present time. In these three examples Daisy is merely used as a listener to Donald's former merits in flashbacks as well as a spectator to the current end events. In WDCS204 she hears about the statue of Senator Snoggin, which falls apart in the end, in WDCS220 she hears about how a turkey was roasted in space before it is eaten the same night, and in WDCS221 she gets the explanation on why Scrooge has donated a brand-new Hall of Science to the Junior Woodchucks.

Daisy has most often forced Donald to actions that were not his choice, and Barks simply used her as a trigger or catalyst to set off the stories. In WDCS069 she wants Donald to look like her friend's strong fiancé, Biceppo, and Donald has to start pumping iron in order to develop some muscles. In WDCS084 she ordered him to start learning to dance the waltz, although he had two left feet, and in WDCS095 he was obliged to come up with a tiny sum of money for one of her charities, although he was poor as a church mouse.

Several times Daisy has been the unprovoked victim for Donald's inconsiderate and thoughtless actions. In WDCS091 she was invited to a posh party of his, but before the guests arrived Donald hypnotized Daisy into believing she was a monkey thus destroying the ensuing party. In WDCS161 Donald was an overzealous fix-it man, which resulted in him breaking all of Daisy's expensive china as well as destroying much of her house. In WDCS201 Donald 'managed' to contaminate all of Duckburg's water resulting in multiple calamities, among others destroying Daisy's washing.

Daisy has been doing much social work in the stories. In WDCS147 she was president of her own charity named The Good Neighbor Club with the slogan Charity, Sweet Charity, and in WDCS175 she was a member of the Diligent Dawdlers Club (weekly meetings on Wednesday afternoons) as a voluntary fund-raiser for charity. Another proof of her good heart was presented in WDCS150, in which she took a freezing and exhausted Donald into her house and cared for him.

In almost all of Barks' stories with Daisy she is portrayed as his girlfriend, and in several of them we are presented to one of her softer sides. No doubt that Daisy is a romantic at heart. Which girl would not be swooned when her boyfriend treats her to a romantic outing, a bunch of flowers, and a romantic sailboat trip complete with serenading?

Daisy is often seen as somewhat bitchy in her relationship with Donald - especially when Gladstone is near! She simply loves to set them up against each other, as she did in WDCS225 where she danced with Gladstone because her partner Donald was temporarily indisposed, and in WDCS128 where she caused the two adversaries to fight for her. That she can twist Donald around her little finger became apparent in WDCS224, in which a bit of eyelash-flutter did the trick...

Daisy's least ladylike feature is her frequent loss of temper. And Donald always seems to be at the receiving end whether he deserves it or not. In WDCS064 she got agitated because Donald happened to point out that she has a bad temper(!), in WDCS073 she ungratefully smashed a gift he had been saving up to for a long time, and in WDCS149 Donald was hauled over the coals for being a little late for an appointment.

One of Daisy's more remarkable talents was her ability to persuade people, especially Donald, to do things that would not be their first choice. Still, sometimes she did so for the best of reasons. In WDCS088 Donald and Gladstone were bragging against each other in her house, and she managed to calm them down a bit - for a little while. In WDCS213 she had made sure that Donald every year had marked his calendar to remember her day of spring cleaning, and in WDCS250 Donald had to attend Daisy's social auction, and she came well prepared in case he might not be too eager to get there; not even a can of fuel for his car was missing in her bag...