Post by ripley on Aug 8, 2004 19:22:26 GMT -5
I can see myself as a recluse in the future, with neighbors like mine. (Not to say that some of my neighbors aren't great folks, but the majority of them.. )
Mmkay, where to start, where to start...
A guy down the street from me owns a GORGEOUS, absolutely wonderful Carolina Dog. (rare breed) This girl, named "Tusky", sits outside ALL day while Dave is at work. Is she in a yard? Nooooo. She's sitting in the middle of the street, almost getting run over by every car that goes by. Most of the cars have to go around her because she's fast asleep in the road.
Recently, Dave has acquired a girlfriend who is somewhat of a deadbeat, and she has dumped off HER dog, George, to sit in the street with Tusky. George is slightly dumber (in a sweet way) than Tusky & STARVED for attention. These dogs might get a pat on the head when Dave comes home. The rest of the time, they are outside, in the street, barking. (Oh, barking? Not just 'woofwoofwoof', but HOURS and HOURS of NON-STOP barking.)
Well, on the 4th of July, nearly everyone on the island was lighting off fireworks, and Tusky's owner was out drinking on someone else's dock WHILE THEIR DOG WAS OUTSIDE LOOSE IN THE NOISE!!!!
I couldn't catch poor Tusky that night, she was soiling herself because she was so terrified, and I didn't dare try to do anything because she surely would have bit me. Responsible dog owner, isn't he?
Neighbor #2 owns a golden retriever. Very sweet, sumbissive female. (The dog, not the owner.) The owners have 2 kids, a boy and a girl.
Bailey used to run away quite often, being a pup, and every time she would return home, the son would beat her up. Once he used a baseball bat on her back. I was THIS close to calling AC and reporting it, but as with EVERYTHING in this horrible city, nobody gives a snap what you have to say if you're under 16. Even if someone was killing a dog, they wouldn't listen to a 14 year old.
And, not as bad but equally infuriating, a retired neighbor with nothing to do but poke her nose into the business of other people, and then pick holes in everything that they do. (And THEN gossip about it) She tells me constantly that my dog barks too much (Only at noonish time, when we're practicing agility) and reprimands me for feeding the ducks maybe twice a year.
This lady isn't careful about who she talks to, and it got back to me that I'm supposedly an "Uneducated, anti-social kid with nothing better to do than make 'that dog' jump over hurdles all day long".
Well excuuuse me, I might be anti-social, but how could I not be with neighbors like her? And I'm NOT uneducated OR disrespectful (ooh, I'm really proving that right now. and she REALLY shouldn't talk about someone having nothing better to do...
Bottom line? On days like today, PEOPLE SUCK.
There. Rant over.
Mmkay, where to start, where to start...
A guy down the street from me owns a GORGEOUS, absolutely wonderful Carolina Dog. (rare breed) This girl, named "Tusky", sits outside ALL day while Dave is at work. Is she in a yard? Nooooo. She's sitting in the middle of the street, almost getting run over by every car that goes by. Most of the cars have to go around her because she's fast asleep in the road.
Recently, Dave has acquired a girlfriend who is somewhat of a deadbeat, and she has dumped off HER dog, George, to sit in the street with Tusky. George is slightly dumber (in a sweet way) than Tusky & STARVED for attention. These dogs might get a pat on the head when Dave comes home. The rest of the time, they are outside, in the street, barking. (Oh, barking? Not just 'woofwoofwoof', but HOURS and HOURS of NON-STOP barking.)
Well, on the 4th of July, nearly everyone on the island was lighting off fireworks, and Tusky's owner was out drinking on someone else's dock WHILE THEIR DOG WAS OUTSIDE LOOSE IN THE NOISE!!!!
I couldn't catch poor Tusky that night, she was soiling herself because she was so terrified, and I didn't dare try to do anything because she surely would have bit me. Responsible dog owner, isn't he?
Neighbor #2 owns a golden retriever. Very sweet, sumbissive female. (The dog, not the owner.) The owners have 2 kids, a boy and a girl.
Bailey used to run away quite often, being a pup, and every time she would return home, the son would beat her up. Once he used a baseball bat on her back. I was THIS close to calling AC and reporting it, but as with EVERYTHING in this horrible city, nobody gives a snap what you have to say if you're under 16. Even if someone was killing a dog, they wouldn't listen to a 14 year old.
And, not as bad but equally infuriating, a retired neighbor with nothing to do but poke her nose into the business of other people, and then pick holes in everything that they do. (And THEN gossip about it) She tells me constantly that my dog barks too much (Only at noonish time, when we're practicing agility) and reprimands me for feeding the ducks maybe twice a year.
This lady isn't careful about who she talks to, and it got back to me that I'm supposedly an "Uneducated, anti-social kid with nothing better to do than make 'that dog' jump over hurdles all day long".
Well excuuuse me, I might be anti-social, but how could I not be with neighbors like her? And I'm NOT uneducated OR disrespectful (ooh, I'm really proving that right now. and she REALLY shouldn't talk about someone having nothing better to do...
Bottom line? On days like today, PEOPLE SUCK.
There. Rant over.