Have you ever seen me do this David?
I didn't see you diagnosing her, but you ascribed motive to her behavior and I don't think you can.
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DavidS - Apr 02, 2011 4:08:14 pm PDT #18858 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
beekaytee - Apr 02, 2011 4:11:42 pm PDT #18859 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Also, I have trouble feeling understanding about a person who pounds packages into mailboxes so tightly that I've had to put one foot on the mailbox post and pull with both hands.
Lordy!
Again, I really do have total compassion for people's fears. I help where ever I can...even when that means just crossing the street.
In the case of this woman this evening, if I had videotape, I'd share it.
Also, David, did you not see me cop to the passive aggression? Yeah. I did. Whether or not I should speak to the company is something else, but I should not have tried to hide that when I spoke to the woman.
brenda m - Apr 02, 2011 4:11:45 pm PDT #18860 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
There are enough bad dog owners out there anywhere that mailcarriers get a total pass on that. I wouldn't second guess their fear.
(We had a german shepherd growing up who would bark like mad at the mailman, and we always felt awful about it. Then one day my mom came home in the afternoon and saw him peering in the window making taunting gestures at the dog. Funny.)
Daisy Jane - Apr 02, 2011 4:12:33 pm PDT #18861 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I'm just wondering how that mailman walks around his hood? My landlady walks her dog with a stick, just in case.
beekaytee - Apr 02, 2011 4:13:54 pm PDT #18862 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Fortunately, my current mail carrier adores Bartleby. He'll even knock on the door to howdy to him on a nice day.
I know he's on a massive time clock, so I'm not sure how he can afford to stop, but I think he likes chatting about the weather and patting the pooch.
Daisy Jane - Apr 02, 2011 4:14:30 pm PDT #18863 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Oz barks, though he won't bite. Pico gives a yip or two and then stands up, does a dance and sits down wagging her tail when she meets someone new.
beth b - Apr 02, 2011 4:15:50 pm PDT #18864 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
odd, If a dog is out, the mailmen around here do not deliver you mail. period.
Ginger - Apr 02, 2011 4:15:55 pm PDT #18865 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
He drives a mail truck and does everything possible to never leave it. Possibly he's afraid of dogs and lazy.
beekaytee - Apr 02, 2011 4:21:42 pm PDT #18866 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
odd, If a dog is out, the mailmen around here do not deliver you mail. period.
However inconvenient it might be, I endorse this choice.
I remember an episode of the Dog Whisperer, where the neighbors had to do an intervention because the post office crossed their entire block off the delivery roster. Overkill, maybe, but I think it is for the dog owners to manage their dogs, not a civil servant or a delivery person.
Ginger - Apr 02, 2011 4:23:11 pm PDT #18867 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
If a dog is out, the mailmen around here do not deliver you mail. period.
I can understand that if there are actually dogs out.