dictation's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cross species underdogs The Jehova's Witnesses are leaving messages on my home phone. Aaaaaaaargh. Phone spam is even more annoying than email spam. I wish I could reply using electro-shock. [I work with someone who was raised a Jehova's Witness. She's the perfect doormat. On her forehead are the words "step here." Self-deprecating in the extreme, she apologizes for everything and when you tell her she doesn't need to apologize, she apologizes for apologizing. I'm not exaggerating. She has been trained to speak in a voice that is barely audible. Many times I've had to say "I couldn't hear you" and she has apologized for speaking too softly and then she repeats in the same voice she's been taught is the only acceptable one for a female. The subserviant personality is maddening. I'd like to introduce this girl to a kick-boxing class. [Turning people into perfect little robots should be an offense punishable under the law.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There's a dog living down the block who howls without pause when left outside. His owners know and yet they leave him in the backyard all the time. I'm talking 3-digit decibels hound sounds. I don't get this... a dog will feel at home if he's surrounded by his master's smells and things, so why isn't he left inside with maybe...a doggie door? It's not as if they don't have every security feature in place. Anyway, after three hours of listening to this I got fed up, scrawled a note that said "blah blah, you know your dog is a howler blah blah why? blah blah calling humane society and cops if this doesn't stop pronto blah blah, how can you treat your neighbours and your dog so badly?" I walked along the alley counting the houses to be sure I had the right one and found Dog howling in the back yard of a million dollar property. Not a mansion...it's just the houses around here are all in that price range. The house was completely dark when I slipped my note in the mail slot. I could hear another dog barking faintly inside the house. Within minutes of my leaving the outside dog stopped barking. So either someone was home lurking - ignoring the dog - or they happened to come home just after. Why do people like this even have dogs? I mean, I'd be happy to babysit the dog and I'm sure lots of other people would too...so why don't they arrange something with their neighbours? Arrrrrgh.... The HUMANS are getting to me again! 8:24 p.m. - 2004-03-31 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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