Post #154427 by johntiki on Fri, Apr 22, 2005 12:17 PM

Here's my general rule of thumb... the great majority of people in this world are assholes. I have stopped trying to help people unless there are obvious signs of distress because of the typical "how dare you" attitude you get when you try to do the right thing. I can't tell you how many times I've picked up lost dogs only to have people return the effort with a "he would have come home on his own." Last summer there was a reoccurring problem with a neighbor's dog that got free and would spend all day chasing cars, lying in the street, pooping all over everyone else’s lawns, etc. -the first time I witnessed the dog nearly get run over by a garbage truck. I grabbed the dog, put it in my car and drove it back to the address on his tags (nearly a mile away), without me knowing it the bastard had chewed on my seatbelt while in the back seat but I remained calm. I brought the dog back to the front door, rang the bell and told them I found their dog... the woman's only response was "oh he gets out all the time." No thank you, no I appreciate it, nothing. She let the dog inside the house, closed the door and that was that. My wife rescued the dog a second time when I was at work and got nearly the same response from the asshole owner! The third time I found the dog wandering in my front yard I drove him to his owner's house again. And instead of knocking on the door and letting them know their dog was loose again, I took an old tie-out stake and chain my dogs used to use, screwed it into the ground under a big tree in their front yard, attached the dog and drove off. I haven't seen the dog since... they probably got the hint. I felt kind of bad because it wasn’t the dog’s fault his owners were such inconsiderate unappreciative assholes! I could go on with about a thousand other stories, one involving a frantically crying lost child in a grocery store and her wacko mother… but that can wait for another topic!