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"rrb_091903" wrote in message news:rKzob.128821$gv5.17440@fed1read05... MaryL wrote: I am so angry!! This isn't a problem where I need any advice, but I need to vent. Some of you know that I adopted a beautiful blind kitty (Duffy) several months ago. Today I had my windows and carpets cleaned. I used the same man who has done this cleaning for a number of years -- but this will be my last time. First he started to laugh when he saw the cat tree I got for Duffy and Holly. I could handle that alright -- I am not emotionally attached to furniture. However, when I explained that Duffy is blind and what I was trying to accomplish with some of the cat furniture, he started laughing again and laughed so hard he couldn't stop. He would stop momentarily, then say "A blind cat -- that is so funny -- why didn't you just get rid of it and get a healthy cat" and would laugh again. When I would intervene, he would say "I'm sorry," then start laughing uproariously all over again and say, "But it's just so funny that you would spend all that money on a blind cat." This whole thing made me so angry I can hardly describe what I feel. What kind of heartless monster would react like that?? Anyway, it will be his last time here. I am going to find someone else for the future. I can understand how you feel some people are so heartless! I know you didn't ask for advice but if you haven't already I would consider calling the business owner and explain just why they lost your business. At the very least it might make you feel better. Take care. rrb This *is* the business owner. It's a very small cleaning business with only the owner and 2 or 3 employees. He has now lost a steady customer -- and I am still mulling over the question of whether I should call or write to let him know *why* he has lost a customer of several years' standing. He already knows I am upset by his attitude, but I did not tell him that this was his last time here. MaryL |
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"Sherry " wrote in message ... This whole thing made me so angry I can hardly describe what I feel. What kind of heartless monster would react like that?? Anyway, it will be his last time here. I am going to find someone else for the future. -- MaryL (take out the litter to reply) Mary, I am so sorry that happened to you. You were much more gracious than I would have been. I'm afraid I would have thrown him out of my house, and called to lodge a complaint with the company. What it is, is sad really. He sounds actually very ignorant, in the sense that he's just not very bright and has no empathy or compassion. Think what his poor family puts up with. Sheesh. This is making me angry, too and I wasn't even there. When he said "Why don't you get rid of it and get a healthy cat"..youshould have said, "Why don't I just get rid of YOU and hire a decent human being. There's the door." Sherry Excellent response ... I wish I had said something like that. I was so busy being angry and trying to talk sense (at least, *my* version of "sense") to him that I blew the perfect opportunity to show him the door. That would have hurt him financially, too, because he is the owner and was here with an employee and his big truck full of supplies. He would have had to "eat" a lost day of wages. MaryL |
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"Sherry " wrote in message ... This whole thing made me so angry I can hardly describe what I feel. What kind of heartless monster would react like that?? Anyway, it will be his last time here. I am going to find someone else for the future. -- MaryL (take out the litter to reply) Mary, I am so sorry that happened to you. You were much more gracious than I would have been. I'm afraid I would have thrown him out of my house, and called to lodge a complaint with the company. What it is, is sad really. He sounds actually very ignorant, in the sense that he's just not very bright and has no empathy or compassion. Think what his poor family puts up with. Sheesh. This is making me angry, too and I wasn't even there. When he said "Why don't you get rid of it and get a healthy cat"..youshould have said, "Why don't I just get rid of YOU and hire a decent human being. There's the door." Sherry Excellent response ... I wish I had said something like that. I was so busy being angry and trying to talk sense (at least, *my* version of "sense") to him that I blew the perfect opportunity to show him the door. That would have hurt him financially, too, because he is the owner and was here with an employee and his big truck full of supplies. He would have had to "eat" a lost day of wages. MaryL |
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From: "MaryL" AKE-OUT-THE-LITTER
First he started to laugh when he saw the cat tree I got for Duffy and Holly. I could handle that alright -- I am not emotionally attached to furniture. However, when I explained that Duffy is blind and what I was trying to accomplish with some of the cat furniture, he started laughing again and laughed so hard he couldn't stop. He would stop momentarily, then say "A blind cat -- that is so funny -- why didn't you just get rid of it and get a healthy cat" and would laugh again. OMG, what a horrible horrible person, Mary But just keep in mind, he's an idiot and you and Duffy are the lucky ones. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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I would be angry too! In fact, I'm pretty hissy right now! In your case, I would tell the guy his services are no longer required. And why. And that being said, how would you like to adopt a beautiful Siamese kitten diagnosed with glaucoma? Or perhaps a charming young adult with eyes so scarred from herpes he looks like a Halloween monster? Good for you, taking on the blind cat. Googly (our herpes boy) is all but blind, but you would hardly know it. And he is a happy happy cat. Sharon Talbert Friends of Campus Cats www.campuscats.org |
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I would be angry too! In fact, I'm pretty hissy right now! In your case, I would tell the guy his services are no longer required. And why. And that being said, how would you like to adopt a beautiful Siamese kitten diagnosed with glaucoma? Or perhaps a charming young adult with eyes so scarred from herpes he looks like a Halloween monster? Good for you, taking on the blind cat. Googly (our herpes boy) is all but blind, but you would hardly know it. And he is a happy happy cat. Sharon Talbert Friends of Campus Cats www.campuscats.org |
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MaryL wrote:
"Sherry " wrote in message ... This whole thing made me so angry I can hardly describe what I feel. What kind of heartless monster would react like that?? Anyway, it will be his last time here. I am going to find someone else for the future. -- MaryL (take out the litter to reply) Mary, I am so sorry that happened to you. You were much more gracious than I would have been. I'm afraid I would have thrown him out of my house, and called to lodge a complaint with the company. What it is, is sad really. He sounds actually very ignorant, in the sense that he's just not very bright and has no empathy or compassion. Think what his poor family puts up with. Sheesh. This is making me angry, too and I wasn't even there. When he said "Why don't you get rid of it and get a healthy cat"..youshould have said, "Why don't I just get rid of YOU and hire a decent human being. There's the door." Sherry Excellent response ... I wish I had said something like that. I was so busy being angry and trying to talk sense (at least, *my* version of "sense") to him that I blew the perfect opportunity to show him the door. That would have hurt him financially, too, because he is the owner and was here with an employee and his big truck full of supplies. He would have had to "eat" a lost day of wages. MaryL Doesn't that stink? It seems like the perfect response always come to us right after the situation is over. I think you should write him a letter, at least you can say *something* to him! K |
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MaryL wrote:
"Sherry " wrote in message ... This whole thing made me so angry I can hardly describe what I feel. What kind of heartless monster would react like that?? Anyway, it will be his last time here. I am going to find someone else for the future. -- MaryL (take out the litter to reply) Mary, I am so sorry that happened to you. You were much more gracious than I would have been. I'm afraid I would have thrown him out of my house, and called to lodge a complaint with the company. What it is, is sad really. He sounds actually very ignorant, in the sense that he's just not very bright and has no empathy or compassion. Think what his poor family puts up with. Sheesh. This is making me angry, too and I wasn't even there. When he said "Why don't you get rid of it and get a healthy cat"..youshould have said, "Why don't I just get rid of YOU and hire a decent human being. There's the door." Sherry Excellent response ... I wish I had said something like that. I was so busy being angry and trying to talk sense (at least, *my* version of "sense") to him that I blew the perfect opportunity to show him the door. That would have hurt him financially, too, because he is the owner and was here with an employee and his big truck full of supplies. He would have had to "eat" a lost day of wages. MaryL Doesn't that stink? It seems like the perfect response always come to us right after the situation is over. I think you should write him a letter, at least you can say *something* to him! K |
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This whole thing made me so angry I can hardly describe what I feel. What
kind of heartless monster would react like that?? Anyway, it will be his last time here. I am going to find someone else for the future. I totally agree with you. Instead of finding everything so funny, he should have thought it was wonderful. When I show my friends the handicapped ramp and disabled squirrel house my husband made for a paralyzed squirrel, everyone goes "ahhhh, that's so sweet of him." They don't laugh at him. Of course when I tell people that the paralyzed squirrel prefers to live in a dirty old bush, that's when they start laughing ;-) |
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