Glasgowian for “I’m exhausted and tired” (thank you, Moving with Mitchell)
And I am.
It’s long weeks of
very early mornings. By early evening, all I want is to have a light
dinner, shower and turn in. But it was Friday meaning... errands.
I am going to make a statement, and I
know it is going to annoy some followers of my blog, but… as I am
growing older, I have come to realize that I really do not like dogs
or their owners.
I am very much over people ignoring the “Service
dogs only” signs to parade around stores with their dogs, either
leashed or in the shopping cart (usually sans blanket, meaning that
any dog germs are now contaminating a cart meant for human food). I
see it… everywhere. All the time. No longer a rare occurrence.
I
discovered last night that it has become a trigger to me.
We went
for our usual Friday night errands including a stop at local
wholesale club last night. I was exhausted and tired by the time we
got there (5th of 5 stops on the round-robin of Friday
night errands). BIG SIGN on the door “SERVICE DOGS ONLY”. Got
in, got the cart loaded (a shopping list helped), got in line to the self service checkout
kiosks.
Not one, but two dogs.
One puppy in a cart, the other, a young Golden
Doodle, loose. The kiosk docent was all “What adorable puppies!
[blah blah blah]” with the owners just oblivious that there was a
line waiting for the kiosks. As I am scanning my cart, #2 dog owner
let the dog loose to “play” with the docent.
The dog promptly
ran up to me. I glared, gritted my teeth and hear myself stating, “I do NOT like
DOGS!” and… I began to shake. Almost uncontrollably. Did the
owner retrieve his dog? No. All I heard was “Such a beautiful
dog!” from the docent as she continued to play with the animal. I
missed scanning a few objects in my cart; caught by the door staff as I
went to exit. I was still shaking, “...they have dogs running
around…” I mumbled. He just nodded. He guided me to the service
desk to ring up the missed items, then the desk manager walked me past the line at the exit.
I owned dogs; several in recent years.
Enough to know I do not want another one. We made sure when doing
ANYTHING with our dogs, that they only went into dog-accepting /
dog-friendly environments, and we always made sure that they were
under control at all times. I never, ever considered taking our dogs
into a supermarket! If it was hot out (above 70f), the dogs stayed
home and in the AC. I never see that courtesy with dog owners today.
The event last night
really wiped me out; I was comatose for the ride home.
From now on; just keep you damn dog away from me.
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