(Preface - true story - i work in a petstore grooming salon - Val is my boss )



so Val took this little dog in when a good doer found him on the street. Four days later, that same good doer calls the owner when he sees the lost poster to inform her that he dropped off this little chihuahua at our store.

She was informed over the phone by Val that she has the dog, and will work out later that evening where to pick up the dog. a few minutes after the telephone call the owner and her angry friend were loudly expressing that we are breaking the law and she MUST fork over the dog within the hour. she (her friend) kept barking about an attorney she hired. Then I butted in and calmly told her the happenings of the week and unfortunately Val cant drop what she is doing to get your dog. But tonight you'll have him. Bitch friend then calls the cops

Then the owner started yelling. I spelled it out for her YOUR DOG IS GREAT! YOUR ARE GETTING HIM BACK. HE'S EVEN SEEN A VET. YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY THAT HE HAD SOMEONE AS KIND TO TAKE HIM IN

then she started crying.

an innocent customer witnessing this drama then talked her off of her emotional ledge.

the cops came, and bitch friend actually told the officer it was all a misunderstanding even before he got to hear the silly story. (that part did surprise me)

Later that evening Val's husband brought 'ChimiTOUNGEa' in and was reunited with happy go lucky owner with a handshake and a smile "im sorry im sorry im sorry, thank you thank you thank you." She even gave me permission to take Polaroids before 'Marvin' (our name ChimiTOUNGEa is better) got into mother's arms

I left out a lot of details in this story, most regarding threats and yelling. oh, and one of the managers taking this fiasco way too personally thinking all this was gonna come back to haunt HIM. I guess a few things could have been done differently on our side, but common. just keeping the dog out of the city pound was the idea.

Oh well.


As Reader's Digest puts it, "All in a day's work"