Petty Things That Get On Your Nerves...

[GordonD]

2 hours ago, Boghead ranter said:

As a dog walker, so much this.

"My dog's friendly" they merrily shout.  So are the 3 or 4 dogs that I'm tied onto, however it's a fuckload of hassle for me if they all tie themselves (and me) in a big knot in their excitement of your friendly mutt bounding over to say hello and see who wants to play.  

 

I remember a shitstorm a couple of years ago when a farmer shot a dog that was chasing his sheep. The owners kept banging on about how it was being friendly and wouldn't have harmed the sheep.

Response from the rest of the community: "Aye, but the fucking sheep don't know that!" To make matters worse, it was at lambing time.

[BFTD]

10 minutes ago, G_Man1985 said:

35 pound to have my brown emptied twice a month. Ffs

Did you know that your £35 doesn't include pickups in December, January, or February? Your annual payment only covers nine months.

Spoiler

 

[stevieKTID]

As a dog walker, so much this.
"My dog's friendly" they merrily shout.  So are the 3 or 4 dogs that I'm tied onto, however it's a fuckload of hassle for me if they all tie themselves (and me) in a big knot in their excitement of your friendly mutt bounding over to say hello and see who wants to play.  
 

Totally agree, I rarely have a problem with any of the dogs i walk or meet on a daily basis it's always the owners lack of knowledge or awareness that's the problem, there is a massive difference between owning a dog and actually understanding a dog and how they interact with others.
I've always said there should be some kind of test, there are so many clueless dog owners out there, its not difficult to learn some basics.

[Mark Connolly]

6 hours ago, A96 said:

In my capacity as a parcel delivery guy , I am nominating you , Throbber , for a transfer to the Calling Cards of Morons thread .....the Calling Card being not getting off your fat arse to answer the door.  The other night in pishing rain I knocked on a door or rang the bell to deliver a parcel. I could see there seemed to be folk in the house. After waiting a reasonable period for a response , I knocked quite forcefully. This time some p***k came to the door and mumbled an insincere apology and something about thinking it had been some friends they’d been expecting.

Why didn't you do what every other delivery driver does when they know folk are in, and shove a "Sorry we missed you" card through the letterbox?

[welshbairn]

Why didn't you do what every other delivery driver does when they know folk are in, and shove a "Sorry we missed you" card through the letterbox?

Presumably because he'd just have to return the next day without getting paid for it.

[A96]

1 hour ago, Mark Connolly said:

Why didn't you do what every other delivery driver does when they know folk are in, and shove a "Sorry we missed you" card through the letterbox?

That would’ve been my next move.  But I still prefer to give folk the chance to come to the door to sign for the parcel themselves.

[A96]

 

Not necessarily. Quite often I’ll just open the front door if it’s unlocked and leave the parcel inside with a calling card. But generally it’s less hassle for me ,  for the punters to sign for the parcel themselves. The worst option is not being able to deliver it, especially if it’s a bulky one.

Edited November 3, 2019 by A96
ETA this is in response to welshbairn’s post

[Hedgecutter]

Amazes me how few delivery drivers ring my fully functioning doorbell and instead only knock the door in a manner that suggests they have a limp handshake.
You'd be forgiven for thinking that the delivery guy, who's sole job it is to deliver things, doesn't want to deliver the thing that's travelled hundreds of miles to get within 0.5m of your doorway when the intended recipient has made a point of being inside for it. Bizarre behaviour yet it happens all the f***ing time.

[throbber]

Throbber, does your wife just keep inviting people round because you are such terrible company? Or is she frightened to be left alone with you, in case you go on a drink fuelled rampage?

Guests staying seven of the first nine weekends in a new house and you d got a young child? Genuinely sounds like someone is having a laugh at you.

It’s just the ways it’s worked out recently, most of our friends and families don’t live in Edinburgh and people have made their excuses to come and stay. The fact that I’m terrible company and go into drink fuelled rampages has nothing to do with it. Nothing remotely interesting happens when we have people round to stay either and no matter how many times I ask I always get told that exchanging partners is off the table.

[Sergeant Wilson]

9 minutes ago, throbber said:

 

It’s just the ways it’s worked out recently, most of our friends and families don’t live in Edinburgh and people have made their excuses to come and stay. The fact that I’m terrible company and go into drink fuelled rampages has nothing to do with it. Nothing remotely interesting happens when we have people round to stay either and no matter how many times I ask I always get told that exchanging partners is off the table.

 

I thought your Dad might be up for it.

[BFTD]

8 minutes ago, throbber said:

It’s just the ways it’s worked out recently, most of our friends and families don’t live in Edinburgh and people have made their excuses to come and stay. The fact that I’m terrible company and go into drink fuelled rampages has nothing to do with it. Nothing remotely interesting happens when we have people round to stay either and no matter how many times I ask I always get told that exchanging partners is off the table.

 

Not by the missus, I'm guessing.

[8MileBU]

Other dugs. Or, more specifically, other dug owners.

Last year we adopted a wee rescue dog. She's half-collie, half-labrador. She is a lovely wee thing. When we re-homed her we were told she had had a horrific life and had been rescued from a life of being a 'warm-up' for fighting dogs. She was going to be put to sleep, but she came to us instead.

She is incredibly nervous around other dogs. In the house she's absolutely lovely. But when she's out and sees another dog, she barks, snarls and lunges. Because of this she is never off a lead and is kept under firm control by me.

I am losing patience with the amount of utter c***s around where I live who just let their off-lead dogs wander up to mine and don't make any effort to get theirs back. I've had to resort to shouting to them to get their fucking dog back. Usually it's some daft old person with no strength whatsoever trying to persuade an excited German Shepherd to go back to them, to no avail.

"They're just being friendly!" they shout. Aye, but mine isn't. And if mine gets its jaws on you, it'll be mine that has to suffer.

Dicks.

If your dog doesn't have immediate recall, it shouldn't be off a lead at all.

 

There’s wee harness/coat type things you can get for dogs with various jargon on them to alert/warn other dog owners if your dog is nervous or aggressive etc. Good idea overall I think, but not much use when c***s are away across the other side of a park letting their dogs run loose all over the place. My mates wee staffi wears one of those coat things as she had a life almost identical to your dog prior to being rescued. Absolute wee darling with people, but she’s a bit nippy with other dogs. She’s only 3 though so he takes her to some training class and she’s getting much more tolerant and sociable with other dogs, but still gets all defensive when some boisterous dug comes charging over a park full pelt toward her.

[Bairnardo]

Leaving aside dogs behaviour with other dogs, folk letting their dog approach and jump up at people in a public space is horrendous behaviour. Some folk dont like dogs, some are scared of dogs, some dogs are much bigger and heavier than kids they jump up on whether they are playong or not. I dont particularly like or dislike dogs but theres been times in the past where someones dog has jumped up and put its manky paws on my clothes or even my hands leaving me utterly seething.

Its as Gaz said, if you dont have complete and full control of the animal to the point that wont invade the space of others then it shouldnt be off the lead, or shpuld be miles away from public places like parks.

[Dee Man]

9 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:

Leaving aside dogs behaviour with other dogs, folk letting their dog approach and jump up at people in a public space is horrendous behaviour. Some folk dont like dogs, some are scared of dogs, some dogs are much bigger and heavier than kids they jump up on whether they are playong or not. I dont particularly like or dislike dogs but theres been times in the past where someones dog has jumped up and put its manky paws on my clothes or even my hands leaving me utterly seething.

Its as Gaz said, if you dont have complete and full control of the animal to the point that wont invade the space of others then it shouldnt be off the lead, or shpuld be miles away from public places like parks.

 

[Gaz]

18 minutes ago, 8MileBU said:

There’s wee harness/coat type things you can get for dogs with various jargon on them to alert/warn other dog owners if your dog is nervous or aggressive etc. Good idea overall I think, but not much use when c***s are away across the other side of a park letting their dogs run loose all over the place. My mates wee staffi wears one of those coat things as she had a life almost identical to your dog prior to being rescued. Absolute wee darling with people, but she’s a bit nippy with other dogs. She’s only 3 though so he takes her to some training class and she’s getting much more tolerant and sociable with other dogs, but still gets all defensive when some boisterous dug comes charging over a park full pelt toward her.

Yeah she wears one of those with NERVOUS DOG written on the side.

[RH33]

3 hours ago, GordonD said:

I remember a shitstorm a couple of years ago when a farmer shot a dog that was chasing his sheep. The owners kept banging on about how it was being friendly and wouldn't have harmed the sheep.

Response from the rest of the community: "Aye, but the fucking sheep don't know that!" To make matters worse, it was at lambing time.

We lived in a crafting area when I was growing up. We had a rescue collie who would sit in the field with the old crofters sheep. At lambing season he’d chase the crows! Never chased the sheep! 

Different scenario I know as obviously a dog randomly chasing sheep. Farmer has a right to protect his livestock, it should be basic knowledge to dog owners. Too many people get a puppy but have no idea amount time needed to train it, socialise it etc etc.

[Bairnardo]

Too many people get a puppy but have no idea amount time needed to train it, socialise it etc etc.

That, and thinking that everyone else loves their special wee pet as much as they do. Ocht hes just being friendly.... f**k off mate I didnt come out here to be jumped all over by your dog.

[RH33]

5 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:

 

 

That, and thinking that everyone else loves their special wee pet as much as they do. Ocht hes just being friendly.... f**k off mate I didnt come out here to be jumped all over by your dog.

 

Extendable leads should be banned, puppy goes on one and never learns to walk to heel. (Sorry div!)

[BFTD]

7 minutes ago, MixuFixit said:

I love a daft big dug coming up to me youse are all a bunch of miseryguts

You should watch a film called Cujo; it's about a lovely big cuddly St Bernard. You'd love it.

[DiegoDiego]

May I see them?

A rather odd request, but here's two recently deceased specimens for you.