My dad really embarrassed and upset me...*Venting*
@LilyoftheThorns (12918)
United States
November 23, 2009 5:35am CST
Okay....I am VERY emotional when it comes to animals (some of you may already know/suspect that). So here's what happened:
I am watching a ladies dog for a week while she is on vacation. Last night was the first time I needed to go visit him. On my way home from her house (at 8pm) I saw a little pit bull running down the sidewalk. I spent 30 minutes trying to coax her into my car, and got very close a couple times. She would come to my open drivers door and let me pet her for a second before running away again. I had a leash in my car that I tried a couple times (unsuccessfully) to get on her. Finally, she ran somewhere that I could not follow her, and it pretty much broke my heart.
And I was only about 2 minutes away from my house, so I was crying when I got home (I told you! Emotional!) And as MY LUCK would have it, the woman who's dog I'm watching called the SECOND I walked in the door. My dad called down to me and told me the phone was for me. I told him I couldn't talk right now...and he immediately knew I was crying.
INSTEAD of telling this lady I would call her back, he came down the stairs to me with her still on the phone, saying "whats wrong whats wrong?" And then he RUDELY says "she doesn't want to talk." to this lady. and then he continues to tell her that I'm crying. She immediately thinks something is wrong with HER dog! My dad told her it wasn't her dog, said I would call her back and hung up...
I did call her later but she didn't answer so I left a message telling her that her dog is fine and I'm sorry what happened worried her! But I am SO embarrassed and upset that my dad didn't just say I'd call back, and instead told her I was crying! 
PLUS he was rude to this lady who pays me to watch her dog---so I'm also wondering if she'll stop hiring me after this (I've watched him 3 or 4 times now--a few days to a week each time).
And I was only about 2 minutes away from my house, so I was crying when I got home (I told you! Emotional!) And as MY LUCK would have it, the woman who's dog I'm watching called the SECOND I walked in the door. My dad called down to me and told me the phone was for me. I told him I couldn't talk right now...and he immediately knew I was crying.
INSTEAD of telling this lady I would call her back, he came down the stairs to me with her still on the phone, saying "whats wrong whats wrong?" And then he RUDELY says "she doesn't want to talk." to this lady. and then he continues to tell her that I'm crying. She immediately thinks something is wrong with HER dog! My dad told her it wasn't her dog, said I would call her back and hung up...
I did call her later but she didn't answer so I left a message telling her that her dog is fine and I'm sorry what happened worried her! But I am SO embarrassed and upset that my dad didn't just say I'd call back, and instead told her I was crying! PLUS he was rude to this lady who pays me to watch her dog---so I'm also wondering if she'll stop hiring me after this (I've watched him 3 or 4 times now--a few days to a week each time).1 person likes this
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@mysteriousrouge (90)
• United States
23 Nov 09
Its' okay nothing you could of done to help the pit bull. I tried to catch a full grown pit bull who was wondering in and around the neighborhood. He almost got hit several times in the road. Stupid thing is the dog would just stop and watch, bark a few times and then go smell the bushes while the cars were going by. So I feel for you.
It's hard to get a puppy or dog to be brave enough to go home with you when it has been abused. Not much you can do for the animals.
Yes your dad should of been more concerned and less rude while on the phone and could of said your busy and call back. Sounds mean to me.
I think she will keep hiring you especially after explaining the situation she'll understand if not then it wasn't ment to be.
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@LilyoftheThorns (12918)
• United States
23 Nov 09
This poor dog was just so scared :/ Luckily it was late, so there weren't a lot of cars I had to worry about hitting her...but then again, night time is also a bad time to be lost. Plus it's pretty cold right now, even in Arizona!
Thanks mysterious!
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@hisoka147 (606)
• Philippines
23 Nov 09
The only thing that makes it possible for her not to be able to be hired again is the way her father talk to the lady which is rude. This depends on how the lady will really understand the situation.
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@LilyoftheThorns (12918)
• United States
24 Nov 09
I tried hard to sound extra friendly in the message I left for her. Hopefully she won't hold anything that happened against me! X.X She is a really nice lady, so it's hard to imagine she would. But it still worries me
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@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
24 Nov 09
If anyone ever did that to me, I'd give them proper hell, and I don't care who they were. To heck with "you've got to respect me, I'm your father." If my father acted that way towards someone who was paying me, or anyone else for that matter, I'd be right up in his face. I've done that before if something has come up. I don't take crap just because the person is my parent.
@LilyoftheThorns (12918)
• United States
27 Nov 09
I confronted him a little, after I composed myself. But by nature I'm not a very confrontational person...so it wasn't much. It was just like "why couldn't you have just told her I would call her back in a minute? Why did you have to say that to her?" lol. There's my rage :P (And no yelling was involved).
