Ya gotta wonder

@ElicBxn (63252)
United States
April 13, 2018 11:02pm CST
I've talked about our guy friend, J in the past. I sometimes talk about how he's not always the brightest candle about somethings. Its a good thing he's kind of cute. So, I went to see my friend in Kerrville last Friday and he came over to house sit since the wife can't leave her room after she's hooked up to her dialysis machine. Then on Saturday he did some of the cleaning that we pay him to do every 2 weeks, helps us with the cleaning and helps his bottom line. Well, since it rained some, he brought the dogs in and he decided that he needed to put down a bowl of water for Cleo. Now, I used to put water down for Cleo, but Cleo has this weird issue with bowls. As in - she's afraid of them. Don't ask me why, but when I put her food in a bowl, she'd only eat the middle of the food and leave the stuff around the edges of the bowl. And she won't drink out of a bowl in the house - At. All. But he had to put down a bowl of water. And where did he get this bowl? Well, you see, when a person is on peritoneal dialysis, if they want to take a shower, first the shower had to be cleaned, then sprayed with a bleach/water solution. After that, the head of the shower has to be soaked for at least 5 minutes in a bleach/water solution. Since our shower has a hand held shower head, I got a bowl and used it to soak the shower head. Yes, he took the bleach solution bowl and put water in it for the dog. This meant I had to take the bowl and run it through the dish washer, even IF the dog didn't drink out of it, because... well, because you never know if the dog didn't take a drink. I kid you not - I want to take that bowl and hit him up the side of the head with it...
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@GardenGerty (157652)
• United States
14 Apr 18
My husband would do something like that.
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
14 Apr 18
He should've asked about a bowl if he wanted her to have water. She'll drink out of the bowl outside, even then, though, she stands as far from it as she can and still reach it.
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@rebelann (111249)
• El Paso, Texas
14 Apr 18
I would think that bowl would have posed a danger for the pooch as well, hit that guy for me too. He should know better given the circumstances you have with your wife and then also risking harming the pup. Can't he smell the bleach??
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
14 Apr 18
Well, like I said, she won't drink out of a bowl anyway, so I'm pretty sure she's all right.
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
14 Apr 18
@rebelann its the sort of thing that needs to be done in person and I haven't seen him yet
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@rebelann (111249)
• El Paso, Texas
14 Apr 18
Thankfully that's probably true @ElicBxn but boy what a huge mess for you. I hope you had a good talk with him so he doesn't do that again.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
15 Apr 18
Not the sharpest tool in the shed...
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
15 Apr 18
No he's not. He's smart about somethings, but others... doesn't even cross his radar. And he's almost 63!
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@LadyDuck (458976)
• Switzerland
14 Apr 18
I cannot believe how careless he was. The bowl was also dangerous for the dog, if it had contained bleach.
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
14 Apr 18
It wasn't pure bleach in the first place so I doubt it had that much more bleach then the chlorine in a swimming pool, probably less, but still...
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
14 Apr 18
@LadyDuck pretty sure she wouldn't, remember, she's afraid of bowls
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@LadyDuck (458976)
• Switzerland
14 Apr 18
@ElicBxn Surely the dog would have not touched, they have a good sense of smell.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
16 Apr 18
I don't think men ever really think about what their doing sometimes, my husband always grabs whats closest and doesn't worry about it. Thats why I do all the cleaning. Hope the pup didn't decided to drink
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
16 Apr 18
I don't think she did although I'm not sure where all the water went.
@oahuwriter (26778)
• United States
16 Apr 18
This is the kind of situation that you know he meant well, but didn't know not to do for he just doesn't know about the dog and your special things for the bathroom.
@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
16 Apr 18
You are probably right, but he should've asked.
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@oahuwriter (26778)
• United States
16 Apr 18
@ElicBxn You know what... this situation needs patience for each of us is different.
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@BarBaraPrz (45579)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
14 Apr 18
Obviously a dim bulb. Anyone with a few more watts would ask why the shower head was in a bowl of bleachy water, then ask if it was ok to use that bowl.
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
14 Apr 18
It wasn't soaking at that moment, but since it was sitting on the handrail of the shower, it should've indicated that it was there for a reason.
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@sallypup (58087)
• Centralia, Washington
14 Apr 18
Wow. Way to fool with an innocent dog.
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
14 Apr 18
At least I know that Cleo would have to be more desperate than she normally is to drink out of the bowl, even if it hadn't had bleach water in it. Now, it isn't that much bleach, but still.
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