Guess who's back? Chase/Decker.
I've been reluctant to mention this because it's a sticky situation. We've been calling the owner and have had no response for over two weeks, maybe three, even four--I haven't been keeping track, honestly. We've left our phone number on an answering machine. Nothing. Nada.
I've been reading statutes for our state and the closest thing I can find about this is that if an animal is deliberately left with you, 15 days after the first notice to the owner to claim the animal, the animal is considered abandoned. There's nothing about found animals that you know who the owner is (vaguely) and can't get hold of them.
So we're stuck in this awful limbo. Can we adopt her? What's the deal? I'll be calling the humane society about this. Maybe they'll be able to shed some light on it.
Meanwhile--
We've got our first blue egg! Yay!
The hen (I'm not sure which one did the deed yet but I suspect Beatrice, our blonde) actually produced a beautiful hybrid between a light brown egg and a blue one. It's also big--almost as large as a store bought extra-large egg. I have pix but they're not on my machine yet.
I'm soooo happeeeeeeey!
I haven't done a retail story in a while. There's a reason for this--I'm putting together a financial guide book from the retail employee's pov, and so most of my material is going into that lately. But I'll start posting those again soon just because a lot of them are repeats as far as the book is concerned and some of them aren't really related to financial sanity anyway, or are just common sense. I will, right now, post a free sample in the way of a super-short chapter (assuming that it doesn't get cut in an edit.) It goes something like this:
Under the Influence
Don't shop drunk. Or high. Think about all the stupid things that inebriated people do--and by people I mean you. I know that you pretend that you aren't like everyone else and you're special and totally cool when you're drunk, etc. but let's be real. Add the expenditure of money to the stupidity of public inebriation. And the beauty part? It's all on camera. Just think. You could be on YouTube buying that stuff (and paying for stuff you broke and the part where you flirted with me) and then tada! you get to be on YouTube the next day returning it. I would never post such a humiliating moment in someone's life, but I have coworkers.
They have a darker sense of humor than I do.
On the other hand, if you're shopping high you're probably driving high, and if death and/or jail doesn't stop you, embarrassment probably won't either. Disregard. I don't mind.
Just think, you could be like the guy who staggered in the other day. He took one of our plastic-encased signs and hung it from the counter by its feet. "Wow, look at that!" he said.
"That's impressive," I assured him.
"You're always so nice," he said, swaying.
In your case, because I have to be, dude. "I'm glad," I told him. "I like our customers to be happy."
"Well I'm very happy," he slurred. I thought he looked like he would puke any second.
"Can I help you with something?" I asked.
He stared blankly at me for a moment. "Do you sell ... stuff here?"
Why yes, yes we do. We're a store. We sell stuff. "What are you looking for?"
He stared at me for a moment longer, then walked through the swing door. On the second try.
Sad case. I wonder what he bought. I'm sure he wonders too. But that's cool. It probably didn't hurt his beer budget.
Next time it'll be you, and you're gonna be awesome. The Numa Numa Dance guy and whoever posts that video are gonna be like this. Maybe, if you have the means, you can sue like the Star Wars kid's family ... but that video will never go away, and neither will your fame.
2 comments:
Some thoughts that might or might not help.
Maybe put a notice in the local paper as a permant record. Cost?
Also, certified mail. Cost?
Both would need to state your intentions to keep chase/Decker and belief that the dog was abandond if not claimed after such and such date.
Not sure if this would insure ownership if they made a claim, but would go to prove that you did try to contact them if they tryed to claim thieft of the dog.
Just some thoughts,
Josh
Best of luck.
Have to post about this. Comment too long.
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