RANT WARNING!....RANT WARNING!

If you're one of those morons who wants to star in your own Jackass movie by jumping off your roof into a cup of water, I say go for it.  As long as you don't hurt anyone else, I see it as positive for the rest of humanity.

But when you start doing things that hurt others, or the defenseless....especially the defenseless....then you have just found yourself a new mortal enemy.  ME!  Yesterday I came face-to-face with one of the latter.

K and I met my daughter and granddaughter for lunch, then we drove a couple of blocks to a mall that had an indoor kids playground.  As we left and were walking across the parking lot, K heard a dog barking.  She went to investigate and found this....

....a little tiny cha-hee-hee dog locked up in a black car, with a black interior, parked with the windshield facing west.  The poor little thing was panting heavily. It was in the low 90's outside, but I'm sure it was 110, 120, maybe more inside.  The window was cracked maybe 1 1/2", but BFD!

Grrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

I felt like that comic strip character who gets all riled and turns green and starts going after bad guys.  While the ladies stood watch over the little guy I went into the nearest store and instructed them to have mall security meet me outside immediately.  In less-than-record time Paul Blart, Mall Cop arrived.  It was apparent he had an IQ well short of triple digits.  

He radioed mall HQ and they dicked around on their little walkie-talkies for a few minutes, then I said screw you, I'm calling for the REAL cops.  Fortunately several of Plano's finest drove through about that time and I flagged them down.  They requested animal control come immediately, took my name and number as the complainant, and we waited.

By this time it had been at least 20 minutes since we arrived....no telling how long the dog had been like that before we arrived....and I was fully prepared to grab the glass and rip it out of the car door if something didn't happen fast.

About that time a little preppy girl came out to the car, and I went off.  

"Oh....I was only in there for a minute."  

"A minute" my ass!

She got the dog out and K had some water ready.  The little dude seemed most appreciative.  I read her the Riot Act, told her she almost killed her dog, what a despicable person she was, etc....and the cops sat back and let me.  *thanks cops  :)*

After I spoke my mind the cops took her ID and were running it through all their databases, so we left.  K said she hoped the girl had warrants against her and they hauled her in.

I do not apologize for my loud, belligerent attitude towards her.  I would happily do it all over again.  I hope you would have the cajones to step in, too, if you saw something similar.

And if you're one of those who has a dog (or any kind of pet) and aren't willing to properly care for it, why have it?  Give it up to someone who will.  Or face someone like me who will REALLY, REALLY make you want to give it up.

Fair warning.

S

Black Mazda 2, 4-door....sorry excuse for a human being inside.  Somewhere in the west Plano, TX area.  Considered intellectually unarmed, but still very dangerous.

Conflicted...with UPDATE

I take Emma Belle out every morning around 6 for a walk and have noticed it is now just barely light at that hour.  The days are getting noticeably shorter.  I like this.  While most people want it to be light as long as possible, I actually enjoy the evening / nighttime.  


My feeble little mind thinks of daylight as "work time" and darkness as "my time".  (Obviously I've never worked a night job.)  Often times when the sun sets I can feel the muscles in my neck relax.  Conversely when I'm driving to work I can feel them tighten up, ready to get the work day started.  The summer solstice is not an especially happy time for me.


I've been debating doing this for several days now, but today I'm going to contact our neighborhood police store front about a situation with a dog that concerns me.  I pass an apartment every day 3 or 4 times as I walk Emma, and there is a dog inside.  Trouble is, there is NEVER any sign of human life there.  No lights, window blinds are drawn, etc.  I assume the dog has a/c, but I have doubts about it having food or water.  I say that because a week ago the dog would bark and bark and bark when we walked by.  This morning it just barked once.  Is it weak?  I would hate to have it on my conscience that an animal starved to death because I didn't do anything, yet I hate being a nanny neighbor.  Conflicted....


S


UPDATE:  I called the police non-emergency number and reported my concern, and an officer checked and called me back to report a dog inside, but no obvious signs of distress.  Still, he said he would give our neighborhood officer the info and he will keep a close eye on the situation.  I feel better.