Ghoulies October: us v BT (Page 20)

ceilidh - 2010-10-06 5:58 AM The problem with those longer distances is how long they take. I, too want to get faster. Then I can go farther without having to invest a whole day.

ironannekidd - 2010-10-06 9:27 AM Speaking of wrong, it's story time again.

There is a kid who works here in another building that I've worked with before so we chat throughout the day. He sent me a message this morning and asked if he'd told me about his neighbors dogs. I told him that he had not. He told me he has elderly neighbors who leave their dogs out in the yard at night and they bark at everything and keep him up. He told me he got up last night and opened the gate and the one dog ran off. He asked me if he was evil.

I told him he wasn't evil, but he was pretty damn childish and inconsiderate. I asked him if he'd spoken with his neighbors about the barking. He said they wouldn't have done anything. I said how do you know they won't do anything. Again I asked if he had spoken to the neighbors. He said he hadn't, but it was the best thing for the neighborhood for this dog to be gone. Then he told me he was a dog lover.

I told him that wasn't his decision to make and asked if he was going to pay for vet bills of something happened to the dog.

I was pretty ticked off and I closed the chat window, and the entire chat program. I can't express in words how mad the whole conversation made me. I'd be devastated if one of my dogs was missing. If they're elderly they may not be able to go out and look for their dog. He never said how elderly they were. I'm just upset that 1) he let the dog loose and doesn't care that it's gone, and 2) He never took any steps up to that point to try and rectify the situation.


Grrrrrr!

deehtz - 2010-10-06 10:00 AM

YES!    I like going longer than 4 miles but it takes too much TIME!!  My winter focus will definitely be speed.  However, I don't know if I can get in 5-6 shorter runs a week and still bike and swim.  hmmmm