WTF- mailperson edition

[mcmel]

Okay so my dogs getting out is one of my biggest fears.

We have a "Beware of Dog" sign right on our front gate. Eevee, the pit, is outside and starts to bark. I go to bring her in when I see a new mail lady opening my gate. I tell her to stop and just drop the package over the gate, don't come in the yard.

The woman drops it, but doesn't relatch my gate, leaving it open, but pulled to. Marbles, my other much larger dog, runs out between my legs and runs to see the woman. Marbs pushes the gate and it comes flying open. Thank god, I guess the dogs weren't expecting that and took a pause, just long enough for the breeziest mail lady ever to turn around, close the gate, and tell me to calm down.

Why in the hell would you come in a gate with a beware of dog sign WITH A DOG TWO INCHES FROM YOUR FACE? Eevee is the sweetest dog ever, but a stranger wouldn't know that. Her bark sounds like she's going to rip your throat out. Wtf? Why?!

[TrickyBob]

Some people.

As a side note, I'm loling that you have a dog named Eevee and one named Marbles. That is the BEST pairing.

[spitforspat]

Now I'm picturing a dog wearing squirrel pasties. And a cardigan.

[mcmel]

May 14, 2014 18:55:33 GMT -5 spitforspat said:

Now I'm picturing a dog wearing squirrel pasties. And a cardigan.

It really did make me sad when I realized.

6 squirrel pasties on my dog sounds hilarious though.

[spitforspat]

This needs to be photoshopped.

[Deleted]

One time we had a mail lady come to our door to deliver a package, and I guess she heard Cali barking in the background. H went to open the door and he was like wtf, because apparently the mail lady was holding the door shut on the other side. Then we heard ".....can you put your dog away please?". Lol. She was like pulling the door shut so h couldn't open it because I guess she thought Cali was going to jump out and eat her face off. I still laugh about it. Wrong profession, lady.

[mcmel]

May 14, 2014 19:00:06 GMT -5 @ygmg said:

One time we had a mail lady come to our door to deliver a package, and I guess she heard Cali barking in the background. H went to open the door and he was like wtf, because apparently the mail lady was holding the door shut on the other side. Then we heard ".....can you put your dog away please?". Lol. She was like pulling the door shut so h couldn't open it because I guess she thought Cali was going to jump out and eat her face off. I still laugh about it. Wrong profession, lady.

Haha, that poor woman.

[mcmel]

May 14, 2014 19:01:28 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

I vote mistake.. There is a lot of those signs and rarely the dog is in the yard. I guessing that the mail lady was just doing her job and figuring it was just another sing (like the 50 others she probably sees).

And believe me, I totally feel you about your worst fear.. Once my pitty broke away from her leash IN NYC. Running down the street after her, loose.. Omg. I totally understand.

I would just put a sign on the gate that says something like "Please shut gate securely" and hope that the message is received.

I would have just burst into tears. Marbs got out once and as she got near a highway I was getting desperate. I threw myself on the ground and fake cried so loud until she got interested. Ignore the fact that I wasn't wearing pants lol.

We have a lock that we usually put on. I guess we need to start that again.

[elleblue]

Interesting side story I was told while visiting Pompeii. Cave Canem (Latin for Beware of Dog) signs were found painted on many of the houses, but in this case it was a warning not to step or sit on their small dogs (Italian Greyhounds were a popular companion dog and often featured in family frescoes). So originally Beware of Dog didn't have quite the same implications that it does today. 

But yeah, your mail lady didn't act over bright. 

[bornbaker]

What would annoy me most is she told you to calm down. Read the f-ing sign, lady!

[mcmel]

May 14, 2014 21:25:17 GMT -5 bornbaker said:

What would annoy me most is she told you to calm down. Read the f-ing sign, lady!

That is what sent me over the edge and led me to filing a complaint.

[isabel]

May 14, 2014 19:01:28 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

I vote mistake.. There is a lot of those signs and rarely the dog is in the yard. I guessing that the mail lady was just doing her job and figuring it was just another sing (like the 50 others she probably sees).

Who cares if the dog is in the yard? There's a sign. You don't go in. I just don't understand why there's an alternative as a mail carrier.

[lexxasaurus]

Is your dog named after a Pokemon...?

ETA: I would be very unhappy and complain if she disregarded the sign too. My dog is little, but she's a runner, especially when there's people or dogs in view. I'm so worried she'll accidentally get out so I would be furious if I were you. Glad your dogs didn't get loose!

[mcmel]

May 14, 2014 22:37:31 GMT -5 lexxasaurus said:

Is your dog named after a Pokemon...?

She is. H loved Pokemon as a kid and it fits her.

[maggiemoo]

I have 2 very sweet danes. They sound viscious. And 2 small boys. My H had flowers delivered for mother's day. This lady never flinched. She grabbed their collars and helped me inside. She said "i know dogs, they are fine. Carefull with the flowers." A guy came buy a few days later to see if our dead tree needed tending to. Big guy. He tripped down the steps. Good watch dogs in theory.