Oh man, that sucks. People suck. At least your superiors supported you. Be happy that you work in a job where people obviously trust you to do the intelligent thing, even if other people won't.
I've got one for you: I work in an animal shelter and you will meet the worst people there. Last week we had someone come by and try to dump a cat on our doorstep (we require appointments) and was trying to get all sob-story on me about how it was a stray with a hurt leg and needed medical attention pronto. I tell her that we don't have vets on site until Monday and she needs to take it to the 24 hour emergency vet that takes in strays.
*beat*
"But that's twenty minutes away!!!"
We also had a call yesterday about someone who adopted a kitten from us and (like we warned her) the kitten came down with a cold. She demands that we pay for the vet bills because we "sold her a sick kitten". We tell her that vet bills are part of the responsibility of owning a pet and at most it'll be $20 for the antibiotics. Her response?
that has got to be really really rough. i volunteered at the humane society adoption room in my town for a couple of years. but i finally had to quit because of school and allergies. for the most part things were good, but every now and then we'd get someone who wanted dogs for fights and things like that.
I've got one for you: I work in an animal shelter and you will meet the worst people there. Last week we had someone come by and try to dump a cat on our doorstep (we require appointments) and was trying to get all sob-story on me about how it was a stray with a hurt leg and needed medical attention pronto. I tell her that we don't have vets on site until Monday and she needs to take it to the 24 hour emergency vet that takes in strays.
*beat*
"But that's twenty minutes away!!!"
We also had a call yesterday about someone who adopted a kitten from us and (like we warned her) the kitten came down with a cold. She demands that we pay for the vet bills because we "sold her a sick kitten". We tell her that vet bills are part of the responsibility of owning a pet and at most it'll be $20 for the antibiotics. Her response?
"Then I don't want it!"
...sometimes I hate people.
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