For the past few days, a co-worker has been bringing her dog into work. The dog has just been through an operation, so needs to be watched. This isn’t usually allowed, but this was deemed an exception. So she has a nice friendly dog in her office.
For most of my life, I’ve had dogs in the family. When I moved to Edmonton and started living on my own, I realized that I cannot have a dog. Being single, the dog would be left at home most of the day. I can’t subject an animal to my lifestyle. So when I do get a chance to interact with a dog, it feels special.
Every so often, at work, I would take a Dog break. I would go to her office and give the dog a good scratching. This was the last day that the dog will be there. But it was really nice to see her. Now I want to take a healthy dog out for a good long run. I do mean healthy, because my runs don’t work on dogs that aren’t in good form.
On another note, I found out that they have rearranged the buzzer codes on the front entrance of my condo building. You know, the list of people and numbers you have to press if you want to talk to them. Normally I don’t pass through the front entrance, because I go to the parking area. When I do pass through, I don’t usually stop and sightsee.
Then how do I know that they rearranged them?
Because now instead of listing them by order of occupancy, they’ve gone to alphabetical order. That puts me right at the top. So if someone is stuck and needs to get in, without knowing who to call, they will ALWAYS pick the first name on the list. So at 11:00 at night, I get ringed up by people wanting in. It happened a few days ago and I wimped out and let the person in. At least I looked at him on the screen to make sure he didn’t look dangerous. But I should have gone down and made sure he wasn’t doing anything wrong as I follow him throughout the building.
This is going to start being annoying. I don’t need this kind of guilt.
If I do start following people around, maybe I should start charging. “Oh you want in? It’s two bucks for the trouble. Think of it as a security deposit.”
But do I have the backbone to try that?