LaceyinPgh
01-18-2006, 10:17 AM
In case none of you took the time to actually get to know me, I have a little quirk where PEOPLE :censored: ANNOY ME! I don't know why they do but oh....they do. Here is just another example. My best friend has been wanting to adopt a dog. (Personally to me she doesn't need another dog but I don't have to run after it or have it live in my house so it isn't my decision to make.) Anyway she is what I would consider a fantastic animal owner. I have never seen her do anything detrimental to a dog, cat, or anything else. In high school she worked at a dog kennel and up until her daughter was born she volunteered a couple days a week at the local animal shelter. To me she is a shining example of how people should treat their pets. (This is high praise from me because you all know how Ruffles and Ellie live.) Anyway back to the other dog. She and her family decide that they would like another dog. They do the responsible thing and contact a local rescue group, fill out all the paperwork, provide the references, get the vet records released, ect. Yet, after sometime she nevers hears back from the the lady about the dog. So she sends this email:
I was curious where you were with processing our application for Sadie’s puppy #3. If you have any questions, please let me know. I can be contacted via email at email address or phone from 7:30 until 3:30 or at home email or home phone in the evenings or on the weekends
This is the response from the rescue coordinator:
hi Deanna,
I called your vet yesterday and could not get any information from them. You did not call are give them permission to do so per the instruction on the adoption application. So I have moved to the next application. I wil come back to you after I am done with them if they do not pass. It is unfair to otheres to spend two days and numerous long distance phone calls on one applicant. Min
This is bothering to her because she had contacted her vet's office to give them a heads up on the fact that a rescue organization might be calling to ask some questions about a potential adoption. It also makes no sense because vetrinary records aren't protected in anyway, shape, or form. So my friend is upset by this and responds:
While I certainly appreciate the work that you do, I have contacted my vet about releasing records. If you had contacted me about the problem rather than simply moving on, I could have dealt with it. Instead you choose to not contact me until I made another inquiry. While long-distance phone calls can be costly, emails (provided you aren’t using dial-up) are not. I would have appreciated the consideration of a phone call or an email. If we were not interested, we certainly would not have responded to your application so quickly. I hope that the puppy will be happy in his new home. In the future, you should consider both sides of a story before you make such a quick judgment or before you scold a potential applicant.
To me this doesn't seem like a bad email. It is stating the fact that perhaps someone at the vet's office misspoke or that perhaps the wrong vertinarian's office was called. (There are several vets in the area all with similiar names who work out of each other's clinics - it's a farm town that is what you get.) This woman in cahrge of the operation completley flips out and has now blacklisted my friend and her family with her organization and lal the other rescue organizations in the area.
Deanna,
We all work other jobs plus take care of these animals in our homes. I also devote time to the local pound where most of the dogs and puppys come from, so they are not put to sleep, but given another chance. This is not my decision alone. I have a board to answer to. We have set up a policy that we all must follow. I called your vet the very afternoon that I recieved your application. I spoke with two women, they both said you had not called. I also told you that I would come back to you when all else was taken care of. But, it is the board decision that if you are this rude and tempermental with me then how will you treat a puppy that may chew up your shoe or poop on your floor? Therefore we are not considering you for our animals and also adding you to the list we share with other rescues. Good luck with all you do. Min
Now here is my problem. Would a 30 second email to my friend saying, could you please contact your vet and have them contact us by such and such time today or we will have to move on with processing another application have killed this woman? And, where in her emails does my friend act like she would be a danger to other creatures, especially a puppy? Inconsiderate people drive me crazy. They want the best for something but aren't willing to devote 5 minutes to getting it. It is letter to the editor time, because I woke up in a :censored: mood this morning and I need a victim!
I was curious where you were with processing our application for Sadie’s puppy #3. If you have any questions, please let me know. I can be contacted via email at email address or phone from 7:30 until 3:30 or at home email or home phone in the evenings or on the weekends
This is the response from the rescue coordinator:
hi Deanna,
I called your vet yesterday and could not get any information from them. You did not call are give them permission to do so per the instruction on the adoption application. So I have moved to the next application. I wil come back to you after I am done with them if they do not pass. It is unfair to otheres to spend two days and numerous long distance phone calls on one applicant. Min
This is bothering to her because she had contacted her vet's office to give them a heads up on the fact that a rescue organization might be calling to ask some questions about a potential adoption. It also makes no sense because vetrinary records aren't protected in anyway, shape, or form. So my friend is upset by this and responds:
While I certainly appreciate the work that you do, I have contacted my vet about releasing records. If you had contacted me about the problem rather than simply moving on, I could have dealt with it. Instead you choose to not contact me until I made another inquiry. While long-distance phone calls can be costly, emails (provided you aren’t using dial-up) are not. I would have appreciated the consideration of a phone call or an email. If we were not interested, we certainly would not have responded to your application so quickly. I hope that the puppy will be happy in his new home. In the future, you should consider both sides of a story before you make such a quick judgment or before you scold a potential applicant.
To me this doesn't seem like a bad email. It is stating the fact that perhaps someone at the vet's office misspoke or that perhaps the wrong vertinarian's office was called. (There are several vets in the area all with similiar names who work out of each other's clinics - it's a farm town that is what you get.) This woman in cahrge of the operation completley flips out and has now blacklisted my friend and her family with her organization and lal the other rescue organizations in the area.
Deanna,
We all work other jobs plus take care of these animals in our homes. I also devote time to the local pound where most of the dogs and puppys come from, so they are not put to sleep, but given another chance. This is not my decision alone. I have a board to answer to. We have set up a policy that we all must follow. I called your vet the very afternoon that I recieved your application. I spoke with two women, they both said you had not called. I also told you that I would come back to you when all else was taken care of. But, it is the board decision that if you are this rude and tempermental with me then how will you treat a puppy that may chew up your shoe or poop on your floor? Therefore we are not considering you for our animals and also adding you to the list we share with other rescues. Good luck with all you do. Min
Now here is my problem. Would a 30 second email to my friend saying, could you please contact your vet and have them contact us by such and such time today or we will have to move on with processing another application have killed this woman? And, where in her emails does my friend act like she would be a danger to other creatures, especially a puppy? Inconsiderate people drive me crazy. They want the best for something but aren't willing to devote 5 minutes to getting it. It is letter to the editor time, because I woke up in a :censored: mood this morning and I need a victim!