I think this is not even petty, it is a full blown vent, well, here it is.
Yesterday as I was pulling out of the development/neighborhood, standing on the stop sign, I saw a dog running in the middle of the cross street, it is actually considered a High way. Traffic is pretty decent, I was afraid dog is going to get hit by some idiot who doesn't pay attention to the road. My daughter says, "Look dog has the collar". I get out of the car and start calling to the dog. She came immediately. She was very friendly and obviously in distress, you could see how upset she was being lost. She kind of jumped on me, I dropped my glasses, she stepped on the glasses, they broke of course, she was not a small dog. Anyway, I open the back door and she immediately jumped in.
I pulled to the side of the road. Checked her tags and called the owner. A woman answered told me where she lives, only few house down the street, so I said that I’ll bring the dog home if somebody is there. She told me her husband was home and she would call him immediately, she did say thank you. That was the end of conversation. When I pulled to the house the guy came out I opened the door of the car, made the dog come out kind of holding her by the collar and the guy took her said almost not audible thank you and walked away.
Wouldn’t you call somebody to say thank you again, maybe after work, in the evening. We only live maybe 10 houses apart. I don’t know, stop by drop a thank you note, bring my a bottle of beer? Am I wrong to think that I deserve thank you? I don’t need anything from them, but I would definitely try to show my gratitude to people if they were find my dog in similar situation. I did not do it for some reward, but isn’t reward something normal person would consider giving?
Class? Etiquette? Is there certain behavior that is expected from people in this situation?
On the other hand why am I fuming? I am a dog peoples, I know how dogs act, I saw how scared the dog got when that guy took by the collar. I bet he is not only classless, he is abusive too. Should have just kept the dog.