Sorry to post another people being dicks so soon after the last one. But, well… people are being such dicks.–ooOoo–
Returning to our car after a morning cafe visit, Kelly and I noticed a dog in the back of the vehicle parked next to us.
To be fair, the rear of the car was in dappled shade and all the windows were a little bit down.
Yet the front windshield of the car was now in direct sun.
It was late morning with an outside temp of 24 Celsius predicted to climb to the mid 30’s. There was zero breeze.
The dog did not look too distressed but he was panting.
So what to do. For sure we could not just drive off.
I stuck my hand in through the window gap and it felt warm (but not hot) inside.
Kelly stayed at the car whilst I walked around the nearest shops and cafes asking if anyone was the owner.
By the time I returned the sun had engulfed even more of the car. Direct sun covered the dash and was spilling across the front seats.
The dog in the back was still panting gently and looked OK. A little forlorn…but OK.
But I was not OK.
I mean, what sort of narky-holed flange-endowed smeg-impregnated gob-smite would leave their dog in such a high risk situation?
About 20 minutes had passed by now. I was just about to reach in through the window gap and unlock the door when the owner rocked up.
He was pretty dismissive of the whole situation assuring us that his house was probably hotter than the inside of the car (which may well have been true).
During our ‘conversation’ the head of a second small dog popped up from behind the back seat. There were two dogs in there all along!
Turns out no animals were harmed in the making of this story.
I dunno. Maybe I over-reacted, if the owner had been sitting in the car with the dogs with the dappled shade and the windows down a bit and all, I probably would not have given second thought.
But I did give second thought. And then third thought. And all those thoughts were that he was definitely a people being a dick.
#animals #dogs
