Posted on 03/09/2010 5:47:38 AM PST by Daffynition
You take a dead animal to a place of business, you expect them to preform a business service for free. They charge you $8.66 (American) to perform this service (at a loss) and you go running to the press?
Yep, classic liberal response from the press and person...
Sheesh, take it to Hunan Palace and make a buck.
Best one of the day - thanks for the laugh.
A lady took her precious ‘Snookums’ to the vet. She asked the vet whether Snookums was dead. The vet checked the cat and said “Yes, unfortunately Snookums has past away”.
The lady replied “But, are you sure? Isn’t there a chance Snookums may be alive yet breathing very shallow?”
The doctor left the room and returned with a Black Lab. The dog put his paws on the examination table, sniffed the cat from one end to the other, then looked at the doctor with baleful eyes.
The doctor took the Black lab away and brought in a cat. The cat jumped onto the examination table, sniffed the cat, checked it out from top to bottom, and shook it’s head.
The doctor took the cat away then returned saying “I’m sorry, but Snookums is dead. That will be $300 for my services”.
The lady was aghast. “$300 for telling me my cat is dead? That’s outrageous!”
The doctor replied, “Had you accepted my initial opinion I would have only charged $30. But for the lab report and catscan, the cost is $300.”
I would have just found a nice flower bed.
But instead of ignoring the cat's corpse, she picked it up and followed advice to take it to the nearest vet.
Because she was working, the 25-year-old asked her sister Gemma Pritt and dad David Pritt to take the cat to Vets4Pets in Moor Lane.
No good deed goes unpunished...
A few years ago a stray came to my daughters house and she asked me to get rid of it and I was going to take it to the woods, kill and bury it, but that offended her and she wanted me to take it to an animal shelter.
The shelter wanted $25, and were going to kill it anyway.
I said no thanks, so kitty and I went up the hill, and kitty stayed there.
This will draw flames from cat lovers, but remember, the cat would have been just as dead if I'd have paid the $25, only the method of death would have been different.
When I worked at a vet’s office years ago I was surprised at the number of people who would bring an injured animal in and expect the vet to treat it for free because it was not theirs, they found it injured. Also, surprising was the number of people who bring a pet in to be treated and then don’t return because they don’t want to pay. And it’s not like our prices were high. People are funny about what they are willing to spend money on, just like people who don’t want to pay for health care. It’s not a fun purchase, so it should be free I guess.
Taking a dead cat to a vet is "honourable"?
That’s not a bad fee for receiving a dead cat from a dingbat. Bring a dead cat to me, and I’ll probably charge more than that. ;-)
Thanks! My current one is getting pretty ‘ratty’...
So I pulled over, ran out in the road (it's a country road) and picked up the squirrel in a shirt. I actually had to shoo the buzzard away as he had just landed in the road.
I took the squirrel home. He had a broken arm and some internal injuries. I took him to my local vet. The vet couldn't help him, but did put him out of his misery. No charge.
I know, as Josey Wales once said, "Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms." But I was glad I saved that suffering squirrel from being eaten alive by a buzzard. And the vet was very kind. I just took my pet rabbit there yesterday.
Sometimes people don't realize they have an opportunity to build some good will by doing a good deed, and that it will come back to them in the long run. They nickel and dime you, and hence lose the opportunity to gain your trust, and lose potential business.
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