Bad Friday!

[Gumbo Man]

Dang, a reasonable human that takes responsibility for their actions or lack of. Extremely rare these days.
I would make it a point to do something neighborly ever so often with this guy. People like that need to know that they are well thought of in the neighborhood

X2. I think that you have some fine neighbors Josh.

[Pineywoods]

X2. I think that you have some fine neighbors Josh.

Yah he is a nice guy. He smokes a lot of weed so he's pretty laid back lil.

[Jtrage]

Yah he is a nice guy. He smokes a lot of weed so he's pretty laid back lil.

Smoke one with him tonight. Sounds like you could both benefit.


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[ThisLadyHunts]

The neighbor took it extremely well! I was shocked. He apologized for his dog getting into our yard and wasn't upset at us at all. He was very reasonable and said he should have kept his dog in his yard.

Wow, your neighbor is a class act. Such a rare thing these days.

A similar thing happened to my husband several years ago. He was driving through our neighborhood one afternoon…not fast, just cruising through after a long day. He drove by a house a few doors down from us where the family happened to be out in the front yard. Suddenly, their little dog darts out into the street, too fast for my husband to stop, and he ends up running over the little dog with his back tires. My husband—also a class act—pulls over and stops.

While all this is happening, their little girl darts out into the street after the dog, sees the whole bloody mess, and is screaming and crying hysterically. The little dog, who is badly injured, is crying piteously, the young girl is prostrate in the street next to her dog, just wailing…then here comes Dad. At this point, my husband, who feels like a sh*t heel (his word, not mine) for running over this little girl’s dog, is girding his loins thinking he’s about to be confronted by an angry father.

As it turned out, our neighbor happened to be a class act, too. He very quickly took responsibility for their failure to have the dog on a leash, in an effort to absolve my husband of any guilt (my husband becomes a puddle of jelly when little girls cry), and then he turned to his daughter, told her to pull herself together because her behavior was upsetting her dog AND was unfair to my husband…and he made her apologize.

I don’t share this story to high-jack the thread or affect a one-upmanship, but simply to say that there are still people in this world who live their lives with purpose and integrity, who don’t conveniently seek to lay blame on others nor seek financial gain at the expense of others, and who keep to the high road in consideration of others. In fact, there are a number of these people on this forum. They are the ones who typically contribute well researched and thoughtfully deliberative comments, sometimes with brutal honesty when the situation calls for it, pass judgment when judgment is needed, and can take the same jokes they dish out without defensiveness or hypocrisy. They’re easy to spot: they’re the ones being “piled on” by the rest of us for being “insensitive,” “unfeeling,” and sometimes even racist or sexist.

You are my people.

[Geezy Rider]

Glad to hear you have an understanding neighbor. When the same thing happened to us our neighbors called the sheriff on us. Of course it went in our favor but it has caused bad feelings among us.

[3ChordTruth]

The neighbor took it extremely well! I was shocked. He apologized for his dog getting into our yard and wasn't upset at us at all. He was very reasonable and said he should have kept his dog in his yard.

Glad it turned out this way for you, was not expecting this but cool that neighbor took it this way. Good luck with your work, hope it picks up for you with the weather warming up now.

[Artos]

The neighbor took it extremely well! I was shocked. He apologized for his dog getting into our yard and wasn't upset at us at all. He was very reasonable and said he should have kept his dog in his yard.

I’ve never owned one but recall several dogs where if they were mine?? Seen some of the most rational people sticking up for inexcusable behavior of their pets. Not saying this is the case, just a thought.

[Benno]

The neighbor took it extremely well! I was shocked. He apologized for his dog getting into our yard and wasn't upset at us at all. He was very reasonable and said he should have kept his dog in his yard.

God bless reasonable people.


We have a Coker spaniel that thinks he can whoop the neighbors GS butt through the fence. I hope he never has to prove it for his sakes.

[boy wonder]

Good outcome for a sad and unfortunate event. And, I hope work picks up.

[Drop Tine]

Hope work picks up for you and your team. There’s hope in the world for the way the dog story has gone.

[JakeM]

Glad the dog situation worked out that way, hopefully business picks up soon.