H2-Slow, Part 27
One summer, I worked at a “hotel and day spa for dogs and cats”. You think they’re just being cute, but you could take your dog in for a massage, and only certain people were qualified to give dogs massages. (I was not one of them.)
The cheapest “suite” was $55 a night, and they went up to $135 a night, which got your dog a TV (tuned to Animal Planet or home videos), four walks a day (instead of three), a place on the rotunda that looked out into the office park, and a webcam so you could check in on your pets while on vacation.
Of course, we had some people that required bottled water for their pets, which they had to provide themselves. We even had one group of dogs that were accompanied on their stay by a small, wooden box containing the ashes of another dog!
However, my favorite was this one woman.
Customer: “I’d also like to request the special water for smaller dogs.”
Me: “I’m sorry, ma’am, but we don’t have anything like that.”
Customer: “I saw online that you had special water for smaller dogs! My dog is small, and I want him to have the special water!
I pulled up the website and read it.
Me: “Ma’am, the website says that we have special water dishes for smaller dogs, and I can, of course, ensure that your dog gets one of those.”
Customer: “You just changed that! You’re just being lazy! I want the special water for my dog! You just don’t like smaller dogs!”
After a few minutes of debate, my coworker overheard us and went to fill up a bowl with said “special water”, which happened to be very similar to tap water from the kitchen. She placed it next to the dog, who started lapping it up.
Customer: “There you go! Was that so hard?”
She paid and left her dog with us.
Me: *To my coworker* “Isn’t that technically lying?”
Coworker: “Did you hear me say anything to the customer?”
Me: “No… Oh! Very clever!”
Coworker: “Sometimes you just have to let them wear themselves out…”
Related:
H2-Slow, Part 26
H2-Slow, Part 25
H2-Slow, Part 24
H2-Slow, Part 23
H2-Slow, Part 22
