Why bother?
Dec. 31st, 2007 04:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
draggonlaadyWhy is it that the Millers have this compulsion to frustrate me by asking me something and then either arguing with or completely ignoring my answer?
Mr Miller asked me on the phone last night if he should put cayenne pepper on the dog's ear to make it stop bleeding. I very specifically told him no, because it would burn and irritate the tissue. In those words. Just flip the ear inside out, and bandage it to the head, and the pressure will stop the bleeding, said I.
Yet when Mrs Miller brings in the dog, she's very proud of herself for the fact that they got the bleeding stopped by coating the ear in cayenne powder. What the fuck?!? The skin of the entire face of the ear was bright red and irritated from soaking in this pepper under the bandage.
And when I made a comment about keeping the dog home so she stops getting injured, Mrs Miller blew it off with "well she was only out to go potty." Yeah. Apparently--she was out to go potty somewhere that she managed to snag her ear on something and tear it open, which makes it highly unlikely that she was remaining safely in the yard. These people are not just ignorant, it's like they're determined to stay as stupid as possible!
Mr Miller asked me on the phone last night if he should put cayenne pepper on the dog's ear to make it stop bleeding. I very specifically told him no, because it would burn and irritate the tissue. In those words. Just flip the ear inside out, and bandage it to the head, and the pressure will stop the bleeding, said I.
Yet when Mrs Miller brings in the dog, she's very proud of herself for the fact that they got the bleeding stopped by coating the ear in cayenne powder. What the fuck?!? The skin of the entire face of the ear was bright red and irritated from soaking in this pepper under the bandage.
And when I made a comment about keeping the dog home so she stops getting injured, Mrs Miller blew it off with "well she was only out to go potty." Yeah. Apparently--she was out to go potty somewhere that she managed to snag her ear on something and tear it open, which makes it highly unlikely that she was remaining safely in the yard. These people are not just ignorant, it's like they're determined to stay as stupid as possible!
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Date: 2008-01-01 07:12 pm (UTC)but in reality, what happens is basically, we tell them "we don't work for you. let us know what clinic you'll be going to, and we'll happily send them your records." and that's it. it's their problem if they have more problems. we have no legal obligation to work for anyone, beyond the obvious--we can't respond to something and then quit in the middle, and if someone carries a critter in bleeding and gasping, we'll stabilize and then figure out what's next.