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The day a parrot in Scottsdale tried to help me install
I was laying carpet in this huge house, and the owner's African Grey kept yelling 'stretch it tighter' every time I used the knee kicker. Then it flew down, grabbed a tack strip in its beak, and waddled across the room with it. I had to bribe it with a cracker to get my supplies back. Has anyone else had a pet completely derail a job?
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samf955mo ago
Totally get it. Had a beagle that decided my tape measure was a chew toy during a trim job. The dog would not let go, and we had this ridiculous tug of war in the client's living room. I finally won by trading for a piece of beef jerky from my lunch. The whole thing added like forty minutes to the job because I had to keep my tools in a locked toolbox after that.
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chen.jade5mo ago
Forty minutes over a tape measure tug of war seems like a lot. It's just a funny story, not a real work disaster. A locked toolbox for a beagle is a bit much, don't you think? These things are minor delays, not job derailments. People make it sound like a huge deal when it's just a pet being a pet.
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elliotw372mo ago
Yeah that's the thing about beagles, they're stubborn on a whole different level. Once they lock onto something, it's like they forget the rest of the world exists. But it's not just dogs, you see this everywhere. @chen.jade, you're right that it's a minor thing in the grand scheme, but the point is how these little distractions stack up over a day. One forty minute tug of war here, a locked toolbox there, and before you know it your whole schedule's shot. People act like it's dramatic but it's just the reality of working with pets, or really anything unpredictable in life.
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