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My roommate found a large dog on our front porch tonight. He turned his car around, aimed the headlights at it, then came up to the front of porch and took a picture of it to text me, BLOCKING ITS ONLY EXIT ROUTE.
I open the front door to see the shaking, scared dog ready to freak the fuck out and the roommate is getting out of his car to try and pet the cornered animal. I waved him off and kept the doors closed so it could feel safe and get away.
The more attention the dog got, the more violently it trembled. And my roommate just wants to pet the doggie.
My point is there are a lot of incredibly stupid people out there. Their stupidity will eventually kill them. It just hasn’t done so yet.
Not directly relevant, but: I live in a neighborhood that is not really great for walking since it has no sidewalks. It's especially not great for walking at night since there are very few streetlights. Nevertheless many people walk here even after sunset, and the few people who carry flashlights have developed the strategy of shining the flashlight directly into the face of an approaching driver. It has apparently never occurred to them that blinding the driver of a two-ton vehicle heading straight at them is maybe not the wisest of ideas.
I suspect these are the same people that ride their bicycles against traffic, around blind turns, while wearing noise-canceling headphones.
Fair is fair for drivers blinding pedestrians with super brights.
Yeah, roommate sounds like a proper muppet. But what happened with the dog?
I checked on it again later. Was still on the porch scared when I opened the front door to check but that scared it off.
Damn. Next time mate, just leave it a bowl of food outside.
Sorry, like dogs.