Just tell me what happened. I won't be mad, REALLY!

The BBQ Pit
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I came home from work yesterday and went to let my dogs out of their dog door. I removed the barrier that blocks the door when needed and the swinging part of the door fell to the floor. Well, sometimes adjustments must be made (the door is in sections because it is infrared and you have to be able to get to the batteries). I started to put it back together when I discover one piece, and 11" x 14" piece is missing.

I looked for that thing for hours. I have a gal who helps me with cleaning, Carmen; she had been that day so I called her. Nope, she hadn’t seen it.

I talked with my housemate. Nope, he hadn’t seen it.

The dogs could not possibly have done away with this thing without leaving traces, nor could they have taken it outside somewhere (and I did look just to make sure).

Jeez, people, let’s be grown up here. This thing may have broken. I understand that. But I spent hours trying to find this thing when SOMEONE could have left me a note as to what happened. I am not an ogre…things break from time to time. I even went through the garbage.

The door was complete and working when I left the house. My housemate left before I did and did not come home until after me. I suspect that Carmen knows what happened but is afraid to tell me. She has been working with me for 8 years, I know her family, I know her kids, I have had her family to Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner…she knows I won’t go crazy if something breaks.

It took me years to get Carmen to say “no” if I asked her to do something she didn’t want to do or didn’t have time for…she would tell me yes then not do it or not show up. Finally, she feels comfortable telling me “no.” I wish I could help her understand that pleasing me in the moment and then disappointing me later is not a good thing.

I feel like I’m in the movie Gaslight…very annoying. And my dog door…my $175.00 dog door…is now useless for its intended purpose. There is still a dandy hole in my door, which the dogs think is just fine, but I am not thrilled to have an 11" x 14" hole in an outside door letting in the winter, bugs, critters, and Og knows what else.

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Hey what are ya looking at me for, I didn’t do it.

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[sub]I heard Gangster Octopus did it[/sub]

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That’s pretty light construction. No wonder it fell apart.
Consider adding some matter to the door. It’ll hold up better. :wink:

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Did so! I saw him break it! Then he squirted ink all all over the place! But what can you expect, he is a gangster after all.

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I saw it too. But that wasn’t, um, ink.

[sub]I’m fairly sure ink isn’t clear and yellow…[/sub]

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I think a spanking is in order . . . and then the oral sex.

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OK, I get the spanking part (and there WERE inky tentacle prints all over the utility room…guess I forgot to mention that), but who is getting and/or giving oral sex?

Will this fix my dog door?

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Don’t bother; I see you have a grail on your roof.

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Now, that’s a great euphemism.

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A Grail shaped beacon yes, but no nubile young women at all…or young men, for that matter.

Featherlou…ahem…get your mind out of the dog door.