Today we went out to a diner for a breakfast. Bill dropped me by the door and went to park. There was a lady sitting next to the door, holding an English Bulldog. I love those dogs, so I asked if her handsome guy liked strangers and wasn’t afraid of canes and if I could pet him.
The lady told me that she didn’t know, the dog wasn’t her’s. She had seen him running into the highway and grabbed him. The dog was acting like a typical bulldog (big drooly grin, loving everyone), so I scratched his ears while the lady told me that she was from out of state and the dog’s rabies tag was from out of state as well. She didn’t know what to do, so she had called Animal Control.
As most of you are probably tired of hearing, I do animal rescue in my home state. I told her that I thought she had done the right thing because they would know how contact the appropriate people to get that sweet and expensive dog back to his people. I also told her that I’d contact the local rescues and let them know that a bulldog had been turned in. She seemed reassured, Bill got to me and we went in.
After a while, the lady came in, went to the restroom and then sat across the room and started eating her probably cold food and talking to an older woman who appeared to be a relative.
I thought to myself “self, she needs to have her good deed rewarded”, so when the waitress came back to check on us, I told the waitress that I wanted their check. There was lots of whispering and don’t look! during the conversation. I told the waitress to not say who had picked up the check, to only tell the lady that it was because she had saved the dog from running into traffic.
I was carefully not looking in their direction when the waitress picked up their plates, but I could hear the surprise and happiness in the voices. Hurray, my job was done.
Suddenly, the lady was standing next to me, offering me a hug and saying thank you and you didn’t need to do that. I’m so good at the intrigue stuff that I hugged her back, thanked her for saving the dog and asked how she knew it was me. She said that I was the only one who had spoken to her about the dog. :smack:
The ladies left looking happy, so it was a win. I always get caught when I do this stuff, though.
Anyone else get caught doing anonymous good deeds?