Perhaps I shouldn’t have answered the phone at 5:58, but obviously I wasn’t thinking clearly.
The lady seemed surprised I was still there, and said she was interested in an appointment for her labradoodle which was desperately in need of grooming.
“It’s matted?” I asked.
“Yes, pretty bad,” she admitted.
“How old is it, about a year old?” I asked.
“No, she’s about four actually.” she answered.
“Oh, well it can’t be the puppy coat change, I guess we can only attribute it to owner negligence.” I calmly commented.
Click.
Uh, she hung up! Did I say that out loud? I called her back and apologized and she hung up on me again.
I can only hope she is one of the ones I wanted to get away…