What a moron.

[StarFox]

ARG! I'm soo annoyed. This all started last week and has just been building. (sorry this is kinda long)

Ok so at the shelter they train new volunteers every 6 months or so, well they just trained a new group of them. So last week i'm at the shelter and there is this girl there and she introduces herself to me and tells me that she is a new volunteer. I'm like ok that's nice, it's always good to have new people. Well she goes and tries to take a dog out of one of the kennels and was having some trouble. I asked her if she needed help but she said "No I can do it". Alrighty so I go and do my own thing and i'm about to get a dog out when I see this black blur run behind me. The girl accidently let the dog out with out a leash. No biggie it happens allot. So the kennel manager and I round up the dog and get him leashed. The kennel manager hands the leash to the girl who manages to let it go. ..Ok..maybe she didn't relize how strong the dog was. So the K.M hands the leash to her again and shows her how to hold it properly and he starts to walk away....when she lets the dog go AGAIN! The poor kennel manager and I were like what the heck is she doing?! So she gets the dog back again and takes it into the play yard.

Ok here is the thing about the play yard, it has two gates, one closes automaticly behind you the other does not. Your ALWAYS suppose to check and make sure that the non-automatic gate is closed before you let the dog go. So she takes him in the play yard and I 'm close behind her because she forgot her kennel keys in the kennel! (all the kennels have locks on them). So lets re-cap so far ok? She has let a dog loose 3 times in the span of 3 mins or less and manages to leave her keys in the lock where any schmo can take them and take any dog they want. :-?

So I get to the gate and she's already inside and of course she dosn't check the other gate and lets the dog go. The dog runs out the open gate, turns the corner and runs out the main gate into the freaking street! The street that the shelter is on is very busy and people go about 40 mph down it. So you can imagin the heart attack I had chasing after her and the dog and seeing the dog loose outside. Thank god that the kennel manager saw because he was able to get the dog back.

About 10 mins later she gets a verbal lashing from our "boss" who then tells her to stick with me because I know what I'm doing and am a (and I quote!) "great volunteer and hard worker". I have to say that I was so happy when she said that because it means that she see's the work and dedication I put in every week. But back to the moron volunteer. She then decided to ask me every freakin' question about dogs possible..and I sooo kid you not about these "Why do dogs shead?", "Why is that dog peeing there?", "Do dogs always drool when they eat?" :o


Ok that was all last week this is just today- So apparently she can not take dogs out anymore since her little incident with the dog running into the street. So she has decided to brush the dogs...threw the kennel bars. Here is the problem. Dog sees plastic brush...dog thinks "ohh toy!"....dog grabs brush and chews it....stupid vounteer is not allowes to go into the kennels...stupid volunteer can not get the brush back...dogs eating plastic...dog gets sick. :wallbash: Ok I saw the aftermath of this when the brush was in a million peices and of course she is brushing a dog that has not been behaviour testes so I can't get the brush out because I don't know if the dog is going to attack me or not. Ya know we have a very good system for knowing what kennels we can and can't go into so it pisses me off when this stupid girl sticks her hands into a kennel that she has no clue about! Me and another volunteer were like WTF is this girl doing here?

I appreciate her wanting to volunteer but come on, you should at least know the bare minimum about dogs if you want to work there. I mean asking me why a dog is peeing is just stupid. Letting a dog eat plastic is stupid. Almost killing a dog by having it run into the street is just inexcusable. This girl has to be at least 17 or 18 so I don't know why she isn't learning the basics or using common sense. Common sense tells you that if there is a big red sticker on the kennel card that says "CAUTION:Will Bite"..you should not stick your hand in the kennel. If they don't get rid of this girl I can guarentee that she will get bitten very badly.

(Omg..this is really long..I'm sorry I'm just annoyed with her that I needed to get it all out. :oops: )

[pomeranians]

17 or 18?! :o

That is unbelieveble!! :x

I tried to volunteer at my shelter a few years ago (I think I was eight or nine), and if I would have actually gone ahead and started going there and helping out, I would have NEVER been so irrisponsible.

It's very sad that someone that age can be so moronic.

[JackieMaya]

I don't blame you for being upset! She IS a moron! I'm surprised they're still letting her be around the dogs. Maybe she should work with the cats instead. Or maybe she should volunteer in the office so she isn't around animals at all!

[kendalyn]

At least now the only damage she can do is to herself. Well, except for teh brush thing....

Maybe she'll get bitten and never come back.

[Crystal]

They should switch her to petting cats. Surely she can handle that? Just one thing, is she blonde? ( ok actually I'm blonde and not a moron, I was just wondering)

[Crystal]

They should switch her to petting cats. Surely she can handle that? Just one thing, is she blonde? ( ok actually I'm blonde and not a moron, I was just wondering) I hope she never has any kids, can you imagine? She takes the baby to the doctor, doctor the baby poops everywhere. When he's asleep, when he's awake, and he is always crying. Hmm diapers maybe. Geez


[color=darkblue]edited to add: I did not put the previous post there....I'm confused now. [/color]

[imported_Debbie]

:o What a MAROON !!!!! :lol:
Can Volunteers be fired ????? :roll: :lol:

[Crystal]

hmm? can you fire someone who volunteers? I guess if they are a danger to the animals they can ask that you not come in any more. Fired wouldn't exactly be the word for it, asked to never show up again! or called stupid!

[CincoandDahlilasgirl]

[quote name='Crystal']hmm? can you fire someone who volunteers? I guess if they are a danger to the animals they can ask that you not come in any more. Fired wouldn't exactly be the word for it, asked to never show up again! or called stupid![/quote]
Yes they can or atleast at Elmbrook where I volunteer they do but theysay something like "O maybe we should just call when we're short volunteers" or something. I was in the office 1 time when the head of volunteers said that to some1 on the phone.
BTW I wouldn't let her into the part of ur shelter where everything is to be kept hush hush cuz we had a huge meeting and got yelled at cuz a volunteer told some people about some dogs that weren't utd on vacs and stuff and had the whole city calling cuz they were designer dogs.

[Crystal]

yeah I figured there was a way to get rid of them, I just didn't think they could actually say fired, as they aren't really hired in the first place!

[imported_Kat]

stupidity is even too good a word to describe this girl :o

[Crystal]

[quote name='Jessashelony']Ummm... CincoandDahlilasgirl can you please change your signature. It is way too big and forces you to scroll sideways.[/quote]

yes please........... :(