Tue, 11 Oct 2005
No Sleep
I like dogs. I like my neighbor's dog. It's a cute dog. It's furry and it barks when I walk by the house on the way to my aparment. Sometimes I wave and say HI DOG!! And it waves back and says WOOF WOOF!! HI KENNY!! But what I do not like are dog owners. Especially dog owners who leave town and forget to leave their dogs inside their houses or take their dogs with them on vacation. Saturday night/ Sunday morning that dog started barking non-stop at 2am. No big deal, I thought, it'll shut up and tomorrow's Sunday, I'll sleep in. Uggh. It barked until 4am. Sunday night, I go to bed early to be ready for a big fun day at work on Monday. Uggh- 2am-4am. Stupid dog. I hate you and your owners. Last night- same thing. But this time I can hear people from other apartments and condos screaming at the dog. Apparently the dog doesn't speak English. But now I can't go to sleep because not only is the dog really loud, but the people from the end of 7th, all the way at the other end of the street are screaming at the dog- as are people at 8th and Lake. Holy crap. I've decided to leave a passive-aggressive note on my neighbor's door after work. Passive-aggressive seems to be the modus operandi in SF, especially in my neighborhood. Example- when the volvos (or minivans) park like 'tards, the neighbors will leave little notes that start "Dear Neighbor. . . I noticed that my car does not fit next to yours when I attempt to park in a two car spot!". This apparently is nicer than my approach which usually reads: "Yo! Park like that one more time you ass and I'll kick your mirrors off". Although my notes seem to do the trick, I think I'll approach the doghouse (pun!) with the preferred method first to see what happens. How about:
KennethI'll update tomorrow. . . . 11 Oct 17:06 | /general | 0 comment(s)
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San Francisco, CA 94118
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San Francisco, CA 94118
For the past few nights (early mornings), your dog has been left unattended and in your backyard where it proceeds to bark incessantly for a few hours. It seems to prefer doing this between 2 and 4am. While a highly convenient time for nocturnal animals, it is extremely annoying to your neighbors. Mostly those who choose to sleep during this time.
Even more annoying is the added joy of listening to other neighbors opening their windows and yelling obscenities at the poor creature. While I too would love for the dog to "shut its furry ass" as much as the neighbors all the way down Lake Street seem to want it to, what would be even better is if you could not leave your dog outside when you go out of town.
Hopefully whomever is taking care of your house will read this note and take care of the issue. If not, I'm afraid I'll have to call SF Animal Control or the SFPD tonight.
Thanks for your time,
Kenneth xxxxxxxx
