Shoes?
Furniture?
Electrical cords?
My dog Melody is a chewer. Correction, my GIRLFRIEND'S dog Melody is a chewer. (if we ever split, she gets the damn dog. No question there...)
She has chewed through countless pairs of shoes, sticks of deodorant, eye drops, and much more. We finally had her spayed this last week, so we are hoping this will calm her down a bit...
But still. Chew chew chew. Gnaw gnaw gnaw. Even when we give her "busy" toys, she finds things to chew, like the sprinklers or solar lighting outside...
I was always careful to put my things away, so I was never the victim. Until one day, I left my phone charger in an accessible spot. Surprise surprise, it was mauled and shredded when I came back to get it.
I was miffed. Sure, it's my own fault, since I know she's a chewer, but I wanted to flog her senselessly. I was tempted to call in my friend, Fred the buttsex horse to teach her a lesson:
...but cooler heads prevailed. I was just going to have to accept the loss and go buy a new charger.
...but wait...
I'm creative, and awesome. I know what to do!
During my next overnight trip out of town, I asked the hotel clerk if they had a lost and found. You see, I *cough* lost my phone charger the last time I stayed here, and was wondering if someone turned it in...
During my next overnight trip out of town, I asked the hotel clerk if they had a lost and found. You see, I *cough* lost my phone charger the last time I stayed here, and was wondering if someone turned it in...
*cough*
Lo and behold, he pulls out the exact charger I needed. Motorola micro-SD charger that separates into a USB cable. A $39.99 value, at no cost to me.
Sorry dog. You can knock me down, but you'll never knock me out.
Protip: Things are left in hotel rooms all the time. Most times, people check into a hotel room, check out, leave something behind (a phone charger, for example) and never return. I have friends in the hotel industry that will confirm this. Me, being a regular traveler, can use this to my advantage from time to time. It doesn't always work (more in large metropolitan areas and better hotels) but when it does, it'll save you some dough.
My question to you: Is that awesome? Is it thievery? Or is it a gray area in-between? What's done is done, and I'm keeping this charger (and hiding it from the damn dog...) but I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter...
