Friday, September 21, 2007

The right place at the right time...

Worked a rough neighborhood today, on the west side. Not a bad route, except for the dogs. I was working my way down Romero street when I came to a house where an old lady was lying on the ground and when she saw me, she said, "I fell down..."

It was one of those "I've fallen and I can't get up" things. It might seem funny on television, but it's not funny in real life. She was lying in direct sunlight. It wasn't as hot today as it has been, but it was still plenty hot enough to badly dehydrate someone who was lying helpless in full sunlight.

I reached over her fence, took her hand and pulled her to her feet. She thanked me profusely, and I just said "you're welcome" and went on my way.

But it made me think. So many little things can affect where you are, when you are. If I hadn't had trouble working my way up General McMullen earlier that morning, I might have been going a lot faster and already passed her house before she needed help. Or if I had managed to leave the office a little earlier, or...lots of other little things.

I just said a little prayer of thanks that someone was there to help her when she needed it.

Later on someone else gave me a cold Big Red when I got to their house, so I guess my karma was working.

And I only had to stare down two loose pit bulls, so it wasn't a bad day.

Also, I found a house with a Dogo. Man, those suckers are huge.

2 comments:

  1. The only dog related problems i had this week was today and yesterday. Today, the puppy wanted to keep pulling the cable out of the trench.
    Yesterday I was trying to get addresses of the cable I buried at a ped and a Chihuaua puppy kept climbing on my lap and licking my beard. Every time I put him on the ground he'd be on my lap before I could pick up the paper again.

    We can put a "No Access- DOGS" code on our work orders.

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  2. We have the same kind of thing. But the dogs I'm talking about are the unsecured dogs that harass you in the street. Which is convenient, because once they come at you in a public street they are fair game.

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