Type A

I swear … if I didn’t think I had a Type A personality before, today sure changes that. It has not been a good day.

Today started off REAL good. It started as I was leaving the building to go to work this morning. There was a guy coming in the security door, so I stepped to the side to let him in. He already had his key in the lock. He stepped in, and his damn dog jumped at me. I got the hell out of there … cussing loudly as I left. Talk about pissed off. At first I thought the dog just jumped up at me. Well … I looked at my purse and noticed there was a bite mark in it. That fucking dog tried to bite me. He would have succeeded if I didn’t have my purse and if it didn’t just happen to be in the right spot. And that asshole didn’t even check to see if I was okay. Didn’t even poke his head out the door. Some nerve.

After I got home from work today, I printed out a note and taped it to the security door. I was gonna put one on both doors, but I figured the one would be good enough. That’s the one he came in. And I’ve seen this guy with this dog before. I’ve been heading to my garage and he’s been walking his dog past, and you could just tell that if that dog got loose, I’d be a goner. Almost was today. This is the note I left …

To the tenant who was coming back into the building with his dog this morning shortly after 7:30am -

Please come talk to me … in Apartment XXX. I would like to discuss the incident that occurred this morning.

Thank you,
Becky xxxx, Apt. XXX

Very civil. Very straightforward. I’ll give him ’til the end of the week to come talk to me. After that, I’m going to either the resident manager or straight to the property management company. I’m still going to talk to them even if he talks to me about the incident. But I want to wait because I don’t know who he is or what apartment he lives in. I think I know which one it is. I’ve seen a dog sitting at a balcony door up on 3rd floor that looks very much like this dog. But I’d rather be sure. But if he doesn’t talk to me, I’m still going to management. They can snuff him out.

What if instead of me, it had been one of the little kids that live in this building. My purse would have been about the height of their faces. The dog could have bit them in the face. If he lunged at me, what’s to keep him from lunging at someone else. And I could run into him again at any time too. I don’t want to be in that situation again. Dad said I should have gone to the cops. I’m not gonna take it that far. At least not unless I’m in that situation again … and I hope to never be.

Other stuff that ticked me off today was traffic. Man, I hate traffic. I don’t think I can make the drive home without cussing out another driver. And THEN, when I get home, I find my internet and cable is out (I have cable internet, so if one is out, both are generally). It was out for over an hour. And it was off last nite for around an hour too. Hopefully no more “little” things will get too me tonite. I need to crash on the couch and then go to bed early. I really with I had a man to give me a back rub or something. That sure would help …