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An Eye-Opening Experience (mander.xyz)

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[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 102 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Love this for all kinds of people! That genuine interest in their field is something I look for everywhere.

Once had a vet completely ignore me, greet my dog, and had to get a reminder from another member of the staff to realize/acknowledge that I was in the room too. Stuck with him until his retirement, he was the same until the end.

Though he did have a checklist his wife made for him some point after that first visit, which had as its first item - and I'm quoting here because he showed it to me after I had been going to him for years

Greet the HUMAN!

Its been a couple years since he retired, still can't find a vet as dedicated to animals as he was. Dogs, birds, turtles, whatever - if you could carry the animal in, he knew about it to an incredible detail.

[–] SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Anything else good on that checklist that you remember now?

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 12 points 1 month ago

The rest were longer and its been a while, but there was one about asking if there were any questions before starting to check the animal, where to put the paperwork, things like that. His wife used to do all that with him at the office, she had a busted ankle or something going on with her leg iirc, and I think she made the first version of the list around then.

That was the only really stand out funny one though, the rest were more or less procedural bits.

We see him at the county fair sometimes, though he's getting a bit up there and slowing down. Doesn't remember me or my wife in the slightest but absolutely recognized our dog every time. She passed this year though so he probably won't know who we are without mentioning her.