While physically taxing, hub's job certainly doesn't lack excitement. Yesterday, he read a meter at what he felt is a haunted house. He said it was run down & even though sunlight filtered into the house, it gave a eerie look. He had just finished with the reading when he stood up & turned to leave. It was then he looked into the house as the main door was left open. Directly facing the main door was a sofa. On the sofa, was a white faced doll with heavy eyeliner (he described it as dark circles), staring directly at him. He got spooked. As he turned away from the door to leave, he noticed the owner (a black woman) at the back of the house hanging out her laundry & she was staring at him. Needless to say, he got out of there as quickly as possible.
Some owners leave the front gate unlocked to facilitate the meter reading. Sometimes, dogs are kept outside the house but within the confines of the plot. Hub's trainer taught him not to close the gate once he's in just in case he needs a quick escape from an unexpected savage dog. That was exactly what he did. Unfortunately, instead of attacking him, the dog ran off, probably bored from being left alone at home. Hubs finally managed to locate him & brought him back. But the dog refused to go through the gate & he had to force him through.
He's finishing up his route tomorrow & he's confident that he can get it done by 9 am. He'll have to call the office & either be given another route or head back to the office. No matter which 1 it is, he'll have to return to the office to submit his time sheet for this week anyway. I'll be working half day tomorrow as we've only got a morning list. Then it's time to worry about being able to get another car over the weekend. The letter informing us that the Lancer has been deregistered has arrived.
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