Some people!

Very glad I wasn't on call last night. The boss told me that he was called out at 10:30pm for a dog showing signs of tick paralysis. The clients were 30 minutes away so he arranged to meet them at 11pm at the clinic. He arrived, they didn't. By 11:30pm he called their mobile number which was on his cellphone and after a few missed calls they answered and apologised, saying that they couldn't get hold of a car (and yet hadn't bothered to call him in the intervening HOUR to cancel!). He knew that the clients lived in an area situated between our clinic & a Pet ER clinic, so out of interest he rang the ER centre.

"Oh," said the night nurse, "Do you mean the people who just left 20 minutes ago?"
Apparently their phone had rung several times during the consult and the vet had wondered who on earth was ringing at that time of night!

What type of person calls a vet out, has them go to the clinic in good faith, and then decides to go to another clinic, doesn't bother to ring to let the first vet know what they are doing, and then lies about it?! Remember they had 30 minutes in which to call him when he hadn't even left for the clinic yet. Needless to say he was NOT happy about it and managed to get their details from the phonebook to ensure that they will never be admitted to our clinic and to attempt to bill them for his wasted time. Good on him though I doubt we will ever see a red cent.

At least he thought of ringing the ER. I would never have thought of that. And that's why my alternative career will never be "a detective".