Posted by SusanOH on 1/3/07 9:46am
Msg #168817

OT/ A Story for the Dogs...

Borrowers in this business never cease to amaze me at their brazon stupidy.
I had a closing yesterday that I got because the notary that was scheduled to handle the closing got rude with the customers and they cancelled, so title calls me can you do this I say sure. I get the docs, print away and off I go.
As I'm driving a friend calls me on the phone which is always a half hour call with him because he is so funny. I'm getting close to the peoples house and I see a man on the front porch holding the collar of a german shepherd the size of a shetland pony. He waves to me and I figure this is the house, he disappears inside as I'm pulling in. I enter the house via the front door by the wife. She proceeds to act as if we are going to sit down in the living room and do this over the cocktail table which I hate because being hunched over like that hurts my back.
I ask do they not have a table we can sign at, sure she says it's downstairs. I hear barking like crazy with the image of that dog in my mind. now mind you I am not normally afraid of big dogs, I've had a german shepherd and even a horse so big animals don't frighten me, however I'm always mindful of other peoples dogs.

The wife tells me to go around the corner and down the stairs. As I'm going down the stairs the barking is getting closer and louder, the wife says "Don't be afraid she is in a cage." Fine I say and I keep walking. When I come into view of the cage the dog goes apeshit, clearly this dog wants a piece of me. We sit at the table and I try to conduct the closing over the loud barking because we were in the same room as the dog. We had to call the LO a couple of times and at one point while the wife is on the phone with the LO, the husband says "I'm going to go over to the cage and see if I can calm her down". Oh I forgot to say that I told them I'm not afraid of big dogs and their response was " No she bites we can't trust her anymore" I said well if thats the case then please keep her in the cage. So the husband goes over to the cage and w/o any warning to me he opens the cage and all I see out of my periferal sp?? vision is this huge dog bounding my way barking like crazy. As I'm sitting there I'm just saying to myself, Susan be calm don't be afraid, because I know that the dog will pick up on that. She sniffs and starts licking, I very gently hold my hand out so she can smell and she licks my hand. I ask the husband " Is she allright now?" and he says "Well if she didn't like you she would have bitten you by now," I;m just thinking great, the rest of the closing the dog laid by my feet. But i sure thought that was a close call. What are these people thinking???? The things we deal with in this job, people just have no idea do they??

Reply by PL on 1/3/07 9:55am
Msg #168819

The other Notary was rude?

Or did he/she not have quite as good of an experience with Rin Tin Tin?

Reply by SusanOH on 1/3/07 10:13am
Msg #168821

Re: The other Notary was rude?

The other notary never even got there, but was rude with the borrower as to why he wasn't going to get there and the borrower told title they they didn't want him to come back.

Reply by TRG_wy on 1/3/07 11:07am
Msg #168832

Re: The other Notary was rude?

Giving away your age there citing Rin Tin Tin - LOL

Reply by rengel/CA on 1/3/07 10:53am
Msg #168829

"brazon stupidy"

If you're going to call someone brazenly stupid, you might want to be sure you've spelled the words correctly.

But you should not have to deal with a dog like that. I'm a dog lover but I don't think I would have signed in that room.

My .02

Reply by SueW/Tn on 1/3/07 11:32am
Msg #168841

Re: "brazon stupidy"

I tried hard not to reply to this particular post but here I am with my own .02 worth. Your chosen term "brazenly stupid" is cocky in my book. Most BO's don't even know anything about SA's and they are overjoyed to have someone come to their home and sign them. Buzz word "their home", their kids, their pets, their furniture...THEIRS. You are a guest in their home, period. 50% of my BO's want to sign in the living room at the coffee table, we do exactly that. While it's not my favorite place it is obviously theirs. If you came into my home you'd have a tough time signing at my very small dining table and I may suggest we do it in my living room where there's more room. Does that make me brazenly stupid?

Reply by MistarellaFL on 1/3/07 11:45am
Msg #168843

Maybe it's my misunderstanding...

But I thought the remark regarding brazen stupidity was in reference to the borrower's
nonchalance in letting their aggressive dog loose when there was someone new
in the home. I am a pet friendly, and normally let the borrower's know I am OK with their
non-biting animals roaming around me.
What I agree with being about being brazenly stupid, is letting a known biter out of the
cage to "meet" me.

Reply by PJM/MI on 1/3/07 12:02pm
Msg #168846

Oh yea.. I can relate! Went to a closing where the bo's had 3 german sheperds.. big "Mike" was the largest shepherd I have ever seen. Mike is put outside where he won't stop barking. Bo asks me if I'm afraid of dogs.. "nope" I say. She tells me she's going to let Mike in..I just need to sit still. So in comes Mike, walks up to me, buts his big head on my shoulder and proceeds to lick my face and neck.
I'd rather deal with a big ol' shepherd than an "ankle biter" anyday. The "ankle biter" was a wonderful little ball of fur.. until he cocked his leg and peed all over my notary bag! And Mr. borrower said, "Isn't that cute?" (Not).
For the "older" generation on here, I wear patchouilli oil (yea..I was raised in the '70's, but can't wear commercial perfumes due to allergies), I have found out patchoulli "soothes the savage beast" and an animal that has never smelled it before falls in love with it. Hence.. big Mike licking my neck.
I am still amazed at how the beasties react to it.

Reply by SusanOH on 1/3/07 7:05pm
Msg #168916

Re:Sue/TN

Let me refer you to my post where you most obviously missed the point, I was referring to the borrower letting the aggressive dog out of the cage especially since the husband had just told me about the fact that he cannot take the dog to the park anymore because the damn dog bites, and yet he let this thing out of it's cage. I don't need you to tell me it's their house their rules etc, it's my safety lady. And for the english police out there get over it, jesus everyone on this board is so fricking uptight. I was just sharing a story. Forget it. !@!!!!!!!!