Thursday, September 18, 2008

Grrrrrrr...

I am continually fascinated by the fact that when you report loose or stray animals (or in my case this morning: three stray dogs - two of which were in the process of mating in the parking lot of a local grocery store), the City sends an email notifying you that they'll get on it in 40 days. Maybe. Because, after all, it is only an “estimated completion time”.

I mean, I understand that Animal Services is busy and all, but - seriously?! 40 days?! Where will those dogs BE on the 28th of October? Because I doubt they will still be in the vicinity of the grocery store where I saw them this morning. And the female dog (who looked like she had current litter of puppies in addition to ones being conceived) will be more than halfway through her pregnancy at that point!

There has got to be a better way!

I also enjoyed all the statements and notes (which I’ve bolded for your convenience) informing me of potential further delays in processing my service request.

Sigh…

The City of Dallas: The City That Works. What a joke!

From: Dallas311
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 11:31 AM
To: Deals
Subject: Animal - Loose - DCC;


Thank you for contacting the City of Dallas to report your concern regarding – [East Dallas Address], GROCERY STORY PARKING LOT, DALLAS, TX 752XX. Your SR # - 08-0048[XXXX] has been assigned to the Department of Code Compliance Animal Services; Service Request Type - Animal - Loose - DCC. The estimated completion time for service requests of this nature is 40 days.

In the event this Service Request should be addressed by another City department, your request will be forwarded to the appropriate office for response. Please note that the response time for your concern may be extended due to the change in the service type.

Please contact our Quality Assurance Office at 214 670-8021 if there is a problem or concern regarding the system or Code procedures, please contact the 3-1-1 Office if you have any questions regarding your request for service. Please provide them with your Service Request Number.

Note: There may be a short delay in posting your service request information.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

40 days is mandated by the government, you know, 40 days, 40 nights, 40 puppies... Procreation is good and natural and all animals great and small should procreate in grocery store parking lots. BTW, did you know that you can get pregnant up to two weeks after giving birth to a child.... in case you're counting the weeks/months since Bristol, I mean, Sarah Palin gave birth to her 5th child and therefore can conceive her next child.