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Most of my equipment came in, and I'm pretty adjusted to things at work. The other groomers have been really nice and helpful. I quite enjoy working at times -- especially when all the groomers are there, and everyone is talking and socializing so much that it hardly seems like work anymore.
There are definitely still those moments that are less than fantastic, though. I'm daily clawed and/or bitten at, and frequently things are running behind and the phone just won't stop ringing. Then there's the difficult customers.... Yesterday we had to have a store manager come help out when a customer was livid over a price, and she ended up going away with a free service.
Today we had a dog that had major behavioral problems, and bit the groomer repeatedly. When the groomer told the owner about it, she actually laughed and went on to cheerfully tell us how many people won't groom him at all, all as if his attitude is cute. She then proceeded to take her dog and tell him in a sweet voice that she'd bought him a hamburger for on his way home...

Last week there was a plane crash just down the road. A little cropduster hit a power line and went down in a field. Surprisingly the pilot only had minor injuries, but you can see his plane didn't do as well!