OBLIVIOUS TO THE OBVIOUS

There’s a very special human named Gary Heavin. He and his wife built a giant company called Curves. It’s where women humans go to be a circle that makes them feel better. Anyway, he’s got a phrase he says, “Being oblivious to the obvious.” The phrase seemed appropriate for my blog today.

Jet, my foster mom was sitting in a doctor’s office within a hospital when she heard a scream. She dashed out of the doctor’s office to the elevators where a lady was screaming and people were yelling. A little girl was trapped on an elevator. Jet called 911 and started telling the fire department the location.

The mother and other passersby were helping to keep the elevator doors open. Within seconds, the building security showed up. Next came the building maintenance guys. No one could get the little girl out or secure the doors. In less than a few minutes, there were nurses, doctors, and specialists standing by the elevator to help if necessary. Then the gawkers came up; office workers, other patients. It was crazy. Despite all the people, no one else (except Jet) had called the fire department. How could you be surrounded by emergency specialist people and not think to call the specialists you need? It was like everyone was oblivious to the obvious: only the fire department guys were going to make this problem go away so the first people to contact was the fire department.

Seriously are you kidding?

You just have to wonder what humans are thinking sometimes. Oh… that’s the problem. They are NOT thinking. As a dog, I can tell you this sort of situation seems pretty common with humans. It’s bloody hot outside so if you put a dog outside then give them shade and water. Obvious. So, I ask, why are so many humans so oblivious to this simple fact?

So, here’s my lesson of the day… Humans may have more intellectual horsepower than a dog but that doesn’t always make them smarter than a dog. Proof is a humans ability to be oblivious to the obvious.

Okay, here’s the question of the day from Lola who asked: Can you help my dad? He’s trying to pull my ticks out (we just went on a forest hike) and we want to make sure he gets the entire tick (head and all) out of my skin.

Hey Lola:
Tell your humans to talk to the vet first but if that’s not possible, they may want to try The Tick Key. It’s real handy for removing ticks reliably and safely.

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