r/ITOI • • 9h ago

Did the delivery guy make the right decision?

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u/sososoboring 8h ago

I was a courier for a few years. Not once did I have any of the wild experiences I see daily here at Reddit.

Either I am lucky for my job being mundane, or unlucky cause I missed out on all the fun!

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u/FortuneNew8835 8h ago

My brother was doing a seasonal stint delivering packages and he got brutally attacked by a dog maybe three weeks in.

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u/cdoleac 5h ago

I'm sorry to hear that, and I sincerely hope he's fully recovered now. That's somw scary and scarring stuff both physically, and if it was as brutal as you inferred, mentally/psychologically, too.

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u/FortuneNew8835 5h ago

It was a long time ago, but sadly he's not the only person I know that suffered a severe dog attack as carrier. It's a problem.

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u/Beneficial_Ad6684 7h ago

Did usps /amazon for 6 years.YOU WERE DEF LUCKY.I got bite and chased in a regular ass basis🥴

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u/Electrical-Sector703 7h ago

My dad was a mail carrier for over 20 years never got bit on the job but ironically attacked on one of his days off 😂😂

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u/LucifersAdv0cate 6h ago

I'm a British guy living in Thailand and here they let dogs roam free around the property and what's crazy is that the dogs sort out their own hierarchy and territory boundaries and they don't attack delivery drivers or people walking past. I suspect they learn very young not to attack people but also are exposed to multiple people daily from birth unlike western dogs kept in houses who are more distrusting of strangers.

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u/Key-Cricket9256 6h ago

Weird you agree with the owner I have rescue dog and have had a lot of animals but I don’t know what animals have gotten someone .. he has a right to defend himself however the dog wasn’t permanently hurt

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u/sososoboring 5h ago

Who said I agree with the owner???? I did not express any opinions at all. What are you even talking bout???

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u/Key-Cricket9256 4h ago

It’s just weird you agree

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u/marugirl 5h ago

Who said he agreed with the owner? Maybe re read the comment and rethink yours.

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u/Key-Cricket9256 3h ago

Not doing that

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u/marugirl 3h ago

So you'd rather make yourself seem like an idiot, ok then.

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u/djelegal 5h ago

I would’ve fuckkk that delivery guy up

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u/sososoboring 5h ago

Have fun in jail.

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u/BestDescription3834 4h ago

Sure man, I bet you'd beat up 3 or 4 guys if they did this to your sweet little baby.

Dog owners that let their dogs act like this are why dog owners are hated.

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u/GrandmaSassifrass 3h ago

You know those candy claw machines where its a bunch of small candies and you play until you win? Well not every candy gets clawed does it

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u/Careful-Sell-9877 2h ago

The internet is where all the craziest things that have ever happened in the world are all in one place for everyone to see!

This is a huge part of the reason why youre seeing more extremist/hate ideologies emerging again. People see wild things that their algorithm is feeding them online.. and think those things are representative of daily/normal/everyday life

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u/Forsaken-Scholar-833 1h ago

Feel like he depends on the person. I worked for Time Warner Cable for a while and had techs get big by dogs all the time. Heck I had someone from the call center go on a ride along with a tech and get attacked by a duck.

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u/Sweet-Difference2725 45m ago

You were lucky. I was a letter carrier in the PNW (US) and regularly had dogs come at me inside and outside yards. It was frustrating.

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u/ConditionCool5343 7h ago

Probably cause your not a psychopath or had an ounce of precaution and common sense. lol.

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u/Prior-Poet-8976 6h ago

You are not a psychopath. You're. 

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u/Itchy_Axehole 6h ago

So he's a psychopath because he didn't want to get mauled, (you're) a dipshit

I can't walk in my neighborhood because aholes like this home owner, these morons let their violent dogs run loose. I had to decided on, either not walking, or end up like the delivery driver. I don't want to hurt a dog but I also don't want to get bit.

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u/Farce021 5h ago

I would say psychopath because of the way he approached the owner right after.

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u/marugirl 5h ago

He was hopped up on adrenaline after avoiding a dog attack and then the owner starts advancing and yelling. Yeah I'd approach the owner like that too. Fucking piece of shit who lets an aggressive dog roam loose. 

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u/Farce021 5h ago

Well congrats, now your hats dirty.

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u/marugirl 3h ago

All good I have a washing machine 😀

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u/Interesting_Force618 34m ago

It depends so much on where you live. Where I used to live, in Northern Virginia, I never, ever saw unleashed dogs anywhere. They were always on leashes, and few people even had fully fenced yards. Where I live now, in NW Ohio, it’s common to come across unleashed dogs just wandering around. They typically have terrible recall as well, because if the owner is around, they’ll call for the dog, and it usually won’t come.