This may literally be a shaggy dog story, but it doesn't have that kind of punch line. Redditor SwarmTendon told the tale of the time she got to have a dog even though she doesn't have a dog. A stranger thought her dog-friendly office was a dog daycare center and left her Basset hound Otis there all day.
At the end of the day the woman, thank God, came back. She said “Thanks, you’re a lifesaver. How was he?” And I said “He was a champ.” And was about to say “But why is he here” when she said “Thats a relief. Most kennels say he gets anxious around other dogs. I heard you operated at a much higher capacity, I was thrilled to see you had so few clients in the room at one time. So, how much do I owe?” And that’s when I realized she thought we were a dog daycare.
Now, I probably should’ve corrected her. But I loved my day with the office dog and I did want to get paid for supervising this strange dog all day. I just threw out the number that sounded fair and appropriate “That’ll be $20.” I said.
She replied “Reaalllly?!” In this very high tone, and I couldn’t tell if I’d overshot or undershot. But she paid me and left.
But the kicker is that the lady returned and left Otis again and again, for months before she found out what was really going on. In that time, Otis was named employee of the month more often than SwarmTendon was and also appeared in the office Christmas card. Read the story of how the ruse was exposed and what happened to SwarmTendon afterward at reddit. -via Bored Panda
(Unrelated image credit: Carlos Alejo)