Yes I'm sure I'm not running a dog grooming salon out of my house!
I was chilling the other afternoon, catching up on some life admin and finally getting around to sending the multiple emails in my drafts. When I heard a dog barking followed by someone knocking on my door. One of my neighbours has a dog and they often pop round to say hi and check in, so I figured that was who it was.
I go to my door and it's a lady I didn't recognise with a dog and I am going to assume her grandson. With a man sitting in a red car parked partially on the footpath. Now the moment I saw them I knew they most likely had gotten the address wrong because there was a dog grooming business at number 51 and I live at number 15 and this mistake has happened once before.
This is how the conversation played out:
Me - Hi, can I help you?
Lady - Yes we're here to drop off the dog for his grooming appointment.
Me - I'm sorry, you must have me confused with number 51 that's the dog groomers. This has happened before, the house is at the opposite end of the street.
Lady - Are you sure?
Me - Yes, you want number 51 not number 15.
Lady - But my daughter told me it was number 15!
Me - I am positive I am not a dog groomer, in fact I have 2 cats! You want number 51.
Lady - Oh, if you're sure it's number 51, we must have the wrong address. Sorry for bothering you.
I then heard her tell the man in the car that the dog groomers were at number 51 not 15 so her daughter must've given them the wrong address.
I just found it strange that she asked me multiple times if I was sure I wasn't a dog groomer despite there being no signage or any indication of me being a dog groomer. In fact one of my cats was glaring at the dog from a safe distance, annoyed that it's barking had interrupted her beauty sleep!
I should also note that I rent from my parents who have owned the house for 18 years now so it wasn't like there had previously been a dog groomer operating out of the house recently!