[ SHOWGSD-L ] She hit me...
- From: "Laurie Pruett" <pruett@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:00:50 -0500
>You forgot the part where she put her hands on people, shoved them,
poked them,
>grabbed them and screamed in their faces.
I was one of the people that she physically "hit". On Friday I was
standing at the far end of the ring beside a big pillar with my hand in
my jacket pocket, jiggling my keys. There was no one in the rings next
to GSD's on either side at the time and I was bothering no one. The AKC
rep walked behind me and hit my arm with a fair amount of force -
apparently hoping to knock my hand out of my pocket. (I wasn't aware
that there was an AKC rule that says you can't have keys in your pocket
and that, if you do, you certainly can't touch the keys in your pocket.)
Furthermore, I am on chemotherapy for a cancer recurrence and I have to
be very careful of injuring/bruising my skin (this particular drug
manifests its side effects on skin). So, hitting me could have had
bigger consequences than the AKC rep counted on.
On Sunday, I was one of the lucky people who got screamed at by the rep
- again for having my hand in my pocket touching my keys. Again, I was
bothering no one but that didn't matter to the rep. She got in my face
for far longer than she needed to and then proceeded to interrupt the
judge to tell her that I was disrespecting the judges wishes by
doubling. Later, when I tried to mend fences with the rep (whom I
thought had totally overreacted but I figured it wasn't in my best
interest to be on her sh*t list long term, she refused to accept my
apology. IMO,she's got a serious lack of people skills and definite
anger management issues.
In addition, she accosted me two other times when I was doing
absolutely nothing - once sitting at ringside watching judging and the
other time standing at ringside talking to Debbie Hokkannen.
I started showing dogs when I was 11 (43 years ago), have finished 15
champions, many of whom were shown at all-breeds as well as specialties,
and I've never encountered the kind of behavior I saw from this AKC rep
this weekend. God bless Carol Holland (the former Divison I AKC rep)-
she was firm but fair and she would be turning over in her grave if she
knew how this woman behaved this weekend. I work in higher ed
administration and deal with the public on a regular basis, some of whom
are unhappy about our "rules". However, if I or anyone who worked for
me treated any of our students in the manner that the AKC rep treated
exhibitors this weekend, I would be out of a job. Furthermore, had I
gotten into the faces of fellow exhibitors the way the AKC rep did, I'm
quite sure I could have had a bench show committee called on me. Her
behavior around the ring certainly would not have made a positive
impression on spectators or on new comers to our sport.
Laurie Pruett
Windy Acres
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