You ever get the "weirdo" look?

[C&K]

I was at Home Depot tonight, getting more C&C grids. Yay! Found at long last, Coroplast, $17.98 a 4x8 sheet. Yay!

Anyway, as I was leaving the store, my significant other wanted to get a lotto ticket being sold at a kiosk near our Home Depot Harveys in their entrance / exit. (Don't know if you have these in the states, almost all HD's here have a Harveys, very few have a Tim Hortons).

So, standing in line, he makes a comment about the grids sneaking onto the bill, and I tell him not to worry, they are the last grids I will ever need, and he says "uh huh"... And I say "really they are, I even have extra ones, we are not going to get more then 3 pigs, and this is plenty". And he says, "I know we are not getting more then three pigs, if you even try we are going to have problems".

But before he can finish what he said, the two people in line ahead of us turn and give me the funniest, most confused almost hostile look over. One continued to stare at me rather uncomfortably for a whole minute. I am sure they where thinking the 300 pound variety of pig, but still, I was just amazed at how rude they where, and what a weirdo they must have thought I was.

Suppose it is just part of being a Cavy Slave!

[Zeander]

That made me laugh!
Yes, I get wierdo stares even when people know I'm talking about guinea pigs!
I told my friend at work that I might need to bring my piggies with me and she looked at me so confused. Very funny.

[suzilovespiggie]

I get it all the time. Everyone at work thinks I'm nuts. If I go on-line it's always about pigs, or animals. That's ok. I am a cavy slave and an animal slave. It's ok by me.

[smoot]

"Hi, my name is Smoot and I'm a cavy slave."

I think a lot of use get "weirdo" looks. The other day, I put in a request for some vacation time. My manager asked, "Oh, where are you going?"

I said, "Nowhere, I just want to spend more time with the pigs." She gave me the "weirdo" look.

Thank goodness my man is a cavy slave, too. I can gush about pigs to him if I can't get online for my cavy fix.

[daftscotslass]

I got a strange look from the pharmacist when I bought rehydration sachets for my sick pig. He asked what flavour and I said it doesn't matter, it's not for a human! When I told him it was for a guinea pig he said he'd now heard it all!

[zakfoxmom]

The only one I really remember is when I was at Walmart in line and I had cat food, bird food and accessories, cat litter, about 5 bags of carefresh, a bag of aspen bedding, fish stuff, and I think something else. The two women in front of me watched me load it all up to be scanned with a really funny look on their face. I felt like I had to explain and it was when Coco had her 4 babies. So I had to do the "its for my 3 cats, 2 birds, 6 guinea pigs, and birds."

[Carissa]

The weirdo look is just part of my life. I stopped inviting people over because the weirdo look and the,"eww you keep those things in the house," comments were too hard to handle. I wish I had the guts to kick people out when they said stuff like that .

[cavy-cool-crazy]

I was at a 'drinks' party with my parents the other week. Obviously not drinking, unless water counts. Anyway, the discussion got round to animals. This woman suddenly says, "Rodents are disgusting. Rats and guinea pigs are so horrible I can't stand them". I say, "Well don't come round to my place then - I have 4 guinea pigs and they so precious and unique with such individual characters, just like dogs." The woman says, "No, no I hate them. Absolutely detest them. Can't even look at them."
I suppose there are always going to be a handful who don't understand!

[my_oreo_cookie]

My friends always give me looks like that, since I'm always talking about my pigs. "oh oreo did this, rosie did this" "oh thats so cute when they..." They get kind of annoyed with me at times.

[Pigaroo Mama]

Originally Posted by Cavies-and-Kids

I was at Home Depot tonight, getting more C&C grids. Yay! Found at long last, Coroplast, $17.98 a 4x8 sheet. Yay!

C&K: Where did you find Coroplast for $17.98???
There are only 2 sign shops in my town & one wanted $50.00 a sheet &
the other wanted $30.00. I am going to Phoenix next week so I will have
more options there. Please, please tell. Thanks.

[DocDolittle]

Hah, aaaaallllll of the time!!! Just yesterday I was purchasing a sheet of coroplast for the boy's new cage. The guy looks at me and says, " We don't normally get high schoolers coming around and wanting just one sheet of coroplast. It's mostly for construction companies." And then all I said was, " Oh, it's for my guinea pig's cage." He looked at me with eyes as wide as saucers. I then explained that there were thousands of people with these cages and how benefiial they were and he decided that he'd rather have a daugther addicted to guinea pigs then addicted to drugs or alcohol like other high schoolers, so it's all good.

[my_oreo_cookie]

I like that. I'm sure most of the parents of kids who go to my school would rather guinea pigs than smoking, since more than half of my school smokes. I hate the smell of marijuana. so i don't smoke! I'm addicted to my pigs!

[Marlania]

Oh, I get weirdo looks all the time when my animals are concerned. If you think you've had odd looks because of your piggies, you should have seen the looks I got when I hobbled into the emergency room this past April. My husband and I were at the park with our dogs. I was kicking the ball around with them and Grey, my huge mutt, ran right in front of me with his mouth wide open. His tooth went straight into my toe and hit the bone, and I had to get five stitches. Grey was totally oblivious and continued looking for the ball. Anyway, I got to the ER, and everyone kept saying, "Oh, your dog bit you?" After I finally made them understand that I accidentally kicked my dog in the mouth, the staff thought I was a complete idiot, and by when my next follow-up visit came around, I was officially known as the girl who kicked her dog. Ugh!

[JennG]

I've gotten weird looks too. When I go and buy fleece for the girls' cage, the ladies always ask what I'm making and my usual comment is that its for my guinea pig cage. They kind of look at me and go "oh, that's nice." I think they think I'm nuts for spending money on pretty fleece. I do get some nice nods, too. I went to get some more coroplast to add to the girls' cage and the lady remembered me. She's like, "you use this for your guinea pig cage, right?" I'm like yep. She seems interested and asked how many I have. But, yeah, I usually get the weirdo looks from strangers as well as family, friends and co-workers. Oh well, I'm just glad I have you all to talk with.

[Percy's Mom]

Originally Posted by Pigaroo Mama

C&K: Where did you find Coroplast for $17.98???

I'm pretty sure C&K was inferring that the coroplast was at Home Depot.

[fourbwabbys]

The woman says, "No, no I hate them. Absolutely detest them. Can't even look at them."

Haha, I would be like, "You know what, there are some people I detest, too. I can't even look at you." And walked away.