Checking my emails

Oy oy me old muckers... how's tricks?

I always take me humans for a nice long walk on a Saturday... usually Braid Valley Park (in the river), through the Hermitage of Braid (in the river), across the observatory through Grange and down to Holyrood where I swim in the conveniently placed doggy swimming pools, where I usually get me picture taken by my adoring fans... or tourists to you.

Oh, the things I do for the Edinburgh tourist industry.

Now, I have to say, me humans sometimes get the hump with me 'cos the journey takes a bit longer than it should.

That's because I have to check me emails on the way round.  It's not my fault they misinterpret this as sniffing lamposts, wheelie bins, other bins, walls, gate posts, sometimes people, columns, park benches, rocks and railings.

But if some dog has been good enough to leave a message then it's the very least I can do to read it and then reply, although I have to say that replying at the end of the walk when I can only squeeze out a few drops is more difficult than at the start when me bladder is full.

Anyway, I can't see what they get so annoyed about.  I often hear me human Renee saying to me other human 'what are you doing now?'

The reply might be a variety of things: 'texting me mates' or 'checking me emails' or 'responding to an email from...' or 'reading the news.

I mean, that's not annoying is it?

And then it happens in reverse and Renee is on her 'phone looking at Facebook or Twitter and it's Richard's turn to ask what she's up to.

How often, you important people out there, are you in a meeting and someone has put their 'phone on silent but haven't switched off the vibrate?  Now that's annoying.  Do you ever do it to anyone else?  Get half way through a nice chat and then start looking at your 'phone?

No?

Not sure I believe you and I'm certainly going to keep checking my messages!