28-year-old 'rents' neighbor's dog for $20/day so he doesn't look like a 'creep' coming home at 2 AM

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  • A man in a gray sweater walks a dog at night
  • I’ve been "renting" my neighbor’s dog for $20 a week so I don’t look like a creep when I come home at 3 AM.

    I'm 28, and because of my job, I usually get home around 2 or 3 in the morning. My neighborhood is one of those too quiet places where everyone knows everyone's car. After a few weeks of walking from my car to my front door in the pitch black, I noticed the curtains in the house across the street twitching every single night. I realized I had become the "suspicious character" of the block.
  • To fix this, I made a weird deal with my neighbor, an older guy who has a high-energy Golden Retriever. For $20 a week, I rent his dog for a 15-minute walk the moment I get home.
  • Now, instead of being the "creepy guy coming home at 3 AM," I'm the "dedicated local hero who helps a senior citizen with his dog." The neighborhood group chat went from Who is this guy? to God bless that young man's soul.
  • The only problem? The dog has now adjusted his internal clock. My neighbor told me the dog starts sitting by the front door at 2:50 AM every night, wagging his tail and whining. His wife now thinks the dog is "psychic" and can sense my car from three miles away.
  • Commenters wondered at this arrangement.

    Great-Cantaloupe-747 You pay him to walk his dog? Tom Sawyer would be proud of your neighbor.
  • Icy-Combination-6329 Original Poster's Reply Ahah, yes
  • derekclysdale $20 a week to wake the neighbors and take their dog for a walk is definatly a normal thing to do and is completely unlike getting home from your work early in the morning. On the other hand you could just wave at the peering neighbors and give a neighborly nod.
  • Icy-Combination-6329 Original Poster's Reply Ahahah, it's also a good option, but I like it that way
  • jette0123 I dont understand why is creepy to come home at nighttime. Isnt it creepier of your neighbor to stare out the window checking when people come home? Isnt it normal to have nighttime jobs? I am so confused
  • Icy-Combination-6329 Original Poster's Reply It's so strange, but I don't communicate with them
  • MsKrueger You 100% were just hunting for an excuse to walk the goodest boy on the block.
  • A man stands outside in his neighborhood during the daytime
  • Icy-Combination-6329 Original Poster's Reply Hahah,yes
  • TiaHatesSocials I don't get it. U wake up ur neighbors at 3am to walk their dog? And then u pay them for it? This is just so weird
  • Icy-Combination-6329 Original Poster's Reply Yes
  • Starrion Like a gym membership except with a dog?
  • Icy-Combination-6329 Original Poster's Reply It's very strange but they don't complain
  • YonKro22 What happened when the clocks changed was he there an hour early waiting
  • Icy-Combination-6329 Original Poster's Reply I was thinking about when I move and the owners will have to walk with him at night
  • jaynor88 You can't move. Doggie will be confused, then depr sed.
  • Icy-Combination-6329 Original Poster's Reply I don't plan to move yet. I don't want to upset him
  • TheDudeWhoCanDolt As a teen I used to walk dogs for money.
  • Icy-Combination-6329 Original Poster's Reply I'm the opposite
  • rlz4theenot4me Rearranging your life for someone else's dog is both endearing and a touch concerning, but just a touch.
  • Icy-Combination-6329 Original Poster's Reply Well, that's how it happened

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