A thank you would of been nice.

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So my dh and 2 ds were going out Wednesday evening, when our oldest ds spotted a dog running down our road on to a bit of green we have nearby. I tried to catch it as we couldn't see anyone with it but it was a bit skittish and ran back down the road towards a busier road. Eventually managed to catch it and get in in the car. No name tag so took it to the nearby vets who scanned it, luckily it was chipped. They called the owner who was going to come and pick up the dog. We left my name and number expecting a thank you. But nothing nada. Was I expecting too much. Sorry that was a bit long.

Yes, a thank you would have been nice, but GDPR means they probably chose not to disclose your details.

I don't think they're allowed to give out your details OP. Good for you for getting the dog to the vet and ultimately home, though!

Unless you specifically said "Please give my details to the owner and ask them to call me." Then of course they wouldn't have.

The vets would get in a lot of trouble for doing that.

The vets would not have shared your personal data?

You left your name and number expecting a thank you?! How about just doing a good deed for no reward? Why don't you post it on Facebook to declare to the world this incredible thing you did and get the praise you seek that way.

A thank you would have been nice

I think yabu. As others have said, vet might not have passed on your details, gdpr and all that.

Take heart in that you did a good deed and a pet is safe.

Would of is a midland thing. Am sure with data protection they wouldnt of been able to give your details out!

Would of is a midland thing

No - it really isn't.

Would've - maybe but that's not just a Midland thing.

Would of is never a thing.

Surely "would of" is a misunderstanding of would've rather than a Midlands thing?

It’s not a bloody midland thing! It’s a ‘I can’t write would’ve correctly’ thing ffs.

I'm going against the grain & saying yanbu. A thank you would of been nice & the least they could of done (that's if your details were of course passed on).

Not long ago I found a purse with cards & absolutely loads of paper money. There was no sign of who it belonged to so I took it to the bank which the bank cards suggested. They took my name, number & place of work (just around the corner) to pass onto the owner. I didn't ever get a thanks for that either.

Op yabu. And prove there’s no selfless act. Help the dog because it is needing help, not for credit. Do you also post in facebook when you've donated blood or given to charity?

Would of is not regional, it is wrong. It is
Would have or would’ve. Bugs me almost as much as alot.

Aw Georgie I think you missed an 'n' out. Glasshouses. Stones. Op may have also had an autocorrect moment she didn't spot.

Can’t decide if muddymoose is taking the pee or not...

I only came on the thread to see how many posts it would take for someone to write 'would HAVE' (And no, it's not a Midlands thing or any other thing apart from a bad grammar thing).

And yes, unless you specifically said to the vet that they had permission to pass on your details (and probably put it in writing) they wouldn't have been allowed to pass it on.

We left my name and number expecting a thank you

Really? Why? It was kind to take the dog to the vets but leaving your name and number because you expected a thank you is odd.

Itssetinstone- your punctuation needs correcting.
As does Georgie's. (Actually, Georgie wins the Muphry prize for making at least 3 errors in one sentence in her haste to be a smartarse with the OP)

You left your details expecting a thank you?

Really?

Lots of people write would of (and say it), not just in the Midlands. It's just a poor grasp of basic English!

Our dog was a master escapologist and we would often get calls saying he was enjoying a bacon sandwich at XY address. I always took round a bunch of flowers or bottle of wine the next day. If our cat went missing and was rescued I would be so grateful and do the same.

It is a midland thing. The teachers at my school told us it is ok to say but never to write down. This was when a teacher from London made a comment about the amount of children in class using it as she had never come across it before. I remember it as though it was yesterday.....

With GDPR, if the OP left her name and number for the purpose of passing both n, that wouldn’t be a breach. I think people are getting a bit obsessed, tbh!