Cypress
6-1-16, 8:53am
I started to volunteer at a horse rescue in my town. Thirty years ago I made a living working on a private horse farm. I had good skills, was strong, could ride and manage a small barn of about 5 - 6 horses on my own. In my late twenties, I stepped out of that line of work and back into regular office jobs. I thought horses were out of my life until I saw an ad on Facebook for the rescue. Since February, I have been going over most every Sunday to do barn chores. They have 12 horses to care for. After two months, I decided to partially sponsor one of the horses. Now, I go up on Wednesday evening to groom and be with this horse.
The barn manager lives on the property. She's pretty dedicated and committed to the welfare of the horses. However, she tends to talk often in a shout. I can be standing a few steps away, she starts this loud loud shout with a bit of anger in it. I went up Monday on my day off to help with barn chores. Everything was going pretty well until she showed up. She shouted at me and I got fed up and shouted right back in the same tone and loudness. She was taken aback. I felt like it gets abusive at times and really not the way to approach a volunteer and donor. If that is a way of talking she's gotten in to, it's uncomfortable to me. Not sure how to deal with this one.
The barn manager lives on the property. She's pretty dedicated and committed to the welfare of the horses. However, she tends to talk often in a shout. I can be standing a few steps away, she starts this loud loud shout with a bit of anger in it. I went up Monday on my day off to help with barn chores. Everything was going pretty well until she showed up. She shouted at me and I got fed up and shouted right back in the same tone and loudness. She was taken aback. I felt like it gets abusive at times and really not the way to approach a volunteer and donor. If that is a way of talking she's gotten in to, it's uncomfortable to me. Not sure how to deal with this one.