Karen Plays Victim After Ignoring The Clear "No Dog" Sign
Due to concerns about allergies, phobias, and pets damaging goods or interfering with customers' experiences, many private businesses forbid pets. Coming to dogs, let's dispel any misunderstandings.
First off, in terms of the legislation, there is a significant distinction between emotional support animals, sometimes known as therapy or comfort animals, and service dogs. Whether a person has a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability, service dogs are trained to assist with particular duties that are directly related to the condition.
Let's say you have visual impairments. Your guide dog would need to be taught to be your best travel companion, guiding you safely across the street and to your destination.
If you're a veterinarian with PTSD, for example, your service dog might be taught to check that all the lights are on and to sniff out a room to make sure you're safe. Conversely, emotional support, therapy, or comfort animals do not need to be trained because their presence benefits their owners psychologically and is not protected by federal law.
The OP of today's story knew this, which is why he had to act when he saw a lady with her dog in a shop that had a clear no pets sign. The OP did watch for a second, and this clearly wasn't a service animal as she was letting it interact with several other guests.
Let's dig into the story and find out all that transpired
All the OP was doing was asking why she ignored the no pets sign
It's not hard to not bring your dog to a coffee shop that doesn't allow dogs
The Reddit post went viral with thousands of comments and here are a bunch of the topmost ones
It's outrageous how many pet owners feel entitled to ignore rules because they think their pet is "special"
The OP has every right to complain
This Redditor would have brought the matter to the manager
Redditor Sophronia174 went against the majority saying...
In my state it’s a health code violation for a dog to be in a shopping cart or on a chair. Dogs have poopy butts they don’t wipe. It’s the dog owner, not the business that would be fined if a health official were to see them. Personally, I love dogs and would have asked to pet them but a bakery where people are eating isn’t dog friendly. ESH.
Why is it okay for her to break the rules but not okay for the OP to say something?
As simple as it can get
The ramifications are that the health department shuts down the business
There are a lot of people that are allergic to dogs
Many people have dog allergies, and there are valid reasons why pets shouldn't be allowed in enclosed areas unless they are service animals. People who choose to act antisocially must endure the relatively slight penalty of being called out.
Some Redditors believe that collective shaming is the only option at this point because the employees are likely extremely exhausted from trying to convince individuals to behave appropriately. The OP was declared not the AH and that's a wrap.
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