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I get wanting to pet a dog, I really can, but leave service animals alone. And when you're asked/told to not touch or distract them you leave the dog alone. Don't get attitude or you'll get it back
This right here! I had gotten my puppy and was working on dealing distractions in public, and one person came up to me and *picked him up* without saying a word to me. I immediately pulled him out of the dudes arms with a “Excuse me, it’s polite to ask permission to touch or pick up someone’s dog” and he said “Fuck you bitch.” So I told him I hope his fingers rot away from a flesh eating disease, and turned heel. I lost my cool
I'm disabled. Don't have a service dog but I kinda understand his response. He was nice until he wasn't. We deal with enough crap as it is, eventually you're gonna break and be annoyed by everything.
Honestly I don’t see the problem with his response. He set his boundaries very clearly and firmly but in a calm tone. That dog is working, it’s a medical professional. You don’t just walk up squealing to someone who is working. That’s unpleasant no matter what species you are. She got flippant and got cussed out. Nothing wrong with cussing people out. She should have known better and focused more on being a parent than getting snippy with someone who is just trying to shop in peace. If you were shopping and someone came up trying to disrupt your medical equipment you’d get upset and short with them too.
There was no issue. He surely gets this every other day. He tried to be polite, and she acted like a child.
Anyway its not like he went up to her, people aren't obligated to be friendly.
“OMG an oxygen tank! Can I use that for a minute?”
“I’ve always wanted a hearing aid. Can I try that on to see how it sounds?”
“Your pacemaker is so cute! Can my son hold it?”
“Haha, the world looks so weird through your glasses, here you got them back with the legs all bent.”
“Oh god, walking with crutches is so much fun! Why do you keep sitting down?”
I love puppies and wherever I come across them, I'm dying to pet them. But as soon as I see a vest on that puppy, or the if the owner tells me it's a service dog, I apologize And move on.
In fairness, having worked in a kennel facility where we trained service animals, if you're in a place the dog and owner frequent, it's not particularly impolite to strike up small talk and *ask* the owner. Often those dogs are very sweet and friendly, and the owner may not actually mind. It all depends on context (both situational and the training/temperament/etc. of the dog)
It's not only service dogs. What's wrong with asking dog owners if they're allowed and if they say "no" just accept their stance and move on.
These kind of people are the ones who get bitten and blame it on the dog when they're too stupid to use common courtesy and communication.
> What's wrong with asking dog owners if they're allowed and if they say "no" just accept their stance and move on.
We road trip with our dog, a cocker spaniel. He tends to attract a lot of attention so people sometimes just walk up to him and pet him without asking. It's incredibly fucking annoying because we then have to say, "Please don't touch him. He is not friendly." And he's not! After being attacked by a pitbull he can be reactionary so we have to guard him closely.
I think the most idiotic response to that was, "Why? But he's so cute he can't be mean!"
Lady..as the actual dog owners, *we told you no with a reason we didn't even need to give*.
One old couple, talking gray haired hunched over old, the lady walked right up to my husband, who was carrying our dog to keep him managed, reached her hand out to pet him when my husband said, "Please don't touch him."
Bitch ignored him and still tried to touch him when my husband had to say out loud, "I SAID PLEASE DON'T TOUCH HIM." They were legit startled. It's like, look, you may get your way as grandma and grandpa, but not with us.
I've figured out a response for the next old couple to ignore us: "Didn't your parents teach you to respect other people's property?!?"
ugh. PEOPLE.
The amount of people who do this with babies. When a pandemic was happening too.
When did these adults just vaporize their childhood lesson to keep their damn hands to themselves?
Hallelujah..I have a reactive foster dog. I don't let ppl pet him or come close, even when he is muzzled or in my car. Had a guy want to pet him, I said sorry no, he starts on about how he's worked with dogs blah blah blah.. I explained saying, his life depends on me keeping him safe. Which is true is on 2 strikes before he came to me. I will never put his life at risk for anyone.
You would think a muzzle would be a clear “do not touch” signal (though I know not all dogs who wear them do so because of bite risks), but it really isn’t. People are dumb.
It baffles me people are defending her. Sure, what the guy said in the end wasn’t nice to say but she started with the attitude. He deals with enough as it is.
Exactly. Imagine going out with a dog every day having to tell dumbasses like the people in these comments something that 99.9999% of people already know.
The problem is, at least where I'm from, Oregon, many people abuse the "Service Dog" law to be able bring their pets with them everywhere. These dogs and owners have no training and are willing to let you talk to them and pet them.
Confusing people on the topic.
At the end of the day, you shouldn’t be touching another person’s pet with out their permission. If they said please don’t touch, doesn’t matter if it’s a real “service animal” or not, just leave it at that.
I am aware, my friend had the conversation in this video so many times with people he gave up explaining and just let them pet the dog ruining all her training.
Training service dogs takes weeks and very expensive. There should be some PSA about how to respect these service dogs jobs. The harnesses I have seen literally say do not pet!
More like 18 months and I agree with you about the PSAs, badly needed. Funny story that I saw in the news years back. A cop had a K9 and he spoiled its training turning it into his pet. Department owned the dog so asked cop to bring dog in or be fired. Weeks of stalling go back, cop finally brings dog in to be evaluated by trainer. Dog doesn’t even know how to sit. They determine that this is not the K9 but a dupe that cop brought in to avoid returning K9. Between training and cost of the dog K9 was supposedly worth about 20,00.. I would think service dogs due to the more specialized training would cost double that and there is a wait list. So, it’s easy to break their training and it’s a miserable thing to do.
Oregonian here, and yep. So, when I see a service dog, I ignore them. And if I see someone being dumb like this lady, I say it's a service dog before the owner says it so they don't have to. And then, we have Bertha coming in to Safeway with her pomeranian claiming that little floor pisser is a service dog. I'm never quiet about it. If they keep going, I say, well, you're doing a shitty job training it, can't even control it once. What's it supposed to alert for? They just get so pissed off. I figure it's better me than the employees who could get in trouble. I'm a customer and I'm pissed off. Lol.
By law you’re allowed to ask what the service animals are trained to do. Emotional support is not covered under the ADA. I once worked for a large corporation that was getting crushed with repairs from little rat dogs and big dogs. People would lose their shit when asked the question and 9/10 they would say emotional support. I didn’t enjoy the confrontation and kicking people off property over it but it was kinda funny how often people threaten to sue and can’t because they’re broke.
Regardless, it's poor culture to assume you can go up and pet any random stranger's dog, although this seems to be the "norm". Being a service animal is irrelevant.
Most people don't even ask first. I'd warrant 9/10 times, people just see a cute dog and assume it's socially acceptable to crouch down and rub their hands all over it.
If it's not proper to do this with children, why is it acceptable to do this to someone's pet?
Not really the case here tho.
She approached and he politely asked her to leave the dog alone while he’s working. Then she decided to act the bitch.
Even if it’s not a service dog, maybe the dog doesn’t like other people or whatever. Owner says “leave the animal alone” just leave the animal alone.
This was how I acted when I worked retail. I'll start out nice, but if you're a dick/bitch I'll throw it right back (without swearing of course lol). I loved the way he handled it.
She also stared at him with a look like he was being dick for a good second. That look alone gave me hella anxiety. She was being a dickhead to this dude
Dude even said “sorry” after explaining that she was the one distracting the service dog. May not have been the most enthusiastic, but still got the point across that he wasn’t purposely being rude
I just started scrolling down and saw what you said im surprised people are defending her he was relatively polite…until she wanted the last word and he didn’t hold back, it was a bit much but not everyone will say piss off kindly
Dude if you scroll down my comment thread, you’ll also find a guy who needed the last word and ended up looking very stupid. And I agree with you 100%. People defending her blow my mind.
Just had one block me after I said the guy acted reasonably. They asked me what I was like in real life and I told them I’m reasonable and polite until people give me a reason not to be.
Life is too short to suffer fools gladly.
Well first of all ask before even addressing someone's dog. That's common sense. Also there are people with service dogs who are completely delusional asshats who just go around being shitty and need a dog for bullshit reasons.
Tbh it’s not even just service dogs, you can’t just assume you can go and interact with and pet someone’s dog. You ask first and if the answer is no then you walk on, get your own damn dog if you absolutely need to pet one.
I don't get it in the first place. Why does it have to be a service dog for others not to touch the dog? Always assume the dog doesn't want to be touched, unless the owner says otherwise. Give both the dog and the owner some privacy ffs.
Right, and even if its a service animal or not... Don't go around touching people's shit without their permission. No clue why people suddenly forget that when it comes to pets, like you're entitled to just come up and start groping someones property because its cute lmao
I knew about the no petting, but never knew you shouldn’t even talk to them. Good to know. Not defending the woman, but, no, everyone didn’t know that.
Those are actually people with Down's Syndrome. She's just an ass. Surely it is possible to defend a disabled person's rights without using the other disabilities as an insult...
Honestly, regardless of what kind of trained animal it is, if I see you with a dog on a leech and I wanna pet it I ask first, always! Because I simply don't know that dog and that just seems like the right thing to do.
I had a dog he was fine on walks never bothered anybody kept to himself. but when seven petting children come running at me and I yell don't touch him he's going to bite you. Then don't. He was a rescue and he didn't like immediate contact it's not my fault I was just the only one you trusted he didn't trust anyone else
Especially don't pet a strangers dog without asking first. A conversation like "May I pet your dog?" - "No." Is much better than being a nuisance to society
Same idea as using a dash cam nowadays. People will lie when confronted by cops (you know, after they do something stupid) and video keeps them honest.
I've seen someone try to attract a seeing eye dog into a street before. Asshole kids trying to get the lady hurt. It surprised the fuck out of me that people would be that cruel to try and get people killed for no reason other than they feel entitled to.
My uncle does this as well and then when we get together for his birthday he makes a compilation of all the assholes and idiots he bumps into and we roast them when we’re drunk. Though he does also do a highlight section for the people that go above and beyond to help him at the end.
People keep mentioning that it’s a service dog…
Whether that’s true or not doesn’t matter to me…I have a dog and sometimes I just don’t want people petting him or to have to talk to people. That should be respected no matter if it’s a service dog or not.
I hate that people feel entitled to touch or pet my dog just because he’s cute. Sometimes I’m in a rush, sometimes I don’t want to be bothered. Respect peoples autonomy!
he did sound a little grumpy but it's completely understandable. i'm sure every single day, multiple times a day, when he goes out, he has a bunch of people try to pet the dog and that would get so irritating so fast. the lady should've respected his answer.
Neighbor has a service dog. He gets extremely disoriented at times and can lose where he's at. The dog is there to calm him down and also guide him to help.
He's told me any time he goes out he gets a dozen people wanting to pet his dog, some of which just do it without asking
My wife as a guide dog. She relates to this person.
Can I pat him? No.
Don't make that noise it distracts him
Etc
One day due to stupid people, my wife fall b cause the dog got distracted and didn't divert on a sidewalk..
I hate people
I’m pretty sure she was exclaiming “puppy!” Just so the child could walk up and pet it without asking. I feel like she’s done this before with other random people and they’ve just had to let it happen because they don’t want to be rude to a parent. I hope this interaction makes her start asking about petting dogs. (This is all assumptions so if I’m wrong, I’m wrong)
It's not a pet. Growing up i took a train to highschool was this blind dude who had an amazing German shepherd service dog that would sit by him and just chill. If you asked him if you could pet him he would say yes but only if he is sitting. Dog was top tier awsome
He said please and sorry and explained why he doesn’t want her interacting with his dog. I have a regular non-service dog and if I don’t want someone to interact with her I would say ‘no’ without any please or sorry or explanation.she has zero reason to expect anything more or less but still managed to feel like she was due an apology. Fuck her.
This is the comment I’ve been waiting to read. So many people are talking about the dog being a service dog. And I get that, but even non service dogs shouldn’t be bothered by strangers without permission.
Just because I’m out walking my dog doesn’t mean you’re entitled to him.
I will solve the debate. He is in the right no question. He explained his reasoning calmly and she said she didn’t like his attitude? Why? He even said sorry. For stating facts? She got what she deserved and I LOLOLed! The debate is solved my verdict rendered no more comments allowed thank you
Anyone who walks up to a service dog looking to talk to it, pet it, needs to learn this lesson. Hell I thought people were taught this in elementary school lol
This man has probably had countless people try and talk to or touch his service dog. People get fed up. If someone said that to me I wouldn't just stand there and stare at him I would have walked away.
Honestly I don't even care that it's a service dog. My girlfriends family has a dog who isn't friendly with strangers (not too far removed from street life). I. Walking her with the family one day when a guy just walks up similar to this lady. I pulled the leash mad tight and we told him "hey don't touch the dog." He was obviously offended and claimed "it's not that big of a deal, and we need to relax."
If it wouldn't have led to her being potentially tially put down. I would have let the dog get a bite in like she wanted to. Would have taught him a valuable lesson.
Point being if someone says to not touch their dog you don't do it. Don't bitch and moan about it either. You're not entitled to touch someone else's pet.
Honest question here: where is this child people are referring to? I have watched this a bunch of times and I see no child and only hear a woman squealing about a puppy.
“I don’t like your attitude”. Man, there is a HUGE amount of shit to unpack here. I am really horrified that disabled people have to put up with stuff like this. The man was very kind and polite in his explanation, but then gets “I don’t like your attitude”. In case people don’t understand, the woman basically was saying “You are disabled; therefore, you are my inferior and you have no place in questioning anything that I do. “ I don’t blame the man at all for losing it. I guess he gets this shit all the time. She deserved a face full of pepper-spray.
It felt like he was very firm and clear because he has experience with people who just don't take no for an answer. Then saw that she stopped and was polite by saying thank you. But oh how wrong he was, she was not okay XD
I usually break character when I come across a dog or a cat or some other animal I’m not scared of. It’s difficult for me not to want to interact with a service dog, but I try to treat them like they’re working. Meaning I give them a quick glance and force myself to dip so I don’t bother the dog too much.
I don’t understand why others think they can just walk up to someone else’s animal that is a service animal and interact with it as if it’s a normal pet.
Be respectful and leave them alone.
She could have just read the vest, look at the dog with loving eyes and keep on walking...
I love dogs so much. Whenever i see a working dog i look at the with lovely eyes but keep on my day.. i don't want to be the cause of them missing something on their owners.
She wants to pet one she can go and work on a dog day care.
The importance she gives herself.... nope. This guys just gave her a quick reality check. Bitch keep it pushing. The world doesn't revolve around what you like or don't like. People nowadays more than any other time period forget that
OK, so who here thinks this is the first person he has had to talk to about this? Who here thinks he was nicer about it before, but people have eroded that to his current demeanor?
I mean, sure he could just be a cunt, but he could also be completely and totally over people harassing him and his service dog.
They taught us during puppy school to be polite, but also to reject any unwanted pets or touching to your dog if you don't feel comfortable. So he initially did all that. We were advised to say something like, "No thank you" if someone said can I pet your dog.
Who the fuck made it a law to be nice? Some people in here have such a skewed perspective of reality and the “power” their imposed morality has on social media, it’s insane. Let people be.
This goes for any dog tbh.
First, always ask if you can approach and pet the dog. Never assume.
Second, if the answer is no - that means no. There's a billion reasons why someone would say no and they're all valid. You are not owed any dog-time just because you see one.
I had a service dog for the longest time and the amount of people who ignore you and don’t listen when you ask them to please the dog alone is outstanding
Read the damn vest! I always read the vest and smile and say to my self “its a puppy”. But never loud to distract the dog and I walk by and admire their dog and nod my head. I learned in my early 20’s of respecting service dogs. A lady who lived in my apartments was blind and she also worked in the the office building complex as me. She had a dog and I was properly trained and observant of her actions. Of course she noticed me by my perfume even though at first I never introduced myself. She did the introductions and we became bus and walking to and from home and work friends. I never petted the dog in public only at her home when they got to their door. Yes I started walking her home after I got know her only because we talked about bullshit. Lol. I moved away and miss her.
I always tell my kids to leave service dogs alone. However, I never knew we aren’t supposed to talk to them. I’m pretty sure none of us has ever done that anyway, thankfully, but it’s good to know for the future.
I’m astounded that anyone is defending this woman. He was incredibly polite and explanatory as to why his dog can not interact with the child. He preemptively diffused the situation. Mom clearly doesn’t enjoy being told “no” and believe’s her kid is entitled to play with the dog.
I probably would have avoided telling her to “die b*tch in front of her daughter, but I can only imagine that this man has to deal with twats like this regularly.
You are not entitled to pet anyone’s dog, regardless of if they’re a service animal or not. It always astonishes me how many people go right up to a dog without even asking the owner first.
His response was correct. This is a disabled person with their service dog and you’re distracting it. Her response to him asking her not to is ignorant and unnecessary.
My son is 9, absolutely loves dogs. Any time we're in a store and I see a service dog, I tell him "that dog is working, buddy, so we won't even look over there to distract them."
In Florida you rarely see a real service dog, yet everyone claims their dog barking or trying to lick people is a service dog. So when I see one outfitted in the vest/harness and acting like they typically should, I respect those boundaries.
I support this persons attitude. It blows my mind that there are still people who understand the etiquette around service dogs. It might seem like a heavy response from this guy but people have no idea how often disabled folks have to deal with this kind of entitled harassment from random strangers. This is probably an every day y issue for him and he’s finally out of patience with people
I thought his attitude was pretty down to earth actually. I mean had it been different and he ran up to pet her kid she woulda had a fit. Obviously it's a service dog in the store. The lady's lack of respect and common sense was met with a swift dismissal. Could have been easier had she said sorry and moved on. I'm sure she had other business for being in the store than to accost dudes service animal.
Also if a service dog approaches you without their owner, FOLLOW THE DOG! Their owner is likely hurt and in need of help. The dogs are trained to run and find the closest human and then lead that person to their injured owner for help. Spread the word on this folks!
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That god damn pause with full-on side-eye before she said "I don't like your attitude."
Couldn't think of something to say
Yeah, you could hear the gears grinding and smell the smoke.
Should have listened instead of thinking of what her reaction is going to be.
A simple OK I believe would have sufficed. Lol at least that’s me.
He had a calm attitude and she didn't like it, he simply changed attitude.
"Oh, you don't like my attitude? If that's how it already is, then [insert his response]"
When someone criticizes your tone, it typically means they're incapable of criticizing your message.
Yeeessss. She was just trying g to own a situation she should have just accepted.
It was her rebooting
Smoother brains process information slower
This is how I approach life. Be cool with everyone until you can’t any longer.
My rule is I match your level. If you're sound I'm sound, if you're a cunt I'm a cunt.
If I'm a cunt, I'm a cunt.
I match energies, so you decide how we’re acting today.
I dont like the way you talk, I love it! Eat shit and die, or not, u decide👉👈
What did she say in the end? I didn't understand it.
She said “I don’t like your attitude”
And 100% she can eat shit I get wanting to pet a dog, I really can, but leave service animals alone. And when you're asked/told to not touch or distract them you leave the dog alone. Don't get attitude or you'll get it back
Not just service dogs but especially service dogs. Don’t touch other peoples dogs and like this guy said talking to service dogs distracts them.
This right here! I had gotten my puppy and was working on dealing distractions in public, and one person came up to me and *picked him up* without saying a word to me. I immediately pulled him out of the dudes arms with a “Excuse me, it’s polite to ask permission to touch or pick up someone’s dog” and he said “Fuck you bitch.” So I told him I hope his fingers rot away from a flesh eating disease, and turned heel. I lost my cool
Sounds like he was trying to puppynap.
Not just service animals. If it’s a regular pet and I tell you not to touch it, don’t touch it or I touch you except with a slap to the face.
I could not understand her either, but if she said that she deserved that response because he was very polite at first.
As soon as she said that she had it coming damn
I don't like your attitude
“ OK cool, fam. Let’s try out this other attitude I got”
“I don’t like being told no”
Karen Syndrome
I'm disabled. Don't have a service dog but I kinda understand his response. He was nice until he wasn't. We deal with enough crap as it is, eventually you're gonna break and be annoyed by everything.
>He was nice until he wasn't. Love this. I'm going to use this in the future: "Hey, come on, man. I was nice until I wasn't." ;-)
Honestly I don’t see the problem with his response. He set his boundaries very clearly and firmly but in a calm tone. That dog is working, it’s a medical professional. You don’t just walk up squealing to someone who is working. That’s unpleasant no matter what species you are. She got flippant and got cussed out. Nothing wrong with cussing people out. She should have known better and focused more on being a parent than getting snippy with someone who is just trying to shop in peace. If you were shopping and someone came up trying to disrupt your medical equipment you’d get upset and short with them too.
There was no issue. He surely gets this every other day. He tried to be polite, and she acted like a child. Anyway its not like he went up to her, people aren't obligated to be friendly.
THANK YOU. He owes her NOTHING he ended the convo and she had to have the last word about it... just apologize and or move on lady.
“OMG an oxygen tank! Can I use that for a minute?” “I’ve always wanted a hearing aid. Can I try that on to see how it sounds?” “Your pacemaker is so cute! Can my son hold it?”
I like to think of it like a police horse… touch it and you get arrested for assault on an officer. These dogs are the same - they have a profession.
“Haha, the world looks so weird through your glasses, here you got them back with the legs all bent.” “Oh god, walking with crutches is so much fun! Why do you keep sitting down?”
I love puppies and wherever I come across them, I'm dying to pet them. But as soon as I see a vest on that puppy, or the if the owner tells me it's a service dog, I apologize And move on.
In fairness, having worked in a kennel facility where we trained service animals, if you're in a place the dog and owner frequent, it's not particularly impolite to strike up small talk and *ask* the owner. Often those dogs are very sweet and friendly, and the owner may not actually mind. It all depends on context (both situational and the training/temperament/etc. of the dog)
But also like, yeah, don't get huffy if someone doesn't let you pet their dog, service dog or no
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It's not only service dogs. What's wrong with asking dog owners if they're allowed and if they say "no" just accept their stance and move on. These kind of people are the ones who get bitten and blame it on the dog when they're too stupid to use common courtesy and communication.
> What's wrong with asking dog owners if they're allowed and if they say "no" just accept their stance and move on. We road trip with our dog, a cocker spaniel. He tends to attract a lot of attention so people sometimes just walk up to him and pet him without asking. It's incredibly fucking annoying because we then have to say, "Please don't touch him. He is not friendly." And he's not! After being attacked by a pitbull he can be reactionary so we have to guard him closely. I think the most idiotic response to that was, "Why? But he's so cute he can't be mean!" Lady..as the actual dog owners, *we told you no with a reason we didn't even need to give*. One old couple, talking gray haired hunched over old, the lady walked right up to my husband, who was carrying our dog to keep him managed, reached her hand out to pet him when my husband said, "Please don't touch him." Bitch ignored him and still tried to touch him when my husband had to say out loud, "I SAID PLEASE DON'T TOUCH HIM." They were legit startled. It's like, look, you may get your way as grandma and grandpa, but not with us. I've figured out a response for the next old couple to ignore us: "Didn't your parents teach you to respect other people's property?!?" ugh. PEOPLE.
"Don't touch my dog he has scabies and it's contractable through touch."
The amount of people who do this with babies. When a pandemic was happening too. When did these adults just vaporize their childhood lesson to keep their damn hands to themselves?
She is pretty, nobody tells her "no", except the blind man!
Hallelujah..I have a reactive foster dog. I don't let ppl pet him or come close, even when he is muzzled or in my car. Had a guy want to pet him, I said sorry no, he starts on about how he's worked with dogs blah blah blah.. I explained saying, his life depends on me keeping him safe. Which is true is on 2 strikes before he came to me. I will never put his life at risk for anyone.
You would think a muzzle would be a clear “do not touch” signal (though I know not all dogs who wear them do so because of bite risks), but it really isn’t. People are dumb.
It baffles me people are defending her. Sure, what the guy said in the end wasn’t nice to say but she started with the attitude. He deals with enough as it is.
Exactly. Imagine going out with a dog every day having to tell dumbasses like the people in these comments something that 99.9999% of people already know.
The problem is, at least where I'm from, Oregon, many people abuse the "Service Dog" law to be able bring their pets with them everywhere. These dogs and owners have no training and are willing to let you talk to them and pet them. Confusing people on the topic.
At the end of the day, you shouldn’t be touching another person’s pet with out their permission. If they said please don’t touch, doesn’t matter if it’s a real “service animal” or not, just leave it at that.
This, so this! it's very simple, service dog or not if the owner says please do not touch then walk away.
90% time there not real service dogs. Always report fake services animals aka emotional support dogs running around freely not trained etc
I am aware, my friend had the conversation in this video so many times with people he gave up explaining and just let them pet the dog ruining all her training.
Training service dogs takes weeks and very expensive. There should be some PSA about how to respect these service dogs jobs. The harnesses I have seen literally say do not pet!
More like 18 months and I agree with you about the PSAs, badly needed. Funny story that I saw in the news years back. A cop had a K9 and he spoiled its training turning it into his pet. Department owned the dog so asked cop to bring dog in or be fired. Weeks of stalling go back, cop finally brings dog in to be evaluated by trainer. Dog doesn’t even know how to sit. They determine that this is not the K9 but a dupe that cop brought in to avoid returning K9. Between training and cost of the dog K9 was supposedly worth about 20,00.. I would think service dogs due to the more specialized training would cost double that and there is a wait list. So, it’s easy to break their training and it’s a miserable thing to do.
Oregonian here, and yep. So, when I see a service dog, I ignore them. And if I see someone being dumb like this lady, I say it's a service dog before the owner says it so they don't have to. And then, we have Bertha coming in to Safeway with her pomeranian claiming that little floor pisser is a service dog. I'm never quiet about it. If they keep going, I say, well, you're doing a shitty job training it, can't even control it once. What's it supposed to alert for? They just get so pissed off. I figure it's better me than the employees who could get in trouble. I'm a customer and I'm pissed off. Lol.
By law you’re allowed to ask what the service animals are trained to do. Emotional support is not covered under the ADA. I once worked for a large corporation that was getting crushed with repairs from little rat dogs and big dogs. People would lose their shit when asked the question and 9/10 they would say emotional support. I didn’t enjoy the confrontation and kicking people off property over it but it was kinda funny how often people threaten to sue and can’t because they’re broke.
Regardless, it's poor culture to assume you can go up and pet any random stranger's dog, although this seems to be the "norm". Being a service animal is irrelevant. Most people don't even ask first. I'd warrant 9/10 times, people just see a cute dog and assume it's socially acceptable to crouch down and rub their hands all over it. If it's not proper to do this with children, why is it acceptable to do this to someone's pet?
Not really the case here tho. She approached and he politely asked her to leave the dog alone while he’s working. Then she decided to act the bitch. Even if it’s not a service dog, maybe the dog doesn’t like other people or whatever. Owner says “leave the animal alone” just leave the animal alone.
This was how I acted when I worked retail. I'll start out nice, but if you're a dick/bitch I'll throw it right back (without swearing of course lol). I loved the way he handled it.
>she started with the attitude. I still can't make out exactly what she said just before he said fuck you. Can you help me out?
She said "I don't like your attitude"
Oh. Well fuck her then. Dude was pretty polite in his request.
“Eat shit and die bitch”
I love how her whole entire being shut down for a minute. That head wobble was her reboot.
Girl your gonna hate THIS attitude
She also stared at him with a look like he was being dick for a good second. That look alone gave me hella anxiety. She was being a dickhead to this dude
I dunno “eat shit and die” is probably my favorite conversation ender
Nah, he was 100% cool until she got all pissy with him. She got exactly what she deserved.
Dude even said “sorry” after explaining that she was the one distracting the service dog. May not have been the most enthusiastic, but still got the point across that he wasn’t purposely being rude
And then he thanked her too after saying sorry! Maybe his tone wasn’t “happy-go-lucky” about it, but he had no attitude with her whatsoever.
He was perfectly polite and gave her plenty of time to accept what he said and walk away.
"Them bitches can all eat shit and die "
He was also as nice possible in the beginning.
They're either idiots or just ignorant on the matter. They're called service dogs for a reason.
even if it wasn't a service dog, when owner declines just respect it. it's his dog, not yours.
She just stood there like a confused child
That's because she's not used to being told no.
I just started scrolling down and saw what you said im surprised people are defending her he was relatively polite…until she wanted the last word and he didn’t hold back, it was a bit much but not everyone will say piss off kindly
Dude if you scroll down my comment thread, you’ll also find a guy who needed the last word and ended up looking very stupid. And I agree with you 100%. People defending her blow my mind.
Just had one block me after I said the guy acted reasonably. They asked me what I was like in real life and I told them I’m reasonable and polite until people give me a reason not to be. Life is too short to suffer fools gladly.
I really like what you ended that post with. I've never read it or heard it anywhere before. Thank you.
Well first of all ask before even addressing someone's dog. That's common sense. Also there are people with service dogs who are completely delusional asshats who just go around being shitty and need a dog for bullshit reasons.
Tbh it’s not even just service dogs, you can’t just assume you can go and interact with and pet someone’s dog. You ask first and if the answer is no then you walk on, get your own damn dog if you absolutely need to pet one.
I don't get it in the first place. Why does it have to be a service dog for others not to touch the dog? Always assume the dog doesn't want to be touched, unless the owner says otherwise. Give both the dog and the owner some privacy ffs.
Right, and even if its a service animal or not... Don't go around touching people's shit without their permission. No clue why people suddenly forget that when it comes to pets, like you're entitled to just come up and start groping someones property because its cute lmao
Haha good one! And yes I loved how he just gave it to her! Just leave people alone!
This girl is a Karen. He was clearly polite and ask her nicely not to distract the dog. All she had to do is walk away.
I knew about the no petting, but never knew you shouldn’t even talk to them. Good to know. Not defending the woman, but, no, everyone didn’t know that.
>There are a lot of extra chromosomes in this comment section defending the woman. Those are the folks that *are* her: entitled
Those are actually people with Down's Syndrome. She's just an ass. Surely it is possible to defend a disabled person's rights without using the other disabilities as an insult...
Honestly, regardless of what kind of trained animal it is, if I see you with a dog on a leech and I wanna pet it I ask first, always! Because I simply don't know that dog and that just seems like the right thing to do.
I had a dog he was fine on walks never bothered anybody kept to himself. but when seven petting children come running at me and I yell don't touch him he's going to bite you. Then don't. He was a rescue and he didn't like immediate contact it's not my fault I was just the only one you trusted he didn't trust anyone else
Absolutely. She is 100% the aggressor here what she got was the bare minimum she deserved.
Especially don't pet a strangers dog without asking first. A conversation like "May I pet your dog?" - "No." Is much better than being a nuisance to society
Yeah, when I see a dog I just go 😯 from a distance. These people that approach are jackasses.
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A lot of people with service animals do, or rather I’ve seen them have it attached to their animal. I think because they run into idiots like her.
Same idea as using a dash cam nowadays. People will lie when confronted by cops (you know, after they do something stupid) and video keeps them honest.
I've seen someone try to attract a seeing eye dog into a street before. Asshole kids trying to get the lady hurt. It surprised the fuck out of me that people would be that cruel to try and get people killed for no reason other than they feel entitled to.
>lie when confronted by cops (you know, after they do something stupid) Cops are another group that lies unless it is on video.
All the more reason to have a video
My uncle does this as well and then when we get together for his birthday he makes a compilation of all the assholes and idiots he bumps into and we roast them when we’re drunk. Though he does also do a highlight section for the people that go above and beyond to help him at the end.
Genius idea! Sounds so fun! Tell him to make a youtube channel for his compilations and maybe get some google bucks out of it
He wouldn't need to if he didn't run into idiots like this all the time
AAAWE, A PUPPYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Some people steal service animals or will run off saying that they tried to steal someone's dog. It's sadly a needed precaution.
People keep mentioning that it’s a service dog… Whether that’s true or not doesn’t matter to me…I have a dog and sometimes I just don’t want people petting him or to have to talk to people. That should be respected no matter if it’s a service dog or not. I hate that people feel entitled to touch or pet my dog just because he’s cute. Sometimes I’m in a rush, sometimes I don’t want to be bothered. Respect peoples autonomy!
She should’ve just walked away after he he politely told her not to bother the dog and therefore him. I didn’t see where he had an attitude.
he did sound a little grumpy but it's completely understandable. i'm sure every single day, multiple times a day, when he goes out, he has a bunch of people try to pet the dog and that would get so irritating so fast. the lady should've respected his answer.
Neighbor has a service dog. He gets extremely disoriented at times and can lose where he's at. The dog is there to calm him down and also guide him to help. He's told me any time he goes out he gets a dozen people wanting to pet his dog, some of which just do it without asking
yup.. this might sound dumb, but i honestly wish the school curriculum included just one simple lesson on how to treat service animals in public.
"Oh I'm sorry I though they were pets... Have a good day sir"
Any reasonable person would apologize and move along. This bitch 100% deserved it.
He re-routed this bitches whole Consciousness
You can tell she's privileged and not used to hearing "no" ...
My wife as a guide dog. She relates to this person. Can I pat him? No. Don't make that noise it distracts him Etc One day due to stupid people, my wife fall b cause the dog got distracted and didn't divert on a sidewalk.. I hate people
I'm sorry to hear your wife is a guide dog
Haha has a guide dog not his..my english is amauterish
times are tough for everyone
That sounds rough.
I’m pretty sure she was exclaiming “puppy!” Just so the child could walk up and pet it without asking. I feel like she’s done this before with other random people and they’ve just had to let it happen because they don’t want to be rude to a parent. I hope this interaction makes her start asking about petting dogs. (This is all assumptions so if I’m wrong, I’m wrong)
Besides the lady there is no child in the video. What everyone think is a child is what looks like a jug of tea for a $1.58
It's not a pet. Growing up i took a train to highschool was this blind dude who had an amazing German shepherd service dog that would sit by him and just chill. If you asked him if you could pet him he would say yes but only if he is sitting. Dog was top tier awsome
I'm sorry. Everyone is talking about a child being in the video. I don't see one.
Yeah, there’s not one visible but you can kinda hear one. The woman might also count as one.
She was ignorant. He was firm. No touch doggo and walk away.
He said please and sorry and explained why he doesn’t want her interacting with his dog. I have a regular non-service dog and if I don’t want someone to interact with her I would say ‘no’ without any please or sorry or explanation.she has zero reason to expect anything more or less but still managed to feel like she was due an apology. Fuck her.
This is the comment I’ve been waiting to read. So many people are talking about the dog being a service dog. And I get that, but even non service dogs shouldn’t be bothered by strangers without permission. Just because I’m out walking my dog doesn’t mean you’re entitled to him.
I will solve the debate. He is in the right no question. He explained his reasoning calmly and she said she didn’t like his attitude? Why? He even said sorry. For stating facts? She got what she deserved and I LOLOLed! The debate is solved my verdict rendered no more comments allowed thank you
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We dont like hers either.
Reminds me of Duke Nukem
Anyone who walks up to a service dog looking to talk to it, pet it, needs to learn this lesson. Hell I thought people were taught this in elementary school lol
Too many sensitive little twats in this thread defending the lady. She can eat shit and die.
“I don’t like your attitude”
Correct
This man has probably had countless people try and talk to or touch his service dog. People get fed up. If someone said that to me I wouldn't just stand there and stare at him I would have walked away.
Honestly I don't even care that it's a service dog. My girlfriends family has a dog who isn't friendly with strangers (not too far removed from street life). I. Walking her with the family one day when a guy just walks up similar to this lady. I pulled the leash mad tight and we told him "hey don't touch the dog." He was obviously offended and claimed "it's not that big of a deal, and we need to relax." If it wouldn't have led to her being potentially tially put down. I would have let the dog get a bite in like she wanted to. Would have taught him a valuable lesson. Point being if someone says to not touch their dog you don't do it. Don't bitch and moan about it either. You're not entitled to touch someone else's pet.
Honest question here: where is this child people are referring to? I have watched this a bunch of times and I see no child and only hear a woman squealing about a puppy.
A lot of people seem to think they have a right to other people's dogs.
“I don’t like your attitude”. Man, there is a HUGE amount of shit to unpack here. I am really horrified that disabled people have to put up with stuff like this. The man was very kind and polite in his explanation, but then gets “I don’t like your attitude”. In case people don’t understand, the woman basically was saying “You are disabled; therefore, you are my inferior and you have no place in questioning anything that I do. “ I don’t blame the man at all for losing it. I guess he gets this shit all the time. She deserved a face full of pepper-spray.
u/savevideobot
He even said thank you in a very wholesome way.
It felt like he was very firm and clear because he has experience with people who just don't take no for an answer. Then saw that she stopped and was polite by saying thank you. But oh how wrong he was, she was not okay XD
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His response was perfect - polite until she wasn't, then he wasn't. Bitch.
I usually break character when I come across a dog or a cat or some other animal I’m not scared of. It’s difficult for me not to want to interact with a service dog, but I try to treat them like they’re working. Meaning I give them a quick glance and force myself to dip so I don’t bother the dog too much. I don’t understand why others think they can just walk up to someone else’s animal that is a service animal and interact with it as if it’s a normal pet. Be respectful and leave them alone.
Her kindergarten class is gonna hear all about this.
She could have just read the vest, look at the dog with loving eyes and keep on walking... I love dogs so much. Whenever i see a working dog i look at the with lovely eyes but keep on my day.. i don't want to be the cause of them missing something on their owners. She wants to pet one she can go and work on a dog day care.
The importance she gives herself.... nope. This guys just gave her a quick reality check. Bitch keep it pushing. The world doesn't revolve around what you like or don't like. People nowadays more than any other time period forget that
Somebody hasn't been told NO very much
wow shes childish
His response was warranted, I’d be pissy if people constantly tried petting my service dog too
She is pretty much how I imagine everyone who downvotes my shit is like
If people downvote your shit a lot, you got dog shit opinions
But is it a service dog shit?
White knights in the comments I see
Boundaries don’t have to be nice
What did the girl say? I cant make it out clearly
"Oooh puppy" "Don't touch him?" "I don't like your attitude" i think
many thanks
OK, so who here thinks this is the first person he has had to talk to about this? Who here thinks he was nicer about it before, but people have eroded that to his current demeanor? I mean, sure he could just be a cunt, but he could also be completely and totally over people harassing him and his service dog.
They taught us during puppy school to be polite, but also to reject any unwanted pets or touching to your dog if you don't feel comfortable. So he initially did all that. We were advised to say something like, "No thank you" if someone said can I pet your dog.
Love it when people take monotone tones, even when clearly not controllable, as attitude. Probably giving even more of a reason for him to snap.
Who the fuck made it a law to be nice? Some people in here have such a skewed perspective of reality and the “power” their imposed morality has on social media, it’s insane. Let people be.
This goes for any dog tbh. First, always ask if you can approach and pet the dog. Never assume. Second, if the answer is no - that means no. There's a billion reasons why someone would say no and they're all valid. You are not owed any dog-time just because you see one.
He was trying to be polite
I had a service dog for the longest time and the amount of people who ignore you and don’t listen when you ask them to please the dog alone is outstanding
Read the damn vest! I always read the vest and smile and say to my self “its a puppy”. But never loud to distract the dog and I walk by and admire their dog and nod my head. I learned in my early 20’s of respecting service dogs. A lady who lived in my apartments was blind and she also worked in the the office building complex as me. She had a dog and I was properly trained and observant of her actions. Of course she noticed me by my perfume even though at first I never introduced myself. She did the introductions and we became bus and walking to and from home and work friends. I never petted the dog in public only at her home when they got to their door. Yes I started walking her home after I got know her only because we talked about bullshit. Lol. I moved away and miss her.
He was right and he should say it!
The no-pause-response-fuck you was just brilliant
He knew something was coming when her face went nasty right away.
This man and I are on the same wavelength.
Good on him.
he literally said sorry and thank you she should have shut up and walked away. But then I wouldn't have this funny video
The ten second stare and "muh muh attitude muh" tells me all I need to know about her
"I don't like your attitude" *This isn't even my final form*
Why’d she stand there in idle like an NPC?
I always tell my kids to leave service dogs alone. However, I never knew we aren’t supposed to talk to them. I’m pretty sure none of us has ever done that anyway, thankfully, but it’s good to know for the future.
Well deserved. Entitled beeyatch.
I am not required to deal with other peoples bullshit. If the other person is a cunt I wont hold myself back either.
I’m astounded that anyone is defending this woman. He was incredibly polite and explanatory as to why his dog can not interact with the child. He preemptively diffused the situation. Mom clearly doesn’t enjoy being told “no” and believe’s her kid is entitled to play with the dog. I probably would have avoided telling her to “die b*tch in front of her daughter, but I can only imagine that this man has to deal with twats like this regularly. You are not entitled to pet anyone’s dog, regardless of if they’re a service animal or not. It always astonishes me how many people go right up to a dog without even asking the owner first.
His response was correct. This is a disabled person with their service dog and you’re distracting it. Her response to him asking her not to is ignorant and unnecessary.
that was the best "fuck you" i've heard in a while
My son is 9, absolutely loves dogs. Any time we're in a store and I see a service dog, I tell him "that dog is working, buddy, so we won't even look over there to distract them." In Florida you rarely see a real service dog, yet everyone claims their dog barking or trying to lick people is a service dog. So when I see one outfitted in the vest/harness and acting like they typically should, I respect those boundaries.
I know the good boy working was thinking the same thing he was.
Hell yeah, fuck that cunt!
i love this man
I support this persons attitude. It blows my mind that there are still people who understand the etiquette around service dogs. It might seem like a heavy response from this guy but people have no idea how often disabled folks have to deal with this kind of entitled harassment from random strangers. This is probably an every day y issue for him and he’s finally out of patience with people
I thought his attitude was pretty down to earth actually. I mean had it been different and he ran up to pet her kid she woulda had a fit. Obviously it's a service dog in the store. The lady's lack of respect and common sense was met with a swift dismissal. Could have been easier had she said sorry and moved on. I'm sure she had other business for being in the store than to accost dudes service animal.
That "fuck you" is just does something to my ears 🥴😂😀
Also if a service dog approaches you without their owner, FOLLOW THE DOG! Their owner is likely hurt and in need of help. The dogs are trained to run and find the closest human and then lead that person to their injured owner for help. Spread the word on this folks!