[Athena E.]

Was it unreasonable to get a dog & their owner kicked out of a restaurant?​

AIBU, which stands for 'Am I Being Unreasonable', is the perfect platform for sharing your thoughts and opinions! So, for today's AIBU discussion, we have this story from Reddit/SoCalGiraffe:

'I was having lunch today and a lady walks in with a 45kg+ long haired dog that I believe was a Tibetan mastiff (not a service animal). She bypassed the counter and chose to sit right at a table next to me while her partner (I assume) ordered food.'

'Pretty sure she did that to avoid them seeing her, because the place has a strict no dogs inside allowed policy. I had just gotten my food and left it on the table to refill my drink. Upon returning, I noticed her dogs hair floating on not only my table, but also one got on my fries.'

'I politely said to her “I’m a dog person myself, but your dog is shedding onto my table / food and I’d appreciate if you’d sit outside or at least move to a different section.” She immediately became defensive, saying she was a paying customer and if I didn’t like it I could move.'

'We went back and forth for a few minutes, before I finally gave up trying to be rational and alerted a worker to the situation. She was promptly asked to leave but not before calling me every name in the book and accusing me of hating animals (mind you, my own dog was in my car with the AC on while I ate for a quick 10 mins).'

'I told a few friends what happened, and they are mixed on whether I should have just switched tables vs causing a scene. I’m sorry but having a long haired dog shedding hair around food is incredibly unsanitary, hence why the rules exist to begin with. I didn’t feel this to be an unreasonable request.'

'So… was I unreasonable?'

 

[Marilynne]

Hell, yeah, I was with her until she mentioned about leaving her dog in the car while she ate. At a guess I would say this story is not from Australia because it is illegal to leave an animal {and child} in a car.

 

[Mickie Stoner]

NO! ! !

 

[gamiry]

Hell, yeah, I was with her until she mentioned about leaving her dog in the car while she ate. At a guess I would say this story is not from Australia because it is illegal to leave an animal {and child} in a car.

that "dog" sounds more like a bear. The owner had NO RIGHT to have that animal anywhere near food. Pity the staff didn't catch her before she sat down. The only animals that should be in food type shops are service animals like a seeing eye dog.

 

[Charlotte59]

There is no way that any animals should be allowed into any places that serve food

 

[gayle222]

I’m lost,if the dog is so large I would think the owner of the place would have seen it. Sorry but what irked me ….your dog was left in the car with the aircon on How does the air con stay on without the motor running . Might be time to tidy yr own actions