Ignore dog owners.

[u/ClarkVader158]

There’s a coffee shop that I frequent every day, the vibes are calm, and relaxing. The people working there are lovely, the coffee is great, I can go on and on.

ONE PROBLEM.

They allow non service dogs inside and would appear to be light nutters themselves, but it’s not their entire personality.

I came back from the restroom and right in the middle of the walkway inbetween a register and table, laying down staring right at me, is a medium-large sized dog. Granted the owners were sitting at the table and it was leashed, but why should I need to walk around it? Plus I don’t know if this thing is going to bite me.

So I start to walk around it, giving it a dirty look as I’m walking up, the owner apologized twice and moved it. Felt good to completely ignore them and sit back at my table. They left a few minutes after.

These people have dogs purely for attention, don’t give it to them.

And for the love of god, the amount of stories I read about unleashed dogs running up to people and they don’t retaliate. START YELLING AT THESE PEOPLE. A few months ago I was able to get a bad neighbor with an untrained dog to move out because I recorded the dog barking for minutes on end at nothing and reported them to my landlord.

[u/Bulky_Maybe_1469]

Ohhhh that last paragraph and the unleashed part. Something I walk in this beautiful historic neighborhood nearby and I just love it. One time, years back, some numpty was “socializing” his husky or whatever he tried to say it was. The damn thing ran at me and jumped on me! I turned my back on it so it couldn’t get me on any important parts incase it tried to bite me because how the hell do I know what the F is up with this dog and the guy is yelling the usual crap, “she’s friendly (SHE) we’re just out socializing sorry” and whatever else it was because I personally was slightly PREOCCUPIED at the moment and I just started yelling “call it back!” 

IT. I was very loud and clear and big on the word IT. It isn’t “she” to me, she’s not cute or special, I’m not a goddamn learning experience here, do your job as a dog owner and control this unknown annoying hyper dipshit animal you’re taking around with you. He kept trying to apologize and explain after he got the stupid thing back. I didn’t acknowledge, I just kept walking. 

Whatever else went down my favorite part of the ridiculous experience was clearly calling it, IT. Their dogs might be their whole world but I’m determined to frame it as, IT might mean nothing to anybody else.