Food Left On The Counter Results In A Family Dispute And One Very Happy Dog

You never leave food unattended around untrained dogs.

Damjan

• Published in Interesting
• October 31, 2022

Moving in with your parents after you’ve spent some time living independently can be challenging. Even if you were raised in a loving family, and loved the way things worked when you were there, you adopt different habits while living alone.

And then you get back to your parents' house and everything is weird, even though it seemed great a couple of years ago. However, it is great when you have someone to lean on, so let’s not be too judgmental here.

Many young people temporarily move with their parents to save money for a house down payment, or while their homes are being renovated. And it is great to have that kind of support.

However, problems can arise from time to time, just because young people have developed habits of their own while living independently. One such small family dispute made it to Reddit.

OP is a young woman who moved back in with her parents temporarily while she waits for her new place to open next month. She cleans up, helps with chores, and pitch in on some groceries and bills.

OP says: “I ask my mom if I could make myself a taco with some Pulled Pork that's in the fridge, she said yes and she was hungry too, she proceeds to take it out of the fridge, take the lid off and start eating it cold.

I grab my portion and make my taco and she then calls my dad saying she "needs buns for her pulled pork and to pick some up on his way home." She then walks out of the kitchen and into the yard, leaving the door to outside open.”

Some time after that, her mom comes into her room and berates her for leaving the food on the counter. It turned out that the dog got to it.

Read the full story below:

OP asks:

OP is a young woman who temporarily moved back in with her parents. She helps with the chores and pays some bills

OP took out some pork from the fridge to make a taco, and her mom wanted one too

Her mom left the kitchen, and OP figured she would come back and left the meat on the counter.

Some time later, her mom comes into her room and berates her for leaving the food on the counter. It turned out that the dog got to it.

Redditors mostly think that OP was right here. She didn't know if the dog was trained or not

Dogs get into things. Some nice takeout should smooth things over

"The dog won."

Everyone has different standards...

OP should make the gesture, even though is not her fault

OP replied:

She also gave further explanations, and they make sense:

Dog owners should train their pets not to go after food left around the house. It is not sanitary for dogs to get on the kitchen counter and bite and lick food intended for humans. As for the OP, she is clearly not at fault here, because she is not used to living with dogs, and the thought of the dog stealing food off the counter simply didn’t cross her mind.

Damjan