Manager Gets Involved After Dog Owner Got Offended By Joke Employee Made About Dogs

"It’s either I bring him in or leave him in the car to die?”

Maryjane

• Published in Animal Stories
• May 11, 2024

Making sure your dog is comfortable when you are gone from the house is one of the crucial things every dog owner must ensure. Due to their gregarious nature, dogs experience anxiety when left alone, especially when it's their first time.

So, the owner must ensure that the dog learns to be content on their own while teaching them how to spend time alone. It is best to begin teaching a dog coping mechanisms when they are still puppies.

In fact, it is crucial to help stop separation anxiety from the onset, so the earlier you can get them ready, the better. Aside from that, we love to take our furry buddies with us wherever we go.

So if a facility allows dogs, you are sure to see a lot of dogs with their owners around. The original poster for today's story works at a retail store that pays well.

On a particular day, the OP noticed that a bunch of customers were bringing their dogs to the store. The retail store is a big place, so it’s easy for dogs to walk around freely.

The OP made a comment about it to a customer and got a "it’s either I bring him in or leave him in the car to die” reply. The OP went on to make another comment about how dogs can be left at home with food and water, but this customer didn't find it funny.

Read the full story below to find out what transpired between them.

The OP writes

The OP saw a bunch of costumers bringing their dogs to the store

If this happened while the OP was off shift, it would’ve been a different story

OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the a-hole:

I guess it’s because he did yell at me and made me feel bad. Is it wrong to question myself for what happened? Maybe. But I should at least get other people’s opinions on it to feel validated.

We've gone ahead to gather some of the most upvoted comments from other Redditors and you can check them out below

It is very odd how much the comment triggered the customer

This Redditor is sick of people feeling entitled to bring dogs inside of everywhere

The OP is suggesting that they should have left the dog at home

The highlight that most of the staff waits for

The OP implied they were bad owners for leaving them out

It wasn't in a manger

No need for the OP's snide comments about people bringing their dogs

The customer is awful for swearing at the OP

Some Redditors say that the OP was acting passive-aggressively and that the comments weren't a joke. Most jokes have a punchline of some kind or a change of pace and the OP's joke might have hit the customer somehow.

Simply put, the OP found it questionable that dogs were allowed inside the establishment but adopting a passive-aggressive style is a bad idea. Still, the OP was declared not the AH.

Maryjane