Glasgowian for “I’m exhausted and tired” (thank you, Moving with Mitchell)
And I am.
It’s long weeks of very early mornings. By early evening, all I want is to have a light dinner, shower and turn in. But it was Friday meaning... errands.
I am going to make a statement, and I know it is going to annoy some followers of my blog, but… as I am growing older, I have come to realize that I really do not like dogs or their owners.
I am very much over people ignoring the “Service dogs only” signs to parade around stores with their dogs, either leashed or in the shopping cart (usually sans blanket, meaning that any dog germs are now contaminating a cart meant for human food). I see it… everywhere. All the time. No longer a rare occurrence.
I discovered last night that it has become a trigger to me.
We went for our usual Friday night errands including a stop at local wholesale club last night. I was exhausted and tired by the time we got there (5th of 5 stops on the round-robin of Friday night errands). BIG SIGN on the door “SERVICE DOGS ONLY”. Got in, got the cart loaded (a shopping list helped), got in line to the self service checkout kiosks.
Not one, but two dogs.
One puppy in a cart, the other, a young Golden Doodle, loose. The kiosk docent was all “What adorable puppies! [blah blah blah]” with the owners just oblivious that there was a line waiting for the kiosks. As I am scanning my cart, #2 dog owner let the dog loose to “play” with the docent.
The dog promptly ran up to me. I glared, gritted my teeth and hear myself stating, “I do NOT like DOGS!” and… I began to shake. Almost uncontrollably. Did the owner retrieve his dog? No. All I heard was “Such a beautiful dog!” from the docent as she continued to play with the animal. I missed scanning a few objects in my cart; caught by the door staff as I went to exit. I was still shaking, “...they have dogs running around…” I mumbled. He just nodded. He guided me to the service desk to ring up the missed items, then the desk manager walked me past the line at the exit.
I owned dogs; several in recent years. Enough to know I do not want another one. We made sure when doing ANYTHING with our dogs, that they only went into dog-accepting / dog-friendly environments, and we always made sure that they were under control at all times. I never, ever considered taking our dogs into a supermarket! If it was hot out (above 70f), the dogs stayed home and in the AC. I never see that courtesy with dog owners today.
The event last night really wiped me out; I was comatose for the ride home.
From now on; just keep you damn dog away from me.
R
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Chalk it up to two tRUMP presidencies, where a large segment of the population has been given permission to be truly ugly Americans, the "Me, me, it's all about me. It's my world, I'll do what I want and fuck you for wanting me to act morally or ethically generation." Don't expect change anytime soon. These people will be with us for awhile. I'm truly sorry for your experience. Did you have presence of mind to call attention to the staff that these dogs were NOT service dogs and that a dog's butt in a cart contaminates the contents for the next shopper, or were you just wanting to get the hell out of the store? A very stressful situation for you.
Agreed! I look at is as nothing more than a plea for attention by these dog owners! Yes, I did bring it to the attention of the staff at the exit and at the service desk, but they more or less just shrugged.
What really is infuriating is that; yes, there are genuinely people who need to have "emotional support dogs" with then; specifically combat veterans who suffer from PTSD. There are canine training organizations who specifically train dogs for the task of comforting Vets when they begin to stress out.
But ANYONE can get an "Emotional Support" card for their animal-of-choice (from Amazon, of course!). I don't think anyone even bothers with that step any more.
Just so over it.
I'm sorry you had that exhausting experience.
I agree with you 100%. I hate dogs of any size, cute or otherwise. Keep them at home and out of stores. SERVICE DOGS ONLY MEANS THAT!
Christ !
I was at a Smart n Final supermarket in Southern California and a woman walked in with a pitbull with no leash !
The staff thought it was cute :\
Talk about walking lawsuit for the store.
-Rj
Holy crap! No shit!
I ESPECIALLY have no tolerance for bully breeds. My last dog was as Sheltie. He and I would walk about a mile lap every morning or so (and he kept up!). We would pass a yard with "Ginger! The most happy, waggy, cheerful Pit Bull in all of Fall River!". They would race and yip at each other through the chain link fence that kept Ginger contained... until it didn't. I watched in horror as "Ginger! The most happy, waggy, cheerful Pit Bull in all of Ffall River!" clamped her jaws around my dogs neck and drag him to the ground. I could not get the fucker to release it's grip, finally the... "caretaker" of Ginger (because NO ONE ever admits to owning an attacking pit bull) ran out and the two of us got the pit off my dog. My dog was in shock and losing blood. I carried him back to my house and raced him to the emergency vet. Thankfully, the "caretaker" paid all the vet bills, but my dog would never leave our property for walks ever since.
I especially fucking hate pit bulls.
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