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Lieutenant_Joe t1_j8d9jd0 wrote

Reply to comment by Norgyort in Dogs in grocery stores. by Norgyort

The point is that if you’re making this argument, you should agree that 1. we should consider having similar legal constraints in place for young children and 2. that employees of these establishments should be incentivized to take the risk enforcing existing laws, which they are not.

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Norgyort OP t1_j8dat3v wrote

Do you not see that there's a massive difference between a human and a dog?

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Lieutenant_Joe t1_j8db74s wrote

Besides allergens and physical makeup, there is little difference between a toddler and a dog. Your position is inconsistent, and my conclusion is that you really just personally don’t wanna see dogs in stores and you’re cherry-picking parts of legitimate arguments not because they’re important to you, but because they’re convenient for you.

If you really want these rules enforced, send your complaints to Walmart or Delhaize, not Reddit. S’not gonna happen on current wages and benefits.

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Norgyort OP t1_j8de0ka wrote

Nothing about my position is inconsistent. Your argument is based entirely on whataboutism and ignores the fact that dogs are humans are not the same. Humans do not shed fur everywhere, humans are not allergic to other humans, kids do not bite people and transmit rabies to other humans. The coronavirus pandemic started due to zoonotic disease transmission because of animals in a food market, we should be trying our best to avoid another one happening.

If you read my original post you'd realize that I'm not asking people on reddit to enforce these laws, I'm asking them if they've also seen an uptick when they're out shopping for groceries.

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Lieutenant_Joe t1_j8dfdwd wrote

Here’s what I can tell you. In my orientation to start working my retail location, part of our training was how to handle non-service dogs, and our directions were basically skirting around a message that essentially amounted to “if they argue, there’s nothing you can do”. We’re not legally allowed to touch guests, not even if we’re watching them walk out the doors with a television they haven’t paid for. We also are told not to call the police to handle an animal that’s not doing anything, because the police can sometimes escalate benign situations.

Also, for the record: I have had to clean up human shit from in front of the guest services desk at my workplace at 8 in the morning. Literally minutes after we opened our doors. So forgive me if I seem dismissive of your argument that dogs are more gross than humans.

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