The Senate passed SB1595 this week. The legislation would keep live animals out of food service establishments and would give restaurants power to turn away patrons with pets.
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These folks would stroke up if they ever went to Germany. When I was there it wasn't unusual to walk into any restaurant or gasthaus and see a pet dog, not a service animal, under the table.
A pet in a store or restaurant doesn't bother me one bit if they're well behaved.
For your dining pleasure: Better a well behaved dog at the next table than a screaming infant.
ReplyDeleteWell I think this bill is aimed at the blue hair freaks and their "emotional support" dogs who are about as well trained and behaved as a group of Jogger American teens.
ReplyDeleteI think you're exactly right about who it's aimed at. But the fact we need such a law to shield restaurants (and such) from the liability associated with doing the right thing is what I really object to.
DeleteThis is a problem CAUSE BY GOVERNMENT OVER REGULATION. If we allowed the business owners to set and enforce whatever rules they wanted, this wouldn't be needed. But NO, big nanny has to make it illegal to kick people out for having a misbehaving dog if the idiots can claim it's a "service animal" so here we are. More laws to fix the problems with the laws we already have too much of.
Well, a wicked people can only be governed to their destruction, I guess.
John G
I agree with this proposed law. If every animal owner took care of it properly, it wouldn't be a problem. The problem is with the people, not the pets. I was in a store last year and saw that someone had spilled what I thought at the time was some Mountain Dew. No, it was a guy with his old, sick German Shepherd that could barely walk and contain his bladder (the dog, not the guy). I have seen some nasty animals in places I would not want to be near, much less be around while I'm eating. Some owners have never taken their dog to a vet nor bought a flea collar.
ReplyDeletey' positive it was the old, sick German Shepherd?
Delete"and would give restaurants power to turn away patrons with pets"
ReplyDeleteHow in the hell did we get to a place where government says what businesses are forced to do?
For decades, I said "Businesses should be allowed to post signs like 'no blacks', 'no gays', etc...". That would help me as a consumer make an informed decision.
For the past ~30 years, that decision would have been "I'm not shopping there because the owner is retarded". In the last ~10 years I would have changed my mind and started only shopping there.
I remember a time when someone doing something bad could be "shunned" by the community. They'd either change their ways or they would move somewhere where they could shop for food and supplies.
But thanks to government, communities no longer have that choice...and look where it's got us.
I'm not sure it is government that has gotten us to this point. People now wear shame as a badge of honor (and try to shame people for doing the right thing). The government never forced you to accept dogs into your establishment -- not wanting to deal with Karen did.
DeleteYou are so right. They even sell fake ankle monitors so the youth can look cool.
DeleteUnferth - that may be true on some states, but many have laws that prevent anyone from banning service animals.
DeleteHere is the first sentence on the book in my Cali-commie wannabe state of Washington: The Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD) includes provisions prohibiting
discrimination against persons with disabilities who use a service animal to assist them with the disability.
Further along is this leftist comment - The ways in which persons with disabilities use service animals are growing and evolving as we discover additional ways in which animals can be utilized by persons with disabilities.
And as far as training - WLAD clearly defines a service animal as being “trained”. Training itself is not defined, and there is no requirement that the animal have a certain type of training, that the animal be certified, or that it be trained by a particular person or by a person having certification.
The headline is misleading. They are not banning service animals. They are banning pets pretending to be service animals.
ReplyDeleteFluffy sitting in the grocery cart is cute and all, until you realize that is where the food is supposed to go. Do you really want to put your food where fluffy was wiping her behind?
I'm still waiting for someone with dog allergies to use the ADA to sue a place for allowing Karen to bring her shedder into the store.
Don't get me wrong. I love dogs. They just don't belong in the grocery store or restaurant. Lowe's and Home Depot? Sure. Petco? Absolutely. Kroger's? No.
Note: Every time (regardless of the subject) that someone says "well, Europe does it this way," I want to respond that Europe also does fascism, over taxation, and cultural suicide. Saying "Europe does it this way" is more of a warning than an endorsement.
dog allergies:
DeleteI was in the process of boarding a Delta flight several years ago when a commotion ensued. A karen was seated with a large fluffy and another woman with puffy eyes and a dripping nose was considering her seat several rows removed asked the steward what could be done; she said she was on anti-histamines, but was extremely allergic to dog dander.
The steward told her: "Take the next flight."
What Unferth said in spades.
DeleteYet they will ban peanuts from flights.
DeleteFascism is way better than what we have now…and it’s only going to get worse.
DeleteSadly, thanks to Pedo Joe and the leftists, it won't be long and we may have to be eating our pets...
ReplyDeleteI also spent time in Germany and surrounding countries and seeing dogs in restaurants and such was quite common. Dogs do not bother menearly asmuch as people do. My son and I had bambino, one of our many dogs, with us in town one day and decided to drop by Dooley's Tavern and Grill for a bite to eat. It was a warm NC winter day so we took Bambi and sat at one of their outside picnic tables. Bambi, a 7 month old pup at the time, sat keeping an eye on things for the first 20 minutes and hjust before the food was brought out she decided to climb up on the picnic bench and sit next to me. When the food was served she just sat there calmly not making a fuss and I occasionally shared with her some of the Philly cheese steak fries I had ordered. She was well behaved and visited with other guests as they stopped by our table to see her offering them her paw. She sat beside me on the bench for about 35 mintes never begging or acting up. She was a big hit with other guests and the staff. Dooley's allows dogs in their outside eating area and there were a couple other dogs there that day. That being said we also have some others from the same litter as Bambi that are wound tighter than a banjo string so while I take them in public and to the dog park to socialize restaurants would be out of the question.
ReplyDeleteSeeing eye dogs are acceptable.
ReplyDeleteIf I may:
DeleteOnly seeing eye dogs are acceptable.
OTOH I'm not certain which I'd find more acceptable at the table next to me while having lunch: a fluffy care dog or a psychoanalyst.
The animals being dragged around usually arent the problem. The animal that screams "do not tough my animal " usually are the problem. I have seen way too many abused animals that were trained to help but can never do enough for the owner.
ReplyDeleteI personally don't have a problem with pets in restaurants as long as they stay on the floor., a dog, cat or bird on the table or earing off the table is a no go with me.... I was in a Chinese restaurant with my grandson one Saturday when a couple came in with a large parrott,, the female puts the bird on the table and started feeding it when several of us told them that bird has got to go..... She goes "support " animal on us but in Louisiana birds are NOT support animals and we call BS, the bird is a pet so get it the fuck out ..... She bitched and moaned on their way out..... Some fucking people SMH
ReplyDeleteJD
Went to a pretty well known restaurant outside of Lancaster PA. Smorgasbord. 2 fat broads bring this little lap dog with sign on it "service dog". Park the dog under the table and go to fill up their troughs. Another fat couple come in, same story, "service dog" same size as the last one. They park it under the table and go waddling off to the food. Dogs eye each other and chaos ensues.
ReplyDeleteIn a restaurant in Cairo people were throwing their chicken bones on the floor for the cats!
ReplyDeleteJust put a fucking sign out that says 'Animals Allowed'. Eat there if you want - or not.
ReplyDeleteIt's the same thing as smoking. Let the private owner of a business dictate who's allowed. If you don't like it, go somewhere else.