Need to vent!
 

Ok so went to Home Depot & like always Ruger went too. I'm standing at the very end of an aile with 2 Home Depot employees making a fuss over Ruger. Ruger was on his leash standing right next to me.
Here comes an older lady, (now I'm old too 61 years young), with every gray hair in place, nice clothing. Now she came from the other end & I'm sure she saw all of us. She could have made a choice to turn around and NOT walk past us.
As she approached she pointed her finger at the 2 employees and said, "you two shouldn't encourage this, some people are allergic."
She didn't stop, but on her way past us I said, "Not with Yorkies, they are hypoallergenic."
She was a few feet away and never looked back, but she flipped me off and said'
"Screw You"
Really there is enough meanness in this world, don't need to bring our Baby's into it.
The 2 employees agreed she was a mean ol' lady.
Hey everyone lets be nice. Life is too short.

How sad. Some people are a$$holes. It is not a grocery store. I bet she smokes and wears perfume too. Argh. Yes, life is too short for people like that. I suppose the best thing we can do (instead of feeling grumpy about it like I am and catching that ladies grumpy bug all the way across the big wide Internet) is think of how sad and miserable she must be. How unhappy a person like that has to be to spit such venom, to feel sorry for her and the pain and misery she carries around in her heart and wish that she had a yorkie to cure her of her grumpy ails. Choosing compassion for her pain, self chosen or not, and praying for her healing, using her behavior as a reminder of how I want to live my own life and how I need to behave is probably the best thing to do here. I wish her healing and I pray for the protection of whomever she has spat her wrath upon that instead of soaking her illness in their own heart that they used her vile attitude and behavior as a lesson in kindness and compassion and I will choose to do the same. Okay, whew. Really worked me up there for a second. Sorry you had to deal with that!

Oh wow...... "mean ol' lady" is way too nice to call her. If she's so concerned about allergies for herself and/or others, perhaps she should promote travelling in a bubble!

Amen, well said 👍🙏

Great one Magnus!!!!!!! Lolrof.

Another thought.......be eternally grateful that you are Not related to her.

Very well said! It's true we can learn from them!

There can be a lot of miserable people of there. And then there are the supremely miserable people who want you to feel their misery. I do truly feel sorry for them. I mean, sometimes I get angry too. We're all human. But! Happiness is a choice. If she chooses to be miserable, then...to each their own. My 'mantra' is, just be happy with your own self and own life and that's all we can do :)

P.S. Shicks, I've heard my fair share of nasty words from dog haters (and haters in general) lol so I can very much sympathize with your vent! Seriously, what mentally stable person could hate on Ruger! :p

Hahaha...*thinking if I'm related to anyone similiar*

I can understand some of the angst of people, as there are those who don't control/train/mind their dogs. I'm not saying this is one of those situations, but just that some people have had bad experiences. Yes, she could have avoided the aisle and should have if she felt so strongly. I can also understand an owner not wanting to leave their dog home, but sometimes it's for the best.

I've been bitten twice by uncontrolled dogs and it sucks. My wife was clamped on by a pit bull, but thankfully it released her quickly and there was no blood. I'm a bit leery of dogs that I don't know, but that doesn't mean I don't love the ones I know. I carry pepper spray on walks and unfortunately have had to use it twice as loose and aggressive attitude dogs approached me. I don't know you and I don't know your dog, but I do know there are some very irresponsible owners out there that don't mind their dogs and think everyone should accommodate them.

I was also unaware that stores in general allow non service pets to enter (other than pet stores, I get that). I know I've seen signs that say 'service dogs only' and I have to believe it is for some of the reasons I've stated.

I'm not saying the OP is wrong or right, just trying to present another perspective. However, the lady being discourteous was uncalled for. If she felt that strongly, she should have talked to management.

I was at the gas station one time with my Chinese Crested. (she is a true hairless only has hair on her head ) I went into get a couple thing and when I came out this lady ask if I saw the ugly dog in the car I said no and she pointed at my dog.. I said that's my dog and you obviously don't own a mirror. I walked away and got in my car , she stood there with a stupid look on her face,

Wow, you're quick-witted! I'd never be able to come up with good comebacks like that. Probably why I usually just ignore these ppl. Not that I'd encourage what you said, but it's funny as heck as a story lol...

Love it "mirror" ha ha ha Hee Hee 😂😂

Some folks have no class. I am so sorry you got exposed to one.

Some people are so so mean. There are a lot of people who don't like dogs,they can kindly stay away from me. don't like my dog you don't like me.

Shicks I noticed you live in "Friendville" . .
Apparently some one in your town council did Not do their job when they let that unpleasant bimbo move in to town.

I'm sorry you had to encounter this rude person. :( I understand that not everyone is an animal lover, but her reaction was nasty. You should have told her that you are allergic to obscenities. :D

Seriously, with all the TOXINS floating in the air inside of a Home Depot store & she's worried about a tiny little dog. Too much for words:rolleyes:

Oh, ha ha! I like that! :p

One of which was the air she was exhaling spewing obscenities. :D

I know you felt bad and I don't want to belittle that in any way. But honestly if some lady flipped me off over a little yorkie, I think I would've burst out laughing hysterically!! Were you tempted at all to do that, or were mostly just more upset about it?

She sounds like grumpy piece of poo, but hey, at least she knows sign language :D!

But seriously, sorry this happened to you - what a buzz kill she must be to everyone around her, ya know?

Yes & yes I wanted to burst out with a horse laugh. I did laugh after the fact. The two employees were surprised. The lady employee said she hasn't EVER flipped anyone off her entire life. The man said what a mean ol' lady.
And what's even more funny is that when I was checking out another man employee came up to me and asked if he could pet Ruger. Of course I said yes. The man said he heard the lady too. So I think she really made a fool, or worse, out of herself. Oh, and one person said, I wonder if she saw the big Huskey in here earlier. Ha! I can't imagine not loving dogs. I go out of my way to be nice to dog owners and their loving babies.

It's off topic, but this looks like at least 75 year old lady last year called me the C word and I DID laugh- right there. I really couldn't help it. It's funnier when they are so much older. Especially that generation, it's just not something they did even "young" any way, yeah, I agree.

She was way out of line. Home Depot allows dogs so you were not breaking any rules. If she has an issue she should have taken it up with the store and their policies not you. Plus it doesnt sound like your dog was jumping all over her from what you said. It always baffles me when people go out of their way to be rude about something that isn't really any of their business.

Yes, you summed it up perfectly. And no he was jumping on Me to pick him up.
I think he knew there was a bad person close. Ha!

omg what a jerk. I can not believe she flipped you off over that.

I see complaints about dogs, dog poop and dog owners pretty often over at some of the facebook pages I watch. These are neighborhood, city, camping, hiking and even mushroom pages. I usually just scroll on by but when I do comment, wheh, the hate is real!

Weeellll...I will say, some of those complaints are very valid. There are an unfortunate amount of really complaint worthy dog owners. But it is unfortunate that some awful grumpy old lady has to dis when the dog owner is doing nothing wrong, breaking no rules and she just decided to jump in to be hateful.

I would rather see dogs in a store as opposed to some of the ill behaved children that I see on every trip to any store. Our dogs are usually leashed or carried. Most shopping trips would be more pleasant if people would control their children as well as most dogs are. Before anyone says anything, I do like children but well behaved children, although I blame the parent, not the child.

You are not alone in your sentiments

As for this post, what you should have said was, "I'm allergic to old bitties, but you don't hear me complaining to workers about you being in here." Honestly, just don't go into the store. I don't go into places that allow smoking. I can't stand the smell, but I'm not going to go in somewhere that allows smoking and then complain to the people who are.

crazydoglade, I completely agree. I have a 15 year old son, but he was never disruptive in public. I've left a cart full of groceries in the store and took him home a couple of times to teach him I wouldn't put up with him not holding onto the cart (instead of running loose in the store). Only took a couple of times, and he never did it again. I also got him from hiding from me in the clothes rounders in a department store. I hid from him until he cried. When I came out, I asked him would he ever hide from he again. He never did. I also don't listen to whining. If he would whine, I would tell him I didn't understand whining and come back when he could talk. We also took our son outside if we were in a restaurant and he was not feeling up to par (which was very rare). We took turns eating. Now, my son's favorite place to eat is Olive Garden. We have to go to a neighboring city to go (a minimum hour drive), and I'm not paying $60-70 for us to eat and sit next to whining/crying kids/babies. Yes, I have asked to be moved. Sorry if people don't like it. I control my child -- you control yours. I know some may feel these things are cruel, but I never wanted my child to be a burden on other people. They are in public to shop or eat -- not listen to my child act out. I've never gotten a complaint about my only child being selfish or ill-mannered. That makes me proud. I would much rather EAT with a restaurant full of dogs than whining/crying children.