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Animals don't belong in places that sell food. Animals don't belong in office supply stores. Animals don't belong in post offices. Animals don't belong in any business other than a vet's office or pet supply store that specifically allows them.
If you can't train your animal to be home alone long enough for you to run some errands, then you shouldn't own a pet.
Animals don’t belong in post offices
Then how do you mail the animal?
Animals make your food. Shocking I know. At least they wash their hands. All my service dog does is lay under the table, and bother me if she needs to alert.
What about service dogs?
Those should be an exception, obviously. But in CA we have a big problem with service animal fraud. It's bad for people with disabilities because
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the ones who actually need animals get undue criticism, and
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people with severe dog allergies have elevated exposure.
I think a good solution would be if the service harnesses had a QR code that linked to a state govt website with the animal's picture.
I've never heard of service dog fraud tbh that's silly
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Not to be pedantic but we fall under the classification of Animals. And anywhere they allow children 5 and under I'm bringing my pet to. Children are 100 times worse than the worst behaved pet
These rules seem arbitrary and capricious. If the dog is well-trained, the owner is able to meet its needs on the go, and nobody else is explicitly being bothered, there's no compelling reason to block it from any of these establishments.
All of the above hold true for therapy animals, for instance. This isn't about the animal being well-trained, it is about both the pet and the person to be comfortable and happy, without impinging on the comfort and happiness of others. Locking well-behaved pets out of all of the above establishments does nothing to improve your comfort or happiness. It only serves to inconvenience others.
Barring animals from places that sell food is not arbitrary and capricious, it's a safety issue.
How many people have suffered physical harm from ordering food adjacent to a service animal?
Am I google now?
There is a difference between a pet and a service animal...
Safety how? What exactly is happening between my dog that stays on the floor and your food?
Well no, the intent is not to inconvenience others, but to not inconvenience yourself.
I love animals. Dogs, cats, rabbits, whatever. Love them all. I'm highly allergic to most of them though.
As a customer of an establishment, why do I need to deal with the animal that belongs to another customer of the establishment? And I'm not being a jerk. I'm not complaining or making a fuss, but if I'm trying to buy toilet paper I shouldn't need to worry about hair, dander, or if somebody's dog is well behaved or not. I am the one being inconvenienced, and there doesn't seem to be a good reason for it.
That goes to the point of the comment you replied to. And to your point, if nobody else is being bothered... Are they checking if others are being bothered? Usually not. That's a generalization but I can say in my experience it's true more often than not (and I notice when it is). I'm not saying to ban pets in stores, but it should not be the norm and expect others to just deal with it.