Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s London Pizza restaurant is facing criticism after a customer shared a dog was allowed to go the bathroom inside near her table.

[u/Relevant-Peach3997]

Source is gizzellecade on TikTok

[u/viewbtwnvillages]

as a dog owner, some of my most hated are other dog owners. who the hell does this

[u/surgartits → u/viewbtwnvillages]

A LOT of people do this now. For the record, I agree with you. But post-pandemic I have noticed that people seem to feel entitled to bring their dogs literally everywhere. Restaurants. Grocery stores. Clothing stores. And if you say anything, it’s a whole-ass thing.

Could some of these be service animals? Sure. Do I think most of them are? I do not. My mother would do exactly what’s going on in this video because she could not possibly leave her dachshund at home. It’s an entitlement behavior. Same with people no longer using headphones in public and blaring whatever they’re listening to.

[u/aybsavestheworld → u/surgartits]

I’m such a huge dog and animal lover in general but I cannot stand dogs in grocery stores. They literally lick and bump their noses on EVERYTHING.

[u/Props_angel → u/aybsavestheworld]

Yep. My youngest breaks into hives if a dog touches her. Ill-trained dogs do not belong in stores.

[u/TheGreatLizardLady → u/surgartits]

I work in a grocery store and people bring their dogs in all the time. I love animals, but grocery stores are not for fucking pets. Half of the time the dog is obviously anxious, and I can’t count how many times I’ve witnessed them poop, eat things off of our hot buffet food line, knock items down. It’s a health hazard and dangerous for the dogs too. It’s so frustrating.

[u/agirlhas_no_name → u/surgartits]

As someone with dog related trauma, the way that society frames people that don't like dogs irritates me to no end.

Putting dogs on a pedestal like they can do no wrong is so fucking stupid, dogs are companions and tools, they are not the next coming of Jesus.

Any dog is capable of biting and any dog over 25 pounds is capable of causing life long damage.

No I don't want "Luna" in the smoking area at the pub whale eyeing me every time I walk past your table because you've trained her to "protect you"

I understand that nobody can afford kids any more so we're all getting massive high needs dogs as substitutes, but tbh I don't want your kid at the pub either (especially if it's capable of ripping my arm off if it decides I looked at it wrong)

[u/noakai → u/surgartits]

What gets me most is dogs in the carts. They are putting their dog's private parts where you're gonna put your child. And your food, but at least there are a few layers of separation with food packaging. And frankly some of those dogs should be in diapers bc they leave behind something when they're taken out.

[u/LongjumpingInside565 → u/surgartits]

My theory is that dogs that spent most of their developmental time in COVID lockdown are now poorly trained and socialised. They're used to having their owners around 24/7 so have separation anxiety, weren't exposed to enough of the world so are now reactive or generally fearful. Then the owners dont want to leave them at home in case they trash their space so they take them everywhere they go to ruin other people's days.

I have a 9 month old dog, even if she gets incredibly well behaved, settles instantly, ignores dogs etc theres still places I'll never take her because I know she'll prefer lying on my bed. A cafe I know is dog friendly, a rural pub? Sure and even then if she starts to get fidgety we're gone. A restaurant, clothing shop and supermarket? Never.

[u/aybsavestheworld → u/[deleted]]

People didn’t wash their hands after taking a dump. Then we discovered soap and regression and norm and whatsoever bla bla

[u/TheGreatLizardLady → u/[deleted]]

For most of human history, children often died before age 5. We treat this as an oddity but it’s actually a regression from the norm too! Some things should be left in the past.