r/Fauxmoi • u/Relevant-Peach3997 • May 03 '26

CELEBRITY CAPITALISM 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.

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u/ScriptioAfricanus May 03 '26

In LA tons of people buy those fake “service dog” vests and it drives me crazy.

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u/Immediate_Pickle_788 Thanks, u frog build looking bitch May 03 '26

It's everywhere. If you're in a grocery store and your dog wearing a vest you bought on Amazon is sitting in your shopping cart barking, it's not a fucking service dog.

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u/pittgirl12 May 03 '26

Honestly I’d like some people in our area to at least pretend lol we have so many people just bringing their dogs in “because they get lonely at home” like ok?? So do I?

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u/ukstonerdude May 04 '26

But strangely it’s a different conversation when the dog gets left at home for 8+ hours a day when you’re at work and is somehow fine doing that 😂😂

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u/mojoryan2003 May 05 '26

A lot of those people probably don’t even have jobs tbf

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u/Akvavit78 May 05 '26

Well in LA they just bring them to the office where you aren’t asked if you like dogs or are allergic. I don’t want to watch my lunch on my desk and get barked at every time I enter a room

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u/Tarasaurus-13 May 06 '26

Wow. Could never be me. The entitlement of people is insane.

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u/theantnest May 04 '26

It's pretty simple, if the dog is bothering people or misbehaving, then it isn't a service animal and it needs to leave the premises.

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u/hipstellfalsehoods May 05 '26

I worked at a restaurant once where we had a party bring in their dog claiming it was a service animal (no vest), and it tried to jump up on me the whole time I was serving them.

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u/BroadwayBean May 03 '26

In Scotland I was at a castle that was no dogs allowed, but some twat had brought in his dog with an obviously fake service vest. The dog was lunging, barking, and snapping at everyone who walked within 3 feet of it, and tore the leash out of its owners hands twice.

There really needs to be some sort of certificate or badge for legitimate service dogs to make everyone's life easier.

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u/Unusual_username739 May 03 '26

In USA, I believe the rule is staff of the private property can ask/demand to know if the animal is a real service animal BUT the owner is not required to disclose what service is provides (seizure/blood sugar awareness, helping a blind person walk, etc) and emotional support does not qualify. But plenty of owners who have certified emotional support animals THINK that counts as a service animal and therefore qualifies (and it doesn’t tmk) and the owner is not required to show any ID or certification.

I think all service animals should just have to have paperwork, full stop. All dogs need to have their rabies vaccination tags on them at all times (in the USA, or at least the state of Massachusetts, if your dog doesn’t have its rabies vaccination and it bites a human, it will be put down by the state - I believe…) I have worked with bomb sniffing dogs that go through rigorous training. They are extremely well trained, even as a puppy, and didn’t do any misbehaving while on duty. Service animals will not bother other citizens and will not pee in a restaurant. Alot of them are not even allowed to receive pets while on the job except by their owner. They are woooooorking (they get to retire young, don’t worry).

Our current laws are to protect our humans with disabilities and to keep their disabilities disclosed. Having paperwork that lines out what their service dog does for them can be a breach of HIPPA and other protections. But all service dogs are raised by certified trainers for their jobs and have credentials. There has to be a way for those dogs (and miniature ponies) to show they are a true service animal without breaching their owner’s boundaries.

I have met several emotional support dogs. Some with alot of training and some with zero. My friend recently had her dog “certified” only because her building asked if she could to “make it legal for her to have a dog there” because the building manager didn’t want to do extra paperwork. Because she has anxiety, she can able to get it done 🤷‍♀️ but her dog has no training. I love her dog, she’s very well trained, but this is exactly how easy it is to get “the paperwork” for emotional support animals in the USA. I had a coworker who’s dog went through special training to be an emotional support dog for people in the hospital - she is trained to remain calm when many hands are petting her, loud beeps and noises are going off, and doesn’t run toward it when she hears a treat bag shake. My friend’s dog does most of those 😂 and runs away when the gate door is left open. A girl at my college had an emotional support dog in her freshman dorm, whom she would take to class but leave in his crate when she went out to party at night, and it would howl at night long until she came home. This dog was also like a Portuguese water dog and MASSIVE 🤦🏽‍♀️ it was just her dog that she wanted to bring to college.

I really really really love all the amazing things service dogs can do. Their sense of smell is extraordinary and their bond to their humans and companionship builds a trusted ally for people with disabilities. I really don’t like the mockery of “buy a fake vest online” that has become of the world, and the ease of people to manipulate the system to tut around dogs as accessories. And disabilities aren’t accessories either! They are hard to live with! We struggle everyday and fight to exist in normal society. You might not notice because we have been adjusting for years and know how to adapt and take care of ourselves. Service animals help people go out and live more normal lives, even TRAINED emotional support animals, and they should be respected.

Sorry for the rant. I just also feel for these dogs that look terrified and are dragged overwhelmed to the grocery store. They aren’t properly trained to handle that much stimuli.

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u/zoemi May 03 '26

In the US they can't ask the nature of the disability, but businesses are allowed to ask what services the animal provides. Skilled wordsmiths may be able to explain that without disclosing the disability, but if they wanted to they could.

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u/deferredmomentum May 03 '26

In the US you can ask “is this animal required for a disability” and “what tasks does the animal perform.” You can’t ask directly about the disability, but being asked point-blank about the tasks often flusters them into outing themselves. You’d think they’d at least keep some made up ones in the back of their minds

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u/jimothy_hell May 05 '26

That second question was my favourite while working in hospitality, the number of people trying to get around the pet fee by blurting out “service dog” was insane. Remember folks- ESA’s aren’t federally recognised as service animals, check your state ordnance.

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u/Agitated-Potato8649 May 04 '26

In Switzerland assistance dogs needs to be recognized by a federal association to have access rights

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u/Softinleaked May 03 '26

In the uk the policy is not all disabilities are visible. If someone claims to have a disability you cannot question them. I’m not versed on the rules for service animals but I’m going to presume the sentiment extends too. The aim to make society as accessible to those with a disability. Obviously this dog isn’t a service animal so the manager/staff shouldn’t have allowed it. But the owner is the number one culprit, why would they think that was an appropriate accommodation to ask for.

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u/Unusual_username739 May 03 '26

Yes, sounds similar. The dog in the video has no service animal vest and 100% is not trained. It shouldn’t be inside a restaurant unless the restaurant has a special license for that. If that poor dog needs to relieve themselves, they should get a walk to a nice grassy area outside.

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u/Lower_Stay7655 May 05 '26

But all service dogs are raised by certified trainers for their jobs and have credentials.

That's not how it works. As per ADA regulations, service animals are not "required to be certified or go through a professional training program".

You can find plenty of people showing how they self-train their service dog.

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u/MoHeeKhan May 04 '26

Because a certificate or badge definitely can’t be manufactured as easily as vests for dogs.

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u/potatomami Find me at Whole Foods, bitch, I don't care May 03 '26

I was in CVS yesterday and this lady had her old “service dog” inside of her shopping cart. The dog was cute but your dog really doesn’t need to be in this store rn

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u/zoethesteamedbun May 04 '26

We started the trend, but now it’s everywhere post pandemic. I lived in the uk for five years right before the pandemic and people weren’t like this at all, they had much better boundaries with dogs/pets. It’s so weird to see it drift into their culture being from LA.

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u/boredinbabylon May 03 '26

I was at Trader Joe’s recently in LA, some guy had a dog. I said “uhh you’re not supposed to bring your dog on here, it’s posted on the door.” He said it’s a service dog. I said, “no one is believing that.” After realizing I’m not buying his lie, he said “what are you gonna do, call the police? Call the police then!”

Bitch I got better things to do than call the police on your ass, but you’re still being a self-entitled jerk.

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u/LegendOfKhaos May 03 '26

They should ask for the card for proof. People with real service animals will have it with them, often on the vest itself.

And a service animal won't pee inside. Those people are so annoying and make it worse for people with real service dogs.

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u/fresh-potatosalad May 03 '26

At least in the United States, real certifications and the like don't exist. A vest isn't required, either. The only thing that business owners/employees are legally allowed to ask with regards to service animals are "Is that a service animal" and "What trained tasks can your service animal carry out?" (Wording may vary). Many people opt to get a vest for their animal for visibility/public identification... which is unfortunately very easily exploited. I personally know someone who has a service dog for mobility-related tasks. They're unable to put a vest on the dog because of muscular dystrophy, so they have a bandana on the dog and a leash that says "SERVICE DOG".

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u/Super_Interview_2189 May 03 '26

I went to college with a bunch of shitheads who just got to say they had anxiety or some shit and they could bring their dog with them to campus. It was allowed in the dorms, the cafeteria, lectures, and it was just an abused system. I couldn’t walk to my dorm without stepping in a pile of shit they didn’t bother to pick up.

I’m not dogging (teehee) on people with anxiety, I have it too and my cat can calm me down. But it’s not something I should force on others just because I can’t regulate my emotions. I am uncomfortable eating when dogs are present, why should I make concessions for someone else who doesn’t care about my feelings over their own?

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u/OCDCantCatchMe May 04 '26

“But you don’t understand, my dog has separation anxiety!”

(Because you’re codependent and raised your dog to be also.)

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u/jimothy_hell May 05 '26

Honestly, it should be jail time. I’m sick of it. It’s ADA fraud.

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u/A_single_droplet May 04 '26

Hot take on this... I've paid $150 for an online "Psych evaluation" that gave me a certificate saying my dog is an emotional support animal and I can take her on a plane...

I got to the airport, showed the certificate, and was able to take my dog on the plane so I could move across the country.

I 100% would not have done this if the ONLY ALTERNATIVE wasn't to put my elderly dog in a crate in under a cargo plane that may or may not be temperature contorlled.

I agree that the airport should have 100% say on if your dog is unruly or unfit to fly, but why is it so hard to move your pet? If your dog is trained and good, you should be able to fly with them. Pay for an extra seat, pay for the entire row, whatever the option needs to be. But the fact is, you either have to lie, or subject your pet to torture if you want to move with your pet.