Dining with Dogs "Emergency Legislation"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, if you don't want to be exposed to someone's filthy dog why don't you stay home and smoulder by yourself, you old crank? I for one enjoy seeing other people's dogs.

Because I have a right to eat in a place of public accommodation location that is reasonably sanitary and free of animals. I dislike dogs. They are filthy. They eat feces. They typically have fecal coliform bacteria on their snouts. The same snouts that they are constantly touching everything and everyone in reach with. How would you like it if I wiped my ass with my bare hand, then proceeded to touch everything and every surface around where you were eating? Would you enjoy seeing that?

Or better, would you tell a black woman to stay home because she didn't want to eat in a restaurant frequented by klansmen or nazis? Because that's her problem?

Grow up. The world does not care about your dog. And we don't want your dog shoved into every aspect of our experience while we're out in public.

You completely lost the argument with the bolded.

Being forced to avoid a restaurant, because people there want your death, is not remotely the same as having a choice to sit inside because you don't care for the dogs that are allowed on the patio.

[Anonymous]

DP


Either way, I'm forced to avoid the restaurant. Whether it's because of hateful people, or a dislike for unsanitary animals, the result is still the same - I'm forced to leave a place in have a right to be in.


I detest dogs in restaurants, too. I won't eat at a place that allows dogs other than service animals, which is the law per the ADA. And I would walk out on a meal if someone were permitted to bring a pet dog in

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do people need to bring their damn stinky dogs to restaurants. It is unsanitary and a disgusting imposition on all the other customers.

I know, they just urinate and defecate right where they are, it's foul. And they shout and scream and get their grubby little hands all over everything, and - oh wait did you say dogs? Nah I'm cool with them, they mostly just lay quietly at their owners' feet. Now kids, those unsanitary stinky things should definitely be banned.

Sind Sie Deutscher?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP


Either way, I'm forced to avoid the restaurant. Whether it's because of hateful people, or a dislike for unsanitary animals, the result is still the same - I'm forced to leave a place in have a right to be in.


I detest dogs in restaurants, too. I won't eat at a place that allows dogs other than service animals, which is the law per the ADA. And I would walk out on a meal if someone were permitted to bring a pet dog in

And no one would miss you or stop you. Isn't America great?

[Anonymous]

It PASSED! Sucks for all of you dog-haters. Seems you are in the (bitter) minority...

[Anonymous]

With all of the important, some urgent, issues confronting the District of Columbia, dogs on restaurant patios needs to be the subject of emergency legislation?

DC is more like a parody of a city council.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From PoPVille:

"'The “Dining with Dogs on Patios Emergency Act of 2017' will be introduced and voted on by the entire DC Council on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 10AM.
The bill was introduced by Councilmember Vincent Gray (Ward 7) and co-introduced by Councilmembers Brianne Nadeau (Ward 1), Charles Allen (Ward 6), and Brandon Todd (Ward 4).
This legislation requires nine councilmembers to pass in order for restaurants to again have the discretion to allow dogs on outdoor restaurant patios.

If this bill passes:
· Restaurant owners will have the option to allow dogs on their outdoor patios provided that the dogs are in either their carrier or on a leash;
· Restaurant owners could also refuse dogs based on the size, breed, and temperament;
· If dogs are allowed on a patio, there would be a separate entrance to any outdoor seating areas or unenclosed sidewalk cafés so that the dogs would not have to walk through the establishment; and
· Dog owners would also be required to keep their pets under supervision at all times on the outdoor patio.”

https://www.popville.com/2017/10/your-dog-dining-nightmare-could-soon-be-over/#more-188585

How is this an "emergency" "priority"?

it's an emergency priority because DCs fastest growing ethnic population believe that they should be allowed to take their dog anywhere. Does anyone know if NYC, Boston, or other large cities have provisions for dogs at restaurants?

[Anonymous]

White people are ruining this city.

[Anonymous]

It's all fun and games until there's a dog fight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's all fun and games until there's a dog fight.

In another jurisdiction I saw a pit/mix lunge out to attack a person. A volatile issue - note Obama was against breed specific legislation - sadly there is nature that can't be changed by nurture. Bully breed advocacy has turned it into a racial issue.

[Anonymous]

How does the DOH allow this? Yuck.

[Anonymous]

This whole thing does seem like it's plucked from the pages of the Onion -- very much a parody. Unfortunately, it's the reality show known as the DC Council. In the midst of rising crime in certain neighborhoods, a dysfunctional critical medical care situation EOTR, crumbling infrastructure, too many failing schools, etc., the Council puts "dining with dogs" on its emergency legislation docket?! It seems like a joke, but the joke is the Council.

[Anonymous]

One could say that this is conclusive evidence that the D.C. Council has definitely gone to the dogs, but that would be a Captain Obvious belated understatement.

[Anonymous]

We recently went on a driving trip through New England.. Took our dog. Gone 3weeks. Stayed in hotels and B&Bs. Ate at restaurants that allowed dogs on the patio. Those were the only restaurants where we could go, (and spend our money) We weren't going to leave the dog unattended in a hotel room where she might bother people by barking. When she's with us she lays at our feet, quiet, no one is bothered. And many people smile and come over to speak to her.