I’m so sick of dogs everywhere

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Anonymous wrote:A coworker has been bringing her dog into the office! No one asked whether it was okay with everyone else who works there. This isn’t a service dog.

I don't know that people need to take an office-wide opinion poll about something like this in a privately-owned workspace. I'm assuming the boss is okay with it or it wouldn't be happening. You're probably not entitled to a dog-free workspace, so if it bothers you, quit.

Sure! Until someone gets bitten or maimed and they get sued out of wazoo.

Why are you always making up problems where none actually exist? Is it fun for you? Is ordinary life too happy and easy for you, so you have to come up with a make-believe catastrophe?

Do you mean to tell me dogs never bite or attack? Why do you choose to live in some alternate reality where that never happens?

Despite the number of horrifically-unprepared/uneducated/incompetent dog owners these days, bite incidents are rare. The sort of person who'd get a dog cleared to be in a work environment is unlikely to have a poorly-trained dog, and the laws that govern the dog apply in the office so this person is more accountable than the average random person you might encounter on the street. Surely a business has contemplated the liability concerns; your ability to sue for damages extends not only to the dogowner, but the boss who let the dog be in your office.

But more than that, I want to point out that there are a few known catastrophe-pron posters who like to worst-case devil's advocate on this forum. There's a dog on a plane doing nothing, and these people start mess about "But what if it did?!!" and this is another example.

It is your perception that dog attacks are rare. I'd love to see the statistics on that before just taking your word for it.

I guess by the same token, there are pie in the sky people who would inflict their dog on anyone and everyone because they refuse to acknowledge that some people just don't want to be around them or that they could potentially hurt another human very badly.

What you are saying is that you would rather see your fellow human have to quit their job and have no income rather than keep your dog at home?

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Anonymous wrote:A coworker has been bringing her dog into the office! No one asked whether it was okay with everyone else who works there. This isn’t a service dog.

I don't know that people need to take an office-wide opinion poll about something like this in a privately-owned workspace. I'm assuming the boss is okay with it or it wouldn't be happening. You're probably not entitled to a dog-free workspace, so if it bothers you, quit.

Sure! Until someone gets bitten or maimed and they get sued out of wazoo.

Why are you always making up problems where none actually exist? Is it fun for you? Is ordinary life too happy and easy for you, so you have to come up with a make-believe catastrophe?

Do you mean to tell me dogs never bite or attack? Why do you choose to live in some alternate reality where that never happens?

Despite the number of horrifically-unprepared/uneducated/incompetent dog owners these days, bite incidents are rare. The sort of person who'd get a dog cleared to be in a work environment is unlikely to have a poorly-trained dog, and the laws that govern the dog apply in the office so this person is more accountable than the average random person you might encounter on the street. Surely a business has contemplated the liability concerns; your ability to sue for damages extends not only to the dogowner, but the boss who let the dog be in your office.

But more than that, I want to point out that there are a few known catastrophe-pron posters who like to worst-case devil's advocate on this forum. There's a dog on a plane doing nothing, and these people start mess about "But what if it did?!!" and this is another example.

It is your perception that dog attacks are rare. I'd love to see the statistics on that before just taking your word for it.

I guess by the same token, there are pie in the sky people who would inflict their dog on anyone and everyone because they refuse to acknowledge that some people just don't want to be around them or that they could potentially hurt another human very badly.

What you are saying is that you would rather see your fellow human have to quit their job and have no income rather than keep your dog at home?

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7236a6.htm

And no, that's not what I'm saying. At all. That's a nonsense argument that sounds like something a shitposting troll would post just to start mess.

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Anonymous wrote:A coworker has been bringing her dog into the office! No one asked whether it was okay with everyone else who works there. This isn’t a service dog.

I don't know that people need to take an office-wide opinion poll about something like this in a privately-owned workspace. I'm assuming the boss is okay with it or it wouldn't be happening. You're probably not entitled to a dog-free workspace, so if it bothers you, quit.

Sure! Until someone gets bitten or maimed and they get sued out of wazoo.

Why are you always making up problems where none actually exist? Is it fun for you? Is ordinary life too happy and easy for you, so you have to come up with a make-believe catastrophe?

Do you mean to tell me dogs never bite or attack? Why do you choose to live in some alternate reality where that never happens?

Despite the number of horrifically-unprepared/uneducated/incompetent dog owners these days, bite incidents are rare. The sort of person who'd get a dog cleared to be in a work environment is unlikely to have a poorly-trained dog, and the laws that govern the dog apply in the office so this person is more accountable than the average random person you might encounter on the street. Surely a business has contemplated the liability concerns; your ability to sue for damages extends not only to the dogowner, but the boss who let the dog be in your office.

But more than that, I want to point out that there are a few known catastrophe-pron posters who like to worst-case devil's advocate on this forum. There's a dog on a plane doing nothing, and these people start mess about "But what if it did?!!" and this is another example.

It is your perception that dog attacks are rare. I'd love to see the statistics on that before just taking your word for it.

I guess by the same token, there are pie in the sky people who would inflict their dog on anyone and everyone because they refuse to acknowledge that some people just don't want to be around them or that they could potentially hurt another human very badly.

What you are saying is that you would rather see your fellow human have to quit their job and have no income rather than keep your dog at home?

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7236a6.htm

And no, that's not what I'm saying. At all. That's a nonsense argument that sounds like something a shitposting troll would post just to start mess.

It was definitely suggested if not by you by several others that if I don't like a dog in my workspace, I should just quit.

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Anonymous wrote:A coworker has been bringing her dog into the office! No one asked whether it was okay with everyone else who works there. This isn’t a service dog.

I don't know that people need to take an office-wide opinion poll about something like this in a privately-owned workspace. I'm assuming the boss is okay with it or it wouldn't be happening. You're probably not entitled to a dog-free workspace, so if it bothers you, quit.

Sure! Until someone gets bitten or maimed and they get sued out of wazoo.

Why are you always making up problems where none actually exist? Is it fun for you? Is ordinary life too happy and easy for you, so you have to come up with a make-believe catastrophe?

Do you mean to tell me dogs never bite or attack? Why do you choose to live in some alternate reality where that never happens?

Despite the number of horrifically-unprepared/uneducated/incompetent dog owners these days, bite incidents are rare. The sort of person who'd get a dog cleared to be in a work environment is unlikely to have a poorly-trained dog, and the laws that govern the dog apply in the office so this person is more accountable than the average random person you might encounter on the street. Surely a business has contemplated the liability concerns; your ability to sue for damages extends not only to the dogowner, but the boss who let the dog be in your office.

But more than that, I want to point out that there are a few known catastrophe-pron posters who like to worst-case devil's advocate on this forum. There's a dog on a plane doing nothing, and these people start mess about "But what if it did?!!" and this is another example.

It is your perception that dog attacks are rare. I'd love to see the statistics on that before just taking your word for it.

I guess by the same token, there are pie in the sky people who would inflict their dog on anyone and everyone because they refuse to acknowledge that some people just don't want to be around them or that they could potentially hurt another human very badly.

What you are saying is that you would rather see your fellow human have to quit their job and have no income rather than keep your dog at home?

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7236a6.htm

And no, that's not what I'm saying. At all. That's a nonsense argument that sounds like something a shitposting troll would post just to start mess.

Not every dog attack results in a death (thankfully). You were saying that bite incidents are rare. They are not.

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Anonymous wrote:A coworker has been bringing her dog into the office! No one asked whether it was okay with everyone else who works there. This isn’t a service dog.

I don't know that people need to take an office-wide opinion poll about something like this in a privately-owned workspace. I'm assuming the boss is okay with it or it wouldn't be happening. You're probably not entitled to a dog-free workspace, so if it bothers you, quit.

Sure! Until someone gets bitten or maimed and they get sued out of wazoo.

Why are you always making up problems where none actually exist? Is it fun for you? Is ordinary life too happy and easy for you, so you have to come up with a make-believe catastrophe?

Do you mean to tell me dogs never bite or attack? Why do you choose to live in some alternate reality where that never happens?

Despite the number of horrifically-unprepared/uneducated/incompetent dog owners these days, bite incidents are rare. The sort of person who'd get a dog cleared to be in a work environment is unlikely to have a poorly-trained dog, and the laws that govern the dog apply in the office so this person is more accountable than the average random person you might encounter on the street. Surely a business has contemplated the liability concerns; your ability to sue for damages extends not only to the dogowner, but the boss who let the dog be in your office.

But more than that, I want to point out that there are a few known catastrophe-pron posters who like to worst-case devil's advocate on this forum. There's a dog on a plane doing nothing, and these people start mess about "But what if it did?!!" and this is another example.

It is your perception that dog attacks are rare. I'd love to see the statistics on that before just taking your word for it.

I guess by the same token, there are pie in the sky people who would inflict their dog on anyone and everyone because they refuse to acknowledge that some people just don't want to be around them or that they could potentially hurt another human very badly.

What you are saying is that you would rather see your fellow human have to quit their job and have no income rather than keep your dog at home?

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7236a6.htm

And no, that's not what I'm saying. At all. That's a nonsense argument that sounds like something a shitposting troll would post just to start mess.

Not every dog attack results in a death (thankfully). You were saying that bite incidents are rare. They are not.

"I'd love to see the statistics on that before just taking your word for it."

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Anonymous wrote:A coworker has been bringing her dog into the office! No one asked whether it was okay with everyone else who works there. This isn’t a service dog.

I don't know that people need to take an office-wide opinion poll about something like this in a privately-owned workspace. I'm assuming the boss is okay with it or it wouldn't be happening. You're probably not entitled to a dog-free workspace, so if it bothers you, quit.

Sure! Until someone gets bitten or maimed and they get sued out of wazoo.

Why are you always making up problems where none actually exist? Is it fun for you? Is ordinary life too happy and easy for you, so you have to come up with a make-believe catastrophe?

Do you mean to tell me dogs never bite or attack? Why do you choose to live in some alternate reality where that never happens?

Despite the number of horrifically-unprepared/uneducated/incompetent dog owners these days, bite incidents are rare. The sort of person who'd get a dog cleared to be in a work environment is unlikely to have a poorly-trained dog, and the laws that govern the dog apply in the office so this person is more accountable than the average random person you might encounter on the street. Surely a business has contemplated the liability concerns; your ability to sue for damages extends not only to the dogowner, but the boss who let the dog be in your office.

But more than that, I want to point out that there are a few known catastrophe-pron posters who like to worst-case devil's advocate on this forum. There's a dog on a plane doing nothing, and these people start mess about "But what if it did?!!" and this is another example.

It is your perception that dog attacks are rare. I'd love to see the statistics on that before just taking your word for it.

I guess by the same token, there are pie in the sky people who would inflict their dog on anyone and everyone because they refuse to acknowledge that some people just don't want to be around them or that they could potentially hurt another human very badly.

What you are saying is that you would rather see your fellow human have to quit their job and have no income rather than keep your dog at home?

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7236a6.htm

And no, that's not what I'm saying. At all. That's a nonsense argument that sounds like something a shitposting troll would post just to start mess.

NP/ I agree that deaths are rare but as someone who works in an urgent care, bites from dogs are so common that in our folders of most commonly used forms in the office - along with Motrin/Tylenol dosing handouts, return to school or work notes, for example- is the county dog bite reporting forms.

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Anonymous wrote:A coworker has been bringing her dog into the office! No one asked whether it was okay with everyone else who works there. This isn’t a service dog.

I don't know that people need to take an office-wide opinion poll about something like this in a privately-owned workspace. I'm assuming the boss is okay with it or it wouldn't be happening. You're probably not entitled to a dog-free workspace, so if it bothers you, quit.

Sure! Until someone gets bitten or maimed and they get sued out of wazoo.

Why are you always making up problems where none actually exist? Is it fun for you? Is ordinary life too happy and easy for you, so you have to come up with a make-believe catastrophe?

Do you mean to tell me dogs never bite or attack? Why do you choose to live in some alternate reality where that never happens?

Despite the number of horrifically-unprepared/uneducated/incompetent dog owners these days, bite incidents are rare. The sort of person who'd get a dog cleared to be in a work environment is unlikely to have a poorly-trained dog, and the laws that govern the dog apply in the office so this person is more accountable than the average random person you might encounter on the street. Surely a business has contemplated the liability concerns; your ability to sue for damages extends not only to the dogowner, but the boss who let the dog be in your office.

But more than that, I want to point out that there are a few known catastrophe-pron posters who like to worst-case devil's advocate on this forum. There's a dog on a plane doing nothing, and these people start mess about "But what if it did?!!" and this is another example.

It is your perception that dog attacks are rare. I'd love to see the statistics on that before just taking your word for it.

I guess by the same token, there are pie in the sky people who would inflict their dog on anyone and everyone because they refuse to acknowledge that some people just don't want to be around them or that they could potentially hurt another human very badly.

What you are saying is that you would rather see your fellow human have to quit their job and have no income rather than keep your dog at home?

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7236a6.htm

And no, that's not what I'm saying. At all. That's a nonsense argument that sounds like something a shitposting troll would post just to start mess.

Not every dog attack results in a death (thankfully). You were saying that bite incidents are rare. They are not.

"I'd love to see the statistics on that before just taking your word for it."

Yes, but you showed statistics for deaths not bites.

"Despite the number of horrifically-unprepared/uneducated/incompetent dog owners these days, bite incidents are rare. "

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Anonymous wrote:A coworker has been bringing her dog into the office! No one asked whether it was okay with everyone else who works there. This isn’t a service dog.

I don't know that people need to take an office-wide opinion poll about something like this in a privately-owned workspace. I'm assuming the boss is okay with it or it wouldn't be happening. You're probably not entitled to a dog-free workspace, so if it bothers you, quit.

Sure! Until someone gets bitten or maimed and they get sued out of wazoo.

Why are you always making up problems where none actually exist? Is it fun for you? Is ordinary life too happy and easy for you, so you have to come up with a make-believe catastrophe?

Do you mean to tell me dogs never bite or attack? Why do you choose to live in some alternate reality where that never happens?

Despite the number of horrifically-unprepared/uneducated/incompetent dog owners these days, bite incidents are rare. The sort of person who'd get a dog cleared to be in a work environment is unlikely to have a poorly-trained dog, and the laws that govern the dog apply in the office so this person is more accountable than the average random person you might encounter on the street. Surely a business has contemplated the liability concerns; your ability to sue for damages extends not only to the dogowner, but the boss who let the dog be in your office.

But more than that, I want to point out that there are a few known catastrophe-pron posters who like to worst-case devil's advocate on this forum. There's a dog on a plane doing nothing, and these people start mess about "But what if it did?!!" and this is another example.

It is your perception that dog attacks are rare. I'd love to see the statistics on that before just taking your word for it.

I guess by the same token, there are pie in the sky people who would inflict their dog on anyone and everyone because they refuse to acknowledge that some people just don't want to be around them or that they could potentially hurt another human very badly.

What you are saying is that you would rather see your fellow human have to quit their job and have no income rather than keep your dog at home?

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7236a6.htm

And no, that's not what I'm saying. At all. That's a nonsense argument that sounds like something a shitposting troll would post just to start mess.

Not every dog attack results in a death (thankfully). You were saying that bite incidents are rare. They are not.

Do you have statistics to back your claim that dog bite incidents are not a rare occurrence? This is your position. Defend it.

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Anonymous wrote:A coworker has been bringing her dog into the office! No one asked whether it was okay with everyone else who works there. This isn’t a service dog.

Oh, you'd hate my office. Dogs are totally baked into the culture. We have special places for them to run and do their business, places to store their beds and bowls, treats in the lobby, pictures of dogs on the walls, places to tie them up to use the kitchen, etc. It's fun to see them all heading into work in the morning and they're a nice distraction when you need a little break.

Ewwww

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Anonymous wrote:A coworker has been bringing her dog into the office! No one asked whether it was okay with everyone else who works there. This isn’t a service dog.

I don't know that people need to take an office-wide opinion poll about something like this in a privately-owned workspace. I'm assuming the boss is okay with it or it wouldn't be happening. You're probably not entitled to a dog-free workspace, so if it bothers you, quit.

Sure! Until someone gets bitten or maimed and they get sued out of wazoo.

Why are you always making up problems where none actually exist? Is it fun for you? Is ordinary life too happy and easy for you, so you have to come up with a make-believe catastrophe?

Do you mean to tell me dogs never bite or attack? Why do you choose to live in some alternate reality where that never happens?

Despite the number of horrifically-unprepared/uneducated/incompetent dog owners these days, bite incidents are rare. The sort of person who'd get a dog cleared to be in a work environment is unlikely to have a poorly-trained dog, and the laws that govern the dog apply in the office so this person is more accountable than the average random person you might encounter on the street. Surely a business has contemplated the liability concerns; your ability to sue for damages extends not only to the dogowner, but the boss who let the dog be in your office.

But more than that, I want to point out that there are a few known catastrophe-pron posters who like to worst-case devil's advocate on this forum. There's a dog on a plane doing nothing, and these people start mess about "But what if it did?!!" and this is another example.

It is your perception that dog attacks are rare. I'd love to see the statistics on that before just taking your word for it.

I guess by the same token, there are pie in the sky people who would inflict their dog on anyone and everyone because they refuse to acknowledge that some people just don't want to be around them or that they could potentially hurt another human very badly.

What you are saying is that you would rather see your fellow human have to quit their job and have no income rather than keep your dog at home?

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7236a6.htm

And no, that's not what I'm saying. At all. That's a nonsense argument that sounds like something a shitposting troll would post just to start mess.

NP/ I agree that deaths are rare but as someone who works in an urgent care, bites from dogs are so common that in our folders of most commonly used forms in the office - along with Motrin/Tylenol dosing handouts, return to school or work notes, for example- is the county dog bite reporting forms.

I live in MoCo. There are an estimated 1,082,273 people here. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/montgomerycountymaryland/PST045223

The bite incident forms pp refers to would be MoCo animal control, which says 800-900 bites/year (but doesn't provide a specific tally of reported bites) https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/animalservices/oas/bites.html And yes, that form should be handy in an urgent care so bites get properly reported and recorded and nobody has to wonder how to do either, sure.

Now do the math. That is a very small percentage of people getting bitten every year, don't you think?

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Anonymous wrote:A coworker has been bringing her dog into the office! No one asked whether it was okay with everyone else who works there. This isn’t a service dog.

I don't know that people need to take an office-wide opinion poll about something like this in a privately-owned workspace. I'm assuming the boss is okay with it or it wouldn't be happening. You're probably not entitled to a dog-free workspace, so if it bothers you, quit.

Sure! Until someone gets bitten or maimed and they get sued out of wazoo.

Why are you always making up problems where none actually exist? Is it fun for you? Is ordinary life too happy and easy for you, so you have to come up with a make-believe catastrophe?

Do you mean to tell me dogs never bite or attack? Why do you choose to live in some alternate reality where that never happens?

Despite the number of horrifically-unprepared/uneducated/incompetent dog owners these days, bite incidents are rare. The sort of person who'd get a dog cleared to be in a work environment is unlikely to have a poorly-trained dog, and the laws that govern the dog apply in the office so this person is more accountable than the average random person you might encounter on the street. Surely a business has contemplated the liability concerns; your ability to sue for damages extends not only to the dogowner, but the boss who let the dog be in your office.

But more than that, I want to point out that there are a few known catastrophe-pron posters who like to worst-case devil's advocate on this forum. There's a dog on a plane doing nothing, and these people start mess about "But what if it did?!!" and this is another example.

It is your perception that dog attacks are rare. I'd love to see the statistics on that before just taking your word for it.

I guess by the same token, there are pie in the sky people who would inflict their dog on anyone and everyone because they refuse to acknowledge that some people just don't want to be around them or that they could potentially hurt another human very badly.

What you are saying is that you would rather see your fellow human have to quit their job and have no income rather than keep your dog at home?

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7236a6.htm

And no, that's not what I'm saying. At all. That's a nonsense argument that sounds like something a shitposting troll would post just to start mess.

NP/ I agree that deaths are rare but as someone who works in an urgent care, bites from dogs are so common that in our folders of most commonly used forms in the office - along with Motrin/Tylenol dosing handouts, return to school or work notes, for example- is the county dog bite reporting forms.

This doesn't mean bites are super common. It means there's a form and you keep copies in a centralized location, as would any other responsible agency required to report such things. In order for this statement to be statistically meaningful, we'd need to know how many you fill out, not where you keep them. Implying that "since they're next to the tylenol and doc note forms, it must be a lot" isn't enough.

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Anonymous wrote:A coworker has been bringing her dog into the office! No one asked whether it was okay with everyone else who works there. This isn’t a service dog.

I don't know that people need to take an office-wide opinion poll about something like this in a privately-owned workspace. I'm assuming the boss is okay with it or it wouldn't be happening. You're probably not entitled to a dog-free workspace, so if it bothers you, quit.

Sure! Until someone gets bitten or maimed and they get sued out of wazoo.

Why are you always making up problems where none actually exist? Is it fun for you? Is ordinary life too happy and easy for you, so you have to come up with a make-believe catastrophe?

Do you mean to tell me dogs never bite or attack? Why do you choose to live in some alternate reality where that never happens?

Despite the number of horrifically-unprepared/uneducated/incompetent dog owners these days, bite incidents are rare. The sort of person who'd get a dog cleared to be in a work environment is unlikely to have a poorly-trained dog, and the laws that govern the dog apply in the office so this person is more accountable than the average random person you might encounter on the street. Surely a business has contemplated the liability concerns; your ability to sue for damages extends not only to the dogowner, but the boss who let the dog be in your office.

But more than that, I want to point out that there are a few known catastrophe-pron posters who like to worst-case devil's advocate on this forum. There's a dog on a plane doing nothing, and these people start mess about "But what if it did?!!" and this is another example.

It is your perception that dog attacks are rare. I'd love to see the statistics on that before just taking your word for it.

I guess by the same token, there are pie in the sky people who would inflict their dog on anyone and everyone because they refuse to acknowledge that some people just don't want to be around them or that they could potentially hurt another human very badly.

What you are saying is that you would rather see your fellow human have to quit their job and have no income rather than keep your dog at home?

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7236a6.htm

And no, that's not what I'm saying. At all. That's a nonsense argument that sounds like something a shitposting troll would post just to start mess.

NP/ I agree that deaths are rare but as someone who works in an urgent care, bites from dogs are so common that in our folders of most commonly used forms in the office - along with Motrin/Tylenol dosing handouts, return to school or work notes, for example- is the county dog bite reporting forms.

I live in MoCo. There are an estimated 1,082,273 people here. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/montgomerycountymaryland/PST045223

The bite incident forms pp refers to would be MoCo animal control, which says 800-900 bites/year (but doesn't provide a specific tally of reported bites) https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/animalservices/oas/bites.html And yes, that form should be handy in an urgent care so bites get properly reported and recorded and nobody has to wonder how to do either, sure.

Now do the math. That is a very small percentage of people getting bitten every year, don't you think?

And in order for this to be meaningful for threat evaluation, we'd need to know how many of those bites were from the owner's own dog(s) vs. strays vs. a trainer/vet/shelter worker getting bitten vs. "dog allowed in office attacks coworker"

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Anonymous wrote:A coworker has been bringing her dog into the office! No one asked whether it was okay with everyone else who works there. This isn’t a service dog.

Oh, you'd hate my office. Dogs are totally baked into the culture. We have special places for them to run and do their business, places to store their beds and bowls, treats in the lobby, pictures of dogs on the walls, places to tie them up to use the kitchen, etc. It's fun to see them all heading into work in the morning and they're a nice distraction when you need a little break.

Ewwww

Thank you for your mature and enlightened contribution to the thread.

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I guess you'd hate Paris then. They are everywhere, including inside restaurants.