Emily Burns
It’s unfortunate how many truly ignorant people exist in this world. If you’ve ever found yourself in an argument with an ignorant person, you know how infuriating it can be. They’ll never admit they’re wrong and they will often make things infinitely worse by spouting off completely false information.
Fortunately, this is 2018 and smartphones exist so that we can capture these ignoramuses in all their glory and mock them mercilessly on the internet. Take this grown-ass woman, for instance, who literally threw a fit after she was told not to pet a service dog. Yes, really.
Service dog handler ML Leigh was enjoying a day at the Pittsburgh mall with her four-legged companion when she was approached by a woman and her daughter who asked to pet Leigh’s dog.
After being told ‘no’ because the dog was a working service animal, the woman proceeded to throw a tantrum. Fortunately, Leigh had her smartphone at the ready.
Leigh was on a group outing with some other service dog handlers and couldn’t believe how the woman reacted.
“I’d rather people ask than just lean in and try to grab her, which happens every day… but I don’t always have the energy to explain what she’s doing or why she can’t be petted,” Leigh told Bored Panda.
“I’m autistic and sometimes just can’t speak very efficiently at all so I can’t explain even if I wanted to. I might shake my head no, or indicate in some other short way not to pet her or talk to her, and I just want to have that respected. People also often take pictures of us without asking and that makes me really super uncomfortable, I don’t want people to do that at all.”
And here’s what her followers had to say about the encounter.
At least there are some people with common sense.
