Best To Let Sleeping Service Dogs Lie
(I am disabled and have a service dog that accompanies me everywhere, including my job. I typically run a register, and he will either sit or lay beside me on the rubber mat behind the register. I typically don’t talk about my disabilities with strangers, since some people can be rather mean.)
Customer: “Oh, a service dog! Are you training it?”
Me: *ringing up customer’s items* “No. He’s mine.”
Customer: “But you don’t look disabled.”
(I just smile and continue their transaction.)
Customer: “Oh! Do you have seizures?”
Me: “Something like that.”
Customer: “Diabetes?”
Me: “Something like that.”
Customer: “PTSD?”
Me: “Something like that.”
Customer: “Well! I wasn’t trying to be nosy. Hmph!”
Me: “Sorry about that. Your total will be [total].”
(The customer pays and takes his bags, starts heading for the door before turning back to me.)
Customer: “I’m sorry. That was rude of me, wasn’t it?”
Me: “Something like that.”
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