Hop To Conclusions

CONTENT WARNING: Gross

I’m working a slow shift at the pet shop, so we’ve let the bunnies hop around the store for exercise. A woman comes in, sees one of them, and sits right down on the floor to pet it.

I’m straightening a display when I see her pick something up from the ground — a small brown pellet.

She holds it up.

Customer: “Oh, is this a dog treat?”

Before I can react, she pops it into her mouth and chews. 

There’s a long, silent moment as the realization hits her.

She freezes. I freeze. Neither of us says a word.

I have so many questions, mostly beginning with “why,” and “even if it WAS a dog treat, why are you eating it?!, and ending with “why are you eating things you have found on THE GROUND?!”

But we just keep standing there in complete, horrified silence.