Reddit users are split on whether a man is in the right after being startled by a dog, dropping his pint in the process and demanding the owner buy him a new one
Members of the public are trying to figure out whether a man is owed a free pint after a dog startled him.
The dog’s owner refused to get the man a replacement pint, which infuriated them enough to post their trouble to Reddit. Asking for opinions on whether or not he was in the right, user PositiveLeopard927 put the question to the public in a now viral thread. The original poster and three friends had grabbed a patio table and ordered a round of drinks.
But on his return to the table, a dog jumped up and started barking, leaving one of the pints dropped on the floor. He wrote: “As I was walking back to our table, a dog jumped up and started barking. I jumped about a mile high. I dropped a drink. The owner quickly controls his dog, apologises, and turns away from me.
“I tell the guy that I’m expecting a new drink from him. I drop the other 3 drinks off at our table and go back and demand the guy to buy me a new drink. In my mind this was not my fault and the dog owner was at a fault. He says he won’t do that and I should be more aware of my surroundings. I’m livid. I call him a piece of s**t.
“I tell him if his dog can’t ignore me as I walk by, then his dog shouldn’t be here. He tells me I should find somewhere that doesn’t allow dogs. Calls me an a**hole and tells me to leave them alone. I drop it, complained to the bar, but they did nothing. I’m just baffled by the lack of accountability here. I don’t mind dogs, but I didn’t like being scared like that.”
Comments were split on whether he was owed a replacement drink, with one user writing: “NAH. Sorry but you dropped your drink. No one knocked it out of your hand, pushed you or jostled your tray. You were startled, yes. But a child screaming or a sudden burst of laughter can be startling. Would you ask those people for a new drink?”
But a reply read: “If my child jumps into somebodies way and starts screaming I would apologise and buy a new drink.” Another wrote: “Permitting dogs in an establishment is not the same as permitting unruly dogs.”
