Service Animals
Service animals are quite literally lifesavers. They look after their owners in a variety of ways. Until recently, most people thought that they were just for the physically disabled (e.g. blindness). But now they can help with so much more.
Most people would leave a service animal well alone. Knowing that they are there to make sure their owner can function somewhat normally when they otherwise couldn’t.
Unfortunately, not everyone seems to understand the nature of service dogs, as one woman completely freaked out on her flight when she saw a service animal aboard. It was all caught on camera and has gone viral on TikTok.
An Altercation
A woman was not pleased when she sat down in her aisle seat and realized that the passenger in the seat next to her had a German Shepherd between her legs.
The German Shepherd was minding his own business and was not focused on doing anything but making sure his owner was alright. This behavior wasn’t good enough for the woman, and she decided to start an altercation with the passenger and her service dog.
Watching the dog put his paws on the passenger in reassurance was enough for the woman to freak out. Despite the service animal never making contact with her, just being in close proximity was enough to make her uncomfortable to the point of using harsh words.
Freaking Out
In the footage, the woman can be heard saying, “I do not feel safe. You can have a panic attack, but I have to sit here with my life being threatened by that ******* dog?”
It was as if the woman was mocking the passenger for her condition. Thankfully, she wouldn’t get away with that once the flight attendants realized what was going on.
The woman would not stop her rant despite unsettling most of the other passengers around her. She soon drew the attention of the flight attendants, who came to see what was going on.
“Bred To Kill”
As a flight attendant listened to the altercation, it was clear who the instigator was. But the woman was far from finished. She started spouting off about how the anima was “bred to kill,” all the while that the German Shepherd was sitting with his owner behaving.
She cited the nature of the animal as why she was being so unreasonable. Most passengers would agree that, if anything, the way the woman was going about things was making it even more stressful for the passenger and her service animal.
Taking things further, the woman can be heard saying in the following in the video, “I have a history of those dogs attacking me. It jumped up on her … how do I know it’s not going to jump on me?”
A Happy Ending
She even started to make threats to the poor passenger. She can be heard saying, “I hope that dog [redacted] you,” she yelled. “You are a healthy person; you clearly don’t need the dog. I hope it [redacted] your future children in their sleep.”
Eventually, a passenger seated behind the woman offered to swap seats with her so they could just enjoy the rest of their flight. Everyone else could be happy, but if the rude woman thought that things would be over, she was going to get a rude awakening.
The flight attendants must have discussed what the repercussion for disrupting the plane was, because the woman has since been banned from all flights on the airline. She’ll have to learn to tolerate others and their unique conditions. We hope that the woman and her service dog the best and that they avoid people like this in the future.
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