‘I'll quit if you bring your dogs': Worker prevents coworkers from bringing their dogs to the office, says 'dogs don't belong at work', maintains stand despite mounting disapproval

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    Font - AITA for preventing our office from going dog friendly My job does an annual benefits review where they evaluated our current benefits and took suggestions for new benefits.
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    Font - This was done in small groups to have an open discussion. We are an office of about 35 people. We can't really work from home a lot because in person collaboration is needed. I like my job a lot. I've (M35) always kept it on the down low I hate dogs. If I tell someone I don't like them I usually get a "whats wrong with you?" from
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    Font - people. I was in the final group to have a discussion. The topic of a dog friendly office came up. They said this was likely to be implemented based off the feedback so far. They'd test this out with a few Fridays before fully implementing
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    Font - it. I spoke up against this. I explained my reasoning, Said it would be a terrible idea, and if implemented i'd re-evaluate my employment here. This is now unlikely to occur and everyone is blaming me. It seemed like this was something a
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    Font - lot wanted. My co-workers and I went to a happy hour and I got the cold shoulder from many of them. Even received some di n comments that happy hour. I've even had a few ask me to change my mind, apparently being able to bring the dog in would save
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    Font - them a lot of money from walkers/boarding etc. I've maintained my stance to my co- workers and have been called selfish and ruining it for other. I just want nothing to do with dogs in our office. AITA?
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    Font - MaybeAWalrus - 2 mo. ago NTA. Your company sucks for trying to implement that without conducting an ANONYMOUS survey. And now you have to deal with retaliation. Having dog in the workplace is a huge disruption. I am a dog lover but I hated having dog in the office. Reply Share 3.4k
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    Font - TemptingPenguin369 2 mo. ago Your company sucks for trying to implement that without conducting an ANONYMOUS survey. That's part of why I find this story unbelievable. What office sets up people to be ostracized by co- workers?
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    Font - 679 bmoreskyandsea. 2 mo. ago Reply Share Oh it's believable, lots of s management out there. ↑ 1.1k Reply Share y
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    Font - slackerchic 2 mo. ago NTA. Sorry but dogs don't belong in a work setting. Kids don't belong in a work setting. They're distracting. There are days where I wish that I could just put my daughter in my pocket and bring her to work with me. But I can't.
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    Font - Because it's work. Not home. The truej k here is your boss that did not conduct this research anonymously, leading you to be singled out. 409 Reply Share
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    Font - GoldenFrog14 - 2 mo. ago NTA. I have a dog. I generally like dogs. I am also very against the idea that dogs should be welcome anywhere, and people who judge others for not liking dogs need to mind their business 70 Reply Share
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    Font - D • 2 mo. ago . People get dogs and complain they have to take care of it.. It's not on you or your office to accomodate people who chose to have pets, what the hell is this mentality?
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    Font - NTA, pets have no place in a work space unless it's a pet oriented job. Plus, have people in your office never heard of allergies? Fur? Noise? Smell? Liabilities?
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    Font - There's literally no real upside to have that implemented, the office can open a pet daycare next door, if they insist on having pets to work. And if people get to bring their dog to work, I wanna bring my pet snake in too. Where will it end?
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    Font - anathema_deviced - 2 mo. ago NTA. I'm allergic to dogs, and it is hell every time we have a dog friendly day or an on-site event where dogs are brought in. I shouldn't have to live on allergy medicine to get my work done.
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    Font - ETA: I like dogs and have owned breeds that don't trigger my allergies. I just think it's ridiculous to allow dogs in an office environment. 46 Reply Share
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    Font - Impossible_Zebra8664 2 mo. ago NTA -- Pets don't really belong in the average workplace, and I'm surprised an employer would want to deal with that kind of liability. People have phobias, people have allergies, and people have preferences.
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    Font - If it wasn't dog-friendly when you started, you have every right to object to them making that kind of a drastic change. 41 Reply Share

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