loose dog in small local Sainsbury

I'd message Sainsbury's.
This is not OK.

I don't think dogs should be in ANY shops or eateries. It's unhygienic. I am terrified of dogs and the places I can go have been drastically reduced in recent years because of this stupid recent trend. What about people with allergies too? Mind you having a dog seems to bring out the selfish streak in people who don't care about anybody who doesn't love their pooch.

My local Sainsbury's has a post outside that most people tie their dogs to.
Guide dogs are different.

I agree with NotSpaghetti. Emails or phone calls higher up the Sainsbury's food chain than local manager. (and make it clear if you want to be anonymous - I just say that as I would want to be as not Terribly Brave...)

I didn't think dogs were allowed in supermarkets apart from service dogs. I'd be taking it up with the manager. And nobody should be tying a dog up outside a supermarket either - that's just asking for trouble these days.

No way should a dog be taken into any food shops , that’s not hygienic . I have little dog and I leave him in the car if it’s a quick pop in type shop . I’d contact Sainsbury’s customer service to say what’s happening . The staff in the shop you go to are totally out of order .

Did the dog sniff/lick/wee on the food?
I can’t believe the pearl clutching at such a trivial incident.
“Dog in local small Sainsbury’s ?”
Shock, horror!
Is this really worth even mentioning?

Did the dog sniff/lick/wee on the food?

Maybe not. Did it wee on the floor?
Is that OK?

ixion

^Did the dog sniff/lick/wee on the food?^

Maybe not. Did it wee on the floor?
Is that OK?

OP doesn’t say that it did, so no less hygienic than a (permitted) guide or assistance dog.

It's not the hygiene bit which bothers me (I'm sure humans do far more unhygienic things in supermarkets all the time). I just didn't think any dogs were allowed in supermarkets apart from actual assistance dogs.

For once I have to say, I don't think dogs, except assistance dogs, should be in supermarkets.
It's most unlikely that they'll wee on the floor, but if one goes in, others will & dog hair could get on the food (it gets everywhere) & some staff are going to want to stroke them & then not wash their hands.Humans are a bigger hygiene risk, but an unavoidable one.
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RosieandherMaw

Did the dog sniff/lick/wee on the food?
I can’t believe the pearl clutching at such a trivial incident.
“Dog in local small Sainsbury’s ?”
Shock, horror!
Is this really worth even mentioning?

My sentiments too.

With the increase in people having emotional support dogs it will probably become more common to see them in supermarkets.

It doesn’t bother me, they will not be touching food as much as humans do.

You’re right Bukkie
Even in Françe, where dogs seem to go eveywhere, they are not permitted in food shops.
My parents had a dog, it stayed at home when they went shopping or out to social events, not attached to them with Velcro.
As others have said, I would raise it higher up the chain, apart from anything else it sets a precedent too.

It's the "not on a lead" bit that astounds me. My dog would be straight over to the bread and cakes section to woof down the lot!

Yes, that's the most bothering bit escaped

Well yes - why is it OK to have a dog running round off a lead in a food shop.

As an aside, Jaxjacky is correct that dogs are not allowed in food shops in France, but in that usual inimitable way, the French have rules just to break them!
I went into a French butchers last month to buy a leg of salt marsh lamb. After doing all the tricky language bit, I asked the butcher to wait a minute while I went back out to swap the dog over with DH who had him on the lead outside. (DH does the paying bit with our travel card on his phone). The butcher's reply was, "Don't be silly Madame, tell him to bring the handsome dog in the shop".
Which we did, and continued to chat for 5 minutes!
I've seen many a French pooch in the bakery in the mornings too.

I'm so glad you mentioned France as I wanted to introduce this story which is a bit off topic. We're were walking past bags of sugar in a French supermarket which were piled on a pallet, birds had found a split packet and were happily pecking away at it and no one took any notice. They must have come in through the roof somewhere!

I'm fed up with dogs everywhere, it's getting ridiculous now. Nightmare for those of us with allergies and I really object to owners letting dogs sit on seats in public transport. They leave, you sit down and your clothes are then covered in dog hair. As for ' support' dogs, not all of those are genuine. Some folk certainly do have proper support dogs, but others are questionable. I think it's awful that staff are expected to clean up after other people's dogs too.

Spain seems to actively ignore the no dogs in food shops directive.

I am surprised when I go into a restaurant there and do not see a dog, usually a small variety sitting on a seat at the table…

RosieandherMaw

Did the dog sniff/lick/wee on the food?
I can’t believe the pearl clutching at such a trivial incident.
“Dog in local small Sainsbury’s ?”
Shock, horror!
Is this really worth even mentioning?

Yes, it is worth mentioning.

The dog wasn’t even on a lead.

Not all of us on GN want to see dogs everywhere we go, particularly as we food shop.

No desire to see them sniffing/licking/weeing on any food I might be buying, thank you.

It would be the Sainsbury’s employees lax attitude that would irritate me more to be honest.

I am keen on control of infectious diseases, yet it seems to me that humans are a lot less hygienic than dogs in food shops.
I gave seen humans behaving less hygienically in food shops than dogs. Also, do you really believe men always wash their hands after they have a pee!

This world is basically an unhygienic place, and dogs cause a lot less trouble hygiene-wise than humans.