Re: Dogs in Aisle 6

Your Aug. 14, 2015 editorial on dogs being allowed in stores was very appropriate and needed as the issue of pets being permitted in stores is very timely. You may be interested in a story from New Yorker (Oct. 20, 2014), entitled “Pets Allowed” and the follow-up Letters to the Editor (Oct. 27, 2014) issue of the magazine. I shared the story and the letters with one of the large box stores in the area and their policy actually did change and they are now reminding customers not to bring their pets into the store.

Larry Crandall

Sammamish

Dogs: Grocery workers stuck in the middle

I used to work in a grocery store and we were told it was corporate policy to not ask people to take their animals outside. The only person who could ask the person to leave was a manager and that was usually only after a complaint by a customer. I have seen people with animals confronted in stores, and it never ends well. The person with the pet gets angry, yells, screams and sometimes it turns into a knock down, drag-out fight. All because they didn’t want to leave little pooky at home or in a car. So, I think your perception is a trifle skewed on the matter. It’s not that employees don’t care, we could get lambasted, written up or just screamed at for asking that they leave their animal somewhere else.

Linda Joner

Issaquah