Sounds to me like an absolute nightmare, putting many dogs together ensures some of them won’t like each other and will create a bark fest, triggering other dogs to bark too. Dogs might be pack animals, but their pack is with its humans and it will try to protect its pack from other packs
We did a “bring your dog to work day” at my workplace and this is pretty much how it went. By noon, all the dog-bringers had taken their pets home.
Personally I don’t mind, but I find it problematic mostly because not everyone can be around dogs, be it because of allergies or past experiences.
Like literally anything else in the office, ask the question and respect people’s limits. It can add to a workplace culture but not enough to overcome making someone uncomfortable. My dog is hypoallergenic so it occasionally gets special visitation privileges.
Hard no for me. People feel way too entitled to bring their dogs everywhere. Your being a pet owner doesn’t mean everyone else also has to love and want to be around your dog. I’m afraid of most big dogs and if I had to routinely encounter them at work, I’d be looking for a different job. I’m also very allergic to them and despite taking allergy meds every day, I’d be miserable with dogs in a shared space I couldn’t escape.
I prefer they don’t. I’ve worked in places that allowed dogs, and mileage varies. Some dogs are adorable and well behaved, but then you have annoying ones. I hate trying to think how to solve something and be randomly interrupted by barking.
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i hate it
Dog owners are some of the most entitled people in the world. I swear the invention of those green dog poop bags was terrible for this planet because everyone bags the dog poop, ties it shut, and LEAVES THE BAG on trails or sidewalks or in bushes. JFC people, be responsible for your pet!
Thank god not everyone does this or you’d see millions of them everywhere. There’s definitely the odd deranged dog owner who thinks it a good idea to – instead of cleaning up the dog shit – package it such that it does not ever decay.
I’ve got a tendency to pick these up and throw them out because otherwise I’ll be looking at them for months.
I used to cut grass for the city, I feel this comment 100% and don’t get me wrong I think dogs are beautiful animals but holy shit their owners can be the worst, if you don’t want to pick it up what makes you think I want it all over my face and clothes? And yes, leaving your dog’s fecies in a bag just makes matters worse dumb arse, take it with you!
Hard to imagine a dog wearing safety boots, hardhat, hi-vis vest and safety goggles while also having completed the proper safety training to enter the jobsite
Not acceptable at all. But bringing a cat would be just fine.
No work would get done because of all the cats on keyboards!
What a nightmare
I would find it awkward if not only my colleagues but also their pets would suddenly be in my home. I would need to wear pants and I don’t even know how everyone would fit in here. There’s not enough space.
No way. I don’t want my clothes and computer covered in dog hair. I don’t want my fingers licked. I don’t want to smell dog breath or wet dog. I don’t want to look at my coworker’s dog taking a shit or peeing on the carpet, nor do I want to smell it.
Hell yeah I would love that. As long as it was made sure that there was no one at the workplace who is allergic or scared of dogs or something
So fire people because they have allergies?
Lmao noooo I mean don’t invite the dog if someone has allergies
No, just broadcast thinly-veiled resentment at them (in my experience having been the person with allergies in that situation).
I personally like it when my coworkers bring their dogs. They’re chill so they can hang out without being rambunctious and loud, and they help with stress. I like it when they sleep at my feet, or poke my leg for some pets. I understand why some people in the comments don’t want them but honestly it greatly improves my day when they’re here.
We don’t have any coworkers who are allergic, but if we did, it would naturally be a dealbreaker.
I am not a dog lover. I find them needy, melodramatic and hierarchical: some of the features that I try to avoid in humans.
I work in an office around one day a week which often has more dogs than humans - since one of the regular staff has two dogs. In general, however, they aren’t much of a problem. One frequently nudges people’s elbows to get attention and howls whenever a phone rings. Another gets in the way of the door an awful lot - resulting in the owner installing a child gate at an inner doorway, and another has been traumatised in the past and needs to be taken out whenever a fire alarm test is due. However, this is not more that the needs and quirks of other people, really, and is fairly easy to work around.
I am glad that I do not have to work in that office all the time, but overall it is not a big deal.
If the dog doesn’t hang around me and stay for lots of pats, I’m against it.
