I am handicapped -- this morning Spires Restaurant in Torrance , CA, discriminated against me.

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218. Recently in a local deli restaurant

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I spotted a guy with a small dog in the booth cuddled up beside him. He was about to leave, and when he did, someone at the next table called the manager over to complain. The manager just shrugged his shoulders, explaining that the guy was a "regular." The same week I was at a yogurt/ice cream shop at the beach when a guy walked in with a St. Bernard. The dog slobbered all over the display cases. It was a very unappetizing sight. The teenagers behind the counter came around to pet the dog and then went right back to work. I walked out without buying anything. Another recent time I boarded a bus right in front of a woman holding a dog. The bus driver challenged her and she became indignant and practically yelled that her dog was a service animal. No, he wasn't. He barked his head off, lunged toward other passengers, and, when she put him down, peed all over the floor. The bus driver had to pull over to clean up the mess.

You are right about the social pressure. If more people spoke up and managers were more willing to do their job, only legitimate service animals performing an actual service to their owners would be allowed in places where lawmakers have declared pets don't belong.