I work in a restaurant and today a man walked in with his ABSOLUTE UNIT of a pitbull today. I've never seen one so big! Anyway, I visibly stepped back and said 'sir I'm afraid we don't allow dogs in the restaurant'. Unfortunately for him I know the law up and down re this issue. Here's the conversation that ensued:

Him: 'oh its a service animal'

Me: 'and what service does the dog perform?' (By law I'm allowed to ask this)

Him: he's an emotional support animal (I knew I had him now)

Me: unfortunately under NY state law, an emotional support animal is not recognized as a service animal

Him: well its a federal law. So you're breaking the law by not letting my dog come in in

Me: no we're not, the America Disability Act, which is federal, also says the same thing

Him: well i don't want to argue with you but by law...

Me: sir I'm sorry, the dog cannot come into this establishment unless its a service animal and you have stated its an ESA which isn't recognized as a service animal.

At this point, his wife entered and was pissed and said 'ive never heard that before, nobodys ever questioned it'. I repeated what I said to the guy and they left.

I thought to myself 'yeah well maybe if more people stood up to this nonsense, you would be more aware. And if you want to bring your giant disgusting XL Bully with you, KNOW THE LAW ffs!'

What if there was a genuine service animal in there, say a guide dog or something and this dog tried to attack it just because (as its not trained as a service animal.) It really pisses me off. Emotional support animal...., get a fucking grip! I gotta tell ya though, it was very satisfying.