Redditor Sabotages His Neighbor's Efforts To Find His Runaway Dog

"I just keep running and eventually get away from what was going on."

Filip

• Published in Interesting
• March 22, 2023

Living in a pleasant neighborhood is something that everyone desires. But it's often the hardest thing to find when choosing where to live.

People are so different, and you never know what to expect from them. Yet, we still hope everyone possesses basic social norms until proven otherwise.

Recently, a Redditor asked the community for advice and shared their story online. Redditor goes for a run in their neighborhood multiple times a week and almost always run the same route.

Last time while running down a side street, they noticed a man chasing a dog. The man asked the OP if they could help him by grabbing the dog for him, but the OP pretended they didn't hear him.

OP bypassed them and kept running. While this OP's act doesn't seem friendly, they also explained why they didn't want to be involved in chasing someone's dog.

OP said they don't like dogs because they had unpleasant experiences with dogs in their neighborhood and learned the hard way that it's best to stay away from them as much as possible. Later, on the way home, OP saw the owner still looking for his dog.

The owner even approached them and asked why they didn't want to help him. OP explained to him their point of view and continued their run.

But about a quarter mile away, they saw the lost dog approaching a lady who was walking her dogs. They even heard her talking to the lost dog, wondering where its owner was, but decided to stay quiet and went home because it was none of their business.

Now, OP is in a dilemma whether their actions were wrong in this whole situation.

Here's the question:

Here's how it started:

"I act like I don't hear him and keep running."

"I'm not much of a fan of the dogs (or owners) in my neighborhood"

Later, the OP even explained to the owner why they wouldn't want to help him:

But OP's act here... Just made them think again about this whole situation:

"YTA for not telling the woman where the owner was."

"A little help would've been nice"

"You could've at least told the lady walking her dogs who/where the owner was and had her help."

"It's not understandable to refuse to aid someone in distress in a safe way."

Apparently, too hard.

"That's just next level asshole."

"There's definitely no excuse for that."

"The other stuff is understandable but that last part was just you being an asshole."

"It doesn’t seem like you’re scared of dogs, but that you’ve built up resentment towards them"

Obviously, we are all different, but some politeness wouldn't kill anyone. The OP should have, at least, told the lady that the owner was still looking for his dog and showed her where he was.

Although OP had their reason for not wanting to grab the unknown dog, ignoring the whole situation was still very rude, according to other Redittors.

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