Health inspector tells convenience store to get rid of "greeter" dog

The order has come down: The store has to remove Cody the chocolate Labrador, or the Florida Department of Agriculture will declare all of its food products — mostly bottled sodas, Slim Jims and candy bars — unfit for consumption. (TampaBay.com)

Comments

[Joe Bagodonuts]

I don't know what the news of this story is, that Florida Health inspectors really take their jobs seriously, or that Slim Jims *are* fit for human consumption.

[sometimesilie]

I guarantee you that the dog is cleaner than many of the customers. Name your bet.

[Phranqlin]

Maybe the owner could get Cody declared as a service animal.

Also, it's refreshing to see someone act like an adult. Although the owner is clearly upset about not being able to bring his dog to work, on camera (at least) he's not having a temper tantrum about it. That's almost OS&RR worthy in itself.

Cue the inevitable Dick Tater diatribe against dogs ....

[Sigh]

I can see it now:

"No, no, no, thats my 'greeter' cockroach!"

[sometimesilie]

"Cue the inevitable Dick Tater diatribe against dogs ...."

Oh, to be so lucky...

[RockyMtnMac]

"Our beef jerkey is nearly rectum-free"
-Apu Nahasapeemapetilon from the Simpsons
(Yes, I looked up his name)
To this day, I can't eat Slim Jims because of that statement.

[buddy]

dogs are animals. they have no place being around food. im sure this bp station does have open food of some sort.

[sometimesilie]

But humans are also animals...

[buddy]

if you cant see a difference between a human and a dog then you are an idiot.

there are even rules for humans... no shirt, no shoes, no service.

[John]

"There's no way one of my dog's hairs are going to get into a bag of Doritos,"

Sure, but there's also no way for customers to tell that your dog didn't take a crap in the carton of Doritos before you sold it. Pets+food=unsanitary. This animal belongs to a species that eats feces-its own and everyone else's-with wild abandon. I love dogs, but I don't need a dog's poop-tongue all over my *supposedly* safe processed food.

[sometimesilie]

buddy, dogs are cleaner than many of the people who I encounter on a daily basis.

[Jim]

Dogs are people too!!!

[305club]

I hear in Europe they let dogs into restaurants. This is just another hang up yankees have (I know I've got it). But hell who can't love a happy dog in a shirt. I say let Cody stay. Think of all the animals that are around a Slim Jim before it's packaged. And furthermore has anyone ever found a dogs foot in a Pepsi? I rest my case.

[American Veteran]

Phranklin,
dick taster would reather that read "servicing dogs".
He only hates them because one said no.

[LimeGreenLizard]

Stay, Cody! Stay!

[LimeGreenLizard]

"Wow, man. I wonder what Great Dane tastes like."
Cheech Marin

[Phranqlin]

"Sure, but there's also no way for customers to tell that your dog didn't take a crap in the carton of Doritos before you sold it."

Yeah, an open Dorito's bag full of dog poop is easy to miss when you're in the throes of a junk food jones.

[Nick]

The contamination of food products is only permitted at the factory. If Cody got into the pre packaged and processed foods, who knows who may get hurt. Way to go a govermental agency providing nonsense yet again, Hooray

[Charles]

Will losing the dog make Slim Jims and soda fit for human consumption?

[lokidogg1]

I dont think the dog should be removed, however if the overlords of the state say he has to in order to remain operational then he should. Then he needs to refuse to serve anyone in a state owned vehicle, not alot of karma but it will make him feel a little better.

[John]

Ah, but sometimesilie, they're only cleaner by the *number* of bacteria. As I pointed out, this is a species that routinely eats its owne feces and that of anything it comes in contact with. A mouthful of poo might only have a certain amount of bacteria, but if *all* the bacteria is fecal coliform bacteria, it's not all that important how much there is. Not to mention parasites commonly carried by household pets. And Phranqlin, perhaps my shit-in-a-carton example might have been extreme (but who knows if that bag just got a cursory rinse?). But then consider that filth-laden mouth I just described. If *my* dog licks my hand and gets me sick, that's my problem. If *his* dog licks my food and gets me sick, I've been screwed by someone else not caring about cleanliness. Oh, and I haven't even touched on stray hair and stepping in his own turds. I bet that's a treat too.

[dobie]

There's also no way for customers to tell that your minimum wage employee didn't take a crap in the carton of Doritos before you sold it.

[Lupin]

What gets me is that I work in an area of San Francisco full of expensive condos. People here seem to think the rules of dogs in food establishments doesn't apply to them. I see dogs in the safeway here every week and no one says a thing. I live in a middle income neighborhood in San Jose and have yet to see a single dog in our Safeway. Seems to be a rich person thing.

[Dog Man]

Yeah, read an online article about this owner and dog, and how the customers love him. This is what happens when you draw attention to yourself.
I hope he leaves Cody at home, but keeps up the media attention until the Florida authorities grow weary of the time and expense.

[Jetfixer]

The Health Department needs to lighten up! There's no way dog hairs can get into a sealed package.

[anita]

If I was coming into this store and planning of robbing the place I might think twice about it. A large lab could act as a deterant to crime.