While Forte (SDiT) and I were walking back to the car for a water break we passed a mother and young child. Kid was maybe five? possibly younger and lit up at seeing Forte while yelling doggy! Mom quietly told her "I know you love dogs but that one is working so we can't say hi."

Little kid immediately burst into tears and mom took her to the side of the path. In an oh so gentle tone mom said "I know you have big feelings about dogs. Do you want to tell me about it? Or do you want me to explain why we can't say hi?"

I didn't hear the rest because I didn't want to linger and make the situation any harder.

First off... I have BRIGHT RED hair.

So I work security for a Ford partner factory/plant. I was walking back from the restroom, and one of the red vests (supervisors) stopped me and said, "girl you always lookin like straw berry shortcake."

(Under the cut is a cropped Pic of me)

So this story is a bit old, maybe from Septemberish. I have a Disneyland pass and I regularly go, especially with my other handler friends. We’re with my friend, we’ll call her Dobe Handler. It’s late and I’m tired, hungry, and a bit triggered by the fireworks that had just gone off. I was tired of the general public’s shit and Dobe Handler was noticing I was getting agitated by the hour from the people constantly distracting my service dog. We wanted to go on one last ride so we chose the big ride in the middle of the park. Matterhorn has crates so we were waiting for them to set them up for us so we could ride. The girl in question was about 18-19, so she knew better and was able to read the patches that say “do not distract” in big, bright, bold lettering.

Me: *waiting in line for Matterhorn*

Mya: *sitting quietly at my feet*

Random Girl: *turns around to see Mya* Puppy!

Me: *glares at her*

Random Girl: *ignores my glare, starts patting legs* Hi there, doggy! Aren’t you good! Come here puppy!

Me: *turns and starts patting legs at the girl, calling in a high pitched voice* Hello, human! Come here, human! Who’s a good girl? You are!

Random Girl: *looks shocked and appalled, turns back around*

Dobe Handler: Oh my God, I can’t believe you just fucking did that.

Me: I’m tired, don’t judge me.