To the Gen-x white lady with the older dog: you were walking down the sidewalk, oblivious to the world outside your phone. Our little 23-pound dog with sad-subby energy was waiting patiently to sniff your dog’s butt. Your dog saw our dog. We saw you. When you looked up, startled from your phone, you rudely walked into the parking strip, around a sign, and into the street to avoid saying hello (and letting our dogs say hello). 

What the fuck is wrong with you? Are you too socially anxious and screen addicted to acknowledge the existence of your neighbors, and let your dog get some social interaction? 

You aren’t the only one in this city with social anxiety and a neglected dog. You know the cure? Stop and say hi. 

Trust me: I don’t want to be your friend. But we can peacefully co-exist. Community takes a little effort, though. Wake up!

Do you need to get something off your chest? Submit an I, Anonymous and we’ll illustrate it! Send your unsigned rant, love letter, confession, or accusation to ianonymous@thestranger.com. Please remember to change the names of the innocent and the guilty.

11 replies on “The Seattle Fido Freeze”

  3. @2 Yep. All sorts of weirdness going on in that AI, and for all anyone knows her dog could be a biter and she was saving everyone a headache. But no… sad-subby needs a whiff of anus!

  4. I’m with Gen X lady.

    Though I don’t exist with my head stuck in my phone, I have no desire to interact with people when I’m out for a walk.

    It’s not social anxiety, I just don’t like talking.

    To anyone

  5. Some dogs have lease aggression, some dogs are territorial, some dogs are reactive / skittish, etc. IA, you are not the main character – give it a break and accept she did you a favor.

  6. What a terrible AI, and by that I mean the person – could you feel any more entitled? I appreciate people being friendly, but there’s no requirement, and you have no idea what they or other people are going through. Stop being an entitled Karen.

  8. I don’t have a dog but I often dog sit for my brother and he has a tiny Yorkie and anytime I’m walking him and there’s another dog anywhere near him I pull him away or pick him up. The last thing I need is for another shitty dog to attack my brothers dog while he’s on vacation. It’s not entitlement. It’s me hearing WAY too many stories of friends dogs being attacked by untrained dogs owned by shitty people.

  9. Dear Anonymous,

    Nobody owes you shit.

    Sincerely,

    Everyone

    P.S. I love that you are now pissed off at Gen X instead of the Boomers. (Are you a Millennial or a Zoomer?) Take a listen to the music we listened to in the 90s… guess what? Gen X doesn’t give a fuck about your feelings or what you think you’re entitled to.

    Now get back to work and make sure you get those reports to me on time because your performance review is coming up soon and I don’t have time for bullshit.

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