Hubby & I went to the Brewers – Cubs game this weekend. It was an absolutely perfect fall day; bright, sunny and 85 degrees. The people from Illinois in the black SUV who parked next to us brought 3 dogs with them ~ 2 young puggles and an older collie mix.
As it became clear they intended to leave them unattended, yours truly got involved. I was very calm, non-confrontational but very firm. I explained in detail how dangerous it was for the animals and suggested they take turns staying with the dogs or leaving, but let them know I was not going to let them leave the dogs in there. They truly had no clue. The man became quite agitated yet would not engage with me. The woman became very concerned and seemed to finally understand.
Meanwhile, my husband went into the game knowing I wasn’t going anywhere. After about ½ hour the two got into the truck and just sat there yelling at each other, him berating her for being stupid and listening to a stranger among other abusive talk – at that point, nothing at all about the dogs and her just crying and yelling back at him to stop calling her names and stupid.
At that point, I should’ve just butted out, but offered to share in going in and out of the game attending the dogs. She said there was no way they were staying after the way he was treating her and they “left”. In case they planned to find another parking spot, I reported the vehicle with plate # to the on site sheriff’s dept. and security patrolling the lots.
What would you have done?