So for some reason Youtube put a video titled "Pizza Hut Employee Grabs My PHONE!.
I begin watching the video, and it's basically about a guy eating in Pizza Hut with his service dog, and the employees are asking him to leave because they don't think he's allowed to have an animal in the restaurant, or it's against their policies, or whatever. The guy has obviously had this issue before because he can quote what an Americans with Disabilities Act website says.
He provides this website: https://www.ada.gov/regs2010/service_animal_qa.html.
Some quotes from the site:
Q1. What is a service animal?
A. Under the ADA, a service animal is defined as a dog that has been individually trained to do work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability. The task(s) performed by the dog must be directly related to the person's disability.Q5. Does the ADA require service animals to be professionally trained?
A. No. People with disabilities have the right to train the dog themselves and are not required to use a professional service dog training program.Q7. What questions can a covered entity's employees ask to determine if a dog is a service animal?
A. In situations where it is not obvious that the dog is a service animal, staff may ask only two specific questions: (1) is the dog a service animal required because of a disability? and (2) what work or task has the dog been trained to perform? Staff are not allowed to request any documentation for the dog, require that the dog demonstrate its task, or inquire about the nature of the person's disability.TLDR: According to the ADA, anyone can bring any breed dog with no sort of certification or proof of training, into almost any establishment, and not only are you forbidden from asking them to leave, you're forbidden to ask almost anything about it.Q17. Does the ADA require that service animals be certified as service animals?
A. No. Covered entities may not require documentation, such as proof that the animal has been certified, trained, or licensed as a service animal, as a condition for entry.
I was really surprised to see this. I'm not one to accuse people of abusing laws, but this seems like it could so easily be abused that it's essentially a "you can now bring your dogs anywhere" law.
Am I just a dick for thinking it's a bit far reaching for the law to tell any business "you must allow dogs"?