The New “Pethood”

I was in the line for the drive-up window a few days ago at the local coffee shop, and in the car ahead of me, a little furry head poked out of the driver’s window.  The server reached through the window and started feeding the dog from a packet of potato hash brown nuggets.  Now, I love pets as much as the next person, particularly dogs, but as there wasn’t much opportunity for her to go and wash her hands, and she’d be handing other people’s food using those same, dog-licked fingers, I was awfully glad that I had ordered only coffee.  And further, the driver pulled away with that same furry face peeking out the driver’s window, meaning it was in the driver’s lap.  I do hope dog and pet- parent weren’t going far.  

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