When Did We Become So Entitled?

I went to the bank today and what I experienced was shocking, but not new. A woman paraded into the bank with a small dog in tow. The bank was as quiet as a library as several transactions were taking place and the tellers were speaking to the customers in low voices. The music was soothing, and for a Saturday morning it was quite relaxing. All of sudden- out of nowhere- a large dog bounded out from beneath a check writing station and barked an unbelievably loud and shrill bark, aiming his annoyance at the small dog. This not only broke up the semi-silence, but scared the living daylights of every customer and teller in the bank, including yours truly. After several minutes, most of our blood pressures levelled off again, and I wondered aloud when did it become socially acceptable to bring animals into businesses? You can bring pets into vet offices, obviously, but when did it become ok to bring them into banks, cleaners, post offices, etc? I am well aware of the A.D.A laws, and we are NOT talking about retrievers or shepherds who assist the bilnd and physically challenged. We are talking about PETS. I confront people each and every day who feel they are above the social mores and laws and bring their pets into my work place. Just yesterday, a young lady tried to explain to me that her yorkie was a "service dog" that she didn't normally bring with her into the bank, but it was too hot to leave her in the car ( a car, by the way, parked in an underground parking garage out of direct sunlight). Why are you bringing a dog out into the heat to begin with? After leaving the bank, I visited STAPLES and literally ran into a guy who had a pit bull on a leash in the store. I couldn't believe it, considering how close I came to the dog after bumping into the owner. The dog doesn't know this but I've shot a few pit bulls in my day, and would do it again in a second. These are nasty vicious animals bred and raised to fight and kill. Had the dog interpreted my run-in as an "assault" on his owner, whose to say he would've attacked me at that point? For sure, I'd rename the chain "Scala's Stationary Supplies" and the Lakers would be winning championships at" THE SCALADOME" because I'd own STAPLES! So, I ask you, when did we become so entitled that we can do whatever we want to, damn everyone else. I ask you- would you allow a friend to visit in your house with their Alaskan Husky on a leash, uninvited and unexpected? Where does it stop? I have friends who own iguanas as pets, or burmese pythons. How about a horse? Horses have been labelled as "service animals" as well- can I bring one into a bank? I would LOVE to see someone challenge this sometime. If they kicked the horse and horseowner out of the bank, it would amount to animal discrimination, wouldn't it? Hell, we're recognizing gay penguins these days, might as well take up for and support the discriminated Black Bear or the blind bat!I'm as animal friendly as many of you reading this essay, so don't even go there. I just do not feel that it is polite, correct or socially acceptable to bring things that I like and that please ME into the world that includes people other than myself. This is the ultimate definition of selfishness. We have individual rights, but the rights of the people outweigh the individual rights almost always. I say it is about time people leave their PETS at home. The people I know with dogs never even walk them or visit with them. They leave them outside to bark throughout the day and night. Most of those with pets shouldn't even HAVE pets. If it were left up to me, I would keep the dogs and pets and do away with the owners. Most of THOSE people just suck...