Lotus’s go pet-friendly shopping paw-tnership in 100 stores in Thailand

[Butts]

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[blackshadow]

until they see/find all the DOG SH**t

[J Branche]

Oh God,  Do I have to see another idiot pushing their dog around in a baby stroller why I do my shopping.  I think I will import a Great Dane and side car to drive him around in just to see their expression when he leaves a monster size deposit in the middle of the store.

[Sticky Rice Balls]

1 hour ago, impulse said:

On the spectrum of disgusting things I've seen in Asian markets, stores, and restaurants, dogs don't even make it into the top half.

 

If K-Village is any indicator, they may increase foot traffic, even quite a bit. 

 

Of course, anyone who doesn't like dogs may want to do a hard pass.

 

freedom of choice.....is my opinion Lotus is playing with fire and is a matter of time......

[AhFarangJa]

3 hours ago, Bim Smith said:

Why because they are unclean? I could catch a 1000 things from you that could kill me. Not one from a dog except Rabies 

Really, I suggest you do a little more research Sir. Just a few of the infections dogs carry, which are easily passed to humans.......

Pasteurella, Salmonella, Brucella, Yersinia enterocolitica, Campylobacter, Capnocytophaga, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Coxiella burnetii, Leptospira, Staphylococcus intermedius and Methicillin resistance staphylococcus aureus 

Think about that the next time you see a dog kiss its owner after licking it Ar**.

[sambum]

"Pets must be safely contained within a bag or a trolley.
Pet parents are responsible for providing an appropriate bag or cart for their furry companions."

 

Seeing some of the actions of some of Thailand's pet Pit Bulls, I think a tank might be more appropriate!

[MrJ2U]

"Dogs*it clean up on aisle 5"

 

 

[proton]

7 hours ago, impulse said:

Doesn't seem so unreasonable to me, as long as they're not free to wander and pee up and down the aisles.

 

In my hometown, people can bring their support animals into stores.  Stores aren't allowed to challenge whether that's actually a trained support animal, or if the person is even entitled to a support animal (by some medical criteria), without fear of a lawsuit.  There's some pretty mangy "support animals" traipsing in the stores, with no way they'd fit in a trolley.

 

How do you stop a dog peeing up any post or wall they feel like? Support animals are a scam, total fraud. The only support animal which should be allowed in a store is a guide dog for the blind, but do not recall ever seeing one in Thailand. Dogs in shops is unhygienic, even the cleanest dribble all over the place and are a health and safety risk, leave the things at home.

[transam]

Just now, proton said:

How do you stop a dog peeing up any post or wall they feel like? Support animals are a scam, total fraud. The only support animal which should be allowed in a store is a guide dog for the blind, but do not recall ever seeing one in Thailand. Dogs in shops is unhygienic, even the cleanest dribble all over the place and are a health and safety risk, leave the things at home.

The dogs do not go into the Tesco food store..............????

[proton]

Just now, transam said:

The dogs do not go into the Tesco food store..............????

I did not claim they did, and get up to date, there are no longer any Tesco's here!

[transam]

Just now, proton said:

I did not claim they did, and get up to date, there are no longer any Tesco's here!

Then why the rant............????

 

Some of us old farangy's still refer to Lotus as Tesco's.........????

[proton]

Just now, transam said:

Then why the rant............????

 

Some of us old farangy's still refer to Lotus as Tesco's.........????

don't know what you are talking about as usual! 

[transam]

1 minute ago, proton said:

don't know what you are talking about as usual! 

That's OK, you crack-on.........????

[impulse]

4 minutes ago, proton said:

How do you stop a dog peeing up any post or wall they feel like? Support animals are a scam, total fraud. The only support animal which should be allowed in a store is a guide dog for the blind, but do not recall ever seeing one in Thailand. Dogs in shops is unhygienic, even the cleanest dribble all over the place and are a health and safety risk, leave the things at home.

That's one opinion. 

 

I used to go to K-Village specifically because they allow dogs.  Not that I had one.  But I missed my dogs that I had to leave behind when I came to Thailand.  It was nice to interact with well behaved dogs, meet their owners and talk schnauzers.

 

My bet (and apparently Lotus's too) is that for every baht that avoids the place, more baht will be spent because they allow dogs.

 

We'll see. They're only testing it on a small percentage of their total stores.   But it seemed to work well for K-Village.

[quake]

12 minutes ago, proton said:

How do you stop a dog peeing up any post or wall they feel like? Support animals are a scam, total fraud. The only support animal which should be allowed in a store is a guide dog for the blind, but do not recall ever seeing one in Thailand. Dogs in shops is unhygienic, even the cleanest dribble all over the place and are a health and safety risk, leave the things at home.

Hear, Hear, 

[jerrymahoney]

9 minutes ago, proton said:

I did not claim they did, and get up to date, there are no longer any Tesco's here!

So if dogs do not go into the Tesco/Lotus's food store, what happens to the dogs when the dog owner wants to go into the food store.

[quake]

8 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

So if dogs do not go into the Tesco/Lotus's food store, what happens to the dogs when the dog owner wants to go into the food store.

Can wait, and have a Tab outside,  like most normal  dogs do.

 

 

[swerve]

Another ridiculous idea.

[Sydebolle]

Are these people for real? Just gave me yet another reason not going there for shopping.

Maybe it explains the "s" when they renamed the stores to       Lotus's ???? 

[Espanol]

5 hours ago, Jan vc said:

Dogs welcome at Lotus.

Where can they be found? In the sale or with the frozen products!?

 

They are going to have many Vietnamese clients 

 

[dinsdale]

Excellent idea. I'm sure all those pooches that get dressed up by their stupid owners will appreciate the airconditioning.

[khaowong1]

Most every store in the US allows customers to bring their pet dogs in the store with them.  Been doing this for about 3 or 4 years now.  Nothing to see here, move along.  

[fulhamster]

7 hours ago, Crossy said:

A list of the affected stores is here:- https://corporate.lotuss.com/news/corporate/pet-friendly-mall1/

 

Sadly our local one is on it ???? 

Sadly the EN option only covers half of the heading.

So no idea which branches to avoid

[fulhamster]

14 minutes ago, khaowong1 said:

Most every store in the US allows customers to bring their pet dogs in the store with them.  Been doing this for about 3 or 4 years now.  Nothing to see here, move along.  

So who is at fault when an innocent customer is bitten by a dog - the owner or the store ?

[BenStark]

1 minute ago, fulhamster said:

Sadly the EN option only covers half of the heading.

So no idea which branches to avoid

Why you would need to avoid branches? You think that from now on every lotus will be full of dogs?

[fulhamster]

6 minutes ago, BenStark said:

Why you would need to avoid branches? You think that from now on every lotus will be full of dogs?

Those that are encouraging customers to bring their pets -- yes

[Venom]

Oh boy that's exciting, go CP chicken! 

[still kicking]

8 hours ago, J Branche said:

Oh God,  Do I have to see another idiot pushing their dog around in a baby stroller why I do my shopping.  I think I will import a Great Dane and side car to drive him around in just to see their expression when he leaves a monster size deposit in the middle of the store.

You always can take a plastic bag with you and pick it up 

[riclag]

12 hours ago, John Drake said:

My Lotus has the chicken and other meat uncovered, laying out where you pick it up with tongs to put in a plastic bag. I'm not going to buy something that may have been licked, bit, chewed, or slobbered on by some stinky hound.

If this happens as you suggest!

I’ll be breaking the Thainess rule,

of saving face, by expressing my displeasure to Management!

My wife wont be happy !

This idea is ludicrous!

[quake]

I think most Thai dog owners are just to irresponsible 

for this to be a good idea.

Leave the dog at home and go shopping.