April 15, 2025 at 1:49 pm

An Old Woman Asked Them To Wait For Another Elevator With Their Two Dogs, But They Didn’t See Why They Should Wait

by Matthew Gilligan

woman with two dogs and laptop

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If you’re gonna live in a dog-friendly building, you should probably be cool with, you know, seeing dogs around on a regular basis.

But you know how some people can be…they have to complain about everything!

Check out this story from Reddit’s “Am I the *******?” page and see if you think this person was out of line for how she handled this situation.

You’re going to want the details.

AITA for taking my two dogs on my building’s elevator?

“This happened this morning and I wanted to know what you all thought.

I’ll start by saying that I live in a dog-friendly building in NYC.

The building has been dog-friendly for at least 40 years, although I only moved in 3 years ago.

I have two small (7 lb and 13 lb) senior dogs.

We had finished our morning walk and were waiting for the elevator at the first floor.

The elevator picked a passenger up in the basement and then stopped at the first floor, where I began getting on with my dogs.

I saw that the older woman already on was one that I had seen around before.

I suspected that she wasn’t a dog-person since I’d never seen her pet any, but had no reason to believe she had a phobia since a) dogs are frequently coming and going and b) she chose to live in a dog-friendly apartment building, when ones that prohibit dogs are actually easier to find.

By some vagaries of our schedules, we never rode the elevator together before.

Huh?

When the woman saw I had two dogs she asked “Can you wait for the next one? I don’t like riding the elevator with dogs.”

I said, “No, sorry, I need to get to work, but I’ll pick them up and hold them.”

She then began scolding/berating me for being “rude” and “disrespecting her age” and saying that she had been on the elevator first and that I had no right to get on if she didn’t want me to.

What’s the big deal?

I was pretty irritated and commented that I didn’t understand why she chose to live in a dog-friendly building if she was so anti-dog, and that the elevator was a public space.

She then went on to say “I’m not scared of dogs, but I have feelings about them.”

To which I replied “Great, if you’re not scared of them, we don’t have a problem.”

She then continued to tell me she couldn’t believe how awful I was and that she’s never had a neighbor like me.

My thought is that not liking dogs in a dog-friendly building is a “you problem.”

I don’t like riding the elevator with crotchety people, but it doesn’t give me the right to tell them to wait for the next one.

So what do you think?

AITA for not waiting for the next elevator?”

Check out what readers had to say about this.

This person said they’re NTA.

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Another individual agreed.

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This reader shared their thoughts.

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Another reader chimed in.

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And this person spoke up.

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This lady might want to start taking the stairs!

She needs an attitude adjustment.

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