Some people would rather explode at a stranger than say ‘excuse me.’

So, what would you do if you were carefully helping your older dog into the car when a stranger started yelling at you for being in their way? Would you immediately apologize? Or would you wonder if you were wrong for not noticing him?

In the following story, this exact scenario happens to a dog owner, and she’s very confused over the whole thing. Here’s what happened.

AITA for temporarily blocking the sidewalk while loading my dog into my car?

I had just returned to my car after walking my dog in a community dog-friendly park.

My car was parallel-parked on a side road near the park entrance. Even on a sunny Sunday, this street is usually quiet, and no one else was around when I got back to the car.

I noticed this because, since my dog is older, loading him takes a bit of time. I had him standing on the sidewalk while I got his water, pulled out his ramp, opened the back of my SUV, unclipped his leash, and helped him inside.

After that, I put everything away and closed up the doors and the back.

She didn’t even see him coming.

As I was getting into the driver’s seat, a man walked by with a cat on a leash and started yelling at me – “Close the door next time” and cussing me out for blocking the sidewalk for what he said was “10 minutes.”

I might be rude because I genuinely didn’t notice him at all, and the whole process of giving the dog water and loading him up probably did take close to 10 minutes. On the other hand, he never tried to get my attention or ask me to move.

What was this guy’s problem!?

If he had said something like, “Hey, we’re trying to get by,” I would have apologized and moved my dog and myself immediately.

Likewise, I understand not wanting to walk his cat by a dog, but the guy could have also gone around the other side, given the absolute lack of traffic.

AITA?

Wow! Some people have no decency.

Let’s see how the folks over at Reddit feel about what she did here.

This person thinks the guy was rude.

According to this comment, people get too mad too easily these days.

This person needs additional info.

Here’s a unique way to look at it.

She did nothing wrong, but that guy needs to calm down because it’s not that serious.

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