Went on a walk today with my dog and we were turning a corner while walking on the left side of the road (in the US, this is the correct side for pedestrians to be walking on). As we were walking a man was coming right at us. I tried to move my dog as quickly as possible but obviously he was still fairly close to the man. He did not touch the man, jump on him, bark, etc.
The man started yelling at me to control my dog, which I don’t see what else I could have done. I was walking on the property side of the road and tried to move my dog as far away as possible without endangering myself by going in the middle of the street.
AITA? Cant stop replaying this in my head.
Sounds like you just met a jerk, but just in case…
Info: was the dog on a leash?
yes he was leashed
Sounds like the man is the one who needs to be leashed.
NTA
Who knows what his issue is/was but if you did everything you could to control your dog and your dog didn’t actually do anything, the only thing he could have been upset about is the dog being near him. That’s a him problem, he doesn’t own the sidewalk.
Just so I’m understanding this: your dog walked past a random man and didn’t react at all, and he freaks out over that? NTA. Maybe he doesn’t like dogs but that’s his issue not yours.
Sounds like he was having a bad day and took it out on you! NTA, let it go.
NTA, that man is not ready to be in public
No the correct side for pedestrians in the US is the same as the driving side. Walk and drive on the right side of the road. No you aren’t an asshole for walking the dog on a public sidewalk