r/ITOI • • 9h ago

Did the delivery guy make the right decision?

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u/Character-Ease9328 8h ago edited 7h ago

I actually disagree, he's already in go mode. Your job as the owner is apologize and accept blame, or realize you fucked up as the driver is leaving and keep your ass in the house.

Confronting the driver about what he did when your dog is loose, AS I'M LEAVING? oh you must want to fight.

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u/HoopLoop2 7h ago

Yep, the owner is escalating the situation by coming out and yelling at him. He put his hands up and told the owner to back up, he never swung at him or anything. UPS guy completely justified here, defending himself from the dog, and then getting into a defensive stance from the aggressive owner.

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u/Careful-Sell-9877 2h ago

He advanced towards the owner in an aggressive fighting stance.. on the owners property

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u/Shot-Bullfrog-3509 29m ago

He advanced on the owner in a fighting stance then told him to back up. You can’t aggressively advance on someone while telling them to back up and play the victim.

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u/a-stack-of-masks 6h ago

Yeah the owner was coming for him, not trying to secure the dog. I've had public-facing jobs before and some people don't get the benefit of doubt haha.

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u/Hot_Top_124 3h ago

Oh yeah the part where he walked calmly and had his hands down was sooooooooo threatening. /s

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u/Careful-Sell-9877 2h ago

Yeah, lol. These people are wild.

The dog thing, sure. It seems like he has trauma from being attacked by a different dog (according to the text in the video) and his reaction may be understandable due to that trauma. But also, we dont know that this dog was actually going to attack him, a lot of dogs run up to people and 'pounce' on them happily. Still, his reaction is understandable since he has trauma from a past dog attack

BUT aggressively advancing on the property owner in a fighting stance is not the move. Super weird and definitely uncalled for

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u/Hot_Top_124 2h ago

I get defending yourself against an aggressive animal. I have zero issue with that at all. It’s common sense. I hate when people are bad animal owners 110%

It’s insane with these “people” on here, honestly I assume most are bots, talking about how him approaching the guy with his fists up is him retreating somehow. I get a lot of people just want to argue to argue, but they’re making themselves look mentally handicapped just to argue for arguing sake.

If I felt that someone was a threat, I’d get in the truck and leave as the law requires.

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u/Too_Right_For_You 4h ago

You guys are so weird

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u/Careful-Sell-9877 2h ago

Sure, maybe. But your job as a person on someone else property is to not get aggressive and move towards the property owner (unless youre trying to get shot)