Comments on: What’s with the Amtrak dogs? http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/10/11/whats-with-the-amtrak-dogs/ <em>City Paper</em> Writers on News, Politics, the Media, the Arts, and More Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:51:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: amturnip http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/10/11/whats-with-the-amtrak-dogs/#comment-41166 amturnip Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:38:14 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/10/11/whats-with-the-amtrak-dogs/#comment-41166 Police officers won't do anything inconvenient, and it is inconvenient to eject someone from a men's room who is actually in the process of eliminating bodily waste, so the reader may safely infer that the teenagers were up to something else. That particular McDonald's has such low standards that it is unimaginable it would turn away a paying customer. Therefore it probably didn't. In all, it seems the dogs are batting .66. That's pretty good. It might even be better than human police officers do. Police officers won’t do anything inconvenient, and it is inconvenient to eject someone from a men’s room who is actually in the process of eliminating bodily waste, so the reader may safely infer that the teenagers were up to something else.

That particular McDonald’s has such low standards that it is unimaginable it would turn away a paying customer. Therefore it probably didn’t.

In all, it seems the dogs are batting .66. That’s pretty good. It might even be better than human police officers do.

]]> By: Roadbum http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/10/11/whats-with-the-amtrak-dogs/#comment-41135 Roadbum Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:35:26 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/10/11/whats-with-the-amtrak-dogs/#comment-41135 I can relate -- with the dog -- I don't like kids either. Frankly, I'd rather have the dogs on the trains than some of the passengers I encounter on there. I can relate — with the dog — I don’t like kids either. Frankly, I’d rather have the dogs on the trains than some of the passengers I encounter on there.

]]> By: Speedvan http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/10/11/whats-with-the-amtrak-dogs/#comment-41036 Speedvan Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:09:34 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/10/11/whats-with-the-amtrak-dogs/#comment-41036 What these guys have too much time on their hands? How much fun is scaring young people with your dog? The big question for me is how apathetic the authorities became in their handling of the situation as if stressed, or maybe the dissatisfaction with the paper work and following through on the legitimacy of a complaint was just too much for these idiots? What these guys have too much time on their hands? How much fun is scaring young people with your dog? The big question for me is how apathetic the authorities became in their handling of the situation as if stressed, or maybe the dissatisfaction with the paper work and following through on the legitimacy of a complaint was just too much for these idiots?

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