Floyd Hayes filed the registration with the USA Service Dog Registration website, The New York Post reports. He told the news outlet that he just wants to see if it will work.
This guy has way too much free time.
He told Brooklyn Paper, “I travel from upstate to Brooklyn a lot, and on the bus they say it’s a federal crime to smoke or have an alcoholic beverage unless by prior written contest, and I always wondered where you get that consent.”
Apparently he wanted his beer to be acknowledged as an emotional support dog, saying that it helps him manage his social anxiety disorder.
Yeah, it’s called liquid courage, dude.
Unfortunately though someone else found this all very humorous — a worker for the registration. They ended up speaking with Brooklyn Paper and said that being registered won’t actually help Hayes. They added, the registration doesn’t actually have any legal merit.
Bummer.
According to the worker, anyone wishing to use an emotional support animal in a place of business would be required to obtain written medical approval.
“This will not get you into Walmart, it will not get you into Denny’s, it will only protect you where you’re renting,” they said.
Hayes, however, told The New York Post that he waited for a bus at a Brooklyn stop the other day with a glass of beer in his hand and that he was not approached by “any law enforcement.”
Honestly, that just sounds like luck.
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