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- A woman said her aunt was snooping around the kitchen while visiting and accidentally ate her dog’s food
- The food was stored with the rest of the dog’s materials, like his bowls, wet food, food toppers and cleaning materials
- The aunt grew upset and told the rest of the family that the woman “let” her eat the dog food
A woman is questioning whether she’s obligated to label her dog food jars after her aunt’s kitchen misadventure.
In a post to Reddit’s AITA forum, a 25-year-old woman outlined a mishap that befell her aunt, 60, when she came over to her house: namely, she ate a bit of dog food.
It was edible for humans, the woman pointed out, but now her aunt is blaming her and complaining to the whole family.
The woman explained that she has a portion of her kitchen dedicated to her dog, which includes his food storage, bowls, food toppers, spoons, wet food, supplements and sponges for cleaning his bowls. The food toppers are to make his food a bit more appealing, and act sort of like seasoning: there’s sirloin, mussels, fish, lamb, and chicken.
Stored on a shelf (with the rest of the materials for the dog), the toppers look like powder and have a tiny spoon in each jar. Though the labels explain what each is used for, there’s no dog imagery on the labels — but, the woman wrote, “that’s just how the brand labels products.”
When her aunt came over to enlist her help setting up her phone, the aunt went to the kitchen for a glass of water and the Redditor didn’t think anything of it. In fact, she didn’t even think anything was going on when she joined her aunt in the kitchen and saw that she was holding one of the food topper jars.
“I didn’t think much of it, thought she was reading it because she has a dog too and she might be interested,” the woman wrote. “Next thing I hear is her asking what do I use that powder for, and that it tastes quite nice. I immediately gasped and let her know I use that for my dog, it’s dog food.”
Her aunt “freaked out,” but the woman made sure she knew it was safe for humans to eat. She apologized, but the aunt then grew angry, because she “let” her eat the dog’s food — though the jars are by the rest of the dog’s materials.
“She has now gone to my mom, other aunts, cousins and everyone who will listen to tell them how I ‘let her’ eat a spoonful of dog powder/food/thing,” the woman wrote, going on to note that her family members don’t all share the same view of the situation.
Some got a good laugh, some thought little of the ordeal, while others doubled down and insulted the woman for being careless.
Now, the woman is considering a better labeling system, even though she doesn’t feel as if her aunt eating some dog food toppers is her fault.
Users in the comments sided with the post’s author, noting that the woman never directed her aunt to dig into random jars in her kitchen — that was her choice. One user even suggested their family call her aunt “Snoopy” from now on.
“If you open cupboards in someone else’s home and help yourself, no one ‘let you’ eat whatever you consumed without asking!” another person wrote.
“Did she … just … put the spoon back in there?” another jokingly wrote. “Asking for your dog.”
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