TikTok user @abigailng posted a video on 13 February showing a woman using a restaurant’s spoon to feed her dog at Hort Park, according to MustShareNews.
Ng said that she had finished her Valentine’s dinner at the time when she noticed the incident, and added that the restaurant staff apparently didn’t see the incident.
She didn’t manage to record a video of the woman feeding her dog with the restaurant’s spoon, but she did take a video of a table of five diners who had two dogs with them.
She captioned in her video, “how can she do that it’s disgusting oh my god” as she exclaimed how “gross” it was for the woman to be doing that.
Ng also asked the restaurant manager to throw away the spoons that the woman used to feed her dog.
Update: Ng has since taken down her TikTok video.
Against the law
Under the Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations, it is illegal to feed a pet using a restaurant’s utensils.
Animals that are brought into a licensed premise where pets are allowed, are not allowed to feed them using any utensil that are meant to be used for human consumption.
Persons found guilty face a fine of up to $2,000.
Netizens’ comments
- Many people cannot act in a decent manner. Not even telling them to be a great person, just act considerably also cannot.
- that’s an inconsideate and hopeless trash
- wash with detergent will do lah, no need so paranoid
- (OP) I’m a dog owner too. I know where else dogs lick: their butts and sometime eat their own poop.