Hmm...looks like somebody was about to get on their high horse.

Cheers,
Nick

Pffff! Mine can be much higher than that!

In all actuality, I allow my dog on my sofa at home but of course in someone else's space, it's either not allowed OR I have a blanket to lay down for her.

Meanwhile, I can't imagine a dog much bigger than "purse sized" being comfortable on tram seats, I don't imagine they'd feel comfortably balanced. Even if I didn't care about people getting their britches messed, I'd want the dog on the floor anyhow so that the dog would feel more secure while traveling.


Yes, I'm a bit of a fluffy BUT I think that the dog would be more likely to freak out due to balance issues while perched precariously on the seat rather than sitting or laying comfortably on the floor at / near my feet.

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Well sometimes the " alcos" smell alot worse than the dogs

I find that some of the dogs are the best tram drivers they have.

There's this bitch on the #14 Seebach run that always has a polite smile in her eyes before she slams the doors shut and speeds away from the little old lady with her shopping cart running in trail.

Nice poodle BTW.

Sorry, but I strongly disagree. A dog does not belong on a seat. Period.

I haven't seen any signs like that on Basel trams. Is the picture on the far left someone blowing the head off of the person in front of them for talking too loud?

And what is the second one? No pennilessness allowed? (this is getting fun now)
The third one means "no marriachi bands",
the fourth one means "no sawing the chair next to you in half"
and the fifth one means "do not elevate your foot above your heart as this will make it fall asleep"

It doesn't say anything about a seat. it only references the obligation to pay for a ticket. And let me also point out that children and seniors also pay a half price. Should they also not have a seat?

I am not arguing to put a dog on a seat, but I am arguing that there is no rule about it. That's all.

Well we could all post about all the normal things that happen, and the normal everyday people that we see and meet, but that would just be twitter.

Old dog learns new trick.

This is pure racism! Dogs have their own Netzpass Hund but if I want to take my weasel in the train, it is treated like a dog!

Just tuck your weasel away. You'll be okay as long as it doesn't pop out.

If it fits in a bag, it can ride for free (if you accompany it and have a ticket yourself).
See http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/vbz/de/i...erungmeineshun

There's probably no rule because almost everyone considers it common courtesy not to put a dog on a seat.

That's a good thing.
Imagine buying a cat in a bag and having to pay a ticket for it when you are on the way home.

Indeed.

There's probably also no rule that explicitly tells one that one can't buy a second ticket for one's bag, sit it on the seat opposite one in the rush-hour, and refuse to move it when asked because it "has a ticket". But I don't think one would get away with that, either.

Most countries have expected norms of behaviour that are expected of, and met, by the vast majority of the population without being explicitly legislated for. It's what makes life livable.

I don't understand why people are giving the OP a hard time. He made and observation and posted a question in daily life. A mod moved the post to complaints, which I didn't think it was in the first place, and then everyone else coming along after treats it with the usual scorn complaints get treated with.

Because the homeless might make a tram smell or a toddler might pee on a seat doesn't make it right for a wet dog to sit on a seat.

I wonder if someone put's their toddler in a bag if they get to travel for free?

You're new here, aren't you?


The OP broke the unwritten rule on EF that one musn't (daren't!) post anything that is, or could in any way be construed to be, anything less than 150% positive regarding the pets (e.g. dogs, cats, small children, etc.).

HTH

Yeah...I only knew about the kitty mafia!!