Who is Right-Who is Wrong

[Saphira]

The Dog Walker = Me
Husband and Wife = Holiday makers

Ok..this evening whilst walking my dog along teh seafront from sandown to shanklin i let my Dog of the lead so he could have a run, bearing in mind this was about 20.20 at night normally pretty quiet this time of year. Just ahead was an oldish couple taking an evening stroll aswell, Tyson my dog was still off the lead at this point enjoying his stroll along the beach/beach path too, Tyson saw the couple ahead and took a trot upto them to say Hi!! (Tyson is a very loving, soppy,baby,soft happy dog). When typson reached them he stopped and jumped up at the woman (i was calling tyson back and at one point he did turn to come back but then turned round and walked up to them and jumped up to the Lady) the lady shouted and pushed him away, i immediatly apologised as he got a bit of sand on her coat. She shouted out to me control your bloody dog i replied "i do have control he just wanted to come and say hello like if we were passes by and said evening to each other.
She then replied i dont care get him on the lead he shouldnt be of it, i said well im sorry but he is allowed, then she said why are u walking along here thats not allowed either, i replied oh but it is too look at the signs madam and it will state when we can take our dogs along this stretch of beach (which is from 31st October - 1st May every yr and dogs are allowed to be let of the lead and on the beach in these time zones). She then replied im going to report u to the dog warden ur dog is out of control (tyson was sat by side of me wagging his tail) yer really out of control NOT..anyway i replied sure if u feel like i hsave done something wrong etc, she said i will when i get back to hotel, i then said oh but hang on better still would u like to talk to him now i have the number on my phone, so i got the phone out of my pocket and went to dial the number, she was at this point just stood there mouth open LOL!!, i said his name is Myk and he a friendly guy, i said here take my phone and speak to him, she replied No! i will speak later, i said OK will save my money on the phone..
The next bit was just shocking what she came out with....
she then said ur one of these ppl that have probs never worked and sponge of the dole and are a trouble maker (Ok bearing in mind im literally going for an eveing stroll before i go to work). I said "I beg ur pardon", she said YOU heard, i said i sure as hell did and who are to make a judgement on who i am and what i do, she said most young ones like you are...At this point i could of walked away but i was not going to be patronized..So i said well i you no im nearly a 40 yr old woman and i started work at 14 on my Uncles local milk round, then after that i done a morning paper round, then also done a paper round after school and earnt myself £17-00 a week doing it,and have worked dayum hard ever since, so in future dont judge a walker by whose dog came to say hello..Then she replied but he got sand on my coat, again i said sorry and offered to pay for it to be washed, she just said NO thanks now move along child, as you can imagine by now this woman was just a tad pushing the boat out to far (Tyson still sat by my side). So i turned and said ok Lady u have some issues going on im no longer discussing this situation with u and turned round and walked off, all the while the lady was muttering things like bloody stupid woman, cant control her dog, bet she has never worked, etcetc,..
Now what i said next was out of shear annoyance TBH
I turned and said go back to ur hotel, make urself a cuppa love and go put ur feet up, ur acting like a 2yr old throwing a temper tanturm and turned back round and continued to walk home and then head to work
SO....
was i bad azz girl and should of had my dog on the lead, yes i can take into account this lady may of had a fear of dogs or thought threatened by an excitable dog coming towards her, but he just jumped up slowly and put a paw print on her coat!!!
Or was the the woman over reacting slightly

Saphira