Boca Rudeton Is Back, Scooping Up Those Rude People Who Believe Dogs Are Just “Little Humans.” They’re Not. Bigly Case Of TDS!
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — From ice cream places to restaurants where humans expect to have a calm and civilized meal, those self-absorbed rude dog owners are still out and about with their hairy, smelly, slobbering animals. Seemingly suffering from TDS or “Thoughtless Dog-Owner Syndrome,” those Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and Boynton Beach freakizoids push their dogs in strollers. They bring their dogs into markets. They sit with them at tables. And they go on ice cream outings. Let’s take a look at the latest to join the ranks of “Boca Rudeton!”
We start this week at the “16 Handles” location in the Regency Shopping Center in Boca Raton (3003 W Yamato Rd C8, Boca Raton, FL 33434). That’s where we find this man with a dog leash in one hand and soft serve in the other. We don’t know why anyone needs to bring their dogs into an ice cream shop. Despite what the signs say, we don’t think this is Kosher.
We move now to Lily’s Handmade Ice Cream near Military and Linton in Delray Beach (4900 Linton Blvd #4, Delray Beach, FL 33445), where this woman Saturday night was seen letting her dog jump all over the place.
We don’t know why she believed it was okay to bring her animal into a store meant for humans. We don’t know why she believes it’s okay to let her dog climb up to the counter seeking “whipped cream.” We also don’t know why she is wearing day-glow shorts from the early 1980s. But we do know that having a dog in a restaurant is illegal — unless it’s a legitimately trained service animal providing a function. Climbing up to a counter is not the way a normal service dog acts — unless it’s trying to signal that wearing day-glow shorts is a fatal fashion faux pas.
At Seasons 52 on Glades Road in Boca Raton (2300 NW Executive Center Drive), we have to wonder why management at this restaurant that is inexplicably still here apparently looked the other way when it saw a dog sitting in a booth. Not only is that gross, it’s potentially a violation of Florida law. Dogs are not permitted in restaurants. And look closely. That dog apparently has its own sippy cup. Because nothing says “great eating experience” than seeing a cup on a table that a dog apparently slurped out of.
We recently published a horrible health inspection report for Motek (5377 Town Center Rd #300) in Boca Raton. Perhaps it’s unsurprising that a tipster sent us a photo of a woman with a dog in the very same restaurant. Motek Boca Raton just received 17 health code violations. Althought “woman with dog on chair” was not one of them.
Out tipster at BJ’s Wholesale Club in Delray Beach (14595 S. Military Trail) wants to know why this woman let her dog sit on the seat meant for children? It’s an excellent question. We also wonder why management permitted the dog in the store to start with. BJ’s sells food. That means no-go when it comes to animals that aren’t performing a legitimate service function. Sitting in a cart is not a legitimate service animal function.
Just a reminder from our friends at La Bamba in Delray Beach. This is the law, in case you had any questions. Fake service animals and “emotional support animals” are not real. Full stop.
Now on to parking, and a double shot from University Commons on Glades Road, just east of I-95. That’s where we find this overpriced Mercedes taking up two spaces. If you drive this Mercedes with Florida plate 92DRWT, first off, you’re an ass. Second, why do you need both a handicapped spot and a regular spot? How special do you truly believe you are?
And nearby, we see this Mercedes with Florida plate 85F-ZXV. We have no idea why this driver thought it was okay to park in a handicapped spot AND in a non-spot. We don’t know if this vehicle has a handicapped placard, but we do know that this is a completely illegal parking job whether the driver is handicapped or driving someone who is handicapped. But it’s a Mercedes in Boca. So it’s okay.
Our winner this week? It’s a tough choice. There are many, many notable contenders. But there can be just one Boca Rudeton winner, and that is “Woman Letting Her Dog Jump To Counter In Lily’s Handmade Icecream.” She wins a copy of our soon-to-be published book, “I Don’t Know How My Dog Should Act In Public But I Wear Day-Glow Shorts.”
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