A supermarket security guard in Giffnock, Scotland (UK), was honored for a heroic act. Ethan Dearman was working outside of the stores when he was seen placing an umbrella over a dog outside of a supermarket to shield him from the rain.
Mel Gracie, a tattoo artist from Glasgow who was there at the time, decided to capture the man’s actions and tweeted the image to her Twitter account with the caption:
” Kudos to this @Morrisons security guard for keeping this wonderful youngster dry. You never know how dogs feel when it’s raining.’
A dog is shielded from the rain by a security officer.
The post received a lot of attention, as it rapidly accumulated over 19,000 retweets and 146,000 likes. Users on the social media platform applauded the guardian’s actions with Freddy, a golden retriever, and said he deserved commendation for his lovely attitude to the pet.
Shout out to this @Morrisons security man keeping this good boy dry. He said ‘well you never know how dogs feel about the rain’ pic.twitter.com/B9CPWI7u5Q
— wee mel (@MelGracie_) June 28, 2020
According to a spokesman for Morrisons grocery company, LADbible:
“We have provided 9,000 Morrisons umbrellas to keep our customers and their pets dry since it is likely to be a wet week.” It’s encouraging to see that this is already taking place in our Giffnock shop.”
When Ethan viewed his photo and saw how popular his gesture had become, he posted it on Twitter and included a comment:
I didn’t expect to become popular on Twitter that quickly. I thought I could make people grin, but this is a whole other level, hehe.
When Freddy’s father, David Cherry, saw the photograph outside the store on his Twitter account, he learned about what had transpired and expressed his gratitude to Ethan.
Our dog Freddie has went viral after kind security man put up his umbrella for Freddie when it started raining at the Morrisons near my parents house. Good community vibes. People looking out for each other. He’s always nice to my Dad and brother, it’s nice to hear nice things 😊 https://t.co/VhBAjVSYln
— David Cherry (@davidjcherry) June 29, 2020
We all hope Ethan’s action serves as an example to follow, Mel said in response to his post of the sweet incident, “We all hope Ethan’s behavior serves as an example to follow.”
“He constantly has a chat with clients in line, which is wonderful, especially given since some people are so lonely.” I posted this in the hopes that Morrisons would notice a staff member’s nice deed, but I had no clue it would travel so far!
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