To wonder if some people just pick at anything when you have little children?

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I went in a clothes shop today and it is one where dogs are allowed. My children found a dog and after checking with the owner knelt down to stroke it. While they were doing that a sales assistant came to me with a very anxious look on her face and told me not to let my children kneel on the wooden floor in case they got splinters. I just said ‘ok, well we’re on our way now anyway’ and she kept repeating herself about splinters and the floor. We’d have left by that point.

It just felt so silly and inconsequential as they really weren’t doing anything wrong but it made me feel all self conscious about my lax parenting. I only wanted to buy a top on sale!

Sorry what?? Nuts.

How bad is her flooring?!

What is made up?
It may well be the case - you all piling onto an unknown woman, on the say-so of OP who appears to have had hysterics over nothing at all.
Calm down everybody.
Nothing bad happened.

It sounds like you are more bothered about dogs being allowed in (and not being told about splinters) than you are about what she said to you.

The significance of the dog is that it explains why the children were kneeling on the floor

If there's a major issue with splinters like the assistant made out, why on earth are they allowing dogs (with bare paws) to walk on it.

Surely the dogs paws should have been a bigger concern than a child with clothing, kneeling on their 'dangerous' flooring.

This is completely their issue OP, ignore in future or tell them that while you appreciate the advice, your children are you're responsibility and you will decide on what risks they should take.

Reminds me of the time I was told off by a petrol station attendant for carrying my phone in my hand whilst going from my car to the shop to pay for my fuel. As, according to him, I could drop it, it could then smash, which could then ignite fuel, which could then set off an explosion.
I was then informed that I must keep my phone in my pocket (didn't have one!) when walking back to my car. 😂
Oh and this was WELL into the smartphone days, not in the 90s where you weren't allowed to use phones on a forecourt.

You're still not allowed to use phones on a forecourt ours has signs

Interesting. At our Shell garage they actively encourage you to pay with your Shell app 🤷‍♀️

You're allowed phones inside the shop just not outside on the forecourt