This Morning guest Anna May Mangan enraged viewers today as she aired her views on losing a pet.
Anna was joined by gift company owner Zak Edwards for a debate into whether you should have a day off if your pet dies.
Anna was very vocal in her opposition to the idea and said that she had got upset about her dog dying - but hadn't taken time off work to deal with it.
She said: "It's a pet, you can't think more about the pet than you do about your colleagues or your family life.
"You cannot compare animal bereavement to real bereavement, it's a completely different thing.
"I think you should let people who have lost a pet work from home or come in late - but not a day off paid, it's mad."
Zak disagreed with her opinion and said that he had previously given his employees a week off to help deal with their loss.
He said: "What good is a member of my staff that won't do their job properly and will resent us - we've had people with a week off.
"We recently lost our dog and I worked through the grief, my wife had a few days off, everyone is an individual."
Eamonn and Ruth also agreed that they would have to take time off work if they lost a pet and viewers also agreed they would need time off and took to social media to say so.
Lauren Bradley said: "This woman is absolutely abhorrent ‘I have bad hair days, should I be allowed a day off?’ No because a member of the family hasn’t just died - yes FAMILY - that’s what a ‘pet’ is, you heartless, uncompassionate human. Glad your not my employer #ThisMorning "
Gemma Keenan said: "If this lady on #thismorning doesn't think of her dog as family, then she doesn't deserve her dog. You should definitely get a day of bereavement if a pet passes away."
Meanwhile Joel Jennings said: "Heartless woman how dare she compare her had hair day to a family pet dying. They are members of the family."
*This Morning continues at 10:30am on ITV tomorrow
