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If you happen to have driven through the BP gas station/convenience store on U.S. 19 and Nursery Road in Clearwater, Fla., you might have noticed something a bit unusual: A dog in a BP employee shirt pops up at the service window, reports the St. Petersburg (Florida) Times. Forget about service with a smile; this dog shows from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail how happy he is to see customers, and it hasn't gone unnoticed.

Karim Mansour, the store's owner, decided to bring his chocolate lab, Cody, in to work with him one day five months ago, and it's since become a habit. Mansour enjoys having his best friend at work with him, to be sure, but it's the customers who really benefit.

Things had been going fabulously: children giggled, adults took pictures with their cell phones, and people of all types broke into grins when greeted by the friendly pooch. Even those who come in angry, upset or crying find themselves drawn to Cody. "He calms them down," Mansour tells the Times. "Animals have the ability to soothe the human soul."

Fabulously, that is, until now.