'Emotional Support Peacock' Barred From United Airlines Plane

[brewer]

It was made pre caffeine. And really, aren't most of mine lame?

Yep. That's why we love ya, mh

Teresa

Y'all are just lucky I can't play "gotchurnose" from here.

[Anomalocaris]

Yep. That's why we love ya, mh

Teresa

Y'all are just lucky I can't play "gotchurnose" from here.

College student flushes her emotional support hamster down the toilet and blames the airline.

https://slate.com/technology/2018/02/stu...ation.html

[vorlon13]

um . . .

the hamster won't be around to provide emotional support for the decision to euth the hamster . . . .

right ?

[Thumpalumpacus]

I would just like to say that I'd rather have a peacock on a plane than a kid.

Ideally I would prefer neither but if I had to choose, some smelly, noisy, snot-nosed kid is going to come in second.

You say that, until you have one screeching out loud and shitting uncontrollably.

Oh, wait.

[The Valkyrie]

There was a news item on the local news about a girl who tried to get her emotional support hamster aboard a plane.

She ended up flushing the poor little bastard.

Edit: dammit, I should read more than the first page.

[Rev. Rye]

And here's yet another story I remember from WTFIWWY, and, while he didn't say it was for emotional support, I wouldn't be surprised if someone tried to bring their "Emotional Support Dozen Live Hummingbirds in Their Underwear"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...pants.html

Fortunately, the hummingbirds [Plain-bellied emeralds, if I'm interpreting it correctly] were safe (they weren't even sedated) and presumably sent back to their native habitats.

Relevant portion starts at 20:35:

[Thumpalumpacus]

People bitch way too much about kids on airplanes.  "I don't want to have to sit next to a crying baby!"  Yeah, well neither do I so do us all a fucking favor and shut the fuck up about it.  You don't get to dictate where people take their children.

[edit]

Yes you/other people do. Think about it.

It's required by law that parents not neglect their children, and not all travel is for pleasure.

I'm an adult. It's easier for me to tolerate a crying baby than it is for a baby to stop doing what babies do. <shrug>

[Wyrd of Gawd]

People bitch way too much about kids on airplanes.  "I don't want to have to sit next to a crying baby!"  Yeah, well neither do I so do us all a fucking favor and shut the fuck up about it.  You don't get to dictate where people take their children.

[edit]

Yes you/other people do. Think about it.

Some assholes forget that they were once crying kids themselves.

[brewer]

Y'all are just lucky I can't play "gotchurnose" from here.

College student flushes her emotional support hamster down the toilet and blames the airline.

https://slate.com/technology/2018/02/stu...ation.html

Poor little lemmiwinks. No more gerbilling for you.

[Seraphina]

Y'all are just lucky I can't play "gotchurnose" from here.

College student flushes her emotional support hamster down the toilet and blames the airline.

https://slate.com/technology/2018/02/stu...ation.html

I read that headline online this week and I'm mildly embarrassed to admit I laughed and thought it sounds like a headline from The Onion. But that's just my dark sense of humor.

Who in their right mind would murder their pet hamster after it was denied boarding an aircraft?

The article I read (on The Guardian, I believe) said it happened back in November and mentioned almost as an aside that the hamster killer is now represented by an attorney. To me, this is just another story about a lawyer trying to make a quick buck off a company with deep pockets.

-Teresa