The vast majority of humans that I’ve ever seen sitting in a shopping cart where the food goes (not the seat) have had clothing that covered their ass, wiped or unwiped tho it may be. In fact, I’d say that number is at or at least approaches 100%.
If I had any confidence at all that these folks were wiping the cart later with sanitizer, I’d have no problem with them, but I have zero confidence that they do that. Zero. Because the handful I’ve watched leave the building have never done it.
Lightray, I am all for service animals. I have no problem with them any more than I have problems with wheelchairs, crutches, etc.
Didn’t mean to imply you were! I’m just sensitive to those distinctions getting blurred, from my days in the not-for-profit/rehab world. People tend to lump “support” animals into the “service” category for their own benefit, to the detriment of actual service animals. So I occasionally haul out the ol’ soapbox, for old times’ sake.
I know there is a big difference, but for the same reason, I don’t use the ‘seat’ part of a grocery cart for anything. Dirty diapers anyone?
I’ve only seen one therapy animal on a plane. Very well behaved Lab. What stunned me is the person bringing it aboard not only had to take care of getting her dog boarded, but her carryon and her McDonalds complete with drink. Good lord, if your hands are THAT full, you should have finished eating before getting on the plane. A tiny bit of planning, goes a long, long way.
I don’t want to derail the thread, but you can actually tell from looking at a person getting out of a car whether they need to use the handicapped space or not? :dubious:
Most places nowadays seem to have wet wipes by the buggies so you can wipe them off before you use them. I still, however, don’t think you need to put your “support ferret” in the freaking thing.
I boarded a crowded train, found an empty seat, sat down … on the seat beside me was a black cat. Just sitting the quietly as if being on crowded train was nothing unusual for it. A woman appeared, picked up the cat and sat down with it on her lap. She’d gone onto the platform to get a newspaper. We got talking … she made a living TRAINING CATS and gave public demonstrations of her ability to get them to do all sorts of things at her command. She claimed that one can get much “closer” to cats than one can with dogs.
Just wanted to add that, in my job I daily deal with people seeking disability benefits. IMO&E, the attitude/actions of the woman in that article (Ashley) may be on the extreme end, but are far from unique.
In the Miami Herald article in the link, they say the passenger was a performance artist, so as davidm implied, this was a publicity stunt. Watch the video that someone shot of the passenger walking into the airport with the peacock on his head; it’s hilarious.
They ended up driving instead, which was probably their plan all along.
