The Service Animal Crap Has Got To Stop...

**SteyrAUG** · 10-31-19, 00:42

Woman boards plane with miniature horse. It's not novel, it's not cute, it's a ****ing horse...in the passenger compartment.

https://www.today.com/pets/woman-fli...-horse-t161698

I don't want to fly on a plane with a horse. Bad enough when somebodies "service animal" takes a shit, a piss or vomits in the aisle or on the seat next to you. This shit has gotten out of hand and people clap for it like it's a brave transgender person who decided to board the plane.

Some people have legit service animals because of handicap or other legitimate need. My dog keeps me from being sad is not a legit need. More important, emotional support animals serve as distractions to legit service animals. Can you imagine somebody with a service dog that helps them with mobility trying to stay focused because there is an actual ****ing horse on the plane.

And what did the dippy ****ing horse owner have to say afterwards?

But Hensley says she won’t be purchasing another plane ticket anytime soon. Though Flirty was on her best behavior — she was quiet and took a long nap — Hensley found the experience to be nerve-wracking.

“It’s just too difficult to make sure Flirty doesn’t inconvenience other passengers,” Hensley wrote on Twitter, noting that despite having bulkhead seats, “Flirty couldn’t help jostling” the seat of the person in the last row of first class.

Bet that person with the first class ticket was thrilled to have a horse kicking their seat the whole damn flight so this stupid bitch could bring her horse friend on the plane.

Remind me to never fly American Airlines again, and if I do make sure to inquire "will any horses be joining us on the flight? How about baboons? Squirrel monkeys? Bengal tigers?"

**FromMyColdDeadHand** · 10-31-19, 00:55

I fly with my imaginary friend who identifies as my service animal. Open seat next to me for him, please...

The invented Labra-doodles for the very reason some people are allergic to dogs.

**Arik** · 10-31-19, 07:21

Originally Posted by SteyrAUG

Woman boards plane with miniature horse. It's not novel, it's not cute, it's a ****ing horse...in the passenger compartment.

https://www.today.com/pets/woman-fli...-horse-t161698

I don't want to fly on a plane with a horse. Bad enough when somebodies "service animal" takes a shit, a piss or vomits in the aisle or on the seat next to you. This shit has gotten out of hand and people clap for it like it's a brave transgender person who decided to board the plane.

Some people have legit service animals because of handicap or other legitimate need. My dog keeps me from being sad is not a legit need. More important, emotional support animals serve as distractions to legit service animals. Can you imagine somebody with a service dog that helps them with mobility trying to stay focused because there is an actual ****ing horse on the plane.

And what did the dippy ****ing horse owner have to say afterwards?

But Hensley says she won’t be purchasing another plane ticket anytime soon. Though Flirty was on her best behavior — she was quiet and took a long nap — Hensley found the experience to be nerve-wracking.

“It’s just too difficult to make sure Flirty doesn’t inconvenience other passengers,” Hensley wrote on Twitter, noting that despite having bulkhead seats, “Flirty couldn’t help jostling” the seat of the person in the last row of first class.

Bet that person with the first class ticket was thrilled to have a horse kicking their seat the whole damn flight so this stupid bitch could bring her horse friend on the plane.

Remind me to never fly American Airlines again, and if I do make sure to inquire "will any horses be joining us on the flight? How about baboons? Squirrel monkeys? Bengal tigers?"

I think animals do help a great deal with PTSD. REAL PTSD! Not the ... Orange man bad so I'm sad, PTSD! And I'm totally cool with people having emotional support horses, hell, I'm fine with emotional support crocodiles, silver back gorillas, rabid wolverines, grizzly bear..... whatever. As long as they realize that this animal can't be brought to every single public place you want to go. I'm not going to bring my emotional support lion out to a restaurant...or a miniature horse.

If this lady has real PTSD I feel bad for her, I'm not unsympathetic. But she, and people like her, can't just be oblivious to what she has and her surroundings

**CESwartz07** · 10-31-19, 08:24

https://www.ada.gov/regs2010/service_animal_qa.html

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**OH58D** · 10-31-19, 08:42

The incidence of mental illness in the general population at-large is much higher than anyone could ever imagine. It runs from minor phobias, nervousness, triggered behavior to full-blown psychosis. One person's normalcy is another's odd behavior. Societies then establish rules to determine limits of what is acceptable.

**Arik** · 10-31-19, 09:08

Originally Posted by OH58D

The incidence of mental illness in the general population at-large is much higher than anyone could ever imagine. It runs from minor phobias, nervousness, triggered behavior to full-blown psychosis.

This is very true and why I always caution when people try to focus more on mental illness, after each shooting because it can easily backfire if we're not careful. Mental illness is a very very broad term. Someone who's afraid of hights, is claustrophobic, a germophobe, .....those are all mental illnesses.

**TMS951** · 10-31-19, 09:51

Fun story, I went to go visit my brother in San Francisco. I live on the east coast.

Were out at this great beer hall, and we run into these two girls he knows. One of them has a nice dog with her, some sort of golden retriever mut I'd guess. It was a little smaller than a golden. So my brother see's these girls and before they make it to us my brother leans in and warns me "The blond girl is always on a ton of Xanex... and she gives it to the dog..." I'm just like WTF.

So they come over and no sht, she and dog, as she confirms with out prompt are on Xanex. She then proceeds to do things like hug this dog and pick it up. All the while we were standing there at this bar. It was surreal.

So the story comes out later from my brother that her long time boyfriend had died of cancer two years ago and this 5 year old dog was a dog they had gotten together. Its a sad story, I can see how this girl is fcked up. But... idk if she really needed the dog at the bar.

We are all millennials in this story.

**TomMcC** · 10-31-19, 10:23

Originally Posted by OH58D

The incidence of mental illness in the general population at-large is much higher than anyone could ever imagine. It runs from minor phobias, nervousness, triggered behavior to full-blown psychosis. One person's normalcy is another's odd behavior. Societies then establish rules to determine limits of what is acceptable.

It's because we have this huge pseudo scientific industrial complex called psychiatry/psychology run by the modern version of shamans. When you get down to it we're all mentally ill.

People like the lady described are just grossly self centered and after years of societal indulgence, is it any wonder that people expect everyone else to join in her sin. We're becoming spoiled little children whose parents couldn't bring themselves to say "NO!" to their precious, can't do any WRONG, babies.