Id say they need to test these employees monthly with various pet-care questions or something to that affect. To even acquire the position they should have some basic care knowledge or own some of the pets themselves before they get a job where its a requirement to inform customers on takin care of a living thing. Or we could get together and decide amongst ourselves whos going to buy the pitchforks and whos going to buy the gasoline. Either way, its the end result that counts
Zuh? Amphibians and reptiles take some degree of specialized care, not many know much about them, and are more sensitive to environmental factors. But... How the **** did they have dead puppies and kittens? There's a LOT of reasons they are the most common pets, but one of the big ones is they pretty much just need food/water/shelter. When I was growing up we had dogs/cats and I have a freshly minted (chuckle) puppy. I will say puppies are messier than amphibs/reptiles, and anyone who's ever seen a crazy cat lady knows that the furries can take it. Crowd the number of frogs that crazy cat ladies crowd cats into a comparable (by size/whatever) enclosure, and you have a lot of dead frogs.
Not realistic. We are talking about a plain-Jane no-education no-experience entry-level job here. It's really up to the individuals working there to find a way to fix the problem locally (unlikely) or cheat the system a bit by not following regulations that (usually) keep the critters alive long enough to sell while minimizing costs. I'm considering applying at the local Petco (I have military bennies for my college/housing costs... but I want expendable income), as jobs in this area are limited to pretty much retail and farming. Unfortunately, at the moment, the only opening I know of is to sit at the register and I did that BS 10 years ago. Never again. I dunno... maybe I can use my military experience (plus combat deployment) to get a position that won't leave me vigorously slashing at my wrists with a plastic butter knife (if I'm going out, it's going to be impractically slow and agonizing okay?)
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