I've been on the back of the bus too. I'm not a member of the mile high club, but I am of the 55mph club......(I see what he did there.....). Things are different on the bus.
Southwest Airlines doesn't let passenger fly with pet fish
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No way in hell am I ever bringing my cat on the plane. If I did, I'm sure it would be just like at home; she'd sprawl across the middle of the seat, and I'd end up sitting on the damn floor.
Right up until the evil flight attendant told you to put it in the carrier, and then under the seat in front of you. At the end of your flight you'd have the cat from Pet Sematary.
So, I don’t think jumping to pathologizing people is helpful.soooooooooooooo
I promise I'm not being antagonistic when I ask this question as this your realm and not mine.
If cause and effect is not helpful then what is helpful?
If you can't fly without your pet, you can't fly. The exception would be Veterans.
A service pet. He loves Walmart.
You all are heartless bastards. She could have put the fish in a ziplock and no one would have known except her. That's what I've done with mine. 2.5 fl oz and TSA is fine. SWA never even knows. One more reason to wear cargo shorts.
I am not interpreting your posts as antagonistic, though I do worry that they are somewhat stigmatizing. I absolutely believe that examining the causes of these situations is valuable and helpful. I do not believe that assuming the cause to be a pathology residing within the individual is helpful.
The de facto response from most mental health professionals these days to requests for ESA certification letters has become "check out google."
One nuance that we have not discussed in this thread is the distinction among service animals, therapy animals, and support animals. All are different and are subject to different laws and regulations.
This seems more like an assertion of a top line, not a bottom line.
Would you agree that, as a whole, the population has more mental health issues than before? If so, Why?
If not, what makes you say no?
My armchair get-off-my-lawn theories:
1) Millenials interpersonal relationships are more superficial than prior generations, so their normal bond with their pets seems more important to them.
2) Today, work/school/social life have crept into every minute of the day. Millennials can't even conceive of a time when you could forget about work the moment you walked out of the office at 5pm. They live in a world where they have to be ready to be 'on' at any moment; whereas in the olden days people could take an extended mental break every day.
3) A lot of the people with emotional support animals are really just using it as an excuse to bring their pets on planes, etc.
4) People have always had mental problems, but the fact that animals can help is a fairly new concept.
I was traveling this week and couldn’t believe how many dogs I saw in the airport. A couple cats too.
Are people just too cheap to board their pets for a few days?
Are people just too cheap to board their pets for a few days?
As a whole, the topic isn't stigmatized as much anymore so people are willing to seek treatment. This is a good thing.
It's also ridiculously overplayed because at some point in life development, we're having a greater and greater amount of human beings that lack any ability (nor developed that ability) at all to face adversity, and/or to problem solve to relatively "good" solutions.
