Meanwhile in reality, the 19 year old waitress is telling her coworkers what a creep you are, and is asking the male servers to drop off the food for her so she doesn’t have to interact with you
Hi. Nelsonmom here! I popped into the @PetSmart in Victoria, TX (store #1449) on a whim and found this: water so putrid you can’t even see the bettas through the cloud of their own waste. One was floating at the top of their cup, on the edge of death.
Do you know how many DAYS of neglect it takes for water to get like this? In cups this small, water changes should happen once a day, at a minimum.
Every time a fish breathes out, they produce ammonia into this closed system. When they breathe it back in, it burns their gills. It *hurts*. It causes psychological stress and organ damage.
Every. Single. Breath.
Treating fish like this at the start of their journey sets them up for shorter lives, weaker immune systems, and greater susceptibility to illness, even if they’re lucky enough to get a perfect owner and setup (and many of them will not get the perfect owner and setup).
I asked an employee in the fish department when they’re going to chance the bettas’ water — that they’re “rotting in their own waste” — and I received the most disinterested, uncaring “soon” of all time.
Meanwhile there was a cart of freshly-unboxed bettas in their medicated, Methylene blue water nearby. The latest recruits in a chain of corporate cruelty that sees living animals as disposable products.
Betta fish are the most delightful, wonderful creatures with unique personalities. It sickens me to my CORE to see a dozen+ little lives as valuable as my late Apollo’s. He is a betta (from a breeder, not a big box store) that I loved so much, I still cry about him FOUR years after his death.
I know retail associates are underpaid and overworked. But if you stock LIVING, FEELING creatures as products in your stores, your first priority should be their welfare. If you can’t do that, you should not sell animals. Period.
Like, give me a bottle of water conditioner and 30 fucking minutes and I’ll change the water for free myself. Zero excuse for this.
Nelson fans and animal lovers, please let @PetSmart know how you feel about this.
Animals are honestly the real victims on Earth. They didn't do anything wrong. They didn't try to destroy humans or our homes. Their only crime is that they exist.
How disturbing that these smart, playful & loving animals have been dumbed down to “burger” & “bacon”. How cruel humanity is. We need to do better. Please do better & stop eating them.
Yall think this is funny but it’s truly sad. A man could literally be dying and still have enough energy to sexually assault a woman trying to save his life.
"Foxes killed my chickens" isn't an argument against foxes. It's an argument against your coop. A fox being a fox isn't a moral failing. A faulty coop is the problem.
This is his first time seeing the sun and experiencing fresh air.
But he isn't heading to somewhere nice; he's on his way to the slaughterhouse. He doesn't know what's in store for him. 💔
Say what you want but this experience confirmed it : harassment doesn’t care how you look, what you wear or what race you are. NO woman exaggerates what she went through. It’s time the shame switched sides.