Bird at the Walmart

[bassfish]

I thought I had seen it all at the Walmart Neighborhood Store but this week topped them all. I've seen more animals in this store than live on my street. This week a woman brought a bird in a cage and put it in the grocery basket. At that point I walked out. That is gross.

[ladyarwen3]

You wouldn't like living in Suriname. Everyone walks around with little songbirds in cages. I rode on a bus sitting next to a village woman with 2 live chickens in a pillow case. She doesn't have electricity and can transport and store live chickens for sunday dinner easier and safer than a cut up grocery store chicken.
I guess its all a matter of what you get used to ...

[Carla B]

I thought I had seen it all at the Walmart Neighborhood Store but this week topped them all. I've seen more animals in this store than live on my street. This week a woman brought a bird in a cage and put it in the grocery basket. At that point I walked out. That is gross.

Oh, Good Grief! Maybe the bird just had surgery at the vet hospital up the street and they stopped at WalMart on the way home to pick up a pain script.

[karostay]

I thought I had seen it all at the Walmart Neighborhood Store but this week topped them all. I've seen more animals in this store than live on my street. This week a woman brought a bird in a cage and put it in the grocery basket. At that point I walked out. That is gross.

AWWW How mean Its a support animal
Can't you recognize a kuku bird when you see one

[New Englander]

I thought I had seen it all at the Walmart Neighborhood Store but this week topped them all. I've seen more animals in this store than live on my street. This week a woman brought a bird in a cage and put it in the grocery basket. At that point I walked out. That is gross.

I shop at that Walmart and this is beyond ridiculous. Something should be done about this nonsense. :rant-rave:

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

It's no more disgusting to me than families who put their babies with dirty diapers in the front of the carriage, or people who are sick with contagious illnesses put their hands on the carriages after sneezing into their hands, or kids IN the carriage with their dirty shoes on the side walls, or people who CARRY their dogs into stores that have open food (buffets, produce sections, salad bars, etc) to ensure maximum pup-droolage in the tomato bin.

[Aces4]

It's no more disgusting to me than families who put their babies with dirty diapers in the front of the carriage, or people who are sick with contagious illnesses put their hands on the carriages after sneezing into their hands, or kids IN the carriage with their dirty shoes on the side walls, or people who CARRY their dogs into stores that have open food (buffets, produce sections, salad bars, etc) to ensure maximum pup-droolage in the tomato bin.

Oh, did the bird have a diaper on it’s bottom? I am so very tired of the comparison of a child, a human being and the future of our country, being compared to animals. If one can’t see the problem with toting animals of all species through groceries stores, one may want to move to India.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Oh, did the bird have a diaper on it’s bottom? I am so very tired of the comparison of a child, a human being and the future of our country, being compared to animals. If one can’t see the problem with toting animals of all species through groceries stores, one may want to move to India.

1. humans are members of the animal kingdom. By definition, we ARE animals.
2. I know dogs who behave better than some people. Humans are not immune to bad habits, poor behavior, and bad hygiene.
3. Bird cages usually have a solid bottom and are lined with paper for easy cleaning. Birds don't often poop beyond the confines of their cages. The same cannot be said about some kids and the confines of their diapers.

[Aces4]

1. humans are members of the animal kingdom. By definition, we ARE animals.
2. I know dogs who behave better than some people. Humans are not immune to bad habits, poor behavior, and bad hygiene.
3. Bird cages usually have a solid bottom and are lined with paper for easy cleaning. Birds don't often poop beyond the confines of their cages. The same cannot be said about some kids and the confines of their diapers.

Thanks for the laugh of the day.

[BobnBev]

Somebody tried to give me the bird once----didn't go well for him.:boxing2::popcorn:

[kaydee]

Lots of wacky people out there & I think Walmart ought to be ashamed.

[Chatbrat]

Nothing tops the grazers, who descend on the salad bar @ Fresh Market & taste everything & double dip--its their free buffet, or reach into the candy bins, yuk

[CFrance]

Don't shop ANYWHERE!!!!!!!! Grow your own food. Animals are everywhere. I'm surprised we're all still alive.

[noslices1]

I was at Ruby Tuesday last week and as I was leaving I noticed a woman in the waiting area with TWO service dogs. Both had the same “service dog” vest on, but isn’t that taking it a bit far?

[dmcguff33]

They say that top gold out part of the grocery cart is very dirty.
I was at my dentist and a patient had her dog sitting up on the chair. Yuk!!! I left.
Not returning. QUOTE=OrangeBlossomBaby;1716531]It's no more disgusting to me than families who put their babies with dirty diapers in the front of the carriage, or people who are sick with contagious illnesses put their hands on the carriages after sneezing into their hands, or kids IN the carriage with their dirty shoes on the side walls, or people who CARRY their dogs into stores that have open food (buffets, produce sections, salad bars, etc) to ensure maximum pup-droolage in the tomato bin.[/QUOTE]

[larbud]

I was at Ruby Tuesday last week and as I was leaving I noticed a woman in the waiting area with TWO service dogs. Both had the same “service dog” vest on, but isn’t that taking it a bit far?
Maybe she’s a nympho!

[IUFAN]

IT is aggravating and is to the point it involves health issues. Restaurants and stores where the public frequents, in my opinion is no place for animals of any kind. Such examples, when I was in Home Depot there was two chocolate labs in the shopping cart slobbering all over the cart. I am for people that love animals but, to take them into a restaurant where I am eating is not gonna work for me. There is a first watch up in Ocala that experienced somebody bringing a pony into the restaurant and said it was for her emotional support. I'm sorry we need to get real about this. I would have walked out of the place not caring what stage I was in the meal and never to come back.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

IT is aggravating and is to the point it involves health issues. Restaurants and stores where the public frequents, in my opinion is no place for animals of any kind. Such examples, when I was in Home Depot there was two chocolate labs in the shopping cart slobbering all over the cart. I am for people that love animals but, to take them into a restaurant where I am eating is not gonna work for me. There is a first watch up in Ocala that experienced somebody bringing a pony into the restaurant and said it was for her emotional support. I'm sorry we need to get real about this. I would have walked out of the place not caring what stage I was in the meal and never to come back.

Emotional support animals do NOT have protected status under the law. No business is required to allow them to stay.

Rule is:
You can ask IF the animal is a service animal.
You can ask what services that animal is trained to perform.

You can't ask what it is trained to do "for you." Just what it's trained to do, as part of them being a service animal.

If the owner says "emotional support" then you can toss them out.

If the owner says "it is trained to detect oncoming seizures" you can't toss them out.

[theruizs]

People who choose to have pets should not be inflicting them on those of us who choose not to. If it is inconvenient for you to take your pet home before going to the grocery store for whatever it is you need, remember, you are the one who choose to have a pet. Also, please do not let your pet use my yard as a toilet. If you think pets and kids are so similar, would you really just watch if your neighbor brought his/her grandkids over to pee and poop in your yard? Of course you will have all kinds of excuses for your behavior, but the bottom line it is because it is what is easy and convenient for you, without regard for the feelings of others.

[rmd2]

It is aggravating and is to the point it involves health issues. Restaurants and stores where the public frequents, in my opinion is no place for animals of any kind. Such examples, when I was in Home Depot there was two chocolate labs in the shopping cart slobbering all over the cart. I am for people that love animals but, to take them into a restaurant where I am eating is not gonna work for me. There is a first watch up in Ocala that experienced somebody bringing a pony into the restaurant and said it was for her emotional support. I'm sorry we need to get real about this. I would have walked out of the place not caring what stage I was in the meal and never to come back.


I agree this is a health issue. I have seen dogs eating right off the tables in restaurants and the dog owners actually feeding them on top of the table. The table is cleaned with a wipe rag that is used on other tables as well.
I also saw a dog in a cart in the grocery store licking the food area at the salad bar.
In a recent flight I woke up to a dog in the lap of the man next to me and the dog was licking my arm.
This all needs to STOP.

[Tinanurse59]

I thought I had seen it all at the Walmart Neighborhood Store but this week topped them all. I've seen more animals in this store than live on my street. This week a woman brought a bird in a cage and put it in the grocery basket. At that point I walked out. That is gross.
Wow! Don’t get me wrong... I love animals, but it’s not sanitary to have them in a store where there are human food products! It’s actually against the law unless its a service animal.

[graciegirl]

I didn't read this for a couple of days because I thought someone had noted a local bird was flying around in the eaves at Walmart. BUT


I am not appalled by either babies bottoms or humans with germy hands on my shopping cart.

I don't think neighbors cats are out to get our kitties. (I have never, ever seen a cat out in our neighborhood in all the years living here)

I haven't ever seen a bird in a cage being taken to the grocery store. WOW.

This forum is so enlightening. You can tell who'd you like to know better and who you wouldn't.

[ladybugsmom]

Same in Hong Kong. Little old men & women walk everywhere with their little birds in little bamboo cages.

[graciegirl]

Local reporter; Excuse me, Mr. Mz. bird...why are you being pushed around in a cart at Walmart?

Bird; I couldn't find a handicapped scooter with bird controls.

Local reporter; No seriously, who is this person pushing you???

Bird; I don't know, I picked her up in the parking lot.

Local reporter; Many people are offended by you because of your throwing bird seeds and all the bird poop.

Bird; Well everybody eats and poops. Have YOU used the restrooms here????

Local reporter.;Seriously now, don't you think being at Walmart is a bit much???

Bird; Well, I do prefer Costco or B.J.s or Wegmanns or Trader Joes, but the developer is greedy and self serving.

Local reporter; You are offending many many people and people don't like you.

Bird; Excuse me, I see a friend I need to catch up with;

[PugMom]

Oh, Good Grief! Maybe the bird just had surgery at the vet hospital up the street and they stopped at WalMart on the way home to pick up a pain script.

Good Answer! i once had my entire apartment painted & needed to keep my dobie with me all day. granted, he didnt fit in a bird cage, but was more well-behaved than most kids were, lol

[karostay]

Don't shop ANYWHERE!!!!!!!! Grow your own food. Animals are everywhere. I'm surprised we're all still alive.


Just wait till The Corona virus hits here
Population will drop off sharply

[jryley2@yahoo.com]

I love animals.
The bird has to go.
We need a legal certification card
for service animals.
I have a service dog and carry his certification papers on my phone, along with training exercises.
Too many people pass off animal as service or emotional pet.
The animal has specific tasks to do. What is he birds job?

[TOMMY D]

There are those making jokes of this posting. This post is looking at a health issue with animals being brought into places where food is sold or served. I understand a service dog which is trained and not jumping around or sitting in shopping carriages or at tables being fed. I've seen a woman with a monkey in Winn Dixie feeding it grapes from produce. Another time a woman with a large lizard feeding it lettuce. Another time dog lifted it's leg and peed on can goods. It's up to the health department to take issue with this. They go around to restaurants and other food business looking for health violations. Think they need to address health issues with animals. Maybe you need to bring home fleas or ticks to take note.

[jmtruax]

Walmart ? Why are you waiting your time. What else would you expect shopping there.

[retiredguy123]

Here is a link to frequent questions about service animals and the Federal ADA law.

Frequently Asked Questions about Service Animals and the ADA (https://www.ada.gov/regs2010/service_animal_qa.html)

Service animals, especially dogs, are allowed to be almost everywhere, including grocery stores and restaurants. Only Congress can change that because it is the Federal law. It don't think the Health Department can ban service animals from public places.

[bassfish]

Yes I've seen it many times at Fresh Market.

[bassfish]

I won't be going in there anymore. It's always so busy.

[prntxpresn]

Animals are better than most people. I hope she used the sanitary wipes b4 setting the cage in place.

[Mumbles]

Oh, did the bird have a diaper on it’s bottom? I am so very tired of the comparison of a child, a human being and the future of our country, being compared to animals. If one can’t see the problem with toting animals of all species through groceries stores, one may want to move to India.

You're certainly not helping the situation.

[kaydee]

Nothing tops the grazers, who descend on the salad bar @ Fresh Market & taste everything & double dip--its their free buffet, or reach into the candy bins, yuk

Well that action needs to be reported on the spot.. that is a health hazard.

[kaydee]

Yes I've seen it many times at Fresh Market.

Seen what many times at Fresh Market?

[Bill1701]

Many of the stores here have gone to the dogs, now Walmart has gone to the birds. Why do people think it is OK to bring their pet to a grocery store? This was never allowed in the past.

[ts12755]

We need laws against bringing animals to public places.... I'm allergic to dogs and cats...

[Bay Kid]

You can see it all t Walmart.

[coffeebean]

Here is a link to frequent questions about service animals and the Federal ADA law.

Frequently Asked Questions about Service Animals and the ADA (https://www.ada.gov/regs2010/service_animal_qa.html)

Service animals, especially dogs, are allowed to be almost everywhere, including grocery stores and restaurants. Only Congress can change that because it is the Federal law. It don't think the Health Department can ban service animals from public places.

Service animals are properly trained and those who need service animals would never place them in a grocery store shopping cart. Those folks know better.

The emotional support animals and their owners are the ones in question, IMHO. Most of it is a bunch of malarkey. I don't buy it.

[ALadysMom]

1. humans are members of the animal kingdom. By definition, we ARE animals.
2. I know dogs who behave better than some people. Humans are not immune to bad habits, poor behavior, and bad hygiene.
3. Bird cages usually have a solid bottom and are lined with paper for easy cleaning. Birds don't often poop beyond the confines of their cages. The same cannot be said about some kids and the confines of their diapers.

1. Humans have money which they might like to use to buy things. Animals do not.
2. Many canine (dog) illnesses are transmittable to humans via fecal-oral route. No human is allowed to sit in a grocery cart without pants like dogs do. Dogs often lick their butts and eat poop. When was the last time you licked your butt or ate poop? Their mouths are full of disgusting pathogens.
3. Bird cages are disgusting, filthy breeding grounds for illness. They do not belong in any grocery shopping cart.

If you like to roll the dice with shopping amongst all of God’s creatures, you might like China, India, or your choice of third-world country. (BTW what qualities do you think differentiate US from a “3rd World country?”)

Americans have learned that storing food with live or wild-caught animals is a recipe for disaster. If only China would learn too.

[ALadysMom]

Service animals are properly trained and those who need service animals would never place them in a grocery store shopping cart. Those folks know better.

The emotional support animals and their owners are the ones in question, IMHO. Most of it is a bunch of malarkey. I don't buy it.

Precisely. Well said.

[ALadysMom]

It's no more disgusting to me than families who put their babies with dirty diapers in the front of the carriage, or people who are sick with contagious illnesses put their hands on the carriages after sneezing into their hands, or kids IN the carriage with their dirty shoes on the side walls, or people who CARRY their dogs into stores that have open food (buffets, produce sections, salad bars, etc) to ensure maximum pup-droolage in the tomato bin.

Are you proposing a ban on babies? We can all Kiss our Social Security and Medicare goodbye without those germy future cash cows.

[ALadysMom]

Many of the stores here have gone to the dogs, now Walmart has gone to the birds. Why do people think it is OK to bring their pet to a grocery store? This was never allowed in the past.

It’s the result of the slippery slope. When hit the bottom I hope we don’t grab a shovel & start digging.

[ALadysMom]

IT is aggravating and is to the point it involves health issues. Restaurants and stores where the public frequents, in my opinion is no place for animals of any kind. Such examples, when I was in Home Depot there was two chocolate labs in the shopping cart slobbering all over the cart. I am for people that love animals but, to take them into a restaurant where I am eating is not gonna work for me. There is a first watch up in Ocala that experienced somebody bringing a pony into the restaurant and said it was for her emotional support. I'm sorry we need to get real about this. I would have walked out of the place not caring what stage I was in the meal and never to come back.

Maybe if our lawmakers weren’t so BUSY they could make laws to actually protect the public from harm. Imagine, if they would carefully craft protections for us like they carefully crafted their coop attempts. What a great place this would be!

[ALadysMom]

Animals are better than most people. I hope she used the sanitary wipes b4 setting the cage in place.

The virtue of the creature does not correlate to its pathogenic health hazards.

Did you see the recent reminder issued by the FDA to the manufacturer about the lack of effectiveness of its hand ‘sanitizing’ alcohol gel? Better not rely on those for illness control.

[New Englander]

Animals are better than most people. I hope she used the sanitary wipes b4 setting the cage in place.

Baloney.

[fsusix]

:pray: As long as you want to have a pet - we are happy for you - and if you want to go live in a Kennel - it's your choice - but don't impose your choice on the one's of us that decide not to have a pet because of the inconveniences. I have observed - people with pets - many are looking for attention by bringing their pet. Service animals - with papers - YES - all other's - NO
Some of us are allergic to animals and the unsantitary nature is awful. We cannot leave children home - big difference. :shrug: Where did common sense go?[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

The rule should be universal: four on the floor, face away from the product.

If the dog is anywhere OTHER than on the floor, with both feet down or sitting quietly by his handler's side, then it needs to be out of the store. Period.

No animal should be in a shopping cart. None. Babies should be in carriers or sanitary "cart pads" made to fit on the top of those carts, and not IN the carts themselves without a barrier between themselves and the cart. Putting a kid in diapers on that cart seat and pulling his legs through the holes - where toddlers are usually put - puts everyone at risk of cross-contamination for any customer who puts food up in that part of the shopping cart.

Toddlers also shouldn't be put in those seats, because they stand on the seats with their shoes before their legs slide into those holes. And they stand again when mom takes the kid out.

Barriers should be required in order to put anyone in that section.

If you've ever taken a cart out of the corral, and pulled up the plastic thing on those toddler areas, and seen rust on the metal underneath it - it's because of uric acid eating through the metal. And now you want to put your food down there?

And you're complaining about a bird - in a cage - probably with a liner under the cage -

Sorry I'm just not convinced that a bird, caged, with a liner in the cage, is any more disgusting than a kid in the top of the cart.

[graciegirl]

The rule should be universal: four on the floor, face away from the product.

If the dog is anywhere OTHER than on the floor, with both feet down or sitting quietly by his handler's side, then it needs to be out of the store. Period.

No animal should be in a shopping cart. None. Babies should be in carriers or sanitary "cart pads" made to fit on the top of those carts, and not IN the carts themselves without a barrier between themselves and the cart. Putting a kid in diapers on that cart seat and pulling his legs through the holes - where toddlers are usually put - puts everyone at risk of cross-contamination for any customer who puts food up in that part of the shopping cart.

Toddlers also shouldn't be put in those seats, because they stand on the seats with their shoes before their legs slide into those holes. And they stand again when mom takes the kid out.

Barriers should be required in order to put anyone in that section.

If you've ever taken a cart out of the corral, and pulled up the plastic thing on those toddler areas, and seen rust on the metal underneath it - it's because of uric acid eating through the metal. And now you want to put your food down there?

And you're complaining about a bird - in a cage - probably with a liner under the cage -

Sorry I'm just not convinced that a bird, caged, with a liner in the cage, is any more disgusting than a kid in the top of the cart.

Shouda Coulda Woulda.

Our views. Only. When I see "should", I see a sermon coming.

I think that the "looking under the plastic thing and seeing rust that is uric acid eating up metal" is a reach. I am not supporting animals visiting grocery stores at all. But I am not ouchy about babies sitting in the seats at grocery stores and unless and until my immune system is compromised I will not use wipes. First of all it is a waste of time and second, most of us have OUR LITTLE SOLDIERS in our immune system get stronger from meeting the enemy.

Some people don't enjoy animals and I understand that. I do like animals, except for snakes, but I draw the line at ridiculous which is saying oh hum when I see a bird riding around the grocery store.

Let's just all use our common sense.

Do ANY OF US REALLY LOOK AT THIS AS A TREND?

I think if we all just continue to glare at people who abuse the privilege of taking their animals where they are not wanted, we will get the message across.

[Two Bills]

Walmart ? Why are you waiting your time. What else would you expect shopping there.

I know. There is a much better class of animal in Publix carts! :)