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AgencyDelicious1933 t1_j5289eq wrote

Reply to TIFU by joking at a pet store by Twiggimmapig

I say you go back and if they say anything, just be like: "I prayed really hard, and god told me I shouldn't let jokes stand in the way of purchasing animal supplies. Business is business!! 🤷‍♀️👍"

Edit: do you live in Republican Town or something? I can't imagine the store owner actually calling the cops with the reasoning they need to come and boot a mom who got banned over a joke.

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PivotSquish t1_j526sem wrote

Reply to TIFU by joking at a pet store by Twiggimmapig

The hypocrisy of owning a pet shop that sells exotic critters and reptiles, many of which won’t have a good life in glass or cages, while pretending to be appalled at a joke of feeding a snake something it needs.

Even already-killed mice were alive too.

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HamsterSweets t1_j5262y9 wrote

Reply to comment by Kanniebaal in TIFU by sending my friend a condolence message about her Dad dying by damndarling

It definitely comes from a place of meaning well but you're right. I had people saying this to me after my daughter's stillbirth and then again when my younger son was not growing in utero, then preemie at 28 weeks so my body wouldn't kill him (as it did to my daughter), then in the NICU (of course) for a long time (he's good now; currently holding him while he sleeps). But I never asked for help from anyone because it felt like far too much of a burden. I probably would have been more likely to accept specific help vs "let me know if you need anything."

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EffectiveGeneral8425 t1_j525qgt wrote

Reply to TIFU by joking at a pet store by Twiggimmapig

Don’t worry about it, the fact you said you were kidding straight after made it even more harmless tbh. Some people just have simple minds and have take everything seriously because god forbid letting loose every now and again. Although I give them credit for owning a pet shop whilst being concerned for the animals welfare, that is if they speak their actions.

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AllanfromWales1 t1_j524jxi wrote

Reply to TIFU by joking at a pet store by Twiggimmapig

When our kids were about 8 and 10, we went into a gift shop in town and while we were looking at something, the kids wandered off and started laughing about some 18+ gifts on open display. The store owner got angry and said the kids were banned from the store. That was 25 years ago and I have never been back in there since. Nor will I. Small town or no, there are other alternatives if they're going to take that attitude.

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