This has, honestly, been one of my dream jobs for a while. The particular pet store that I work at has puppies that we "find homes for" as well as a smattering of small animals and about 4 betta fish. The puppies were, honestly, the only reason why I took the job (well, that and I really need money).
So, as you can imagine, having about 20 puppies available to play with on a daily basis attracts a lot of different people, but it mostly attracts babysitters and the snotty, spoiled kids that they watch. I tend to work days (from like 11 to 5) which means that parents aren't home yet and the only people that come in are these babysitters and maybe a few people during their lunch break. This means that I'm basically babysitting their fucking kids and I have to deal with 5 year olds crying because they wanted to get out the Husky puppy and weren't prepared for her to chew on them relentlessly.
That's not even the end of it.
We have to meet a quota at the end of the day and part of that quota includes sending puppies home. This is hard because I have social anxiety and straight up asking people if they wanna take puppies home is really difficult. I'm torn between wanting to not get fired and also not wanting to be that obnoxious sales person that ruins a family's night because I made a fucking commitment sound plausible to these kids. I mean, I guess we're supposed to annoy people into buying these dogs but I dunno. It's hard. It doesn't feel morally right. Especially when I'm trying to convince someone to buy a dog and the puppy urinates or shits on the floor and they're like "We're gonna put this one back". Fuck you! Puppies are going to fucking shit and if you can't handle that, don't tell me that you're looking to get a new dog for your family. Puppies smell bad, they shit, they tear up everything on your floor, they eat really gross things and then have to go to the doctor to get it pulled out of their asshole. As someone who loves dogs a whole hell of a lot and who has to sit there and take everyone's bullshit about how they don't want a puppy that sheds, or barks, or bites, or chews, and they want it to be friendly with kids and to train easy, it makes me fucking furious. You don't need a fucking puppy, you need a robot. Get your kids a goddamn goldfish and call it a day.
What's even fucking worse are the people that get my attention only to bring me over to a kennel where two puppies are playing and tell me that I need to break up the fight, that the fact that one puppy is chewing on the other puppy's ear is disturbing. I don't think I've worked one day where someone hasn't gotten upset at watching two puppies roughhouse.
Basically, what I'm saying is that people really suck and dogs do not and if I had to chose between saving a dog and saving a human kid I know exactly which one I'd chose.
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