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- Female Dusky Conure (Kayak) Female Sun Conure (Carlisle) Female Budgie (Meister) Male Budgie (Spooky Burd)
First off its after midnight and I'm awake because my lovely Dusky decided to hold a conversation with herself sounding like Regan from the Exocist. The laughing and chattering woke me out of a deep sleep. It reminded me that I wanted to share my funny bird story from last night at work. I work with my friend Mindy who doesn't own any birds. She appreciates them and always takes trips with me to the bird store for delicious goodies and toys. I was standing on the sales floor telling her about how Carlisle tried something new!!!!! (I was super excited over it) the conversation went seething like this:
Me: Carlisle is such a picky eater! I was so excited when he tried those pepper nutri-berries today.
Random customer: You have a picky eater? How old is he? (I'm thinking she owns birds... I've come to discover a lot of my customers have birds for pets)
Me: He'll be 3 next month.
Customer: How old are you? (I was confused at this point as to what MY age had to do with it)
Me: 23. Why?
Customer: *disapproving tone* WELL, I guess that's not TOO young to have a 3 year old kid. (at that point Mindy is cracking up)
Me: Carlisle is a Sun Conure. He's a pet bird, not a human child!
Customer: You realize you talk about him like parents talk about children? That's not right. (Mindy had to walk away)
Me: He IS my child. He just has feathers. If it makes
You feel any worse I've got 3 others aside from him. I treat them like my kids too.
She walked away from me after that and went to the back to get her prescription and ignored me when I said "have a great night!" as she was walking out the door. The nerve of some people to judge like that! She just doesn't understand the joys of loving an animal as much as we all do. I love my birds and my cats. They're all my babies!
I guess I'll try going back to sleep now that Kayak is done laughing like a maniac. I'm taking a trip to Bird Paradise tomorrow with Mindy and cannot wait! I love that store more than I love human stores. It's so worth the long drive. My picky eater will be happy to have his regular food again.
Me: Carlisle is such a picky eater! I was so excited when he tried those pepper nutri-berries today.
Random customer: You have a picky eater? How old is he? (I'm thinking she owns birds... I've come to discover a lot of my customers have birds for pets)
Me: He'll be 3 next month.
Customer: How old are you? (I was confused at this point as to what MY age had to do with it)
Me: 23. Why?
Customer: *disapproving tone* WELL, I guess that's not TOO young to have a 3 year old kid. (at that point Mindy is cracking up)
Me: Carlisle is a Sun Conure. He's a pet bird, not a human child!
Customer: You realize you talk about him like parents talk about children? That's not right. (Mindy had to walk away)
Me: He IS my child. He just has feathers. If it makes
You feel any worse I've got 3 others aside from him. I treat them like my kids too.
She walked away from me after that and went to the back to get her prescription and ignored me when I said "have a great night!" as she was walking out the door. The nerve of some people to judge like that! She just doesn't understand the joys of loving an animal as much as we all do. I love my birds and my cats. They're all my babies!
I guess I'll try going back to sleep now that Kayak is done laughing like a maniac. I'm taking a trip to Bird Paradise tomorrow with Mindy and cannot wait! I love that store more than I love human stores. It's so worth the long drive. My picky eater will be happy to have his regular food again.