I would like to adopt another parrot someday, but I think it would be very strange to adopt something older than you. Parrots can live to be 60+, so I could someday be the guardian of an animal who lived a few decades before I was even born and that’s just weird.
I don’t think I have the authority. By default, that bird should be my guardian.
I am totally down for my next rescue to be older than me cuz frankly I need the life advice
My friend works at a pet store and while they don’t sell parrots, they do board and occasionally take in rescues and adopt them out. Well one of the birds they were boarding for a month was a 60+ year old scarlet macaw who knew one phrase besides occasionally coughing like an old man. She would say it on cue whenever a customer approached her and an employee told them how old she was. She would stop what she was doing, lean in close, her eyes pinning wildly, in a raspy whisper she would utter, “I was there when it happened.”
Daniel Willis Taylor will never ever make the mistake of assaulting a Black woman again. Her name is Yasmine James, and she whupped his sorry, racist ass. (more)
I feel a certain way about this, so I’m going to rant now.
This is a terrifying situation to be in and she shouldn’t have had to defend herself against this man. I was genuinely horrified watching the video because I can only imagine how scared she was. He was trying to pull her over the counter to do lord knows what, she doesn’t know if he has a weapon! I shudder just thinking about a fully grown man suddenly doing that to me at work.
Black women shouldn’t have to be these overtly tough, superwomen when they go through something as traumatic as this. It’s horrible and as a survivor of abuse, I physically recoiled. She was fortunate she was able to fend him off because otherwise, he might have really hurt that woman.
This man is dangerous and needs to be put away for assault, she should be compensated financially. Imagine the trauma of going through this at work and having your fellow employees stand around and do nothing to help you? One even goes and checks her attacker’s fucking receipt and she has to watch.
Black women shouldn’t have to be the only ones who look out for black women, but they consistently are forced too. The video is tough to watch, and I’m not entirely comfortable with everyone treating this like “Oh she’s so tough,” because yeah she can fight well… but she’ was probably fucking scared, anyone would be terrified in that situation and just wow.
I wish nothing but the worst on that man and if she gets fired for assaulting that animal we should donate to any lawyer fees she needs to fucking sue.
The fact that NO ONE, not even the fucking MANAGER, came to her defense and even remotely tried to knock the assailant on his ass pisses me off the most. What if he had a weapon? What if she couldn’t fend him off at all? She could’ve been horribly injured or DIED because her coworkers and managers ain’t even attempt to do shit.
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This, how tf are they still trying to serve him??? everyone involved is trash