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Airline employee told student to flush emotional support hamster down toilet, student alleges
Fox News ^ | Feb. 8, 2018

Posted on 02/08/2018 10:37:52 AM PST by deplorableindc

A college student said she flushed her emotional support hamster down the toilet after Spirit Airlines refused to let her bring her furry pet on the plane.

Belen Aldecosea, 21, of Miami Beach, Florida, told the Miami Herald that she contacted Spirit Airlines before her flight from Baltimore to South Florida on Nov. 21, 2017, regarding traveling with her dwarf hamster, Pebbles. Aldecosea claimed the airline told her it was not a problem to bring her hamster on the flight.

However, when the student arrived at the airport she said the airline refused to let Pebbles on the plane. Aldecosea said she did not have many options since her family was in Florida and her friends were hours away. The student claimed a Spirit employee suggested she either flush Pebbles down the toilet or let the animal free.

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1 posted on 02/08/2018 10:37:52 AM PST by deplorableindc
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To: deplorableindc

If she’s that emotionally fragile that she needs to carry a hamster around with her all day, then she’s not mature enough to fly alone. This is ridiculous.


2 posted on 02/08/2018 10:39:23 AM PST by TallahasseeConservative ( Isaiah 40:31)
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To: TallahasseeConservative

If someone told her to jump off a building, would she do it?


3 posted on 02/08/2018 10:40:10 AM PST by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: deplorableindc

A Larry Craig joke is coming to mind.


4 posted on 02/08/2018 10:41:28 AM PST by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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To: TallahasseeConservative

Exactly. And she’s 6 feet tall? She doesn’t need a hamster. She just needs to get laid.


5 posted on 02/08/2018 10:44:43 AM PST by beergarden
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To: robroys woman

She ‘d do it, as long as the hamster jumps too.


6 posted on 02/08/2018 10:45:25 AM PST by beergarden
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To: beergarden

she may have been using the Gere technique of hamster play.


7 posted on 02/08/2018 10:45:43 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Build Kate's Wall)
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To: deplorableindc

LMAO!

On the one hand, the airline “acted stupidly”. People bring small dogs on planes all the time. Why would this be a problem?

On the other hand, I’m prejudice against snowflakes. Anyone that has to carry around a “emotional support pet” better have a prescription for a medical condition if they expect special treatment.


8 posted on 02/08/2018 10:46:16 AM PST by Tenacious 1
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To: morphing libertarian

LOL. Now we know what its for hahaha


9 posted on 02/08/2018 10:46:39 AM PST by beergarden
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To: deplorableindc

Related...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3630462/posts


10 posted on 02/08/2018 10:48:57 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: deplorableindc

I’m not surprised she didn’t object, and did flush the hamster.

Heck, she’s has less emotional maturity than a hamster.*

Her parents should have demanded she be treated like a minor, and only hand her over to a relative who presented a photo I. D.

A 21 year old needed a hamster, for moral support? Really? Nobody in the family sees a problem here?

* This means the hamster was in the superior position. She wasn’t there to calm it. It had to be there to calm her.

* The hamster had more emotional stability than she did.

Do they think she’ll be safe at the university?


11 posted on 02/08/2018 10:48:59 AM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: deplorableindc

Does the article say anything about what ultimately happened to poor Pebbles!?


12 posted on 02/08/2018 10:49:59 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Tenacious 1

I hate small dogs on planes as well. Took a flight to Montana last year, and this lady had her dog in her bag. Dog took a crap about an hour into the flight and we enjoyed the sweet scent of dog poop all the way to Bozeman. That’s why they make pet carriers and cargo holds.


13 posted on 02/08/2018 10:50:22 AM PST by TallahasseeConservative ( Isaiah 40:31)
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To: deplorableindc

What I dont believe about this story is everything. I do believe this snowflake is a sick puppy and something bad happened to the hamster.


14 posted on 02/08/2018 10:51:06 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative.)
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To: deplorableindc

She would flush the poor thing rather than set it free? What a monster. She does not need an emotional support animal, she needs a rubber room.


15 posted on 02/08/2018 10:51:21 AM PST by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: Menehune56

Oh, she DID flush Pebbles. So much for the emothional support part.


16 posted on 02/08/2018 10:51:25 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: deplorableindc

Reminds me of the “Roy D Mercer” Dead Hamster crank call...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_9iqWIaTKI


17 posted on 02/08/2018 10:54:02 AM PST by steadcom
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To: deplorableindc

Boo would have never let this happen. Minsc would have kicked their collective arses.


18 posted on 02/08/2018 10:54:04 AM PST by Fhios (1988 - Where's Waldo :: 2018 - Where's Jeff Sessions.)
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To: beergarden

She’s not bad looking...so yed - she needs to get laid.


19 posted on 02/08/2018 10:54:54 AM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: DoughtyOne

I would like to see a pic of her. I’m sure she’s a SJW.


20 posted on 02/08/2018 10:54:58 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
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