People are nuts. So they go for emotional support animals (pets) that eat nuts.
Posted on 09/19/2023 9:14:44 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
In a video that has gained steam on social media, a woman was seen at a San Antonio Walmart with a squirrel crawling out of the back of her blouse and nestling on her shoulder as she operated the self-checkout.
You heard that right. A squirrel.
The clip from Barstool UTSA was apparently filmed at the Walmart on De Zavala Road near the University of Texas at San Antonio campus. Another woman, in the background of the video, can be overheard saying slowly, “Oh, my God.”
“Never going to the Walmart off UTSA Blvd again,” Barstool UTSA wrote on X, the social media account formerly known as Twitter.
Walmart’s company policy says that although it welcomes service animals, it doesn’t allow pets. The San Antonio Current, the first to report on the video, quipped that the squirrel didn’t appear to have a service vest.
It's not uncommon for people to keep squirrels as pets. Founding father Ben Franklin actually brought one named Mungo to England. When a dog killed it, Franklin wrote Mungo’s eulogy.
And according to the George W. Bush White House archives, President Warren Harding had a pet squirrel named Pete. There’s a photo of Navy Secretary Edwin Denby bending down to feed him.
People are nuts. So they go for emotional support animals (pets) that eat nuts.
That looks like a little grey squirrel
A friend of mine said he was freaked out years ago by some chick that had a rat hanging out on her shoulders while shopping in a Walmart once.
Look up King Charles and his red squirrels. He allows them into one of his country estate houses. He thinks they are very intelligent.
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WebPrince Charles, who is also the patron of the Red Squirrel Survival Trust, doesn’t deny it. “They come into the house at Birkhall and we get them chasing each other round and round inside. If...
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My father raised orphaned squirrels when he was a kid...
Is it a lucky squirrel or an unlucky squirrel?
Sis and hubby just spend the summer remodeling our uncles desert cabin in CA
A tiny wild antelope squirrel took a shine to Rick and his sunflower seeds and would crawl up on his chest and take naps
As we already know by now... some people will do ‘anything’ to get attention, even if it’s negative attention. The problem comes when they have to get more and more creative in order to satisfy the addiction they have developed re: getting that attention. This truly is the era of idiocy and insanity and the unhinged segment of our society need and demand their “15 minutes of fame”, no matter what it takes.
People of Walmart. It has a far higher incident rate of looneys than other retailers. Proven.
These are not aberations, but pretty standard depictions.
Stupid games (Allow any all animals to come in...)
Get a dum-a$$ prize!
Get a DAB with a rodent!
LOL, I am guessing it is better than an “Emotional Support Badger”...
A lady brought a baby hummingbird into our shop one time. She had it carefully ensconced in a scarf. It was a highpoint of our day. I think it was a rescue, not a pet, and that she had to keep it with her to feed it on time.
I wonder if he pronounces it ‘Squee-rel’. (My husband’s Granny was English, and it took me a while to figure out what she was saying...)
We raised a baby squirrel once that our cat nearly killed but didn’t. Nursed him back to health in a cage, and then when he was old enough, let him go off into the woods near our home. We didn’t take him shopping with us. He stayed in the screened in porch until he was big enough for the outdoors, just a couple of months.
America has gone clinically, totally and irreparably insane.
I’ve carried baby birds around for weeks while raising them; I kept them in little hospital cages. A Hummingbird would be a MAJOR project.
Two squirrels , one each two and four legged
I hand raised an abandoned squirrel. She’d climb all over me. (I looked like a roadmap!) Totally amazed the neighbor.
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