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Post by Shane for Wax on Dec 6, 2011 2:30:24 GMT -5
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Post by clockworkgirl21 on Dec 6, 2011 2:56:05 GMT -5
How has this asshole not been arrested for animal cruelty?
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Post by brendanrizzo on Dec 6, 2011 12:05:08 GMT -5
How has this asshole not been arrested for animal cruelty? Because he's from Texas. They only arrest the people who AREN'T a menace to society. |
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Post by Shane for Wax on Dec 6, 2011 12:20:45 GMT -5
I'm sure if it was near Animal Cops Houston there'd be some ass-kickin'.
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Post by rageaholic on Dec 6, 2011 12:58:17 GMT -5
It sounds like one of those jobs where common isn't allowed. Just mindlessly follow policy and don't dare think outside the box.
She did the right thing.
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Post by Random Guy on Dec 6, 2011 14:27:38 GMT -5
That poor dog!
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Post by askold on Dec 6, 2011 14:36:04 GMT -5
It sounds like one of those jobs where common isn't allowed. Just mindlessly follow policy and don't dare think outside the box. She did the right thing. Wait... They have to report/confiscagate all illegal items and otherwise notify police of all illegalities, they have to take away all "dangerous" items and I assume that they would have to do something if one of the customers would show up bloodied and beaten at the airport... Since it was obvious that the dog was injured shouldn't they have done something? And it seems that the airport police actually did take the dog to a vet, why was the airport employee fired? (or sent home and then fired for "going home") |
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Post by sylvana on Dec 7, 2011 1:32:15 GMT -5
If I was working in any kind of industry and was asked to load or handle a bloody animal I knew nothing about, I would decline too. Who knows if said animal was dangerous or infected. In this case though it was just a badly abused dog, but the principle remains. Poor animal, and poor airport employee. There is just so much wrong with this.
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Post by shykid on Dec 7, 2011 6:36:08 GMT -5
How has this asshole not been arrested for animal cruelty? He probably will be now, I hope. More than that, though, I hope that this poor dog gets taken away from him, is rehabilitated, and gets put in a nice home. There is just so, so much wrong here. The supervisor who told this hard-working and kind-hearted employee to leave should at least be subject to some harsh disciplinary action (if not outright fired), while she should be reinstated with double backpay for every working hour she’s been without a job, due to the trouble she went through for simply having the gall to do the right damn thing. Also, ignoring the obscenely obvious animal cruelty here, couldn’t a sick animal in that kind of condition pose a possible health hazard? Either way, dogs in that kind of condition are known to go into self-preservation mode and become dangerous. In both cases, she would have been fired anyway for not speaking up had this dog’s presence caused any problems. Edit (with an update!) So it turns out that there has been at least a little justice served here, though not nearly enough, and pretty much all of it has apparently been negated by other stupidity, anyway. The cargo worker has been offered her job back with full backpay. I don’t think that’s adequate, however—I think she should receive double backpay for every hour she has missed (as I believe should be a legal right for all unrightfully terminated workers)—but at least this is something, I suppose. Also, she’s not sure if she wants to return, because she fears retaliation from her managers, which suggests they may have been disciplined for this. However, it also suggests the ridiculous lack of workers’ rights laws in this country (but that is a whole other rant altogether). As for the dog, things aren’t quite so good. The good news is that he has been nursed back to good health, but I want you to sit down for this next part. So, if I am reading this right (and I seriously hope I’m not), the dog was apparently shipped back to his owner. Ok, so, let me repeat that. The dog was apparently shipped back to his owner. WHAT THE FUCK, PEOPLE?! WHAT THE FUCK?!?   All I can say here is that either: - My reading-comprehension and/or inference skills really, really suck (which I actually hope is the case for once).
- Some animal-cruelty laws deseparately need to be rewritten so that (1.) animals who appear to be abused or neglected are not legally required to be shipped back to their owners, and (2.) whoever actually does such a fucked-up thing is charged with animal cruelty themselves.
- If shipping the dog back to his owner is not legally required here, then whoever made the decision to do it needs to be shipped away from their job. Permanently. Screw “disciplinary action.”
(Oh, and sorry for the tl;dr here guys. Animal welfare is one of the things I am fiercely passionate about.) |
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Post by N. De Plume on Dec 7, 2011 9:11:52 GMT -5
So, if I am reading this right (and I seriously hope I’m not), the dog was also apparently shipped back to his owner. Ok, so, let me repeat that. The dog was apparently shipped back to his owner. WHAT THE FUCK, PEOPLE?! WHAT THE FUCK?!? And my opinion of the state of animal law remains unchanged. |
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Dec 7, 2011 9:30:38 GMT -5
You know...even before I saw this story, there was a frightfully large number of Texans I wanted to murder bloodily...
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Post by shykid on Dec 7, 2011 9:51:03 GMT -5
Eh, the state already murders Texans itself, what, with its enormous number of executions.
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Post by Shane for Wax on Dec 8, 2011 0:21:23 GMT -5
Well what do you know: After being called out for firing an employee who refused to load an abused dog onto an airplane, Airport Terminal Services has reached out to animal-lover Lynn Jones to offer her her old baggage-handling job back. In a statement released by the Saint Louis-based contractor, ATS president Sally Leible apologizes for “the events that took place at Reno-Tahoe International Airport,” and claims to have “made an offer for Jones to be fully reinstated to her position with back pay.” Reached for comment, Jones told the Reno Gazette-Journal she was mulling it over, but was concerned about possible retaliation from supervisors involved in the incident. Leible responded that she was “absolutely convinced that our team in Reno will welcome her back with open arms.” Jones was terminated last month for refusing to comply with an order to place a visibly injured pointer aboard a flight to Texas, where its owner, a hunter, resides. The animal was treated by a local vet and eventually shipped back to its owner, but Corpus Christi animal control authorities say they are investigating the matter. “We’re going to be as proactive as possible to figure this out,” said Corpus Christi Animal Control project manager Larry Blas. “We’re going to do everything we can to follow this up.” www.rgj.com/article/20111206/NEWS/111206038/Update-Reno-air-cargo-worker-Lynn-Jones-offered-her-job-back-after-saving-dog |
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Post by Smurfette Principle on Dec 8, 2011 0:30:12 GMT -5
What do you mean, "attempting to find"? Unless you fucking teleported the dog via cosmic brainwaves, you already know where the fucking dog is because you fucking shipped it there.
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Post by Iosa the Invincible on Dec 8, 2011 0:34:51 GMT -5
What do you mean, "attempting to find"? Unless you fucking teleported the dog via cosmic brainwaves, you already know where the fucking dog is because you fucking shipped it there.Do you think there's a possibility that after obtaining the dog, the owner took it and skipped town somewhere waiting for this to blow over? |
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