Patriotic Duty
I work in a pet store. One of my coworkers got a call one day from someone who found a wild bird and wanted us to take it. Being a pet store, we can’t take in wild animals, especially not birds due to the migratory bird act, and we don’t sell birds so we don’t even have anywhere to keep it.
So she tells the woman this and gives the name of a wild bird rehab center nearby, and the woman just loses it, saying it’s “our duty as Americans” (yes, seriously) to take this bird from her because she is a customer. My coworker just says “I am very sorry but as a pet store we cannot take wild animals” and hangs up.
Moral of today’s story: Take wild animals to a wildlife rehab center!!!!! Story credit: Reddit / furiousfran