This is going to be a long one, so I suggest getting a cup of coffee, please forgive me.


Okay, this woman I work with has a four year old nefew. She came into work today calmly telling us this story about her sister taking him to a niegbors farm to get a baby chick for Easter. Already, I'm a little upset, because I'm thinking "Do these people not know that one day this chick will be a full grown chicken? What kind of peson would buy a four year old a pet chicken?"

Anyway, it gets worse. She then describes (while laughing, making me more upset) how her nefew picked up a baby chick and squashed it in his hand! I was in shock!! Worse yet, they gave him another one and he did the same thing!! I couldn't say anything, I just looked at her.

AND then, she says , in the same breath mind you, that she's going to get him a kitten!! That was it! I told her she would be insane to buy him a kitty after the way he treated them chicks. I asked her why her sister let him do that and her response was that she didn't think it was a big deal! That was all I could take. I walked away and cried in the bathroom.

To make a long story short (kind of) everyone is saying I'm overreacting and that it's "just a chicken". They don't understand that if they don't teach the boy any better, he's going to abuse the kitten too!

I know that there's nothing more I can do. But I wanted to post this because I know everyone here knows where I'm comming from with this and no one will make fun of me for being sad about it.

Thanks for reading.