How to Spot a Fake Emotional Support Animal on a Plane

This is the golden age of flying for geese thanks to the ability of anyone to bring their emotional support turkey on a plane. For free.

I’ve taken my Yorkshire Terrier on a few flights over the years but not in quite some time. He fits just fine under the seat and simply goes to sleep for most of the flight. He gets a thorough walk before and after, and I’ve timed flights with his usual nap times. Other passengers remark at the end of the flight when he comes out from underneath that they didn’t even know he was there.

Registrations of service animals rose from about 2400 five years ago to over 20,000 a year.

We have a really strange bifurcated system now where you have to pay ~ $150 each way to take a pet on board and they have to remain in a carrier throughout the flight. But call that same pet an emotional support ‘service animal’ and they can come out of the carrier and don’t cost anything.

The Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 prohibits airlines from discriminating against passengers with disabilities, and thus they must make reasonable accommodations for them which allow them to fly — like having access to their emotional support animals.

While in theory they don’t have to allow any animal that would be disruptive to the flight, there’s legal risk in a flight attendant or even captain making that decision on the spot.

There’s currently no firm rules or safe harbors for airlines to dispute a claim that an animal is necessary as a reasonable disability accommodation, but that’s under review at the Department of Transportation. I do not expect action on this soon.

Currently DOT offers totally useless guidance to tell whether or not a service animal is legit.

According to DOT guidance to the airlines, harnesses, vests, capes and backpacks may identify an animal as a service animal. But, “the absence of such equipment does not necessarily mean the animal is not a service animal. Similarly, the presence of a harness or vest … may not be sufficient evidence that the animal is, in fact, a legitimate service animal.”

One technique though may be a bit more straightforward:

Deb Davis, community outreach manager for Paws with a Cause of Wayland, outside Grand Rapids, said it’s easy to spot the impostor service dogs: those carried in a purse, or those that growl, bark or act aggressively. In other words, the pretenders often lack good public manners, she said.

I’m not willing to agree that “carr[ying] in a purse” means the owner is faking it. And traditional service animals, trained to act as guides for the blind, won’t generally “growl, bark or act aggressively” but in the world of frivolous lawsuits and regulations lacking clear guidance who is to say that the barking isn’t precisely what comforts the passenger with a disability?

Airlines are in a no-win situation. Just like porn, we know it when we see it, but what’s a reasonable test an airline can use to shield itself from liability?

Most passengers think that emotional support pigs and monkeys go too far. (There’s actually a whole different set of rules for animals who are celebrities).

How do you draw a line, besides falling back on Potter Stewart’s guidelines for obscenity?

(HT: Johnny Jet)

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  1. Not everyday you get a Potter Stewart reference on Boarding Area.

    Maybe the simplest thing the DOT could do would be to limit the ESA rules to dogs and cats. Would stop some of the weirdest people from turkeys and ducks

  2. Would designating certain flights as “Emotional Support Animal Friendly” be a reasonable accommodation? I’d suspect so (I am an attorney, just to clarify, but not in disability law). Not helpful for routes with fewer flights, but could be great for many routes.

  3. I think they should classify certain animals as “fit” for being emotional support animals. If you want a dog as your support animal, get the note signed by the psychiatrist or whoever. If you want a pig, maybe an extra layer of “proof” (like vet signature). To get a duck/turkey/monkey or whatever a person should have to do an absurd amount of legwork for proof and there should be heavy punitive action for fraudulent documentation.

    This is already in practice. I bet you can’t have a tiger as a service animal. “What if the only animal that works is my turkey?” What if the only animal that works is a tiger? Yes, the tiger is a danger to others while the turkey is not, but the bottom line is we all agree there should be boundaries. I say move the boundaries in to what’s reasonable.

  4. Unfortunately, emotional support animals and other fake and fraudulent animals who are on a plane just so their owners don’t have to pay a fee take valuable and important space away from true service animals such as seeing-eye dogs for the blind. This is not a joke. It is not funny. We need regulations to protect those animals who truly serve their owners.

  5. How do you draw the line? Will POTUS allow a member of the journalism pool bring their emotional support animal aboard Air Force One? True service animals like seeing eye dogs, those monitoring for seizures/ blood sugar, or supporting PTSD sufferers… okay. Turkeys, pigs, and ill behaved household pets that “comfort” … probably not. And if the service/ emotional support animal is more than 40 lbs than it requires it’s own seat!

  6. This is very similar to people that bring huge and extremely heavy bags on board as “carry on” to not pay to check their bags. Anyone can bring an animal on board and just say they are emotional support animals. It is time for a regulation where you need an official document proving that animal is indeed an emotional support animal.

  7. Jeez, I am so over service animals. Give me a break. I think airlines should make passengers with service animals wear a sign – just so we know to stay clear of them since they have issues.

  8. @Santastico, an official document only really gets you so far. For years California technically required an “official document” from a physician for someone to buy marijuana. Guess how hard it was for people to get those documents? In fact, the most common justification was “anxiety”… well… guess what the emotional support animals are theoretically there to help address?

  9. I disagree with Jeff where he says, “Yes, the tiger is a danger to others while the turkey is not…” Like smoking, turkey poop on an aircraft is hazardous to your health.

  10. Stewart said he most regretted remarking in an obscenity case — ‘I know it (pornography) when I see it’ — and said the quote probably would wind up on his tombstone.

    But , then, Potter Stewart didn’t know Gary Leff.

  11. I just helped a family member today apply for Global Entry. It’s a PITA. I would assume a similar process for Emotional Support Animals — where you have to present yourself and your animal to a government law enforcement agent for inspection — would weed out most of the nonsense.

  12. This is like traveling on third world airlines when folk would try, or did, bring animals on board…..
    It ain’t funny for the rest of us though…..

  13. If I only want to buy one ticket, can I bring my “emotional support toddler” on the plane for no fee??

    I can’t promise that won’t make a racket….or behave…

  14. This seems to be a hot button issue in the news. I have really not been impacted on any of my flights with a dog of any kind. Service dogs, whatever. I have not taken my dog on any flights for one simple reason which is that I have to be going somewhere that she will be doing activities with us. Basically not a place where I will leave her in a hotel room for any length of time. My dog can alert my wife to low blood sugar, which she has done on many occasions. She is not formally trained for this however she has done this for her. I feel there are emotional support animals that are legitimate. I dont think a law enforcement agent can assess the value or not of an emotional support dog. the airlines have created some of these issues themselves. What nobody has mentioned is why should there be a charge for a dog that is in a bag under the seat? I realize that you may need to limit the number of dog per flight but if you put your laptop bag under your feet- no charge, if a small dog is inside there is a fee which I think is not reasonable either.

  15. You’re not drawing a distinction between emotional support animals and service dogs; instead, you are lumping them together, which is incorrect. I’m not sure of the policy everywhere, but on SW, you need a psychiatrist’s note (not just any MD) to state you need an emotional support animal. They needn’t provide a specific service, just their presence is deemed comforting to you. Service animals provide a specific service to their owners and these are varied, but do NOT include providing emotional support.

    @Patricia: what is this valuable space that fake animals are taking up? I agree some people take it too far, but it’s not like there are service animals being denied space. Let’s remember this issue takes up such an infinitesimal percents of flights and not blow it out of proportion.

  16. Cute Yorkie boy 😉 I have a Yorkie lady!Maybe there could be a rule that stated that if your support animal is big enough not to fit under the seat in front of you or in your lap, you have to have a signed note from your doc and perhaps also from a vet.

  17. I have not been impacted at all because I usually fly UAL economy plus. The sort of person who scams a support dog on a flight is not paying for economy plus and absolutely does not have status.
    That said, I literally saw someone bring a 100 pound golden on a flight two weeks ago and sit in the back of the plane. I have no idea how it fit but if they sat next to me I’d be furious. That is a lot of dog to jam into a small area on a flight that was 100% full.

  18. Abuse is so rampant, time to eliminate them all. Besides, if you are so emotionally and psychologically fragile that you need to travel with an animal, then you are a safety hazard, so you don’t belong on an airplane.

    I love my dog, but I don’t want to traumatize him or inconvenience fellow passengers, so he stays at home with neighbors/sitters/friends.

  19. What about passengers that are allergic to dogs and/or cats? This is not uncommon. Where are their passenger rights?

  20. So much lack of common sense and absurdity in America nowadays.. The liberalism is destroying every bit of common sense. Glad it came to halt on time and hopefully will be reversed.

  21. So much lack of common sense and absurdity in America nowadays.. The facsist Trump supporters are destroying every bit of common sense. This sounds like another intrusion into people’s mental health.

  22. I have an issue with anyone saying that a small dog that is in a “purse” or being carried is a fake SD. I have a 4 pound service dog. I carry her for her safety. I would be to worried that someone would step on her in busy places.
    She does several things for me, one of the most important when I fly is laying on my lap to keep my legs warm and in less pain. I deal with Fibromyalgia and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis among other things. I can’t take medications to deal with the pain because of allergies, therefore my service dog is a necessity. She has flown with me four times. Each time she lays quietly on my lap. Most passengers don’t even know she is there, they are surprised when we stand up to depart and they see her little face. Some of us have invisible illnesses that can be helped with the aid of a service dog. Big or small really doesn’t matter. My little one has made a huge difference in my quality of life. We do our best as a team to be about our business and not bother anyone. So please, when you see someone with a small service dog, don’t judge, just be thankful that you are healthy enough to not need one.

  23. I am a flight attendant. And I can tell you that the emotional support animal is way out of control. All airline employees know this! We know when a crazy person legitimately need an ESA, and we know which ones don’t… about 99%!! I agree with WR that these people shouldn’t be flying either if they are so emotionally unstable. You never know what can trigger a legitimate person with some type of emotional need. I also agree with @iahphx that if one is able to get a certificate for an ESA that they should have to prove it in front of law enforcement, although someone could have a police officer father. We all hate it in the aniabtion industry, and we wish SOMETHING would be done about this nonsense! I saw a lady the other day that had 3 ESA’s….. for real?!?! My ass…

  24. @BBK Please take note that the law in question was enacted in 1986 . That means it was signed by your hero Ronald Reagan . I never realized he was a liberal .

  25. I’m in the process of making my dogs – “Service Dogs.” They are not. However, I’d like to fly to some domestic locations with my Basset Hound, and sadly – This is the only way unless she is “cargo.” Which isn’t happening. Hence, the service dog/emotional support animal loop hole. I even have doctor friends who will happily declare(in writing) that I need her for my mental health.

    The solution really is to just let people buy seats for their dogs. I’d even be ok with buying the entire row of 3 seats. In this way, no dog hating passengers need be inconvenienced. If I could fly economy, and just buy the entire 3 seats for me and my dog, I wouldn’t have a problem. However, I do have a problem with my Basset Hound in a cargo hold. Hence, she will be a service animal, and is now currently just for emotional support.

  26. Some of you really need to do some research and educate yourselves before you spread your ignorance around for the whole internet to see. Emotional support animals do require a letter from a licensed mental health professional, usually under a year old. Not all airlines check, but it is required to have one and if your animal is unruly, they will most likely not be allowed to board.

    Any animal can be an emotional support animal because any animal can ease the symptoms or difficulty of someone’s disability. That some of you think people with disabilities should just stay home and away from other people in isolation is disgusting. That’s like saying if you’re a diabetic, instead of eating any food at all and risking your blood sugar being messed up, just drink water and forget about the medicine you have to help you function. People that require ESA can safely and happily be on flights BECAUSE they have their ESA.

    Some disabilities are invisible. Some people have PTSD and are otherwise completely fine and thriving until they are triggered, in which case an ESA (and not a service dog because maybe they can’t afford one) could help them tremendously, some people have depression and look as though they have it all together and fulfilled in every aspect of their life (in fact an unusually upbeat mood is often listed as a warning sign for suicidal behavior so if you think you can tell who needs an ESA and who doesn’t you’re living in ignorance) but are really struggling on the inside and their animal gives them purpose and helps ease emotional difficulties so they can function and fly safely and do well at whatever destination they are going to because the flight is one thing, but the destination may be a completely different battle.

    Having a disability doesn’t make you fragile, which is a horrific idea and totally ableist, it makes you have different needs than people who do not have any disabilities or illnesses and by law, not by your terrible useless opinion, those needs can be safely addressed and have been thanks to the ADA, the Fair Housing Act and yes, the Air Carrier Access Act.

  27. I have a legal ESA dog and I think every ESA animal should be required to have a letter from a psychiatrist like myself not from a website offering to write a letter for $100. There also should be a picture ID card for service and ESA animals. It makes me mad knowing my dog has gone through training to act properly and others have dogs that need training still get to fly.

  28. There’s a reason health departments do not allow pets in restaurants. We eat food on a plane, there is a correlation. Shouldn’t the health department be the “decider?” Pets poop and walk around airports, they then get up in peoples laps, on the seats. There’s enough germs on a plane, why sanction more?

  29. What is the history of airlines charging for bringing animals on board? Seems like $150 per flight is excessive and am curious if this has been jacked up like every other fee. It seems like people are trying to dodge an excessive fee more than anything else

  30. I have a service dog and even comments from others with service dogs seem to misunderstand what makes a service dog. The lady who suffers fibromyalgia and has her dog keep her legs warm. ….that’s not a service dog. The job that the dog does for you must not be a job that can be done yourself (say by a heating blanket). It needs to be something that you can’t do on your own. For example one of my dog’s jobs is to “block” for me and make space to keep people out of my personal space when I feel in danger or to walk behind me to ensure people don’t crowd me.
    As for how to tell. …ill behaved dogs are likely NOT service dogs as they are trained in public access. Emotional support animals should not be allowed on planes until they are required to have similar training to ensure public safety and lessen public impact. Asking what jobs a dog does is also a good way to tell a service dog from a pet.
    “Emotional support=not trained service dog”
    “Reminds me to take medication=not service dog”
    “Opens doors for wheelchair individuals=service dog”
    “Picks things up for physically impaired=service dog”
    See the difference? Only jobs that the person can’t do themselves. So consider the handlers answers if you ask. And hold them accountable. Real service teams are hurt by fake ones.

  31. I’m sure there will be some new rule that comes out limiting these animals when somebody’s support pit bull freaks out and tears open the neck of some other passenger who got a little too close. Or when one support animal decides to have somebody else’s support animal as a inflight meal. Then we will see some changes.

  32. I have an ESA. Articles like these increase the shame I already feel at needing one. And for those who feel that I am so emotionally fragile that I should not fly, well… thanks. I am not a nervous flyer. Never have been. However, I have crippling anxiety and my dog is able to recognize an onset of panic and calm me down before it gets out of hand. It must be nice to sit in judgment of others.

    For the record, my therapist practically begged me to get an ESA and I refused for a long time because of the idea of being judged this way.

  33. My niece has a severe allergy caused by dogs and cats. She starts coughing and it can bring on a severe asthma attack. When she travels by airplane, she covers her seat with a blanket to protect her from dog hairs. And, she is not alone. Where are her rights? Who makes provisions for her disability?
    This is an issue that must be resolved. She must restrict her flying to absolutely necessary trips. Why are her disability rights not addressed?Service dogs and emotional needs dogs should be very restricted to those who really qualify. Instead, I constantly see these dogs in owners laps and I am thankful my niece is not on the plane.

  34. An allergy is not a disability, so your nieces rights are not being violated. It is part of her day to avoid people with pet hairs on their clothing, flight attendants who’ve had earlier contact with dogs. Seats that had a person covered in dog hairs sitting in her seat before her. Not allowing actually disabled people on a flight because of an allergy doesn’t actually address her problem. Bit I can definitely agree that stricter rules are needed to avoid future judgment and problems for people who actually have a disability and need a service dog. (I’m not as on board with ESA but would be if they had to adhere to some sort of public access training)

  35. I respect the rights of those with disabilities. But I am a frequent flyer who is SEVERELY allergic to all cats and many dogs. So far, I’ve been lucky. No person who truly needs a service animal or person who simply claims to have that need has been seated next to me. If one were, do I have any rights at all
    as a paying customer?

  36. In the State of Florida, it is a crime to misrepresent a pet as a service animal. Fla. Stat. Sec. 413.08(9) says: “(9) A person who knowingly and willfully misrepresents herself or himself, through conduct or verbal or written notice, as using a service animal and being qualified to use a service animal or as a trainer of a service animal commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083 and must perform 30 hours of community service for an organization that serves individuals with disabilities, or for another entity or organization at the discretion of the court, to be completed in not more than 6 months.”

    The statute also defines a service animal as: “(d) “Service animal” means an animal that is trained to do work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. The work done or tasks performed must be directly related to the individual’s disability and may include, but are not limited to, guiding an individual who is visually impaired or blind, alerting an individual who is deaf or hard of hearing, pulling a wheelchair, assisting with mobility or balance, alerting and protecting an individual who is having a seizure, retrieving objects, alerting an individual to the presence of allergens, providing physical support and assistance with balance and stability to an individual with a mobility disability, helping an individual with a psychiatric or neurological disability by preventing or interrupting impulsive or destructive behaviors, reminding an individual with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming an individual with posttraumatic stress disorder during an anxiety attack, or doing other specific work or performing other special tasks. A service animal is not a pet. For purposes of subsections (2), (3), and (4), the term “service animal” is limited to a dog or miniature horse. The crime-deterrent effect of an animal’s presence and the provision of emotional support, well-being, comfort, or companionship do not constitute work or tasks for purposes of this definition.”

    I would assume this applies to any flight landing in or taking off from an airport in Florida.

  37. “I’m in the process of making my dogs – “Service Dogs.” They are not. However, I’d like to fly to some domestic locations with my Basset Hound, and sadly – This is the only way unless she is “cargo.” Which isn’t happening. ”

    Assuming you aren’t just baiting us for fun (and if so – well done!), YOU ARE THE PROBLEM, get rid of your sense of entitlement. Your animal is lovely Im sure but will never have equal rights to my daughter, or anyone else’s – it is, and forevermore will be, AN ANIMAL.. As far as your desire to fly with the dog in the cabin – I mean a small pressurized tube in the sky where civilized humans have to learn to to share the same space and air – too bad.

  38. And Gary, to be fair I’d say the same the same thing about your Yorkie, well behaved or not. False equivalency alert. Simply stated, human have all the rights on a plane, and animals have none.

    Let me paraphrase you: Just like porn, we know it when we see it, and we all know deep down, that its wrong and not terribly healthy. Personally I think that almost any animal on any plane.

    I am a pet owner and I’m no church goer or Trump voter, but if someone’s animal causes so much as a ripple for me or my family in an airplane, rest assured I will let them know.

  39. @Jason: Not true — allergies and asthma triggered by pet dander, if severe enough, is a disability under Section 504 of ADA, as it significantly affects one or more basic life activities (breathing). When we travel by air, my wife carries a letter from the Department of Pulmonology at Cleveland Clinic concerning her issues. It’s better than needing to set the plane down in an unscheduled place.

  40. Goods thing to know. Nonetheless it’s not like it’s something that can be managed by banning other disabled people from using transportation. Pet hair is to ubiquitous to be easily accommodated by simple bans. Pet hairs could be on people’s clothing or their luggage. If it’s as simple as not seating them close to a service animal then I’m all for it. I’d never want to be an inconvenience to anyone with my service dog.

  41. Steve, you and your misguided sense of importance can let them know all you want, but legally, their service dog is allowed to be with them and they will laugh at you as they continue to go about their day unbothered. A service animal is not a pet. Service dogs and ESA both serve PURPOSES. So while you may really really like guinea pig or beagle, it’s not assigned jobs to help with your disability and it isn’t highly recommended to you by a licensed mental health professional. They are aids just like a hearing aid and just like a wheelchair. Until your kid can alert someone of a panic attack or seizure before it happens, well trained service dogs trump your kid. Some of you still seem to think its all about the flight, but its not. People have to function after the flight at their new destination as well and that’s when the service animal or ESA are necessary.

    Jason, dogs that remind their owner to take their medication could be service animals as well, its just about what skills were taught and what ways they help manage the disability that the person cannot themselves. Lots of service animals are trained to fetch water bottles out of the fridge and pills at specific times during the day, or in response to a panic attack because for whatever reason, the person’s disability makes it impossible or extremely difficult for them to do alone. We should be careful not to make service dogs seem as if they’re only for physical disabilities and ESA are only for mental disabilities because there’s too much stigma surrounding psychiatric service dogs (and we shouldn’t be advocating for regular people to interrogate service dog teams because that is incredibly dehumanizing and rude.)

  42. I HAVE a service dog. I was told (and sent the law) that service dogs misty do a job that the person can’t do themselves. I have a terrible memory as the result of PTSD and yet still my dog wouldn’t be a service dog based only on him reminding me to take my heart pills that an alarm could do just as easily. He does other things though that DO qualify him. A dog that goes to get things could definitely be a service dog as you say. They’re called mobility assistance dogs to help people with mobility issues. But businesses have every right to ask what job the dog does. It’s in the law that they’re allowed and the OP is asking exactly that question. They can’t ask about the nature of the disability but they can ask what jobs they do. It’s the law. I completely agree with you about Steve and his entitled attitude. Well said.

  43. Jason, I figured you did based on your comment and thought it was related to ptsd because of tasks the dog does in a crowd, but didn’t want to assume.
    Also, you’re right and I was really unclear, simply reminding would not be an appropriate task, but retrieving in certain situations could be without the dog being a mobility assistance dog. Like I’m currently working with a psychiatric service dog and an “approved” task is retrieving emergency medications that would help ease the symptoms in a very short amount of time during something like an especially terrible, immobilizing panic attack that stops the person from being able to retrieve it themselves.

    Also yes, businesses can legally ask, but I was talking about random people on the street or on planes who don’t believe you have a disability just because you aren’t in a wheelchair or using a seeing stick, and based on some of these comments, I didn’t want people assuming just anyone can interrogate service dog teams and are entitled to a response if they suspect it’s not a real service dog because that would be awful.
    Wish you and your dog contiued success!

  44. Ahh Jayce, then we are in complete agreement. And no, strangers can fuck themselves if they feel they have a right to that information. (pardon the rude colloquial). I hate being asked by random people… despite it normally being innocent curiousity. I usually answer, but I don’t like it. My wife interrupts and nips it in the bud if she is present though. lol

    Be well

  45. Mark, why is it empathy gone wild to allow service dogs on aircraft? Would you deny a wheelchair bound person? Would you deny any disabled person their medical equipment if it was of a size that could easily be accommodated?
    So why is this one so hard?

  46. I only ended up on this site, in this thread of comments as the result of research pertaining to an article I am writing about the current trend in the airline industry that requires flight attendants to verify all male passengers are wearing an approved jockstrap or other garment of support on any flight, domestic or international, with an overall in-flight duration greater than 16 minutes and/or at an altitude in excess of 23.5 inches above the adjusted ground elevation of either the departure or the destination airport’s official data as reported by the US FAA or, where mandated by local law, the ICMWLHF (International coalition for Men WIth Low-Hanging Fruit).

    In other words, is it not really the problem all humanity today that there needs to be just a little more compassion and understanding for people with needs we do not see or understand that is combined with a healthy dose of “try being honest and stop cheating the system” for those on that particular side of an issue?

    For every logical, legal and moral argument made here, there is an equally passionate argument made by some lowlife looking only to cheat someone out of something to which he or she feels themselves to be entitled without the reasonable fee or inconvenience all the rest of us are perfectly willing to “put up with” because we are in fact intelligent and understand nothing is this world is free and often the things for which we must pay extra in some way (whether we see it or not) has in some other way caused the business (in this case the airline) to incur some expense that it would not otherwise have had to pay.

    The problem–with this whole flippin world–is that people are fed up with the dishonest, selfish and just plain ridiculous ways in which people with no moral compass find to let someone else pay their way in the world we live in. This in turn creates an attitude of distrust for those who pay full price with funds they work hard to earn and sit next to the lowlife scumbag demanding his “right” to reasonable accommodation, which in his mind actually means his DESIRE to get something for nothing.

    I will be 50 years old in less than a year. For you young studs still enjoying their 20’s, let me put this into terms you can understand. My balls are now three times the size of yours and without support would be knocking against my knees with every step I took. I support this requirement of jockstraps because it will prevent men like you from ever feeling my pain in your later life. And because I am not blonde, own two parakeets and a black chicken, I am exempt from paying the $2,500 fee all other men are required to pay. And my attorney is willing to sue anyone saying otherwise.

    WTF? Exactly! How about we all just act like honest, responsible members of civilized and INTELLIGENT society and make whatever changes in ourselves we need to make so that the final product (the improved versions of ourselves) fit the following criteria more or less.

    We do not steal–from anyone or any company.
    We do not expect to be treated any better or any worse than anyone else.
    We understand we have to pay for things we want and when the things we want cost more money than we have, then boo-hoo, we can’t have them.
    People who can afford to help those with less will do so when people stop confusing charity with lottery winnings.
    In a nutshell, we ALL need to grow the hell up and stop worrying about things we have no right to be involved in and start cleaning up the shit in our own backyard garden before we hire law firms to sue anyone that has the integrity to call us out on our own bad behavior.

    It’s 2017. GROW UP

  47. Mikeall, Sooooo are you saying that service dogs shouldn’t be accommodated? Or just “grow up” to the dishonest cheats who feel entitled to things not their own?

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