#treated them all for the likeliest problems

Corporate higher-ups: every store needs to have live finches or parrots to sell, no we will not invest in setting up proper walk-in aviaries for them or training staff beyond a five-minute online training module for all staff or properly vet the people we are sourcing these birds from

Me, who actually keeps parrots and knows how stressful a store environment would be for them and how unpredictable feeding and handling them will be for people without lots of hands-on experience: … I HAVE CONCERNS

Budgies: arrive in store

(My store managers: listen to my concerns and do as much as they can to accommodate them within the limits of what they’re allowed to do)

Me, one week later: hey that yellow boy isn’t looking too good

Less than 24 hours later: insert Monty python joke here 🙃🦜

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#why is corporate management like this #animal neglect #we did everything we could #moved them to a quieter area #treated them all for the likeliest problems #the two survivors are still isolated out the back of the store #in case they’re sick too #but by the time you notice a bird is sick #it’s VERY sick #they hide it too well and most of the staff aren’t used to observing birb body language #and I am nowhere near the birbs for most of the day