If you’re going to shame them, nobody will want to bring you their neglected plants.
I’m an animal lover who has only worked retail for the last 8 years… I can kind of understand why they’d want to shame them. Because first there’s the obvious:
A) You should not have adopted a
petliving being if you weren’t absolutely sure you could ensure it’s well-being along the way. (btw I’m realizing the analogy between plant and animal is only so perfect)And B) Now they have to deal with it. Not only that, but they know that the person returning that living being knows that they’re perpetuating a very dark problem in our society.
I’ve never worked with animals professionally, but I do have very strong feelings on the matter… I think recognizing that they fucked up and still bringing the living being to someone who can take care of them is commendable, but they still deserve to be shamed. Because while it will extend their life and give them another chance to have a life, they still catastrophically failed that being in a way that’s just sad, and there’s no way around that.
Since editing crashes my client after the last update:
I know I’m giving a very serious reply to what was probably a joke comment, but I have a lot of feelings on this topic and needed an excuse to get them out lol.
If they didn’t want to be neglected maybe they shouldn’t be so god damn passive and needy
At least one leaf survived.
I’ve always wanted enough space to have a medium sized greenhouse.
I had the thought the other day that it would be kind of interesting to open part of the space to locals to drop off their plants for day care. Going on a trip? Just swing by and put the plant in the spots for the right watering schedule and pick it up when you come back.
It would also have a section for plant swaps, for plants people forgot that others could just take home.