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A member of my family is a medical professional and they told me that they frequently see people who either come in because they want a work excuse (that they d

A member of my family is a medical professional and they told me that they frequently see people who either come in because they want a work excuse (that they don't really need) or want their animal classified as an emotional support animal. I think the most absurd one I heard was they wanted their chicken classified as an emotional support animal. It's definitely time to draw a line. EDIT: They told me that 99% of the time they say no to the latter request and will only give a work excuse if that person is genuinely sick. They also told me that they work with plenty of providers who just don't care and hand out the work excuses and emotional support certifications upon request.

jaclaz 7y ago
As a side note, and to be fair to chicken, my dad used to have one who was a "real" pet (of course at the time even the idea of "emotional support" by a pet or else was unknown). This chick used to come when called, jumped on my dad's lap on command, made "special" sounds for my father only and (it lived with the other chickens) for some reasons was always the first one to come out the henhouse in the morning and the last one to get into it in the evening. So - bar defining it an ESA for not paying something - that particular chicken actually was companion to my dad.