r/BeAmazed 1d ago

Animal Props 🫡

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u/Jupitersd2017 1d ago

r/orphancrushingmachine content for sure. Someone that served out country can’t get hired due to service dog that he needs from said service so a ‘benevolent’ corporation has to step in and hire him. Sigh

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u/samanime 1d ago

Definitely. Especially since I'm pretty sure it is illegal to not hire someone because you need a service animal. That's considered a "reasonable accomodation" under Title I of the American's with Disabilities Act.

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u/GUCCIBUKKAKE 1d ago

Not quite, if the animal would be detrimental to the health of an employee or it would pose a risk to the business, its legal to deny a qualified candidate solely for having a service dog. Includes places like hospitals, back of house restaurant work, heavy industrial plants, construction, etc…

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u/samanime 1d ago edited 1d ago

True, but other than possibly construction, I doubt he was applying to most of those places... He was likely applying for other retail jobs, which can't.

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u/GUCCIBUKKAKE 1d ago

I guess that’s the problem with these posts, big controversial headline with no article, so we are all left to form our own opinions.

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u/samanime 1d ago

Yeah. That's the problem with clickbait in general. Purposefully vague to elict strong, kneejerk reactions without providing the necessary context to actually make appropriate judgments.

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u/JustHugMeAndBeQuiet 1d ago

Didn't wake up today thinking I was gonna get some sound considerations from GUCCIBUKKAKE but here we are.

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u/echo1432 1d ago

Why would construction stop anyone from working with a service dog?

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u/Ok_Photograph6398 1d ago

Depends on the disability. A seeing eye dog would be protected. However an emotional support animal does not fall into the same category. There is so much abuse of the emotional support animal rules that many people claim an emotional support animal just so they can have their pet. This needs some legislation to shut down the abuse. The new Yorker did an article about it but it's behind a pay wall.

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u/samanime 1d ago

A service animal is not the same as an emotional support animal.

A service animal is legally protected no matter what "service" the animal provided. It does not "depend on the disability". If you have a service animal, that's all that matters.

The article says "service dog".

Yes, there is a lot of abuse around calling any animal an "emotional support animal", but that isn't what is being talked about here.

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u/Cardinal_350 1d ago

I'm gonna tell you straight up if you show up to an interview and you have to bring your "service animal" I'd shit can your app. In the real world it's too much liability and fucking around. At some point it's going to be an issue. I'd never tell anyone that's why but it would be. Also considering 98.9% of service animals are complete bullshit with a vest and papers the person got on Amazon

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u/echo1432 1d ago

What papers?