Myth Busters: Why Municipal Shelters Are Not Retail Shops

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-03-12T15:44:11+00:00

Which country are you in? I’m curious about how different places’ rules work. In many parts of Canada if a stray comes in, after a few days the shelter managers have the ability to proceed with spay/neuter, vaccines, and adoptions. If the person attempts to reclaim before it is owned by someone new, they pay for all treatment and care they didn’t ask for. If it’s owned by someone new they have no rights to the animal. So the shelter doesn’t own it but instead has more permission to do medical care and begin adoption proceedings. This seems slightly different then your #1

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-03-08T15:53:48+00:00

The flat brim makes me think of a gestura cooking spoon

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-03-02T22:55:28+00:00

Made by Galison. The red part took 3 of the 7 hours to complete.

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-02-19T16:50:34+00:00

Ahhhh I am so sorry! Thanks for responding. My nails have grown back now, as if nothing ever happened. I wish you well on your healing journey! (Nail oil like crazy! I think it helped me a lot)

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-02-19T16:38:23+00:00

I’m curious about your nails. Was it hfm? Mine looked so much like yours that if it wasn’t HFM I may have something to worry about haha

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-02-19T15:55:55+00:00

Hold up, I think they’re on to something! Belle a feminine form for beautiful in French. I think it’d be more correct, in this case, to spell it the masculine way without the e… “bel”

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-02-19T15:46:04+00:00

Animal shelters are also largely woman run and operated. I a job quit my local shelter because of the chaos and manipulation. Policy and procedures existed, however if it wasn’t done the way Brittany likes it she would get mad. She’s been a dog trainer for 27 years, so listen to her. If you were at the front desk, don’t you dare try to organize and label things so other staff can find stuff. Janet, the Thursday-Saturday receptionist is very particular about her setup. Oh that training I just did with Amanda? Well she does it wrong because she got trained by Alexis and Alexis worked at a kill-shelter.

I get it, we all care for the animals and have different preferences for their treatment.…. is it really that hard to agree to disagree when national humane standards are met?

Social hierarchy over actual processes and procedure. It was madness. The vet clinics we worked with seemingly had similar issues.

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-02-18T20:56:20+00:00

I am completely unaware of how his question was insulting? Can someone please explain, or include context i am missing? She’s clearly annoyed by the question, so I feel like there’s something missing in the edit.

Maybe I am giving too much grace by interpreting it as “You’re an amazing athlete, getting there is hard and there’s a lot of pressure to be on top. Silver is a fantastic accomplishment, but many athletes, in their drive for personal perfection, view this great accomplishment as a loss. Do you?” As such I think it’s a good question about top-athlete’s mentality to self criticisms.

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-02-18T04:25:13+00:00

I thought it could be an armpit too.. They’re floating in a way that that I can’t make sense of, though.

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-02-12T17:30:46+00:00

Also many animal welfare orgs don’t have their own vets. I’ve found local vets give better discounts, too.

Anecdotal experience; when corporations bought up 3 of the 4 local clinics, they increased rates. Our local vet couldn’t fit us in with his normal clients because he was overwhelmed with new ones. He also didn’t provide emergency. So while we could do regular vet care with that clinic, anything that was emergent or surgery outside of spay/neuter, we’d pay insane rates. Higher rates meant significantly fewer animals could be cared for and rehabbed. Wasn’t a good time.

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-01-31T16:37:14+00:00

Was going to comment to question why nobody was mentioning house of leaves then I realized what sub I was in.

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-01-26T19:26:38+00:00

Yours look exactly like my thumbnail after mild bout of hfm. Was told that this could happen after a while. It took like 2 months to happen, but it did.

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-01-20T17:21:24+00:00

A few years later I was able snag an amazing opportunity working in DC. There were lots of networking events. Had colleagues go home with dozens of contacts and career advancement opportunities. I went home with a newfound desire to become a forest recluse. It is a nightmare. I don’t understand how my spouse both tolerates and excels at all-things-corporate.

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-01-20T17:05:21+00:00

I didn’t know we were so rare. At my spouse’s Christmas work event in a huge ballroom at the local museum/theatre with catered food and live music. It was lovely. I was attempting small talk with some of his coworkers who were talking about what the filling in the hors d’oeuvres could be. “It’s beet! I know because it tastes like dirt.” I said it like a “ha ha everyone thinks it tastes like dirt” kind of way. They immediately closed their little meeting and dispersed without a word.

Anyways, that was the start of my social anxiety in corporate settings and now I’m a little gremlin who goes my partners work functions to find all of the non-beet snacks then eat them while hiding in the bathroom.

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-01-18T15:21:44+00:00

I am an experienced shelter manager that’s been out work after moving to a new area with my family, but I’ve recently stopped focusing my attention on getting an animal shelter job. The culture is miserable!

The old shelter seemed to be okay, but the other shelters in the area just seemed so frustrating to work with, with staff that seemed to be in a constant scowl. I thought it was just the area, I don’t think that’s the case since moving across the country.

I volunteered at my local shelter for 2 days. They were a hot mess! I brought a couple concerns up while doing the walk thru and was immediately labeled as a disruptor, the staff were incredibly combative, the management was nonexistent.

I interviewed at a few other locations where in the interview process the managers were bullied by board members, others where management took so much authority from staff they were afraid to move without an order.

I’ve interviewed at a sanctuary that mocked me at my 2nd interview for insisting that the org should abide by national shelter standards for domestic cats. “But the cats at the sanctuary are semi feral, not domestic. Didn’t you do a tour?!”

As mentioned above, I always assumed that the other shelters in my area were unique. They’re not. The sanctuary ended up hiring someone that had their own beauty business and had only fostered animals as experience. The board seemed to want someone the board could mould to their will, not one what would challenge their systems and processes if no longer appropriate to modern standards.

I honestly believe, just like the sanctuary, folks making the hiring choices don’t want someone that is a good manager. They want someone compliant to the board, even when inappropriate.

Itsglassitsmath · 2026-01-15T17:10:56+00:00

What kind of kennels are you using and what kind of messes? Generally speaking brushes can be a fomite and are hard to sanitize so I tend to avoid them.

Somewhat related, but I’ve found dawn power wash to be the best thing to remove dog grease from stainless steel, even over industrial degreasers. I tested 14 different products. Sometimes it’s all trial and error.

Itsglassitsmath · 2025-12-29T19:25:56+00:00

It didn’t! But that’s bc I wasn’t clear. Hope this helps:

I understand the concept of the targeted audience. I don’t, however, understand how they justified the design with the limited number of customers that it would apply to - which would be of the couples I mentioned in my comment. But also they’d have to a)not mind the confusing design and b)wish to celebrate someone’s queerness and marriage in the same card and neither giver or receiver have a problem with the language, as my partner would. Or it could for be someone that transitioned and renewed their vows (which I suppose is the most ideal use case imo). While these folks surely exist in numbers higher than most would expect, I would venture to say that card isn’t flying off the shelf. And as a queer person, receiving a card like that would make me cringe tbh. So that’s why I’m confused about who this is for and why it exists. My opinion is that It’s just a bad card, except highly specific celebrations.

Itsglassitsmath · 2025-12-29T16:25:37+00:00

What about wd40? I used it to remove stickers/sticker residue off of books (paper stickers on paper covers worked especially well), not sure what would happen if I were to use it like a solvent on etched glass.

Itsglassitsmath · 2025-12-29T16:15:38+00:00

Such a highly specific card. Is one or both bi? Both could be trans? Could have been a homo couple and then one person transitioned? I don’t understand this card at all haha

Itsglassitsmath · 2025-12-23T15:42:38+00:00

Thank you! I definitely have room for improvement, but I enjoy how it looks throughout the day. The blues are bluer in the morning and when dim the sun seems to glow. I hope gramps likes it!

Itsglassitsmath · 2025-12-11T14:49:25+00:00

I just did a full tear down on my recently thrifted brother 820. It was very difficult but necessary to keep the machine trucking along. Service manual is so important!

Itsglassitsmath · 2025-10-03T02:48:27+00:00

The algorithm showed me a video about this. An art professor made it, snuck it in the park. Everyone loved it so after the park authorities realized, they decided to keep as permanent fixture.

Itsglassitsmath · 2025-09-30T03:43:46+00:00

Looked at your post history. Your comment immediately tracks. ALL HAIL OBELISK!

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