Today, it has been my lifelong dream to work with animals. My dream sorta came true. I now work at the slaughterhouse. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Same thing different taste
Today, I started my dream job of being a veterinarian. My first day consisted of having to put down 12 dogs and 5 cats. FML
Serial killer vibes
Today, when my son told me he wanted to work with animals, I thought he meant a vet, turns out his actual career goal was to be the guy who puts the strays to sleep at the animal control centre. He got that job and I’ve never seen him happier. What monster have I raised? FML
Time for lunch in the parking lot
Today, I started my first day of work at our local humane society. I asked where the break room was, so my coworker directed me to a small room in the back of the building. The only place I get to take my lunch break is the same room where they euthanize, freeze, and cremate the animals. FML
Killing in the name of
Today, I've loved for years that my boyfriend works at an animal shelter, but I learned from his coworker that he’s the guy that puts the animals to sleep, full time, sometimes 30 a day. Now I’m disgusted to sit in the same room as him, because he always says he loves his job. FML
Today, I got a letter back from the family I will be staying with as a part of an exchange program. Apparently they own a slaughterhouse type farm, and I'm expected to kill one of their animals and eat it as a gift from the family. I'm a vegan. FML
Traumatic
Today, I started my community service at the dog pound. I like animals so I thought it would be a good place to do it. As I arrived they were throwing dogs that had been euthanized into a dump truck to be taken to a landfill. That was my job for the day. FML
Animalistic
Today, I was fired from my local animal shelter. I was a volunteer and am currently in school for veterinary technology. My education made the paid staff at the shelter feel threatened. FML
Face your demons
Today, I finally got a job after months of searching due to Covid. The bad news? It's cleaning dog kennels. I have an extreme fear of animal poop. FML
Today, it was my first day working at a dog boarding kennel. I got bit... by my coworker. FML
Smells like victory
Today, I discovered that the lovely, hunger-inducing smell that's been lingering around the office lately is from the local animal crematory. I've been wistfully inhaling the stench of burning cats, dogs, and other various animals. FML
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Bonngoo 34
I mean... you kinda decide where you work.. right?
Teyros 24
Your dreams got slaughtered.
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RememberSchlitz 9
Ignore all the "you should..." comments and be aware that, though you may think of yourself as merely a girl who works at a slaughterhouse, to everyone else you are She Who Giveth Bacon.
noellebelle626 19
Well... At least it pays right?
Ben14h 22
Well, it's a start, right?
Lalala579121 28
"Hey, how are my qualifications to work at the vet's?" "Do you have any prior work experience with animals?" "Yeah, I worked at a slaughterhouse." Yep, nothing wrong there.
Isamermaid 17
When I was little, my friend's mom was a veterinarian, and she worked at a slaughterhouse... I believe as a USDA inspector?
Earl_KarmasBitch 36
Sounds like a good job for someone who cares about animal rights actually. They won't let the slaughterhouse get away with anything.
texleg 6
No, people who care about animal rights would be protesting the very existence of the slaughterhouse. Animal welfare proponents want animals killed a certain way. Animal rights proponents recognize that "humane slaughter" is an oxymoron.
Yudith_fml 11
People also know that lots of animals eat other animals. Nothing wrong with liking rabbit in a cage or in a plate.
texleg 6
I bet that rabbit would disagree with you. And, yes, some animals do eat other animals. It is necessary for their survival. Felines, for instance, are obligate carnivores. Humans, however, are not. There is much debate over whether humans are even omnivores.
DoomedGemini 38
I mean, you guys don't seem to care about plants even though as we learn more about them we are learning they react to pain and signal each other. But I guess if you can't hear it scream like animals it doesn't matter, hm?
texleg 6
Nice try, #49. I know you think you're awfully clever, but I have heard this argument hundreds of times before. Human beings require plant material to live. We do not require meat products to live. It is okay to eat what you are required to live. Also, many plant products, such as fruit, are designed to be eaten. It is an evolutionary strategy to provide for the dispersal of seeds. And, finally, if you do think plants have feelings, which they very well might, it still kills far fewer plants to eat them yourself than to feed an animal and then eat that animal. What else ya got?
stressedartist 14
...Did you or did you not choose this job?
Lalala579121 28
She probably lives in Soviet Russia, so the job chose her.
cakester123 11
ohhh damn. I guess that took a bad twist from working with to killing animals.. I guess you still technically get to work with animals
Junkiegamer 26
Some vets work for the Usda and they work in plants to check for pathology.
draftskink 23
Life works in mysterious ways
walker9879 25
Are you vegan/vegetarian? Because if you actually love animals then you would be. Every time you have a burger you contribute to the slaughter of billions yearly.
istri_fml 2
I love animals too...they taste good
lantz4levi 19
I love animals. And you know what I hunt and fish. I kill to eat. If you actually love animals too you'd do the same because not hunting animals is extremely bad for the environment.
texleg 6
That is a hasty and misguided "solution" to overpopulation. The only true way to bring an ecosystem back to balance is by restoring predators. Humans both feed prey species, allowing them to surpass the ecosystem's natural population density, and also kill off keystone predators out of ignorance and fear. Humans need to restore nature, and then stay out of it.
Thumbs82 13
Humans are the worst blight on the face of the earth. We destroy everything & give nothing in return.
0clairebaire 18
Wilbur nooo! :(