Am I being a "snowflake" about this......

that is my thought

Thanks for re-posting it.

Jeff Sessions investigating this? Is it a cover-up? We should tell someone, somewhere, sometime, maybe.

It's weird if he was being serious about his grandfather hanging them, but it's not a big deal. My grandfather shoots chipmunks if they're in his yard.

You can't really kill all the chipmunks - and why would you?

I can't imagine shooting them solves the problem - since there's lots of chipmunks.

His grandfather was a sociopath

or someone else's lunch.

Live in a rural area?

The brains taste like chicken livers.

Claims the brain is the best part. I think they are just ok.

Haven’t in over 20 years. But I would not hesitate to go squirrel hunting. It was always my favorite kind of hunting and I like the way they taste.

My extended family eats them regularly

as "telling" on the guy I doubt I would of done that...no need for that with a mouth like mine. =)

But I understand your abhorrence. I would never kill one.

Because those little SOBs ate them down to the shingles. If not in a subdivision I would have broke out the .22.

We have a bigger brain, we should be able to outsmart these creatures. So instead of just killing them you could purchase a roof vent guard for a reasonable price and actually solve the problem permanently. There is also do it yourself youtube tutorials if you are good with your hands.

No animals killed. Although squirrels do taste pretty good and are very plentiful in the south. That said, I would not eat one from the city.

to replace it the next time they chew through it!

If you need squirrel to eat then I have less of a problem with it. But when it's just for target practice -- me no likey.

The new ones are squirrel proof. Got them with my new roof thanks to Hurricane Irma.

And I generally feel it is a sin to kill anything for fun.

because they were eating her tomatoes. The whole thing was really dumb because there was no way she could kill every single one that came along. She gave up.

we live in an area where you can get any kind of tomato you want!

The neighbor to the left of us kills snakes when she sees them. But then had to hire a pest company to kill the moles in her yard. That didn't work either!

reacted correctly.

Snowflakes in many numbers can be very powerful, so don't say that as a weak thing to be.

Make sure that your feeding of the squirrels is the right thing to do by checking with pest control. You may also be feeding rats.

I think he was. Talking about squirrels.

(My father was the same way with cats.)

be violating the law if he discharges his gun within city limits (or within a designated number of feet from a building). You might want to find out what the laws are in your area. That is they kind of idiot that might end up killing a neighbor.

Remember, he was attempting to be funny, as may have been his "grandfather". I've actually heard that joke before and I don't think anyone was serious.

That said, yes, squirrels are "vermin". They are in the same category as rats, raccoons, pigeons, possoms, and strangely feral pigs. Which is to say they are basically scavengers that tend to multiply near or around human activity. Some would put feral cats in the same category. Strangely, some bears would also qualify.

The important part of this distinction is that there is little hazard to hunting them, even to merely controlling their populations. Which of course doesn't speak to the "humanity" of it all. But in many parts of American culture, there would be nothing unusual about shooting them. Many places still eat them. I wouldn't be in a hurry to "report" him, in part because mostly what happened was you met someone from another part of our culture. Unity, understanding, and the advancement of our society kinda looks for us to advance understanding through conversation, not through confrontation.

Expensive to repair.
They gnaw on aluminum gutters, PVC vent stacks on your roof, plastic mailboxes.
They are rodents and their front teeth continually grow, so they have to keep grinding them down.
Low velocity (sub-sonic) bullets don't make much noise.

an elderly neighbor invited us over for dinner. She (or I) said something or other about squirrels and she said, "I shoot them with my gun. If I don't, they tear up the yard something fierce."

I come from a suburb of NYC. She was named Beula May and was from the South.

It was a cultural clash, if you will. As for your guy......I'd let it go. A culture clash.

I wouldn't want anyone to lose their job either. I have to wonder at checkers in stores these days, though. They don't seem to have been trained to interact professionally with customers, and it's so widespread, I don't blame it on any one store or even age group. It's just weird. I gave a bag to a checker in a grocery store about a year ago and she said in a loud voice, "did you want me to bag your groceries?", which was horribly off putting to begin with, but she also embarrassed me in front of the other customers in line. And that's not even unusual anymore.

Having someone mimic shooting squirrels would really, really bother me, I have to say, and alas, I'd probably let it go, too.

I console myself with the knowledge that they won't last long in their job. Rudeness like that is never a one-time thing.

I will say that our local Safeway is markedly different, the cashiers there are really nice and friendly, and once when I was doing a huge shopping for Thanksgiving and couldn't find an item on my list, the cashier said, "oh, I'm really sorry" and gave me a pudding cake for free!

We all have different beliefs and likes and dislikes, etc. You made it obvious that you're an animal lover and enjoy feeding the squirrels. He shouldn't have made any comment at all if his viewpoint was different. His job is to act as a cashier, and making a comment that disturbs a customer isn't part of the job description. I wouldn't advocate reporting him to management. I doubt he'd get fired, and then it could be awkward when you shop there again.

I guess I'd just try to tell myself to be happy that I don't know that jerk on a personal level. And I'd try to avoid his line in the future. And if I did have to go through his line, I wouldn't be the least bit friendly.

The little deer herd on my property disappeared with deer season. They would come right up to the barn.

Most horse people don't want opossums around because they carry EPM--a serious viral horse disease. Two of my horses have had it. I haven't had a problem with them though since we got the Great Pyrenees. We do, however, have a problem with raccoons coming in the feed room at night and wrecking it. Can't leave cat food out. And they carry rabies.

....just being friendly. Best to meet people where they'd intended, I think.

I don't think it's a good idea to report him for that comment, but I think stores should encourage their cashiers not to comment on items being purchased.

They usually win in the long run.



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Pardon the sarcasm. We "libtards" seem to have cornered the market on genuine snark, satire and pointed humor.

It's how we tolerate life under authoritarian rule. That, and eagerly awaiting the 3-ton sandbag
which is poised directly over the Dotard's scalp-reduced, empty noggin, and is now dangling by a single stressed thread.

Start the clock.