Can I Bring My Chicken on the Airplane?

Boomers love to claim how they change the way things are done.  They proudly espouse how they will do things differently than their parents.  A great example of this change can be demonstrated by pet owners.  Before Boomers started to own pets, most domesticated animals lived in homes or in backyards.  However, when the Boomers started to own pets, they had to do things differently.

All of sudden, pets were everywhere.  If you were eating lunch on a patio, a dog would be at your feet.  When you went to the mall, a pet owner would be walking their dog from store to store.  Then, the real insanity began.  On just about every airplane flight, pet owners now have their dogs sitting under their seat or should I say the seat of the person in front of them. 

It is bad enough that Boomers feel they have the right to bring pets with them to restaurants and department stores, but they also need feel the need to bring their animal in a small confined space with a couple hundred fellow humans.  Seriously!  How messed up is that.  But, don't tell Boomers their pets are just animals.  To Boomers, pets are their new kids.  And, considering how invasive Boomers have been with their (real) kids life, it should be no surprise that Boomers helicopter over their pets as well.  God forbid, they let their dogs stay home and sleep on the sofa.  Boomers need to work and travel and they want to make sure they can spend as much quality time as possible with their domesticated critter.

This blog is dedicated to my wife who had to spend a cross country flight listening to a dog bark during the whole flight.