http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/18/185726/321 Debby Rose says her anxiety is disabling at times.  The Springfield, Missouri woman says public activities, like eating in a restaurant are enough to give her high blood pressure and send her into panic attacks.  Yet, she claims that restaurants in her hometown won't let her do the only thing which will allow her to function normally - bring a service animal onto the premises.  And now, the county health department sides with the restaurants because they have determined that Debby's service a en-us Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:41:52 EST Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:45:30 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/18/185726/321#33 In response to the idea of "avoiding" a potentially anxious situation, and the person who called it "bs"...I say to you that your idea is not bull shit, but it is certainly stupid. 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Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:48:37 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/18/185726/321#13 Ok, that was funny. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:31:22 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/18/185726/321#12 If a baby shits it's diaper at the table beside me when I'm trying to eat, I don't think I'm going to say "at least he/she was bathed today".<br> I'm just going to lose my appetite.<p> Just sayin'. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:21:37 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/18/185726/321#11 Since neither your kid nor my dog, chinchilla, cat, or other pet will be handling or serving food to other customers, I fail to see your point. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:47:52 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/18/185726/321#10 My kid takes a bath every day.  How often do you wash your dog, chinchilla, cat, or other pet?<p> Thalia Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:43:24 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/18/185726/321#9 My baby comment was mostly tongue in cheek but the part that was serious is more about why animals are excluded than why children are included.<p> What's so terrible about a well-trained, well-behaved animal inside a restaurant or grocery store? How is it Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:14:57 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/18/185726/321#8 <i><blockquote>If Debby Rose has too much anxiety to eat in a restaurant, tehn stay the f*** home and cook a meal for herself.</blockquote></i><br> I'm going to go out on a limb and take a guess that you don't believe that anxiety is a real affliction anyw Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:03:21 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/18/185726/321#7 Instead of a monkey, couldn't she get a midget? 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Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:19:59 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/18/185726/321#3 If Debby Rose has too much anxiety to eat in a restaurant, tehn stay the f*** home and cook a meal for herself.  <p> I don't buy that having the monkey in the restaurant suddenly makes her anxiety go away.  That's bullshit.  She is just want Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:53:13 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/18/185726/321#2 <i>Consider a more rational world.  The woman could sit down and discuss her situation with the restaurant manager, demonstrate that her monkey will hurt no one, and get his permission to eat at his restaurant with her animal.</i><p> Sweet, how do we Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:12:04 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/18/185726/321#1 What is stupid here is not that a woman wants to take a monkey to a restaurant, but that no one feels empowered to tell her whether she can bring the monkey into the restaurant without first working their way through a bureaucracy.<p> Consider the plight o Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:01:47 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/