luna, honestly.. coming from experience. skipping hurts no one but yourself, your being cheated in the long run and when you get wiser (often with age) you will learn that. You going "oh crap, dads home" admits you know it was the wrong thing to do.. however, your an individual who is going to do what you wanna do. With that said, i worked for two different petstore chains in my teen years and had a great time doing it. I did help with the fish/reptile center for one and equine specialist in the other. There are some situations you can make better but as others have said these animals are nothing but "profit and products" to them. Good luck getting things straightened out with the petstore if you get the job. But remember, education is very very important... that is unless you want to be a petstore worker the rest of your life. (and no im not talking upper management, there is nothing wrong with that so please dont take comments out of context)


ETA: if it was none of our business regarding your schooling, you couldve left that little tidbit of info out of the conversation. By saying something you open it entirely to the entire community... imo its free range, there are many many very wise adults who have been there/done that.. you should take into consideration the things they say instead of getting all huffy about it.