I understand the age limit for adoptions, but no q...

I understand the age limit for adoptions, but no questions were asked about my experience with animals (personal home zoo, 5 years experience in a pet store, 7 years of volunteer work and many kitten litters raised) when I requested if it were possible to have a chaperone help me adopt since I am 4 months away from the age restriction. I would have loved to have rescued from this location since I have heard great things about it, but it honestly comes down to getting cats into loving homes and the restriction is not allowing the best for the animals.