It smells like a kennel in here!

[elfs]

Apparently, the fourth Friday in June is "National Take Your Pet To Work Day," and damn, if this place isn't crawling with dogs. There are a pair of Rotweiller's in the office of our human resources director (j5nn5r, you remember her), and there's one over by the kernel developer's area that barks once in a while. One of techs has these ratlike, nervous little dogs, and one of the QA guys has a parrot.

It's kinda nifty, but that smell! I think someone needs to bathe their dog, badly. And maybe give him a breathmint.

Comments

[jatg.livejournal.com]

Heh. I take Beowulf in with me nearly every day. Dang, I love my job.

[riverheart.livejournal.com]

Darn! I should have sent charlesks to work with a dog or three today.

[riverheart.livejournal.com]

By the way, we're showing Raven and Bonehead on July 2 and 3 in Mt. Vernon. Come on up and cheer for them. You'll be surprised how little it smells like a kennel at a dog show; those dogs are the cleanest dogs you'll ever see.

[jenk]

You only have dogs once a year?

[bldrnrpdx.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of "Take Your Pet to Work Day". Are we hoping the pets will choose to go into our jobs when they grow up? Or is this more of a "Scared Straight" tactic?
Though back when I was a preschool teacher, I often said a border collie could do my job (especially given the minimal managerial expectation and permission). So maybe it's a good thing.

[fallenpegasus]

Sadly, all pets were banned at my workplace a few weeks ago.