This morning, I phoned in a roadkill pickup request to city services. After entering the service ticket, the operator asked, "Do you want the city to notify you once it's been done?".
I can only imagine the poor person whose job it might be to call on things like that. "Ma'am, we are calling to report the corpse in question is no longer in the road."
It was so absurd that after ending the call, I laughed... and once out of my system, it was done.
(Confidential to cats: please do not try to cross B-- at the gentle curve near the park.)
I can only imagine the poor person whose job it might be to call on things like that. "Ma'am, we are calling to report the corpse in question is no longer in the road."
It was so absurd that after ending the call, I laughed... and once out of my system, it was done.
(Confidential to cats: please do not try to cross B-- at the gentle curve near the park.)
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oddharmonic- Melissa, starry-eyed soy-lovin' Expatriated Zulu
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City Services: I'm calling to tell you that the corpse you asked to be removed has been removed.
Stunned Caller: I... wait, what?
CS: Did you not request someone to take care of a body this morning?
SC: Uh... no? Who is this?
CS: Sorry, wrong number *click*
At least that's how I'd handle it.
When I left a found-live-animal message for Animal Services last year, they sent a person out a few days later that I wasn't expecting. That was exciting.
[knock on door]
Animal Services: Hi, I'm here about the cat.
Me: What?
AS: We can take him to the city shelter.
Me: It's okay. I said in my message we were fine taking care of him until his people contact us or he can stay with us for life.
AS: Oh, that's good. We don't operate a no-kill shelter.
Me: I know. Hey, want to meet him?
...
AS: That's a really big cat to have gotten into your car's fender.
Me: Yeah, the guys at the tire shop didn't believe it either, but they took the tire off to get him out of the car.
I should have offered her cookies.
(It's been awhile since I've written about it, but I am fond of hats with ear-flaps and/or chinstraps. My next hat purchase will probably be similar to the hat Tank Girl wears.)
When I lived in Colorado and we shot (non-native) gray squirrels that were causing property damage, we just had to double-bag them for pickup with our regular garbage. I think the folks doing curbside pickup in our complex would freak if I did that here!