Office Pets

So I was thinking on the way to work yesterday what a great thing it would be to have office pets. You know like a dog or cat that lived at the office and would serve as somewhat of a tension soother. I mean wouldn't it be nice to have a friendly face, wagging their tail upon your arrival each morning. I think it would help to cut down on workplace violence.

I was thinking about this when I walked through the back doors at my building. I was greeted by one, one of many, or our workplace pets... a roach. A big flying one that was on its last leg. Then I passed a cricket as I was walking back towards the breakroom to put up my lunch. That is where I encounter the rest of our pets-- yes, next to the breakroom. You see part of our offices are encompassed by DNR. But they are not the culprits. We have an educator (I guess you call her a wildlife educator) and she has many "pets". So yes, I have been sitting at my desk and watched a possum follow her down the hallway. In the room next to the breakroom (remind me to start buying my lunch), there is a small zoo of sorts. We have 3 snapping turtles, too many snakes to count and to think about, some fish, a blind owl, 2 possums (one is a baby named Sweet Pea), rats and mice (probably for the snakes to eat), and some other random things that I don't really care to know about. I have told them that the first day I come to work and see any of the snakes slithering down the hall will be the last day they see me!

I am not sure the office pet idea is a good one... well, maybe if you got to choose, as we did not.