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My Job Is So Surreal Sometimes
Oct. 15th, 2008 09:47 amA Tale of Sir George and the Chicken
OK, so this guy, who is kind of a drunk, called to complain that his neighbors have roosters that are waking him up in the morning. Which, OK, maybe they do. Or maybe this is another Billy Perry & The Red-Eyed Duck situation. Either way, the Chief is fobbing it off on the Lieutenant because he has a cold and is swilling Alka Seltzer Plus and doesn’t feel like dealing with possibly drunk!George. But George becomes very wise-assy on the phone and says "Well, if they can have roosters, then I can have a cow!" Yes, the logic, it astounds.
So this prompted a search of the Ordinance Book which revealed that apparently, we no longer have the law prohibiting farm animals in town on the books. We do have one concerning sanitary conditions and one covering unnecessary noise, both of which probably apply to hens and/or roosters. But the whole thing got me tickled and I laughed on and off for an hour.
Please to be keeping in mind that I work for a town that is not out in the country, nor is it the norm for anyone to be harboring roosters. The even worse part? This would be the SECOND drunken customer I’ve had to deal with in the last two days. The first one called here blubbering and slurring about how he had this paper that said he had to come to court but he didn’t know whyyyyyyyyy. My response: pay your taxes, dumbass.
OK, so this guy, who is kind of a drunk, called to complain that his neighbors have roosters that are waking him up in the morning. Which, OK, maybe they do. Or maybe this is another Billy Perry & The Red-Eyed Duck situation. Either way, the Chief is fobbing it off on the Lieutenant because he has a cold and is swilling Alka Seltzer Plus and doesn’t feel like dealing with possibly drunk!George. But George becomes very wise-assy on the phone and says "Well, if they can have roosters, then I can have a cow!" Yes, the logic, it astounds.
So this prompted a search of the Ordinance Book which revealed that apparently, we no longer have the law prohibiting farm animals in town on the books. We do have one concerning sanitary conditions and one covering unnecessary noise, both of which probably apply to hens and/or roosters. But the whole thing got me tickled and I laughed on and off for an hour.
Please to be keeping in mind that I work for a town that is not out in the country, nor is it the norm for anyone to be harboring roosters. The even worse part? This would be the SECOND drunken customer I’ve had to deal with in the last two days. The first one called here blubbering and slurring about how he had this paper that said he had to come to court but he didn’t know whyyyyyyyyy. My response: pay your taxes, dumbass.