To say no to bringing pets into the office?

[muminthenorthwest]

My workplace moved into the realms of the surreal the other week when a colleague asked if it would be ok to bring her grieving cockerel (Leopold) into the office rather than leaving him at home to pine for his lost partner...

I did have to concede that it was probably no more disruptive than my bringing my 8 year old in to work with me, but it just felt a bit too weird somehow...

Surreal. But the intelligence of some birds like parrots is supposed to be like a 3 or 4 year old child. Don't know with cockereles though? tbh I don't think it is fair to keep birds like this as pets anyway.

really?

that's quite bizarre.

I have known instances where people take their dogs to work with them (office based jobs) but that tends to be when they live/work in the same area.

A cockerel?

Really?

Could be a handy for answering the phone.

Aaahhh thats lovely,but a weird request for you
But I am a chicken lover!!
Hope Leopold feels brighter soon!!

I don't see that it would be a problem, unless the bird is particularly noisy. You'd have to sort out some ground rules first (care of the bird, flying around etc [I have no idea about birds]). Might actually turn out to be a nice talking point for employees?

Birds can be very intelligent (parrots are far more than dogs for example). I don't think chickens have two brain cells to rub together though.

See...no idea about birds. Is a cockerel a type of chicken, then? I was getting mixed up with cockatoo .

Would a chicken in the office be terribly messy?

really! :-)

thankfully, it appears that a cockerel's mourning period is pretty short-lived, and we were spared Leopold's cock-a-doodle-dooing in the general office. He was 'feeling much perkier' by Friday.

They don't have anything in the staff manual about this kind of thing!

Definately a cockerel, not a cockatiel? because i would love a cockatiel in the office.

I was getting mixed up with a cockatiel as well

Why not just get Leopold a new chum and leave them at home to get to know each other?

Oooooooo that's lovely! Tell me where you work then I can apply.

I really, really want a puppy, but can't have one as I work full-time :(

If I could take doggie into work no problem.

Actually where I work has a 'country' site and I could take a doggie there too,

Oh God no!

Parrots are very clever. They're very good at yelling "Fuck off" when people call at the door or the phone. Particularly if it is the local Vicar

Chickens cannot swear, so maybe Leopold would be a civilised office mate?

god i would hate it! would they bring it in a cage, or would it be allowed to fly around? for one it may shit everywhere and two i HATE birds flapping around and about near me [shudder]

bloody hell, i would you could train it to answer the phone and type with it's beak

I am not making a joke about weeping cocks here because I am too mature for that.

I'd have said that Leopold would only be welcome in casserole form. Put him out of his grieving misery and provide pleasure for others at the same time. Sorted...

Sorry, I read that as "cocker spaniel"...but bringing a rooster into the office? Take a hike! Bizarro world indeed.

I used to work with a nutter who kept chickens - in her house. They slept on the sofa. I dread to think of the stench.

I wouldn't let any non-housetrained pet into an office (well, except goldfish).

Not even a widower cockerel.

Aww LucyGoose,I seriously considered bringing my chickens in on a couple of extremely cold nights.I was more thinking the bathroom though.

countessbabycham This lady was something else! She had the chickens with the furry legs, dunno the name of the breed. They are pretty cute, but I don't think they belong on the sofa!

DAunt takes their insane Jack Russell into their office but as DUncle is the owner/boss it causes no issues!

Since when have chickens had fur?

Quite acceptable if you work on Blue Peter.

or on a farm.

Or in a zoo.

Otherwise, not really!