silverthorne

So, all right, dropped by the cafeteria to grab a bowl for my cereal, walk outside, spy a dead bird next to the sidewalk.

Right-o. Get back to area, call Engineering/Maintenance. Got the supervisor. (Will not go into how much of a waste of skin this guy is, and how much the whole hospital knows it.)

Anyhow, conversation went something like this:

Me: Hi, this is Anne from receiving. Just calling to let you know there's a dead bird out by the outdoor cafeteria area.

Him: What?

Me: Dead bird. It's right next to the sidewalk.

Him: And?

Me: Thought you might want to know.

Him: Why?

Me:....Just so you do know. Thanks.

Him: Okay. *hangs up*

...

'Why'?

uh, let's see...

Maybe so that you'll have someone from maintenance and who has the proper gear on go pick it up before someone pitches a fit over it?

It's also:

Sitting two inches from the sidewalk--some patient or guest is bound to see it (I noticed with my glasses off). Often, this will be a patient or guest that will, oh, I dunno, get upset by seeing it?

Also, one of those guests JUST MIGHT be a child...and children will touch anything if you let them. Including dead birds.

It's in the outdoor eating area. Can we say health hazard.

Bird flu. Biohazard. Must I say more?

That's just the first three reasons I can think of.

The guy is a moron.