Lilly's Fish Post

Email From Facilities;


Team,

As I’m sure most of you know SMU has had a long standing policy against having pets in the work place. As with many policies things have sometimes slid by unnoticed from time to time. As a hypothetical example there have been a lot of fish taking up residence around the Portland site lately. And while we all love fish, I’m sure we all know that they cannot be living in our cubes.

There are numerous reasons for this line of thinking including the fact that fish bowls (as well as plants being stored up high, but that’s another issue) contain water, which reacts badly with computers and telephones. This makes IT very sad. I have already had to vacuum up very stinky fish food off the floors which makes me very sad. It has also come up, that if fish are ‘ok’, why not other small caged critters (tarantula anyone?), this makes the reptile owners very sad. And the unavoidable fact that we are violating a company wide policy by having them here makes us all sad I’m sure.

As your humble facilities associate I must ask you, on behalf of the management staff here at AIU, to please take all of your fish and other animals home. Yes we did give you the fish as a prize, but we really didn’t intend for them to stay here. I’m afraid if you want them to take up residence they will need to submit an application and apply for a position like the rest of us. If you can manage to get your pet in PeopleSoft, I will make necessary accommodations.
I thank you all very much for your understanding and cooperation in this matter. Enjoy your week,

Joe Roberts
Portland
Facilities Associate
877-xxx-xxxx ext. xxxxx
jrobert@online.com