Duck in the Pool! OMGWTFBBQ! Call 911! Call the Fire Department!!

[Skarredmind]

So here I am sitting yesterday morning, chatting with the head maintenance guy from the property, when a guest 15-20 feet away starts up.

DL = And we shall call her Duck Lady
MG = Maintenance guy
Me = Intrepid Night Auditor

DL: "EXCUSE ME!!"
Me: (still chatting with MG, doesn't realize she is yelling at *ME* from across the bloody room)
DL : "EXCUSE MEEE!!!"
Me: (hears the ruckus and looks over to see what's happening, then realize she's talking to me.)
DL : "There's a duck in your pool!"
Me : "What?"
DL : "There is a duck in your swimming pool!"
Me : "Ok?"
DL : "Well?"
Me : "Well what?"
DL :"Don't you think you should DO SOMETHING about it?"
::Its worth noting at this point that she is fully dressed and getting coffee at the moment, so its not like she was geting in the pool but is scared of ducks or something.::
MG : "Yeah... he's there every year... I don't think thers is anything we can do about it."
Me : "I could go get a shotgun... ducks are good eating!"
DL :: The look on her face was *PRICLESS* she just looked totally gobsmacked that I would suggest any such thing. She did stop making a scene about a duck swimming in a local body of water.

[Kheldarson]

Should've told her it was just a good thing it was duck season. She'd hate to see what happens during rabbit season :P

[bhskittykatt]

Aww, a duckie!

Better than what we have. We have these blackbirds that come every year to nest in our trees, and they will swoop down and attack our guests. Since they're migratory and thus a protected species, we can't really do anything once they've settled in, which is what I have to tell the guests when they complain. They will also pick up dried bird droppings out of their nests and drop them in the pool. Sometimes they even drop their young in our pool and Maint Man has to fish out drowned baby bird. I'd take a duck over them any day.

[dalesys]

... the radio code at a local Tiltinn for friskies in the hot tub was "Ducks on the pond" ...

... the shingles were worn off the path to the hot tub skylight ...

[NateTheChops]

Last year a duck made her nest in one of the mulch patches in the parkinglot. So naturally this past year we had another nest in one of the planters closer to the store.

Inevitably, we'll get a number of concerned customers telling us that there is a mother duck leading ducklings across the parking lot.

There's really nothing we can do about it, and frankly, it's one of the few times people actually reign in their inner stock race car driver while they're navigating the mall lot, because no one wants to be the car associated with traumatuzing innocent children by running over ducklings.

[Talon]

You could try telling it to "Duck" off?

Nah, don't think that would work.

[XCashier]

Should've told her it was just a good thing it was duck season. She'd hate to see what happens during rabbit season :P

Or how about Elmer Season?

[Zellie Crescent]

I'd've been tempted to get a slice of bread to feed it.

[Kheldarson]

Or how about Elmer Season?

Or that yes

Or perhaps, instead of a gun, we should've gone for our spear and magic helmet?

Or is that just for rabbits again?

[taxguykarl]

Or is that just for rabbits again?

Actually, it's for wabbits.

[Argabarga]

I sometimes wonder, when I hear comments like that, if some people really understand how nature works.....

[MoonCat]

I sometimes wonder, when I hear comments like that, if some people really understand how nature works.....

I don't think they do, although it never stops them from reproducing...

[Jay 2K Winger]

Or perhaps, instead of a gun, we should've gone for our spear and magic helmet?

"Spear and magic helmet?!"

[Argabarga]

"Spear and magic helmet?!"

SPEAR AND MAGIC HELMET!

[Kheldarson]

SPEAR AND MAGIC HELMET!

Magic helmet...pff.