Texas A&M System employees were asked to teach office pet birds to say "howdy." It didn't go well.
By Shannon Najmabadi, Texas Tribune
COLLEGE STATION Last fall, employees in a Texas A&M University System office space were alerted that three parakeets had been placed in the buildings light-filled atrium, and that more were on the way.
They were to be greeted warmly: The first word we would like to teach them is 'HOWDY!'" an employee for Chancellor John Sharp wrote in an October 2018 email. Please help them learn by addressing them this way when you see them.
But for at least a few days the birds prompted a different reaction from some employees, who said in emails that their winged guests took to flying around like crazy and dont understand why we are chasing them.
Four birds landed on Cliffs computer last night. Lona chased them out with a baby gate, while Wanda waved her hands like a crazy person so the bird would not fly down towards our area, an employee wrote in an October 2018 email. I hear 2 more birds will be arriving soon. Trying to hold it together over here
are we really spending time on birds?
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