National Show Your Dog What You Do Day
June 24th, 2009
My, is it almost June 26 again already? Friday is of course Take Your Dog To Work Day, or as it’s more commonly known by employers: “National Dip In Productivity Day.” It is estimated that at least 6 million man hours are lost every year as Chocolate Labs chase Miniature Dachshunds around filing cabinets, Wheaten Terriers pee on sensitive data equipment, Pink-Nosed Pit Bulls interrupt important board meetings and Deer-Headed Chihuahuas menace bicycle messengers carrying merger proposals.
Having said that, some dogs go about their annual day at the office the same way they go about their day at home - asleep. But not until they’ve first checked every piece of office equipment to see if it smells of chicken. Once they’ve gotten that out the way they’re looking for the nearest box of packing chips and telling their owners to wake them at 5.
What really fascinates me however is the fact that not everyone works in an office. Can you imagine Friday’s rehearsal of the New York Philharmonic? How about deep sea divers? I sure am glad my owner isn’t a bomb disposal expert because it’s hard enough to stop my tail wagging at the best of times and I certainly couldn’t do it under that kind of pressure.
As for me, I’ll be spending the day at my owner’s office as usual…and I’ll make the most of it as I always do. Last year I took the opportunity to make 50 photocopies of my butt which I distributed at the dog run later that night. A fantastic way to meet new friends and publicize ones self.
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