Today was an interesting day at work. I was informed early this morning that a local TV news crew was shooting "dirty job" segments and would be at the zoo within the hour to shoot a segment. Not only that but my section of the zoo is where they'd be filming so it was my job to show them the ropes and get them dirty. So I was interviewed and filmed for almost 2 hours today explaining a little bit about what I do as a keeper and such. The 2 reporters were good sports cuz I didn't hold back. Every disgusting thing I could think of to do we did. For sure they left dirtier than when they arrived. There were even a few good gross outs by the female reporter which I'm sure the camera guy just ate up.
It was a neat experience but honestly I'd have preferred a lil more notice than I got. Blame for that falls on the Director of the Zoo who supposedly set this thing up or at least coordinated it. Just would have been nice not to be blind-sided by it this morning is all. A days notice is all I would have needed. Oh well I think I did ok anyway. True to form though I was wearing my most wrecked uniform. After all I was going to play with lots of Bleach that day so why ruin more than one set of clothes. Not very flattering though the pants I had on were way too big so I look fatter than I should and my shirt had bleach spots all over it, I hadn't done anything with my hair so it looked a lil eh...... Ah well I guess I really looked the part for having a "dirty job"
So the segment should air out here in early Nov. I'm definitely gonna set the VCR on this one. As embarrassing as it'll be I'll still be on TV. If I can link it to this blog I might but not sure what kind of access I'll have to the footage. At any rate it was a day to remember.
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