Just another day in the office...

We decided to start this blog because of the over abundance of "crazy" calls that we deal with on a regular basis. We work for a wildlife control business who helps people when they have wildlife getting into or around their homes. When introducing ourselves and our job titles in our real lives, we are constantly asked, "what are some of the weirdest calls you've gotten at your job?" Well, some of these stories are just too good to forget and too good to not pass on. We've also realized that not only are some of the animals we hear about crazy but some of the people who call are crazy as well. Here's a little taste...

(From Whitney)
I answer calls for two separate locations, one in Kansas City, MO and the other for Springfield, MO. We had just opened our Springfield, MO office, so I wasn't completely familiar with all of the animals and situations we would possibly be dealing with there. So, an older gentlemen calls me stating that he has had a sort of dinosaur thing that crawls across his floor. Just wait, it gets better. He said that this reptile crawls across his floor, but only when he is sitting or laying on his bed in the basement. The reptile would have little bubbles on its back that carried smaller dinosaur creatures. He assumed these were it's babies. I put the man on hold, I had worked here for about 2 years at that point. I decided, just for shits and giggles, to check with my boss on the possibility of this occurring. My boss chuckled and said "Well, I don't know, I guess just quote him a service call price and we'll go out and check it out". I returned on the phone with the customer, again an older gentleman, and priced a service call. This is how he replied, "Well, let me check it over with my Mom first and call you back, it's her house." Never received a return call.