Not Very Mellow About The Yellow
I work at a veterinarian’s office as a receptionist, usually just answering phone calls and making appointments. Today, I had a call from a woman who was in tears.
Caller: “You have to help me! Oh, God, it’s an emergency and I don’t know what to do!”
Me: “Miss, I need you to calm down, please. Tell me what the emergency is and what kind of animal.”
Caller: “I’m babysitting my sister’s dog, and she just peed, and oh, God, it’s the wrong color! I don’t know what I did wrong!”
Me: “Ma’am, what’s wrong with the urine? Did you see blood in it? If so, you’ll need to bring the dog in immediately.”
Caller: “No, nothing like that! The dog’s pee is yellow! Oh, I don’t know what to do! My sister loves this dog!”
Me: “Yellow? I’m sorry ma’am, but that’s a normal color for urine in… well, almost any animal.”
Caller: “But you don’t understand! She has a brown dog!”
As it turned out, the caller thought that animals peed the same color as their coats, and I had to explain to her why she was wrong for ten minutes. The dog’s owner turned out to be a customer of ours, and we told her the story the next time she came in. She sighed.
Customer: “This is why my sister was never allowed to have a pet growing up; she’s not the brightest.”