Apologies in advance because this blog serves a rather small, yet unique market. It's my blog and I DEW WHAT I WAWNT! This one is for my Boston penguin peeps. I just celebrated my 7th year anniversary working with the penguins of the New England Aquarium. During this frozen-fish-filled fandango, I've realized there are tell-tale signs you're officially a penguin pro (either that or you've been working there too long). Even if you haven't spent a single minute with my feathered friends, I'm sure you'll appreciate some of the day-to-day shenanigans and situations I've found myself in. Without further ado, here are the 25 signs you're officially a purveyor of penguins at the New England Aquarium. 1) Getting new brushes/dooblebugs is just as awesome as getting presents on Christmas morning. 2) "Kissy-noises" make you want to punch baby pandas in the face. 3) You've been asked if the Virkon is gatorade/urine multiple times. 4) You've handled more fish than a waiter at Legal Seafoods. 5) Guano has found it's way into every crevice of your body. 6) You've wrestled with the vacuum hose like J'Lo in 'Anaconda'. 7) Pomona has swam directly into your chest, #zerospatialawareness (still love him though). 8) You've heard guests refer to the Little Blues as 'babies' so many times you're actually second guessing yourself and starting to think 'Maybe they're right and I'm wrong'. 9) You get the irresistable urge to destroy every selife stick you come across. 10) Fish scales magically appear on your forehead 6 days after you last handled anchovies. 11) You've tangled with 'hair level = Chewbacca' in the shower drain. 12) You understand why drinking coffee before going into the exhibit is a terrible life choice. 13) You've assured terrified visitors that the birds are not sick or dying, they're just molting. 14) Goodhope has snagged enough fish from you to feed an actual African penguin colony. 15) You call for Deco so much during feeds that guests think you're just saying 'echo' because you like to hear the word echo, echo. 16) You've been outside of the aquarium in the dead of winter/summer in a full wetsuit because of a fire drill. 17) You sing the spider-man/spider-pig theme song when climbing to the back of island 4. 18) You say a small prayer when you turn on the hose in the hopes that the last person to use it turned it off at the business end. 19) Alcove crackers start to look tempting. 20) If you had a nickel for every time someone asked you if the water was cold you'd be besties with Zuckerberg and Bill Gates. 21) You've blasted the radio in holding and twerked wearing hip-waders and boots two sizes too big for you. 22) You've tried to convince the staff to name a penguin "Elvis" and have searched the bowels of the internet to find an educational angle. 23) If you don't take at least 4 showers on any given day you feel disgusting. 24) Any water temperature above 55 degrees Celsius is for all intents-and-purposes a sauna. 25) You love penguins. Almost an unhealthy amount. Almost. Cue the squad...
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Kim U
11/10/2016 07:48:50 pm
This is amazing! I agree with all of the above 100%, guess I am a penguin pro!
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