#8 Does He Even Have To Explain Why This Is Wrong?
One night during my first semester as an RA, I came across one of my residents in a study room. He got my attention and telling me his roommate has a bird in their apartment and that he doesn’t want to return to his room until it’s gone. He told me that the roommate was letting it sleep in his bed and feeding it Fruit Loops. Obviously, wild animals are on the list of prohibited items, so I knocked on the door to deal with the situation.
As if the situation wasn’t going to be weird enough to handle, the resident answered the door in his boxers. I asked him if he had a bird in his room and his face lit up. He ran to his bedroom to get it. He came back cradling a small pigeon in his hands, then extended it to me as if the sole purpose of me knocking on his door at 2 a.m. was to pet his newfound companion.
I said to him, “I’m sorry but you can’t keep a wild bird in your apartment.” The resident tried to explain to me that the bird was sick and that he needed to nurse it back to health. I again explained that wild animals were not allowed in residence halls, and domesticated animals were only allowed if approved through the DRC. He got so angry. He puts the bird on the ground and stormed back to his room without a word.
Credit: InformalPizza