Whut does ray-beez do to you ennyway? Heh. Reminds me of the client of mine ... Background info one needs to know: time and place - Estonia ca 5 years ago, when sylvan rabies was very much endemic here (oral vaccination of the wildlife during past few years has reduced it dramatically) and where the annual rabies vaccination is (still)compulsory. I worked in the UNI vet hospital at the time, and we had had a few confirmed, yet uncharacteristic rabies cases already that year (just a quiet death or one that came in as a rodenticide poisoning). A lady who lives in a remote farm in the forest brings in a young dachshund with the complaint of vomiting and a suspicion of a foreign body, upon examination the dog has nervous system symptoms. A worried vet (because there were students involved in handling the dog, and because we had had rabies cases already, resulting in vaccinations for the entire staff) queries re: rabies vaccination. Client answers snottily that none of the animals (several dogs, horses, cats etc) on the farm are vaccinated against rabies. A rather desperately puzzled and irritated and worried vet asks why in gods name not. Answer: "Who would I need to vaccinate them for? We have nobody around there except foxes!" *vet headdesks repeatedly* To this day people who worked there tend to quote the answer as a code for a particularyl headdesk-y stupid client situation *g*.
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Date: 2009-01-28 12:04 pm (UTC)Heh. Reminds me of the client of mine ... Background info one needs to know: time and place - Estonia ca 5 years ago, when sylvan rabies was very much endemic here (oral vaccination of the wildlife during past few years has reduced it dramatically) and where the annual rabies vaccination is (still)compulsory. I worked in the UNI vet hospital at the time, and we had had a few confirmed, yet uncharacteristic rabies cases already that year (just a quiet death or one that came in as a rodenticide poisoning). A lady who lives in a remote farm in the forest brings in a young dachshund with the complaint of vomiting and a suspicion of a foreign body, upon examination the dog has nervous system symptoms. A worried vet (because there were students involved in handling the dog, and because we had had rabies cases already, resulting in vaccinations for the entire staff) queries re: rabies vaccination. Client answers snottily that none of the animals (several dogs, horses, cats etc) on the farm are vaccinated against rabies. A rather desperately puzzled and irritated and worried vet asks why in gods name not. Answer: "Who would I need to vaccinate them for? We have nobody around there except foxes!" *vet headdesks repeatedly*
To this day people who worked there tend to quote the answer as a code for a particularyl headdesk-y stupid client situation *g*.