what do you get when you put a bird and 5 girls in an office?

the answer is: utter and complete chaos.

we just had half an hour of post-lunch excitement when a bird apparently flew into our office without anyone noticing, us finding out only when the technicians and cleaners of the stadium walked in asking about the bird they saw "fly in on the cctv".

we denied the existence of such bird until it started to fly around the room, provoking some shrieks as we strove to get out of its way. startled by the cries and the net being swung around, the bird fluttered from wall to wall till a point when it either collapsed into the wall from fear or excitement or temporary blindness and proceeded to faint...behind my cubicle.

now for a little explanation. my working area is a stand-alone cubicle where the back wall is pushed against the wall of the office. unfortunately, when they moved it in, they misgauged and the wall of the cubicle is a few inches away from the wall of the office. it was into this gap that said bird fainted into.

4 excited girls then proceeded to climb onto my table (note: said table has no legs. it is just a board screwed into the cubicle walls. needless to say, there was panic on my end) and seeked the bird, which was apparently cramped and unable to spread its wings to get out.

worried about the possibility of bird dying behind the wall, we proceeded with a lot of "helpful" actions before reaching the solution of pulling the cubicle further from the wall to allow the bird to fly out. which worked. which resulted in more screaming before bird decided to make a smart choice for once and fly out the window.

chaos...complete chaos...*shakes head*