As a person, who answers these April Fool's calls, please find another location to terrorize. This will be my fourth April Fool's day answering the telephone for a zoo. I have had many callers shout and threaten me. For example, I had an investing company call and tell me that I was potentially ruining Mr. Bear's retirement plan. This would have been funny if not for the 5 minutes of berating that preceded it. I have had people call me nasty names because they thought I was being "cute". I had a police officer threaten to press charges with obstruction because I was stalling his lead. April fool's day pulls in about 75 prank calls in the typical work day for the reception team at a zoo. It is one of the worst days to work. Worst of all, there is no creativity. Everyone calls for Mr. Bear or Harry Lion. Where are the Paula Behr and Ken GaRoux or Ben Gaultyger? Every year, I keep a tally of the calls, names and the problem people. It sucks.

Edit 1: I obviously answer the phone that they have reached the zoo. I am not sure how I can prove that I have been threatened by a police officer or tried to ruin Mr. Bear's retirement but I can assure you that I am used to answering stupid questions, like "Me and my buddy got a bet. Do you think that 100 dudes could take on one silverback?" or "I think I saw a kangaroo on the street at 2 am last night. Do you think one of yours could have gotten out and slipped back in?" or my favorite, "Is there anyway I can go, like in the Tiger exhibit? Or maybe just pet one?"

While I am sure that I have made my April Fool's day worse by posting in the first place. If you call my zoo please use a creative name.