God is great!
Sometimes my job is really funny. Because we deal with people all over the world, the emails I get can be hilarious -- the artistic license people often take with the english language and the colloquialisms that sometimes slip out are great.
One of my favorite parts is seeing how Outlook translates the "Out of Office Reply" on people's emails. For example:
In Venezuela, the emails come in as: fuera de la oficina / Out of Office
In Switzerland, the emails come in as: Abwesenheitsnotiz
Bless you.
Another funny one was what I got today from my agent in Copenhagen. I had asked her to find out some information about import requirements and she wrote back an entire email in great english and then at the bottom said "As for the import requirements, I will tjeck on that."
So all of today we've been trying to see who can write the best sentences with words that have the replaced "ch" in them…we got "what a tjampion" and "don’t be tjeesy." Someone else wrote "I'm always messing up words like tjeck and suttj."
On another work-related note, a few weeks ago PetRelo got signed up for AllExperts. It's basically a free site where people ask questions and you answer them for free, for whatever motive you have (in our case, exposure and name-branding). Guess who gets to answer the questions. That's right. I love this job.
I got my first question today. I'll post it in case any of you are traveling from Germany into the US with a dog in the near future.
Questioner: Shannon
Category: Travel with Pets
Private: no
Subject: travel from europe to states with pet
Question: Hello!
I'm traveling from Germany to Illinois with a Cocker spaniel. I just got his health
certificate, but found out he was behind on his rabies shot. They gave him an
update, but is it too soon to fly? We leave in 2 days. Thanks
Shannon
Answer: Hi Shannon,
That's a great question. Thanks for stopping by to ask us.
Coming from Germany into the US, you will need a health certificate dated within 10 days of the flight and a rabies certificate that is older than 30 days but less than 1 year (it can be up to 3 years if the rabies shot is a 3 year vaccination).
In your case, you will not have time to fulfill the requirement for the rabies shot. That doesn't mean that your dog can't come with you to the US, though. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), if you bring a dog into the US that is not vaccinated for rabies, you will need to fill out a "confinement agreement" and show that document (if asked) at the port of entry. For more information on this, go to the CDC page regarding importing pets: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/animal.htm
Then, scroll down to the "Dogs" section. You will see the confinement agreement listed in that section as an Adobe file that you can download and fill out ahead of time.
The confinement agreement basically says that upon your arrival in the US, you will keep your dog confined in-home -- don't worry, you are not agreeing to send him into quarantine. You will be able to clear through customs with your pup and take him home with you, just please make sure you keep him away from other animals until the 30 days is up.
As a side note, I also recommend that you contact the airline that you are flying on and double check that they do not have an airline-enforced policy regarding rabies shots. Most airlines just require the health certificates.
I hope this helps answer your question! Let me know if you need any more information.
Happy traveling and wagging tails!
Rachel Farris
PetRelocation.com
rachel@petrelocation.com
My goal is to become the Expert of the Month. The highest honor.
Oh speaking of which -- we know where we're going on our company trip. Playa del Carmen! Que rico. I can't wait. I think we are going to go at the end of January. The best part of the deal is that they are paying for our significant others to come along! Since IS2 is occupied, I am trying to conivince the wife, Shirikins, to meet me en la playa. Can't wait. This will give me something to look forward to over the next few months. And then it will be March/April before I know it and I'll get to see IS2.
However, my immediate goal for tonight is to get some sleep. This weekend took it out on me.
Did anyone else catch the Family Guy last night? It was a hilarious episode about the Army ("Saving Private Bryan") -- my favorite line was when the Sgt. Angryman said "Good job men, remember that when you leave for Iraq tomorrow" and Bryan the dog goes "Did he just say Iraq?" and Stewie says "Oh, no, no, certainly not, I'm sure he meant Fraggl-iraq."
Actually, the whole thing was hilarious. The Army recruitment scene that showed the guy running around with a bunch of girls in bikinis, diving into a pool of money with them, with "Pour Some Sugar On Me" playing in the background; the part where Bryan and Stewie are trying to get honorable discharges by shooting each other in the foot ("We don't give honorable discharges to people who get shot anymore."); and the part where the news reports after everyone is sent home ("Democracy has been achieved!") and it says "Only a great mastermind could make this happen," and it cuts to Dubya standing at the top of a staircase trying to get a slinky to go down (unsuccessfuly), over and over again. It finally starts going down the stairs and Dubya starts screaming "Laura! LAURA! Come quick!!"
Speaking of which…I found this last week and thought my guests might like it:
Oh. And…um…Nano, anyone? Yeah. Really, really behind. Like 5 days behind. I'm not sure I'll rally.
And that's it. Another Monday down.
One of my favorite parts is seeing how Outlook translates the "Out of Office Reply" on people's emails. For example:
In Venezuela, the emails come in as: fuera de la oficina / Out of Office
In Switzerland, the emails come in as: Abwesenheitsnotiz
Bless you.
Another funny one was what I got today from my agent in Copenhagen. I had asked her to find out some information about import requirements and she wrote back an entire email in great english and then at the bottom said "As for the import requirements, I will tjeck on that."
So all of today we've been trying to see who can write the best sentences with words that have the replaced "ch" in them…we got "what a tjampion" and "don’t be tjeesy." Someone else wrote "I'm always messing up words like tjeck and suttj."
On another work-related note, a few weeks ago PetRelo got signed up for AllExperts. It's basically a free site where people ask questions and you answer them for free, for whatever motive you have (in our case, exposure and name-branding). Guess who gets to answer the questions. That's right. I love this job.
I got my first question today. I'll post it in case any of you are traveling from Germany into the US with a dog in the near future.
Questioner: Shannon
Category: Travel with Pets
Private: no
Subject: travel from europe to states with pet
Question: Hello!
I'm traveling from Germany to Illinois with a Cocker spaniel. I just got his health
certificate, but found out he was behind on his rabies shot. They gave him an
update, but is it too soon to fly? We leave in 2 days. Thanks
Shannon
Answer: Hi Shannon,
That's a great question. Thanks for stopping by to ask us.
Coming from Germany into the US, you will need a health certificate dated within 10 days of the flight and a rabies certificate that is older than 30 days but less than 1 year (it can be up to 3 years if the rabies shot is a 3 year vaccination).
In your case, you will not have time to fulfill the requirement for the rabies shot. That doesn't mean that your dog can't come with you to the US, though. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), if you bring a dog into the US that is not vaccinated for rabies, you will need to fill out a "confinement agreement" and show that document (if asked) at the port of entry. For more information on this, go to the CDC page regarding importing pets: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/animal.htm
Then, scroll down to the "Dogs" section. You will see the confinement agreement listed in that section as an Adobe file that you can download and fill out ahead of time.
The confinement agreement basically says that upon your arrival in the US, you will keep your dog confined in-home -- don't worry, you are not agreeing to send him into quarantine. You will be able to clear through customs with your pup and take him home with you, just please make sure you keep him away from other animals until the 30 days is up.
As a side note, I also recommend that you contact the airline that you are flying on and double check that they do not have an airline-enforced policy regarding rabies shots. Most airlines just require the health certificates.
I hope this helps answer your question! Let me know if you need any more information.
Happy traveling and wagging tails!
Rachel Farris
PetRelocation.com
rachel@petrelocation.com
My goal is to become the Expert of the Month. The highest honor.
Oh speaking of which -- we know where we're going on our company trip. Playa del Carmen! Que rico. I can't wait. I think we are going to go at the end of January. The best part of the deal is that they are paying for our significant others to come along! Since IS2 is occupied, I am trying to conivince the wife, Shirikins, to meet me en la playa. Can't wait. This will give me something to look forward to over the next few months. And then it will be March/April before I know it and I'll get to see IS2.
However, my immediate goal for tonight is to get some sleep. This weekend took it out on me.
Did anyone else catch the Family Guy last night? It was a hilarious episode about the Army ("Saving Private Bryan") -- my favorite line was when the Sgt. Angryman said "Good job men, remember that when you leave for Iraq tomorrow" and Bryan the dog goes "Did he just say Iraq?" and Stewie says "Oh, no, no, certainly not, I'm sure he meant Fraggl-iraq."
Actually, the whole thing was hilarious. The Army recruitment scene that showed the guy running around with a bunch of girls in bikinis, diving into a pool of money with them, with "Pour Some Sugar On Me" playing in the background; the part where Bryan and Stewie are trying to get honorable discharges by shooting each other in the foot ("We don't give honorable discharges to people who get shot anymore."); and the part where the news reports after everyone is sent home ("Democracy has been achieved!") and it says "Only a great mastermind could make this happen," and it cuts to Dubya standing at the top of a staircase trying to get a slinky to go down (unsuccessfuly), over and over again. It finally starts going down the stairs and Dubya starts screaming "Laura! LAURA! Come quick!!"
Speaking of which…I found this last week and thought my guests might like it:
My Iraqi Leadership Name is Rashid Tilfah al-Tikriti.
What's yours?
Powered by Rum and Monkey.
Oh. And…um…Nano, anyone? Yeah. Really, really behind. Like 5 days behind. I'm not sure I'll rally.
And that's it. Another Monday down.
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i missed the episode, but heard the bit about "fraggle-iraq" on the radio a few times and it made me giggle everytime. i missed treehouse of horror, too, which i was bummed about!
I found them on YouTube to send to IS2 for his viewing pleasure.
Hilarious.
Here is the recruitment part.
Here is the one about the suicide bomber.
Here is the one about how they try to get honorably discharged.
AWESoME...why do i have to go to starbucks to use the interwang? ...it goes against everything i believe in in the greatness of dunkin donuts....and there may or may not be a cookout in the future and since you are one of my 3 remaining friends in the republic of texas you are invited..i beleive you know the way to the location...if you need directions i can provide when i figure out when i ahve 5 minutes to do this...