LOUSY JOB?

YOUR JOB IS LOUSY, right? So as a public service, I present the first installment of an occasional series, Jobs Even Worse Than Yours:

The San Francisco Zoo (I forgot to tell you to put down your doughnut, so put down your doughnut) has an elephant named Calle who has a chronic illness, requiring medication.

The zoo people couldn't get Calle to take her dose orally, so a Cal pharmacologist developed a suppository. The 10-inch-long, four-pound, cocoa-butter bullets are crafted by the good folks at Guittard Chocolates in Burlingame.

Administering the daily medication takes five zoo workers (FIVE people have jobs worse than yours!), including one person to distract Calle with treats and one person who wears a full-arm glove.

Now stop bitching and get back to work.

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