Blue jays have an impressive repertoire of calls including sounds that resemble the call of monkeys in a tropical jungle. They communicate much better than office managers and that skill is instrumental in their success in the world of birds. As for plants, well, everyone needs plants. You can look at them, talk to them, water them, fertilize them, harvest them, eat them and my favourite … watch them die of supervised neglect. Just keep watching the bird. Never mind being inefficient at work … we have software for that.