Continued from a community rant
And because I post maybe once every two years.
Last week in a nutshell:
Please guys, when I ask you to keep your kids from throwing stuff at the large alligator, that it's mean (not to mention I have to go fish it out of a 6-foot gator's tank), this does not mean you can smile, nod, go up to the observation area and throw from there. And thanks for yelling at me when I escort you out after the second time I catch you doing it in an hour.
When I'm handling the (much smaller) gator, and am showing you their strike range around the front half of their body, please do not attempt to reach past me to pet it's head, encouraging your young child to do the same.
Explaining that snapping turtles can remove your finger quite easily is not an invitation to reach over the "please do not touch" rope to try to grab one from the water.
Signs on the door such as "Venomous Animals DO NOT ENTER" work well with locking the door to keep people out. Why would you, an employee, unlock the door to bring in a group of 6-yr olds who are there for a class?
Falcons are pointy birds. It is, after all, why I'm wearing a thick leather glove and asking you to stay back. It also clearly has a mangled wing. Do not try to poke the wing please. Do not curse at me when I refuse to unhook his jesses from the leash and "make him fly for you".
Last week in a nutshell:
Please guys, when I ask you to keep your kids from throwing stuff at the large alligator, that it's mean (not to mention I have to go fish it out of a 6-foot gator's tank), this does not mean you can smile, nod, go up to the observation area and throw from there. And thanks for yelling at me when I escort you out after the second time I catch you doing it in an hour.
When I'm handling the (much smaller) gator, and am showing you their strike range around the front half of their body, please do not attempt to reach past me to pet it's head, encouraging your young child to do the same.
Explaining that snapping turtles can remove your finger quite easily is not an invitation to reach over the "please do not touch" rope to try to grab one from the water.
Signs on the door such as "Venomous Animals DO NOT ENTER" work well with locking the door to keep people out. Why would you, an employee, unlock the door to bring in a group of 6-yr olds who are there for a class?
Falcons are pointy birds. It is, after all, why I'm wearing a thick leather glove and asking you to stay back. It also clearly has a mangled wing. Do not try to poke the wing please. Do not curse at me when I refuse to unhook his jesses from the leash and "make him fly for you".