Striking...
I'd left my cell phone at home today, so I ran home during my lunch hour to get it. As I pulled into the parking lot at work, I totally scored Porn Star Parking. Got a spot right up front!
As I opened the door, a quick movement in my periphery caught my attention. There, along the curb, was a snake. The motion that caught my attention, luckily enough, was the snake striking at my van door. I mention luck, as that could have been my leg being struck...
I slowly closed the door, restarted the engine, and pulled off to a less Porn-Starrish, and yet highly more snake-less spot.
As I walked over to observe the critter more closely, someone else, a young lady, tried to take the prime spot, but I waved her off. She seemed a bit miffed, at first, but caught on quickly as I stood there, pointing toward the snake. She gladly obliged and drove off in search of a better spot.
Not being an expert on all things legless, I wasn't sure what kind of snake it was, but was pretty sure it was venomous, as it had a diamond shaped head. I wasn't sure, but I thought it might be a water moccasin. I had a few minutes left on my lunch, so I stayed outside to make sure that no one else parked beside it.
I suppose that my presence bothered it, as it slithered up and over the curb, across a small median, and under the next car over. Knowing that it was not going to bite anyone pulling into the empty spot, I gave up the guard duty and ran upstairs to find someone who knew more than I did about snakes, which is not saying a lot...
Naturally, "Creepy Bald Guy"(tm) is a snake expert. He follows me back downstairs and I point out the crawly, and he confirms it is a water moccasin. He gets a stick, pins its head and calmly picks it up. He relocated it to the wooded area behind the complex. Problem solved. Except for all those who are freaking out that there are wild critters living within the same universe as they...
Creepy Bald Guy really is actually pretty nice, but just comes across as a bit... odd. Obviously, he is bald. He is in pretty decent shape and always wears leather arm bands with spikes, and "Affliction" T-shirts (so skulls everywhere...). Apparently these are very high class amongst the darker set?
Turns out that CBG is also a former pro wrestler, which makes me laugh. Not because of the occupation, but because I now know four who participated in it... Not bad for someone who doesn't watch wrasslin' at all...
I guess we need to add "snake-wrangling" to CBG's resume.
So.... what did YOU do at work today?
As I opened the door, a quick movement in my periphery caught my attention. There, along the curb, was a snake. The motion that caught my attention, luckily enough, was the snake striking at my van door. I mention luck, as that could have been my leg being struck...
I slowly closed the door, restarted the engine, and pulled off to a less Porn-Starrish, and yet highly more snake-less spot.
As I walked over to observe the critter more closely, someone else, a young lady, tried to take the prime spot, but I waved her off. She seemed a bit miffed, at first, but caught on quickly as I stood there, pointing toward the snake. She gladly obliged and drove off in search of a better spot.
Not being an expert on all things legless, I wasn't sure what kind of snake it was, but was pretty sure it was venomous, as it had a diamond shaped head. I wasn't sure, but I thought it might be a water moccasin. I had a few minutes left on my lunch, so I stayed outside to make sure that no one else parked beside it.
I suppose that my presence bothered it, as it slithered up and over the curb, across a small median, and under the next car over. Knowing that it was not going to bite anyone pulling into the empty spot, I gave up the guard duty and ran upstairs to find someone who knew more than I did about snakes, which is not saying a lot...
Naturally, "Creepy Bald Guy"(tm) is a snake expert. He follows me back downstairs and I point out the crawly, and he confirms it is a water moccasin. He gets a stick, pins its head and calmly picks it up. He relocated it to the wooded area behind the complex. Problem solved. Except for all those who are freaking out that there are wild critters living within the same universe as they...
Creepy Bald Guy really is actually pretty nice, but just comes across as a bit... odd. Obviously, he is bald. He is in pretty decent shape and always wears leather arm bands with spikes, and "Affliction" T-shirts (so skulls everywhere...). Apparently these are very high class amongst the darker set?
Turns out that CBG is also a former pro wrestler, which makes me laugh. Not because of the occupation, but because I now know four who participated in it... Not bad for someone who doesn't watch wrasslin' at all...
I guess we need to add "snake-wrangling" to CBG's resume.
So.... what did YOU do at work today?