So I got called to drop everything and go running to one of the bosses house to remove a Death Adder (henceforth known as DA) halfway up a tree today (To those with pending facepalms, I know what you are thinking). Generally not being in a great mood to work hard on a Friday, I said I would happily drop everything to attend and asked the calm gentleman with screaming progeny to keep an eye on it until I get there.
Looking rather forward to finding a DA located in a tree I imagined all sorts of possibilities of what it could be, finally arriving at it either being a Tree snake of some description or a very very lost DA. Mindful as well that Im not built to climb trees as well as I could, I also began thinking of how I could remove a DA from a tree who was probably very upset at being up off the ground in the first place and further annoyed by a human being attempting to join him in this new area and pop him in a bag. I decided to wait until I found out what it was as well as how high off the ground it was considering DA's falling from trees just prior to Christmas do not promote the same joy as snake flakes.
Anyway, upon arriving at my destination I was greeted by the bossman in question wielding a water blaster with grave reservations of shooting the DA out of the tree in case it got upset and attempted revenge (*Not his actual words but my thoughts). Being met with a boss carrying a water blaster in self defense, I was slightly taken aback and had to gather my thoughts for a moment before asking him to show me the tree and offending guest so I could brighten up his day.
Thanks goodness the DA decided to come quietly from his perch 30cm off the ground and was quite happy to pose for some goodbye photos except I couldnt get him to "hood" (possibly because he was still keeping an eye on the Water blaster).
I also hope I wasn't heard laughing as I drove off because I do actually like my job.
I would give the Chief credit for looking after his family but it still boggles the mind that some people are so out of tune with nature and refuse to learn so that they would know the difference between a Lizard and a Snake
Looking rather forward to finding a DA located in a tree I imagined all sorts of possibilities of what it could be, finally arriving at it either being a Tree snake of some description or a very very lost DA. Mindful as well that Im not built to climb trees as well as I could, I also began thinking of how I could remove a DA from a tree who was probably very upset at being up off the ground in the first place and further annoyed by a human being attempting to join him in this new area and pop him in a bag. I decided to wait until I found out what it was as well as how high off the ground it was considering DA's falling from trees just prior to Christmas do not promote the same joy as snake flakes.
Anyway, upon arriving at my destination I was greeted by the bossman in question wielding a water blaster with grave reservations of shooting the DA out of the tree in case it got upset and attempted revenge (*Not his actual words but my thoughts). Being met with a boss carrying a water blaster in self defense, I was slightly taken aback and had to gather my thoughts for a moment before asking him to show me the tree and offending guest so I could brighten up his day.
Thanks goodness the DA decided to come quietly from his perch 30cm off the ground and was quite happy to pose for some goodbye photos except I couldnt get him to "hood" (possibly because he was still keeping an eye on the Water blaster).
I also hope I wasn't heard laughing as I drove off because I do actually like my job.
I would give the Chief credit for looking after his family but it still boggles the mind that some people are so out of tune with nature and refuse to learn so that they would know the difference between a Lizard and a Snake
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