by Bushviper » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:50 pm
I got a callout yesterday for a snake that was in a hole in the garden. I asked if it was not possibly a toad. Very snotty the reply came that they know what a frog looks like and the gardener had seen it before it went into the hole.
I drove out there which took about half an hour. They showed me the hole and I stuck my fingers in there and pulled out a toad. This is not the first time this has happened and I could see the moist eyes. The woman was so embarrassed that she hung her head in shame (her words) before going to get a donation for my time and petrol.
Today I got a callout and when I got there I gave the woman a pair of glasses (it was described as a rinkhals) and asked her to grab the other side of the water feature. She asked me to hang on, went inside and proceeded to pass comments from the balcony above! She still had the glasses on though.
I grabbed the rinkhals and she tossed down my bag which she had taken with her. Once the snake was safe and sound she came downstairs again. That was officially my first snake for this season.
It is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.
Those who are afraid to ask are ashamed of learning.