Snakes & IT

cavetech

cavetech

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About two weeks ago a guy from marketing came into my office and said "are snakes in the copy room and IT problem"?

I figured I was being set up for a joke so I said "sure" and followed him across the hall into the copy/printer room. He was nervous and hanging around the door along with a few others. Now I was beginning to think it wasn't a prank.

Sure enough there was a baby snake behind the copier. It took awhile but I caught the little bugger. It kept vibrating it's tail and striking. What a nasty (sorry) little snake. I let it go outside.

A few minutes ago property management came in with another IT problem. Another snake. This time in the conference room. So I caught it and let it go outside.

The only thing I know about snakes is which end can hurt me. These were too small to bite and hurt and I didn't think they were venonmous. They were both the same species and nasty (sorry again). Just babies about 12" but rather pretty.

With some internet research I think these are Pine snakes. Figured I'd better know what I was catching since this is an IT problem.

I don't think they are from Microsoft and I hope they don't update.
 
Steve....Your posts are extremely 'dry' and I hope I'm not being set up for a joke..what the hey-

Pine snakes will shake their tales and act like rattlers.


Just when you think you've seen everything, huh?



There's a gal down the street raising two rattlers...


munk
 
Steve Poll said:
It kept vibrating it's tail and striking. What a nasty (sorry) little snake. I let it go outside.
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Steve if it looked anything like these guys; I would suggest running away the next time around. These are pigmy rattle snakes and adults are usually under 18 inches long. playing with them is a good way to lose a limb.

n2s
 
BruiseLeee said:
Did they purchase the St. Patrick's IT package option when they hired you? :rolleyes:
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My stuff usually comes with bugs, not snakes.:o

n2s
 
Novadak said:
I was SO sure this was going to be something about Snakes on a Plane... ;)
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And now the ultimate horror
SNACKS ON A PLANE
"No! Not Fisher's Party Peanuts! The horror. The horror. Oh, the humanity."
:eek: :eek: :eek:
 
Steve,
Munk is right about the tail rattling...Almost all of the non-venomous snake's will vibrate there tail against the ground to get ya to leave them alone...If it had been a pigmy rattler you would have heard the difference...Kinda sounds like a "buzzing" instead of a more sedate "thudding"...My corns would do the same thing every now and then...Most of the small bodied colubrids are known for this...Never had a boid do it, but I also have never had a baby either...<~~working on that one!

Small enough to hurt ya?? The smaller (baby) venomous snakes generally nail you with a larger dose of venom than there larger counterparts...I am pretty sure it is because they havent learned to "meter" the amount they are injecting

I will be the first to say...You done a good thing in catching them and letting them go...most would have geeked out and killed them and all they do is eat mice

Kudos to ya bro!!!!:thumbup:
 
Great story Steve. Them aren't snakes at all. Them are secretaries.....

When I was in IT secretaries were my nemesis.
 
to warn you off. If you've never seen a rattler before those aforementioned guys can fool you. How's the female response been to your prowess as snake chamer? Most women have a mixed reaction to snakes. Horror/disgust to oddly attracting I've noticed. Has it improved your dating prospects?
 
Well, I've got a lot of questions to address here.

No it wasn't a joke. Somehow these small snakes are getting into the building and I seem to be the ony one that will catch them. They are just babies and I let them go in the woods nearby.

I have a lot of experience handling green iguanas, some were very large. I admit I don't like snakes though. probably a primal instinct thing.

These little things are very agressive. Not what I expect from a baby. They display open mouth and strike alot. I can see how that would scare off another critter.

I sure hope they are pine snakes. They are colorful with dark tails. Dave you should be able to help me ID them. I wish you hadn't told me about small rattlers. I'm pretty sure these didn't even have one button.

They haven't gotten me a single date. When I had my Pinzgauer 710M it got me a lot of dates. Usually red neck women who are a lot of fun in their own way. However I am awarding a buzzing thing to a female friend Monday night. Gifts like that usually work well. Work will be a drag Tuesday.

Back on topic, I don't know how these things get into the building. Maybe there is a pipe or conduit they can enter through. Here in FL the doors are always closed this time of year because it's so hot and humid.

There will probably be more snakes. I'll have to get a picture of one. Dave might want to adopt it.

Sorry there is no punch line here. It really is just a snake story!

I could tell you about the Yugo M48, Ishapor Enfield and K.Kale Turk Mauser I have coming early next week? Or rebluing the bayonet and scabbard for my 24/47? I will never be able to earn enough money for all the guns I want.

Thanks for listening guys.
 
Steve, it may not seem like it now, but surely the ladies will remember with graditude the man who took the snakes outside.

I was wondering if someone planted them inside the building as a joke.But your thought about some passageway makes more sense.



munk
 
Your office must have a mouse problem Steve. That's the only reason I could see the snakes wanting to take up residence there-unless a disgruntled employee's decided to plant some payback. :eek:

Kudos for catching and releasing them.

Bob
 
The snakes are babies, Big Bob, so there may have been a nest in a nearby drainage or crawlspace.


munk
 
I'm sure they weren't jokes. The people that work there are wimps. Sheeple.

They could never dispose of a snake themselves. Not even the men. Kinda sad, huh?

The only mice in the building are Microsoft and Logitech. Not very tasty.

Maybe I should bring a terrariam in and put the captives in it.
 
"I'm sure they weren't jokes. The people that work there are wimps. Sheeple.

They could never dispose of a snake themselves. Not even the men. Kinda sad, huh?"
Steve Poll



Bet the Janitor could. What a place you must work, Steve! This story helped my day.



munk
 
good job on catching the snakes. if i were you, i'd get one of those "high shelf grabby arms", and a container you can easily seal, perhaps 3 or 4 of those "party jars" that chips/pretzels come in. empty of course :> in some offices, they are dead easy to get as they are imported a lot.

baby snakes... MOST if not ALL baby snakes, including every species i can think of in the USA is ready to go the instant they are born... full poison from day 0. they can, they will bite, and depending on species... well, let's not go there.

as said above, sometimes baby snake bites are worse, because you think they're so small ;) one of the worlds most venomous snakes lives in oz, can't be more than a foot long, and you're dead before you can really say "oh shit". they call it a "two step snake" apparently. we'll leave it to the home audience why :)

so. be careful with them IT problems. sometimes they can bite you in the asp :)

bladite
 
There are bunches of rattlers around the property of my old work. One day I saw a 4' long fat rattler coiled up under the car. I told my boss to go out and stick her hand under there because I thought a saw a 3 carat diamond ring laying under there, and was it hers?

She didn't go for it or appreciate the joke I'm afraid. Too bad. Probably would have killed the snake if it had bit her.

Norm
 
Our buildings are surrounded by decorative and thick foliage. Woods outside of that area. It's very common to see fairly large snakes that are black in color moving through the foliage or crossing a sidewalk. But the baby snakes were rather colorful and not all black like the big ones.

Next time I get one, maybe I can get someone from marketing to take a picture so it can be identified.

Our janitor is a very nice guy, but he is terrified of snakes. So I made sure to tell him they are in our building. Now he's very uncomfortable.

Hey, Bladite you can't fool me. Two Steps are in Nam.

They weren't that blue pigmy color.

Anyhow I've been practicing saying things like "have a look at this little beauty" and "what a little ripper" and "Crikey" for the next big snake catching event.
 
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