I just bought another snake the other day. I feel like I should be going to some type of meeting... I found out that they will be delivering through Fed-Ex. I live in a small town and the place I work at gets a lot of deliveries from both Fed-Ex, and UPS. We happened to be getting one from Fed-Ex about 2 hours after I ordered the snake. I went up to the delivery driver, and told her that I would be getting a new snake, and to keep an eye out for it, and to not be rough with it. She looked at me, and said, "Another one? How many is this?" I said, "This will make 14 in the house." She gave the "I'm creeped out" shake, and said that she would keep an eye out for it. She has even given me her cell number in case I do not see her, and I need her to know about something coming, or arrange an alternate delivery point.

I don't think I would have gotten this response from the UPS driver. We call him Shifty, as he always looks up to no good. He also leaves any delivery just sitting on the back porch. Sometimes he doesn't even knock on the door. I hate to even talk to the guy for more than the time it takes to sign the pad.

Do any of you announce to your drivers that you have a new shipment coming in? Do you avoid telling them in fear that they will refuse deliveries because they hate the animals, or think it is against company policy? Anybody get their drivers interested in Herps?