Petstore encounter I had to share

[angllady2]

So I went by my local petco to pick up a feeder for my one stubborn snake, and while I'm there I mosey over to see the Balls.

There were a couple of new babies, one of which was very light, so I decided to take a closer look.

The employee who unlocked the cage was afraid of getting bitten , so he let me get them out. Just a couple of nice little normal babies, so small and shy.

As I'm putting the last one back, a couple stops by and he comments how much he misses his RTB. So I tell him I like RTB's, and did he have any other snakes?

He tells me he used to have a couple of Boa's, and a ball as well. I smile and tell him I'm now up to nine BP's, with the new boy I picked up on Sunday. I laugh and say since most of mine are still babies, my new boy seems huge compared to them, he must be all of 3 feet.

At which point he tells me, completely straight faced, that HIS ball python was 8' long and weighed over 100 pounds, which is why he gave him to the St. Louis Zoo, and that I should go to the Zoo and see his snake.

So I told him, the next time I went to the Zoo, I'd be sure to ask about the largest BP in the world, and find out when Ripley's was showing up and ask if Animal Planet knew about it yet. I walked away laughing. I could not believe that guy was so incompetent as to think he'd impress me with his imaginary giant BP. His girlfriend was heard to snicker as I left.

Gale

[Aleria]

Ugh, things like that are just so sad/pathetic/stupid. I'll never understand the people that are stupid enough to either try to convince other people of completely outrageous claims of their snakes size, or don't actually even know what they really have/had and believe they did have a 10'+ 100 lb. ball or corn snake. -_-

[Zach]

BP owner win. Liar idiot fail.

[Hulihzack]

We have a customer with a "38 foot Egyptian Python" lol! Yea... The things people say.

[dembonez]

how funny would it be if he really did have a giant BP lol that would be so jokes!

[DJ_Bizarre]

lmao that is so awesome, i deal with people telling ridiculous stories about different things every day and i always walk awak laughing. Its even funnier when the person they are with knows that they just got caught making up stories.

[PurplePython]

lol this is too funny. I have a friend that always makes up dumb stuff like this also. He always says weird stuff.

For example - he will say that his pet rat gave birth to 80 babies without even having a male in the tank.

lol, some people man....

[CoolioTiffany]

He could have been mistaken of the species and actually had a Burm

And humans are the worst at guessing lengths, so this 8 foot snake could've been much larger, or even much smaller than he guessed.

[PolishPython]

lol

[Seak]

I have a 13 foot corn snake and a 10 foot ball. Lmao!!!!