I understand that snakes are shipped overnight and that someone has to be there to sign for the package. However, I assume that most snakes are shipped for weekday delivery rather than risk a non-delivered package over the weekend...which brings up my question...how quickly do you have to remove the snake from the packaging?

I could take a day off from work to receive a package, but I'd rather not if I didn't have to...if I got the snake shipped to me at work (no problem there), would it be ok in the shipping box until I got home (I would already have the enclosure set up and adjusted for temps, humidity, etc)? Should I open the box and check the snake in whatever container it's in? I would definitely like to avoid actually removing the snake itself while in the office for many reasons...don't want to stress the snake any more than it already is, don't want to freak out my coworkers, etc.