My fustration

[BiG~PUN]

I went to a big book store here in San Francisco looking for the book titled The Art of Keeping Snakes . I look in the natrual history section only to find the only book they had herp related was one book on sea turtles. I had been there before and bought a field guide on north american reptiles and amphibians, aswell as a book about ball pythons. I asked a guy that worked there if they carried the book. The look that followed would have made you think I had asked if they had any adult books involving donkeys. The conversation that followed just put my panties in a bunch. It went like this;

Clerk: Is there any art in keeping those god awfull creatures?(with a weird grin)
Me: You are entitled to your opinion, but I just want to know if you have the book.
Clerk: I know we dont have anything along those lines, We do have books on gardening equipment...........
(By know I could tell he was just trying to get my goat, and he had)
Me: If your going to stand there and be a :cens0r: , I will just leave. But if you would like to help me then I will recomend to your manager that you have excellent costumer service and should be given a raise $7.00 an hour. Im not sure if he will be willing to double what you are already paid. There is a good willl down the street and they can help you get some new shoes to go along with that big raise(His shoes talked ).

I left promptly after displaying one of my fingers to him.

I am amazed at the ignorance in todays world. With out these creatures the wrold would be alot ugglier place.

[recycling goddess]

sounds like someone missed snack time!

[dr del]

Hi,


I know you can definately buy it online if that's an option.

And dang! did I miss cookies?


dr del

[lillyorchid]

With out these creatures the wrold would be alot ugglier place.

With out these creatures the world would be a lot more stressful IMO. I know when I'm having a bad or stressful day at home, just walking around with a snake or two helps me calm down and relax.

I think someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed... or some one got told they couldn't take a lunch or something. Man I'd not shop at a place like that.

[recycling goddess]

hands derek a yummy home made cookie... with milk!

[dr del]

Why thank you kindly. **tries to keep the crumbs off the keyboard for once**


If the O.P. can't find any links to buy the book online shoot me a pm and I'll pass one along. Should be fairly easy to find though.


dr del

[kcox]

I've seen several books on e-bay dealing with snakes/reptiles etc-check it out - can't remember if it was the paticular book you were interested in or not --may help?!!

[recycling goddess]

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Keeping-Sn.../dp/1882770633

[Ginevive]

What a rude clerk
It might be just as well. Most books about snakes are either outdated or just plain incorrect in their info. If you find one that is worth its salt, that's cool. I have had trouble doing so, but I get all the info I need here.

[BiG~PUN]

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Keeping-Sn.../dp/1882770633

Thank you for posting this. Once I have read it I will give a review on here.