OH No! My life (job) flashed before my eyes

[frankykeno]

that's too funny lol need a locking cage for transport

Mike (McAdry) forgets the time we had a dang live feeder mouse loose in our stationwagon! It completely amused the kids to see the both of us upside down in the car trying to get the damn thing from under the passenger seat.

[rabernet]

OK - the shock is now wearing off - I swear I had daymares all day about this morning and what could have happened if I'd not been able to catch the bugger before anyone saw!

Whoa! Robin I would have freaked out and cried most likely! SO glad to hear your powers of telepathy and cat like reflexes are still in their prime!

Believe me Connie - I wanted to cry when the tip of the tail disappeared under the bushes - standing there with his brother in one hand and a look of shock on my face.

What a way to start off a morning! Who needs coffee when you can be chasing rats! Congrats on the recovery!

Would you believe I balanced a cup of coffee and caught the bugger with the other hand? LOL

AAAAHAAAA


No thats funny.



Nothing wrong with that at all.

Yeah - funny says you!

[rabernet]

glad everything turned out well, but if you weren't fully awake at 5:30 in the morning, chasing a rat in the shrubbery will do it.

Yup - it sure will!

that's too funny lol need a locking cage for transport

Mike it WAS a locking lid Sterilite - I caught one of the locks on the door and the rest was history!

Wheew!!

I've had close calls like that before... It is the most adrenaline pumping thing I have had to do in some cases..

Rollercoaster? HAH!

Chase a Rat around your friends house!!!

Hahaha - I've done that too (well, my own house, but still!)

lol great story!!!

glad you got him.

Justin

Me too, Justin, me too!

That's too funny. (because you didn't get fired AND you found both of the ratties)

I didn't know HOW I was going to explain this to my boss. Our VP is really cool about pets, but you know rats aren't really accepted by a lot of people. He lets people bring their dogs in with them if they have to take them to the vet later - just as long as people don't abuse the privilidge - one reason Sal and I had planned an early morning exchange before others got to work! LOL

so what would you of said if someone saw you on all fours looking under the bushes... thats funny, but im glad you got them both back...

No CLUE! Maybe "hi!" At one point I was laying flat on my stomach on the sidewalk lifting up the edges of the bushes trying to see him (no flashlight though)

Yeah, rat lost in bushes outside place of employment and rat lost in friend's house definitely rat lost in garage...makes mine so unglamorous...

Glad you nabbed the bugger!

Thanks Cass!

[rabernet]

Sound like a fun adventure .

Yeah, all I thought about was how hard it was to catch loose rats in a closed room at NERD, I just KNEW I was toast!

Hehe funny story Robin

Glad you found him and avoided disaster!

Me too Rich!

Thats pretty funny, glad you were able to find him and still have your job I hate the access card i have the same thing at my work

I've had access cards at my last few jobs - I do like that when I come in, in the mornings (I work 6-4) that the only people who can get in are those with badges.

HAHAHA!!!! I'm sure that freaked you out!

Glad you recovered him.... with the "rat Pounce"!!!!

It was totally not graceful! LOL

That is so funny! I can't believe you managed to get them both back. LUCKY!

Thanks Marmie - I'm so glad I got them both too!

I'm glad you got him back where he belongs! I have nightmares about my rats somehow getting outside and I can't catch them.

I think I'll have nightmares about this for months to come - all because I didn't want to drive 20 miles to meet him on a Saturday! LOL

Mike (McAdry) forgets the time we had a dang live feeder mouse loose in our stationwagon! It completely amused the kids to see the both of us upside down in the car trying to get the damn thing from under the passenger seat.

Hahahaha! That's funny!

[nwheat]

I'm glad you recovered them ok - and at 5:30 am no less! Way too much excitement for that time of the morning!

[Beardedragon]

I can just see the security camera being watched and the guy watching it going " The employer stalks her prey... she watching closely, when her stealth... she sees the rats head... wait for it... SHE POUNCES! She captures the rat and drags it back to her young."

[Peter Williams]

Wait so...this happened outside...the rat ran into some bushes....if you hadn't caught him, I still don't understand why you would lose your job?

[rabernet]

Wait so...this happened outside...the rat ran into some bushes....if you hadn't caught him, I still don't understand why you would lose your job?

In the bushes by the front door. If I hadn't caught him, and he came out and ran in front of say, a customer of ours - not good. I would be questioned why I was bringing rats to work. It's not like he's a wild looking rat, he's clearly a domesticated rat. If he ran in front of MANY of my co-workers who are creeped out by rats, not good.

[rabernet]

Just a happy update. I spoke with Sal this morning, and he was beaming - he said his kids LOVED the rats and how quickly the rats got used to them. All their friends are jealous and want their own pet rats now!

He said his daughter was scared of them at first (because her hamsters always bite her) but when she saw how gentle they were, she couldn't stop carrying hers around. They carried them in their shirt pockets and on their shoulders and are head over heels in love with their new baby boy dumbos!

[frankykeno]

I can just see the security camera being watched and the guy watching it going " The employer stalks her prey... she watching closely, when her stealth... she sees the rats head... wait for it... SHE POUNCES! She captures the rat and drags it back to her young."

Omg now that's FUNNY!