Could I address ALL who feed their snakes outside of their tubs/enclosures?
I have never once been bit by my ball python, when feeding in his vivarium, I feed him with tongs. He has never once shown any sign of aggression towards me when I enter the vivarium, after a year of being fed in the enclosure by tong. When food is present, he strikes at that, nothing else.
A way to put this into a question that you can relate to would be; How would you like it if the police stormed into your house, grabbed you from your bed, and took you to this brand new, never seen, mysterious place where you have nowhere to go because every few feet there's a wall?