i brought my ball to work one day! when i lived in chicago my apt was 5 minutes away from work. a client of ours and i got to chatting one day and she told me she loves snakes/animals and asked if i could bring mine in. i made a make-shift tub and kept him in an empty file cabinet (he wasn't even half a year old yet) and he was only there for an hour or so. she was so happy to see him and she even held him! it was nice to see such a positive reaction, those are few and far between for me.