As some of you know, I work at Serpent Safari, the reptile zoo with the 403lb burmese.

Ok that's all fine and dandy, but these people don't really give a *bleep* about their animals. They have had a cobra with a nasty infection, a water monitor with some sort of large sore on it's tail, they often keep more than one snake in one display (some not even similar size) and the cages are often too small.

Worst thing was watching a beautiful chondro python (blue and all) die slowly over about six months because no one seemed to care it had a respiratory infection and it was loosing weight all the time (don't think they fed it at all). Two days ago it was like a skeleton, yesterday it was gone. I told them many times that it wasn't well..

Also the snakes that we sell pictures with are usually underweight, and are out there way too long. Poor things are stressed out beyond belief.

I don't even want to get into the pets that they sell.

The more I know about this place, the less enthusiastic I am about working there.

So, today my boss calls me and is mad at me for telling the assistant manager I was tired when at 8:59 (closing is at 9:00) someone comes in and wants a tour. I'm a tour guide.. and those tours are 25 minutes long. Plus that my dad was waiting outside to take me home (I don't drive yet). I took the tour, I just was voicing my exasperation at this to my fellow co-worker. I know the customer is always right, but for heaven's sake.. shouldn't the last tour leave something more like 15 minutes before closing.. not one?

So anyway.. my boss has a few more bones to pick with me (very small ones that no one else would get yelled at for)

I am not respected there at all, so I am leaving!

Gonna work at petsmart or something..

Sorry this is long, I just want to vent!