Remember this post? From a couple of weeks back:
I saw a story on the news last night that really got my attention. Seems a guy went to Wallyworld to buy a bag of mulch. Which is kept in the outdoor area, along with all the other garden/yard-ish things. He goes to pick up the top bag but there's a stick on top of the bag. So, he picks up the stick to move it off of the bag. And then the stick turns into a rattlesnake! The snake did what they do, which is to stretch out a little longer and then flip itself back and bite. OK, so that's not a good thing to have happen. But then I read the rest of the story on a news website today -and this is the "interesting" part. I don't wish ill on anyone and don't take pleasure in someone else's misfortune. But this guy? He is a licensed grower of marijuana to be used for medicinal purposes, and that's why he needed the mulch. But, he must have had a dose of his own "medicine" because I don't have a clue as to how he could miss a foot-long rattlesnake! The other part of the story is Walmart seeming unconcerned about it. It was in an outdoor area and the store is next to a field, they don't necessarily have any blame in the snake's presence. But their own employees didn't even make sure he was ok, it was another shopper who was totally unrelated to the man that put him in her car and drove him to the ER. He's going to be ok, but the ER also screwed up - the doctor just said that it was a dry bite (no venom) and sent him home with instructions to put ice on his hand. OK, dry bites do happen. But shouldn't they have watched him for a while to be sure? Yes, they should have - because his hand was swelled up (proper grammer for a TEXAN) to grapefruit size by the time he got home so he went back and then the ER had to use 6 doses of anti-venin (that's a lot) (also - it is anti-venin, not anti-venom).
So, next time you go to Wallyworld or anywhere else with an outdoor garden section - watch for sticks. Especially the kind with fangs!
Otter's rearranging her summer college plans. She's still going to go, but she's taking two classes and putting the math off until the fall term. I took her to the college this morning since she had to go talk to the enrollment office about something and then I picked her up at lunch. We had a picnic in the car, sitting in the parking lot of the library and had a really nice time. Then, I left her at the library and went back to work. I picked her up after I got off work and since I had my helper with me, we went to the grocery store. Yes, it was Wallyworld!
But we stayed inside the store and didn't have to buy mulch. So, no sticks with teeth.
But honestly, how could he NOT see what it was?
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