Hotel Guest Finds Snake On Toilet

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Linky

So what would you do in that situation? Panic? Pass out from shock? (Either of those could very well be my choice. ) Call the front office and otherwise do nothing? Immediately check out of your room and swear never to return to that hotel again?

One thing I do know - they better have paid a generous amount of moolah to that guest...I mean, wouldn't you want some kind of compensation for having A SNAKE IN THE TOILET?!?

 

[JiNX-01]

Favorite "duh" statement:

Pythons aren't indigenous to Nebraska and, obviously, rarely turn up on toilet lids, Langan said. "It doesn't happen every day."

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

It was better when we were having problems with mountain lions roaming around the city. At least they didn't hang around bathrooms.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I don't think I would get upset about about a three foot python. it isn't as if they are dangerous. I certainly wouldn't be bothering about compensation. I would just inform them staff that there was a snake and asked them to have an experience person remove it without harming it.

I don't freaked out when I see snakes in Tasmania despite the fact that all Tasmanian snakes are venomous (they are also quite docile).

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I don't think I would get upset about about a three foot python. it isn't as if they are dangerous.

Easy to say in hindsight, but the guest can't be expected to know that. Many people think ALL snakes are dangerous.

And besides, snakes that might not be dangerous can still be scary. I might know *in my mind* that, for example, a garter snake isn't dangerous, but I still get freaked out when I see one. If I see a snake, ANY snake, on my toilet (or, indeed, anywhere near my house), I'm going to freak. Isn't it in human nature to be afraid of things that slither?

I think that in this example, the guest is entitled to some form of compensation, unless they're one of the lucky few who isn't afraid of snakes at all.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I think that fear of non-dangerous snakes is irrational, just like I think fear of non-dangerous spiders is irrational. Why fear something that cannot harm you?

I think snakes are beautiful and interesting creatures and if I saw a python my first reaction would be be to take a photo of it.

 

[Rii]

Linky

So what would you do in that situation? Panic? Pass out from shock? (Either of those could very well be my choice. ) Call the front office and otherwise do nothing? Immediately check out of your room and swear never to return to that hotel again?

Say "holy shit", back out and close the door, and call the front desk.

I mean, wouldn't you want some kind of compensation for having A SNAKE IN THE TOILET?!?

No?

In retrospect I'd likely consider it an entertaining diversion.

 

[M'Sharak]

Linky

So what would you do in that situation? Panic? Pass out from shock? (Either of those could very well be my choice. ) Call the front office and otherwise do nothing? Immediately check out of your room and swear never to return to that hotel again?

One thing I do know - they better have paid a generous amount of moolah to that guest...I mean, wouldn't you want some kind of compensation for having A SNAKE IN THE TOILET?!?

Over a three-foot python? Eh.

I'm sure I'd get around to calling the office so that they could get started on making arrangements for whoever it was to get their snake back, but I think the novelty of finding that snake in that place at that time would be compensation enough.

Liked this, from the article:

Amy Simchak, regional manager of the group that owns the La Vista hotel, said she's never heard of such a situation before.

As if a regional manager at all interested in keeping her position and keeping her career on track would ever admit it, even if she had heard of such a situation before.

Isn't it in human nature to be afraid of things that slither?

Nope. That's learned behavior.

 

[Valin]

That woman shouldn't have been upset; the snake put the seat down when he was done.

 

[OmahaStar]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100415/NEWS01/100419701#guest-finds-snake-on-toilet So what would you do in that situation?

Scream like a little girl, slam the bathroom door shut, and run all the way to the hotel desk, and probably pass out once I got there.

But that's just me.

 

[Colonel Green]

Come on MLB, be honest. You'd never use a toilet again, would you? Just to be safe.

 

[melancholymecha]

Id be more freaked out if it was one of those giant flying cockroaches that like to get into my house around this time of year(shudder.)

 

[John Picard]

So what would you do in that situation?

Scream like a little girl, slam the bathroom door shut, and run all the way to the hotel desk, and probably pass out once I got there.

But that's just me.

Replace "Scream like a little girl" with "Yell HOLY JEEZUSS FUCKING SHIT!!!" and we're pretty much in agreement with our reactions.

 

[Mr. B]

I'd close the bathroom door and call the front desk... might even get a better room, but probably just extra towels.

 

[Kirby]

There would be a Kirby-shaped hole in the door to the room.

Regardless of whether the snake was dangerous or not, you do not check into a hotel room and expect to see a big snake sitting on the toilet, that's just plain f*cked up.

 

[Miss Chicken]

But it wasn't a big snake. It was only three foot long.

 

[doubleohfive]

^
"That's what she said."

I'd be scared (because I am quite afraid of snakes) and would make the quickest exit I could to safety.

That said, I don't think it would be right to expect or demand any kind of compensation over this. It would be nice if the hotel would offer something, but I wouldn't expect it.

 

[Kirby]

But it wasn't a big snake. It was only three foot long.

Here is where our definitions of 'big snake' differ... We don't get many snakes in Colorado, so the biggest snake I've seen in the wild was probably 2 feet long at the most. I was told it was a bull snake which isn't dangerous at all, but it still scared the crap out of me.

 

[John Picard]

But it wasn't a big snake. It was only three foot long.

Here is where our definitions of 'big snake' differ... We don't get many snakes in Colorado, so the biggest snake I've seen in the wild was probably 2 feet long at the most. I was told it was a bull snake which isn't dangerous at all, but it still scared the crap out of me.

Bull snakes, although giving one the willies, are great to have around. They eat mice and rats. I've encountered one that was well over 11' long. I couldn't pick my legs up high enough, although he just wanted to get away from me. I admire and respect them, but.....YEESH!

 

[RJDiogenes]

I'd say, "I've had it with these motherfuckin' snakes on the motherfuckin' can."