JTyson
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So I’ve been on the road 40+ years fixing appliances, seen all manner of dogs, cats, snakes, including a 21 ft python roaming around the house, every reptile under the sun, ring tailed lemur’s, pet armadillos, pet raccoons and stuff I’ve forgotten about…
None of that stuff was a problem at all, I’ve learned to read animals pretty quickly over the years, there were a few things I chose to avoid, they were just being protective and I totally get that… No problem. I’ll just do my thing and I’m outta there before things go sideways…..
But one day 2 years ago I go to this house and the lady answers the door, and she has a capuchin monkey on her shoulder with a leash that she is holding..
“Your not afraid of little monkeys are you?”
Every internal warning mechanism in my body is dimed and redlined…
“Well, honestly I’m not sure about him, I don’t have any experience with monkeys “
“We’ll just lean in and let him see your ok and that I’m ok with you and it’ll be fine”
I look at him and he leans in and hisses at me and shows me he has teeth like a great white shark…
“Uh, I think I would prefer that you secure him somewhere before I come in, my first impression is that he wants to eat my face”
She laughed and said “he’s just very protective of me “ I’ve had him since he was a newborn “
She puts him up and I do my thing and go to the next one…..
Last week I have to go back there for another repair and again she answers the door with him on her shoulder..
But something’s different..
“Ma’am, you know I really don’t care to work with that godless face eater running around, can you put him up like last time?”
I said it in kind of a funny matter so she didn’t get offended, but I meant every word of it, that thing terrified me and moved like a ninja on speed…
“Well, he can’t really do any damage now, 9 months ago he attacked my husband and they had to do a lot of surgery to fix his face and neck, so he took him and had all his teeth pulled out”
“Yeah I’d rather you just put up that godless face eater so I can get you fixed up..
Thank you”
None of that stuff was a problem at all, I’ve learned to read animals pretty quickly over the years, there were a few things I chose to avoid, they were just being protective and I totally get that… No problem. I’ll just do my thing and I’m outta there before things go sideways…..
But one day 2 years ago I go to this house and the lady answers the door, and she has a capuchin monkey on her shoulder with a leash that she is holding..
“Your not afraid of little monkeys are you?”
Every internal warning mechanism in my body is dimed and redlined…
“Well, honestly I’m not sure about him, I don’t have any experience with monkeys “
“We’ll just lean in and let him see your ok and that I’m ok with you and it’ll be fine”
I look at him and he leans in and hisses at me and shows me he has teeth like a great white shark…
“Uh, I think I would prefer that you secure him somewhere before I come in, my first impression is that he wants to eat my face”
She laughed and said “he’s just very protective of me “ I’ve had him since he was a newborn “
She puts him up and I do my thing and go to the next one…..
Last week I have to go back there for another repair and again she answers the door with him on her shoulder..
But something’s different..
“Ma’am, you know I really don’t care to work with that godless face eater running around, can you put him up like last time?”
I said it in kind of a funny matter so she didn’t get offended, but I meant every word of it, that thing terrified me and moved like a ninja on speed…
“Well, he can’t really do any damage now, 9 months ago he attacked my husband and they had to do a lot of surgery to fix his face and neck, so he took him and had all his teeth pulled out”
“Yeah I’d rather you just put up that godless face eater so I can get you fixed up..
Thank you”